Her works include string quartets, string duet, songs, musical dramas, cantata, a concert Requiem Mass and choral works for mixed/male/children’s choirs. “A very gifted and accessible composer” with “a mastery of counterpoint and a richness of ideas” (Music Web International), Lydia started piano lessons at the age of five and composing at thirteen. She studied the double bass under the late Ida Carroll OBE and read Music at RHUL (1977). Lydia has been included as a Greek heritage classical composer in the “Archive of Classical Greek Composers”. Her works, which have been released under the Naxos and Divine Art labels, are played on BBC Radio 3 and have been included on International Women’s Day.