Biography
Maria Kalogridou was born in 1922 in Athens. She studied piano at the Hellenic Conservatory and later at the Athens Conservatory with Spyros Farantatos and Marika Papaioannou (1950, piano diploma, 1st prize). She studied composition with Tito Sprea in Rome (1952-55) where she also worked on music for children’s ballets and the composition of small pieces for piano. During the period 1955 – 1967 she lived in London and studied piano with Harold Craxton. In the early 1960s she discovered her ability in composition and devoted herself entirely to it. Her compositions mainly include chamber music works, songs for voice and piano as well as original compositions for beginner musicians. In 1967 she returned to Greece where she decided to study with Andreas Nezeritis while teaching piano. She passed away in 2001.
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