Spyros Peristeris

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Spyros Peristeris (Greek: Σπύρος Περιστέρης; 1900 – 15 March 1966) was a Greek rebetiko composer and a mandolin and bouzouki player.

Biography

He was born in 1900 in Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire,[1] to Aristides, a musician, and Despina (née Bekou). Around 1914, his family moved to Constantinople; after the burning of Smyrna in 1922, Peristeris moved to Athens, Greece.

While in Athens, he became the artistic director of Odeon-Parlophone in Athens.[2] He died in 1966 in Athens.

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