Dimitris Sgouros

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Dimitris Sgouros (Template:Langx; born 30 August 1969)<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] is a Greek classical pianist.[1] Sgouros is a former child prodigy and is considered a leading concert pianist.[2][3] Arthur Rubinstein said his performance was "the best playing I have ever heard".[4]

Biography

Dimitris Sgouros is an Aromanian,[5] who said "I am Vlach with a capital V", Vlach being the common name for the Aromanians in Greece.[6] Sgouros is the son of Sotirios and Marianthi Sgouros.[7] There was no notable record of musical talent in his family.[4] He began playing the piano when he was six-years old[8] and gave his first public performance a year later.[4] At the age of eight, he entered the Athens Conservatoire, studying under Maria Herogiorgiou-Sigara.[1][4] Sgouros won several competitions between 1978 and 1983, including the UNICEF competition in Bulgaria (1979), a competition in Ancona, Italy (1980), and two competitions in his home city of Athens.[4] He was also the recipient of the 1982 Leonardo da Vinci International Award.[7][9]

In 1982, at the age of 12, Sgouros made his Carnegie Hall debut.[10] He performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich.[1] In mid-1983, before he had turned 13, Sgouros graduated from the conservatory with a professor's diploma, teacher's diploma, first prize, and a gold medal.[4] Sgouros continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music of London and the University of Maryland, College Park, in the United States of America.[1] He graduated from Royal Academy with the highest marks the institution had ever awarded.[1] Besides his musical talents, Sgouros has undertaken postgraduate studies in mathematics at the University of Oxford.[11]

Performances around the world have included concerts in Australia,[12][13] Austria, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, France, Germany, Hong Kong,[14] Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand,[15] Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, and Turkey.[16] Sgouros has performed for the royal families of Britain, Monaco,[17][18] and Sweden, and played under the baton of renowned conductors such as Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Emil Tabakov, Kurt Masur, and Yevgeny Svetlanov.[19] He has recorded for various record labels, including Dino Music[20][21] and EMI.[22] Since March 1988, three Sgouros Festivals have been instituted, in Hamburg, Ljubljana, and Singapore.[23][24][25]

Sgouros has featured prominently in the media, having appeared on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson[26] and a television concert with Chopin's 1st Piano Concerto.[27][28] He has also been profiled by Oscar-winning director François Reichenbach in a feature-length documentary film.[29][30]

See also

Notes

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References

Citations

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Bibliography

  • Tarallo, Alfredo (1993). "Sgouros, Poet of the Piano." Il Mattino. 26 July.
  • Klement, Udo (1991). "Fascinating Sgouros: Gewandhaus Orchestra with pianist Dimitris Sgouros." Leipziger Volkszeitung
  • Ardoin, John (1989). "Pianist Sgouros is an Old Master at 19." Dallas Morning News. 12 January.
  • Crutchfield, Will (1988). "Review/Concert; Young American Choruses." New York Times. April 21.
  • Ardoin, John (1987). "Sgouros Proves Electrifying – Pianist Plays Brilliantly with FW Symphony." Dallas Morning News. 20 October.
  • Guenther, Roy (1985). "Dimitris Sgouros: Flash Without Feeling." Washington Post. 17 July.
  • Rosenberg, Donald (1984). "A Gifted Pianist Who Is Not Yet 15." Philadelphia Inquirer. 27 July.
  • Finn, Robert (1984). "Young Greek Pianist Does Amazingly Well on Mozart." Cleveland Plain Dealer. 15 July.
  • Mclellan, Joseph (1984). "Dimitris Sgouros: Coming of Age." Washington Post. 9 July.
  • Mclellan, Joseph (1982). "Dimitris Sgouros' Promising Piano." Washington Post. 19 July.
  • Mclellan, Joseph (1982). "Pianist's Return." Washington Post. 23 April.
  • Mclellan, Joseph (1982). "Bravo Sgouros." Washington Post. 16 April.
  • Thomas, R. M. (1982). "Boy Vs. Rachmaninoff." The New York Times. 15 April.

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  1. ↑ a b c d e Classical Pianist Dimitris Sgouros: Biography (c. 2008). Retrieved 21 May 2010.
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  4. ↑ a b c d e f Crankshaw, G. (1983): Angel Debut Recording: Dimitris Sgouros – Brahms/Schumann (notes from record jacket). Retrieved 21 May 2010.
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  7. ↑ a b World Who's Who: Dimitris Sgouros (2010). Retrieved 22 May 2010.
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  9. ↑ Rotary Club Firenze: History of the Leonardo da Vinci Award Template:Webarchive (2009). Retrieved 28 December 2010.
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  11. ↑ Dimitris Sgouros: A photographic portrait (c. 2009). Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  12. ↑ Newspaper articles on Dimitris Sgouros from Fairfax archive (mainly Sydney).
  13. ↑ Dimitris Sgouros Australian tours – Concert programmes & nationwide reviews
  14. ↑ Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, University of California, San Francisco – Philip Morris Collection – Dimitris Sgouros in Hong Kong (1989 Cartier Master Series)
  15. ↑ Dimitris Sgouros newspaper citations, Auckland Libraries.
  16. ↑ Sgouros concert in Ankara – article from NTV MS-NBC (in Turkish)
  17. ↑ Hebdo Magazine feature on Sgouros (November 1984) Template:In lang
  18. ↑ Prince's Palace of Monaco – Summer Concerts Template:Webarchive
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  21. ↑ Dimitris Sgouros album on Dino Music – track listing
  22. ↑ 2011 EMI Classics release with Dimitris Sgouros – 'Essential Liszt'
  23. ↑ Concert poster – Sgouros with the USSR Festival Orchestra in Singapore, 1990Template:Dead link
  24. ↑ Concert advertisement – The Straits Times, 21 October 1990
  25. ↑ Sgouros at Victoria Concert Hall. Concert notice, The Straits Times, 22 October 1991
  26. ↑ TV guides from Ocala Star-Banner & Chicago Tribune (1982).
  27. ↑ The Miami News TV guide (1986).
  28. ↑ – TV Special – Listings. The New York Times Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  29. ↑ Google Books citation – Musik in den Medien Retrieved on 3 January 2011.
  30. ↑ – Music News Los Angeles Times (1984). Retrieved 3 January 2011.
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