Background
He was the son of Italian conductor Domenico Liveralis and one of Nikolaos Mantzaros" favorite students.
He was the son of Italian conductor Domenico Liveralis and one of Nikolaos Mantzaros" favorite students.
He later continued his studies at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella in Naples. When he returned to Corfu he was joyfully received into the circle of national composers, where he was considered a musician of great talent. He then began working as assistant to his teacher Mantzaros, who left him very little time for his own compositions.
Liveralis" compositions are largely limited to minor forms.
He wrote a series of fixed funeral marches, which were later published in two volumes. He also devoted himself to composing piano music and to the creation of a rich song repertoire.
His one-act opera is the only sure finished work for the stage by the composer. He was born a Catholic, but was converted to Greek Orthodox faith and adopted the patriotic name of Eleftheriadis (Greek: Ελευθεριάδης).
After his untimely death, he was buried in a magnificent funeral to which the orchestra of the Philharmonic Society of Corfu played.