In a rare interview, Dimitris Kontopoulos, the composer of many smash hits in the Greek music scene speaks to esctoday.com's Anna Krasilnikova about himself and his music as well as this year's Greek finalist for the Eurovision Always and forever.

How and when did you start writing music?
I started writing music many years ago , I can't even remember when it was exactly… I can say though, that commercially I have been involvedin the music industry since 1999.

How did you decide to begin working in the Greek music industry?
Well, I can consider myself quite lucky, I suppose, as my hobby became my main business. I got involved since my first project withthe Greek singer Iro and heralbum Etsi eimai ego (This is how I am) in1999. It was a big success in Greece, and then,one thing led to another I guess…