Eleni Lambiri

Who was Eleni Lambiri?

Eleni Lambiri was a Greek conductor and composer. She was born in Athens, daughter of the composer Georgios Lambiris and granddaudhter of the poet Andreas Laskaratos. She studied composition with Edoardo Sacredote at the Athens Conservatory. In fact she was the first woman who studied composition at the Athens Conservatory, for this reason she gained the title of the first Greek woman composer. Subsequently she studied composition with Max Reger and conducting with Hans Scheidt in the Royal Conservatory of Leipzig. She graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Leipzig in 1911. In 1913 the opereta ``To apokriatiko oneiro``, in text of Gregorios Xenopoulos and composition of Eleni Lambiri, was performed at the Panellinion Τheatre.

After completing her studies, she worked in Milan as a conductor.In the 15th of January 1915 she registers the authors` rights of the opereta ``Isolma``, at the Milan regional registry.``Isolma`` was an opereta in three acts fully composed and written by Eleni Lambiri.In about 1925 she returned to Patras, Greece, where she worked as director of the Patras Conservatory until 1953. At the same time she wrote the music critics at the local newspaper of Patras ``Neologos Patron``. She died at the Municipal Hospital of Athens.