Born: July 23, 1892 - Nigdé (Capodocia), Turkey
Died: August 17, 1977 - Athens, Greece

Petros [Petro, John] Petridis was an eminent Turkish-born Greek composer. He studied in Constantinople at the American Robert College, and received instruction in piano from Hegey and in harmony from Selvelli. The he went to Paris and read law at the Sorbonne and political science at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques (1911-1914). Later he studied with Wolff (1914) and Roussel (1919).

Petros Petridis became a naturalized Greek citizen in 1913. Subsequently he was a music critic for English, American, and Greek publications, dividing his time between Paris and Athens. His use of Byzantine modalities, adorned with contemporary harmonies, reveals the influence of Greek culture.