Dimitris Sgouros

Biography

Dimitris Sgouros is an Aromanian, who said "I am Vlach with a capital V", Vlach being the common name for the Aromanians in Greece. Sgouros is the son of Sotirios and Marianthi Sgouros. There was no notable record of musical talent in his family. He began playing the piano when he was six-years old and gave his first public performance a year later. At the age of eight, he entered the Athens Conservatoire, studying under Maria Herogiorgiou-Sigara. 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. He was also the recipient of the 1982 Leonardo da Vinci International Award.

In 1982, at the age of 12, Sgouros made his Carnegie Hall debut. He performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich. 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. 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. He graduated from Royal Academy with the highest marks the institution had ever awarded. Besides his musical talents, Sgouros has undertaken postgraduate studies in mathematics at the University of Oxford.

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

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

Notes

a. Sgouros's name sometimes appears as Dimitrios Sgouros.

References

Citations

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.

References

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2. Tommasini, Anthony. (2000-04-18). "MUSIC REVIEW; A Onetime Piano Prodigy Returns at 31 to Carnegie Hall (Published 2000)". The New York Times.
3. McLellan, Joseph. "Dimitris Sgouros' Promising Piano". The Washington Post.
4. Crankshaw, G. (1983): [http://www.sgourosmp3.com/debutrecords.html Angel Debut Recording: Dimitris Sgouros – Brahms/Schumann] (notes from record jacket). Retrieved 21 May 2010.
5. Exarchos, Giorgis. (2001). "Οι Ελληνοβλάχοι (Αρμανοί)". Ekdoseis Kastaniote.
6. Efstathiadis, Stathis. (24 November 2008). ""Είμαστε όλοι Βλάχοι"". [[To Vima]].
7. [http://www.worldwhoswho.com/public/views/entry.html?id=sgo-0651 World Who's Who: Dimitris Sgouros] (2010). Retrieved 22 May 2010.
8. "Dimitris Sgouros: Portrait of a Genius".
9. [http://www.rotary-wuerzburg.de/Leonardo%20Kreis/History-Premio-Leonardo.doc Rotary Club Firenze: History of the Leonardo da Vinci Award] {{webarchive. link. (19 July 2011 (2009). Retrieved 28 December 2010.)
10. Rockwell, John. (1982-04-17). "CONCERT: PIANIST, 12 (Published 1982)". The New York Times.
11. [http://www.sgourosmp3.com/photographicportrait.html Dimitris Sgouros: A photographic portrait] (''c.'' 2009). Retrieved 22 May 2010.
12. [http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/newsSearch.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&sp=nrm&so=relevance&dt=selectRange&kw=dimitris+sgouros&dr=entire&pb=all_ffx&rc=50&sfx=headline&sfx=text&submit=Search Newspaper articles on Dimitris Sgouros from Fairfax archive] (mainly Sydney).
13. [http://www.sgourosmp3.com/concertads.html Dimitris Sgouros Australian tours – Concert programmes & nationwide reviews]
14. [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/buf18a00 Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, University of California, San Francisco – Philip Morris Collection – Dimitris Sgouros in Hong Kong (1989 Cartier Master Series)]
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16. [http://arsiv.ntvmsnbc.com/news/205306.asp?cp1=1 Sgouros concert in Ankara – article from NTV MS-NBC (in Turkish)]
17. [http://www.sgourosmp3.com/hebdo-magazine.htm Hebdo Magazine feature on Sgouros (November 1984)] {{in lang. fr
18. [http://www.palais.mc/monaco/x-net/internet-palais-princier/english/museums-et-culture/summer-concerts/summer-concerts.454.html Prince's Palace of Monaco – Summer Concerts] {{webarchive. link. (12 February 2010)
19. "ABC Classic FM broadcast schedule – Sgouros & USSR Sym Orch/Svetlanov perform Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1".
20. "ABC Classic FM broadcast schedule – Dino Music album with Sgouros".
21. [http://www.sgourosmp3.com/1989LP2.JPG Dimitris Sgouros album on Dino Music – track listing]
22. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0054T8D74 2011 EMI Classics release with Dimitris Sgouros – 'Essential Liszt']
23. [http://mms.elibraryhub.com/SHC/Ephemera%20Collection/Posters/090000499.pdf Concert poster – Sgouros with the USSR Festival Orchestra in Singapore, 1990]{{dead link. (December 2017)
24. [http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Issue/straitstimes19901021.aspx Concert advertisement] – The Straits Times, 21 October 1990
25. [http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Issue/straitstimes19911022.aspx Sgouros at Victoria Concert Hall]. Concert notice, The Straits Times, 22 October 1991
26. [https://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=sgouros+carson&btnG=Search+Archives&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&scoring=a TV guides from Ocala Star-Banner & Chicago Tribune] (1982).
27. [https://archive.today/20130125055540/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gswlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TPMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4957,5107399&dq=sgouros+caracas&hl=en The Miami News TV guide] (1986).
28. [http://tv.nytimes.com/show/58612/Prodigy/overview – TV Special – Listings]. The New York Times Retrieved 3 January 2011.
29. [http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=1&tbs=bks:1&q=dimitris+sgouros+reichenbach&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= Google Books citation – Musik in den Medien] Retrieved on 3 January 2011.
30. [https://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=sgouros+reichenbach&btnG=Search+Archives&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&scoring=a – Music News] Los Angeles Times (1984). Retrieved 3 January 2011.