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Spyros Peristeris

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

He was born in 1900 in Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire 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.

He died in 1966 in Athens.