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Antigoni Papamikropoulou (Patra 1889 - March 23, 1980), was a Greek pianist and composer.
Antigoni Papamikropoulou
She was born in Patras but lived her first childhood years in Marseilles, at the age of 5 her family returned to Patras. From a young age she showed a penchant for music and took his first lessons at the Key School of Antonakis, at the age of seven she played for the first time in front of the public in the Patras Philharmonic Hall playing Beethoven's first sonata.
She studied piano and composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London for five years, and graduated with honors. Returning to Patras, she gave many performances and lectures at the local branch of the Greek High School and the Patras Philharmonic, taught piano to young men and women in the city, and also wrote articles in the local press on issues related to music.
She went to London where she stayed for a year and gave many piano performances, where she wrote her first compositions for piano, "the shepherd's cry", "poor Greek children", "Arcadia the saddle" and "My Greek children hello". In London he even published the poetry collection "the cry of the mountain". Returning from London, she settled in Patras, giving many performances there and in Athens. Her composition "The Dance of the White Rose" was awarded the Highest Award of the Royal Academy of Music in London. Another composition of the "Kalavrita Suite" was published in Leipzig.
Her sisters were Ismini also a pianist and Electra a pianist writer and actress. Andreas and Thanos Mikroutsikos have family ties with A. Papamikropoulou.
Sources
Ioannou Chatziioannou, Panhellenic Album of the National Centenary 1821 - 1921, volume D ', Types of Public Limited Company "Nea Elliniki Eos", Athens 1927
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