Arghyris Kounadis is a Greek classical pianist and composer. Coming to Greece, he studied piano and advanced theory in Athens, and as a graduate of these, he then received a scholarship from the I.K.Y. (1958), where he went to (what was then) West Germany, continuing his studies in the city of Freiburg, where he received a degree in conducting.
In 1961 he took part in the International Competition of the Contemporary Music Society in Cologne with success. Two years later he became a professor of music at the Freiburg School of Music. In 1967 he took part in the International Music Competition in Hamburg. During the next period, 1967-1973, he directed all the "Viva Music" programs of the School itself.