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TOP PICKS - LIVE PERFORMANCES
Busoni Concert Waltz Op 33a | 1988
Munich Philharmonie
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Liszt Rigoletto Paraphrase (encore) |
1989 Sydney Opera House |
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Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1 |
1987 Melbourne Concert Hall |
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Chopin Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 | 1989 Melbourne Concert Hall | Download MP3 (20.8 Mb) |
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Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11, 3rd movement |
1982 Caracas, Venezuela (NB: Sgouros was only age 12 at the time!) |
III. Rondo Download MP3 (7.8 Mb) |
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Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3 (complete) |
April 23, 1984 Haus des Rundfunks, West Berlin. Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (conductor Jesús López Cobos) |
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LIVE SOLO PERFORMANCES
Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor |
1987 Melbourne Concert Hall |
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Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante | 1989 Sydney Opera House |
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Chopin Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 | Live concert recording | Download MP3 (27.0 Mb) |
Chopin Etude in A-flat major Op 25 No 1 (encore) |
1989 Sydney Opera House |
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Chopin Etude in F minor Op 25 No 2 (encore) |
1982 Wolf Trap, Washington D.C. (Rare pirate recording) |
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Chopin Fantasy in F minor Op 49 |
1987 Melbourne Concert Hall |
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Chopin Nocturne in C minor Op 48 No 1 (encore) |
1987 Melbourne Concert Hall |
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Chopin Scherzo No 2 in B-flat minor Op 31 |
1989 Melbourne Concert Hall |
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Chopin Waltz in A-flat Op 42 (encore) |
1989 Melbourne Concert Hall |
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Khachaturian Toccata (encore) |
1982 Wolf Trap, Washington D.C. (Rare pirate recording) |
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Liszt Don Juan Fantasy | 1988 Munich Philharmonie |
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Liszt Transcendental Etude No 5 "Feux follets" (encore) |
1989 Sydney Opera House |
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Liszt Venice and Naples I. Gondoliera II. Canzone III. Tarantella |
1989 Sydney Opera House |
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Liszt-Gounod Faust Concert Paraphrase |
1989 Sydney Opera House |
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Mozart Rondo alla turca | Live concert recording |
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Mozart Variations on 'Ah vous dirais-je, Maman' - this interpretation has been singled out by music educators as an ideal example of Mozart playing |
Live concert recording |
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Ravel Gaspard de la nuit | 1989 Sydney Opera House |
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Scarlatti Sonatas L104 (K159) & L384 (K17) | 1989 Sydney Opera House |
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Schumann Symphonic Etudes Op 13 | 1987 Melbourne Concert Hall |
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Scriabin Etude Op 2 No 1 (encore) | 2005 Salonica Concert Hall |
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LIVE CONCERTO PERFORMANCES
Beethoven Choral Fantasy in C minor (for piano, choir and orchestra) | 1988 Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York. Manhattan Philharmonic (conductor Peter Tiboris). | Download MP3 (Offline) |
Live concert recording, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor Marek Janowski) |
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Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 | November 1982, Caracas, Venezuela |
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Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 "Emperor" | April 1982, Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia. Gottwaldov Symphony Orchestra. |
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Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 (1st movement) | 1991 Leipzig Gewandhaus, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (conductor Kurt Masur) |
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Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 | 1982 Caracas, Venezuela | I. Allegro maestoso |
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II. Romanze | ||
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III. Rondo | ||
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Liszt Piano Concerto No 2 in A major | 1987 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Simfonični Orkester Slovenske Filharmonije (conductor Marko Munih) | Download MP3 (47.3 Mb) |
1986 Lucerne Music Festival, Symphony Orchestra of Radio Cologne (conductor Gary Bertini) | Download MP3 (Offline) | |
Liszt Totentanz | October 1989, Vienna Konzerthaus, Vienna Symphony Orchestra (conductor Heinz Holliger) |
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Mozart Piano Concerto K. 466 No 20 in D minor | circa mid-1980s, Dallas Symphony Hall. Dallas Symphony Orchestra (conductor Eduardo Mata). |
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Mozart Piano Concerto K. 467 No 21 in C major | 1988 Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York. Manhattan Philharmonic (conductor Peter Tiboris). | I. Allegro maestoso |
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II. Andante | ||
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III. Allegro vivace assai | ||
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Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3 in C major Op 26 | October 1987, Fort Worth, TX. Fort Worth Symphony (conductor John Giordano). |
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Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini | May 2003, Budapest Spring Festival, Budapest Festival Orchestra (conductor Ivan Fischer) |
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Shostakovich Concerto No 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet and strings, Op 35 | Live concert recording |
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Tchaikovsky Concert Fantasy Op 56 | 1991 Hamburg Musikhalle, NDR Symphony Orchestra (conductor Salvatore Accardo) |
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Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 | December 2003, Radio Symphony Orchestra of France (conductor Myung-Whun Chung) |
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VIDEOS
Season Sampler 2012/2013 - dazzling highlights from Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 2, Mozart Piano Concerto No 21 | 2012/2013 Season - international tours with Mannheim Philharmonic Orchestra, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestre National de France | Click here to watch |
Highlights from gala opening recital of 2011 Newport Music Festival (Rhode Island) - in honor of late Newport Music Festival Director Dr Mark P. Malkovich III | July 8, 2011 - The Breakers Mansion, Newport, Rhode Island | Click here to watch |
Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 | 1982 Caracas, Venezuela (conductor Felipe Izcaray) | Click here to watch |
This concert was seen by millions of television viewers across the United States:- http://tv.nytimes.com/show/58612/overview | ||
(NB: Sgouros was only age 12 at the time!) | ||
Chopin Waltz No 4 in F major Op 34 No 3 | November 1994 Athens | Click here to watch |
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G major Op 58 | May 1986 Smetana Hall, Prague Spring Festival, Czech Philharmonic (conductor Sir Charles Mackerras) | Click here to watch |
Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan | July 1987 Rippon Lea House, Melbourne | Click here to watch |
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3 in C major Op 26 | 1988 Frankfurt Alte Oper, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Frankfurt (conductor Eliahu Inbal) | Download Video (DivX format) (95 Mb) |
Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 | March 1988, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana (Dimitris Sgouros Festival), Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor Uroš Lajovic) | Click here to watch |
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 3 (complete) | Russian debut of Dimitris Sgouros - September 7, 1997, Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, State Philharmonic Capella of Russia (conductor Valery Polyansky) | Click here to watch |
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 3 | London debut of Dimitris Sgouros - March 24, 1983, Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor Mstislav Rostropovich) (NB: Sgouros was only age 13 at the time!) | Click here to watch |
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 2 | Mt Fuji "Tokyo Fusion Concert" - September 1993, NHK Symphony Orchestra (conductor Cord Garben) | Click here to watch |
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 2 | Season Opening Gala, Katara Opera House, Doha, Qatar - September 2012, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor Michalis Economou) | Click here to watch |
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini | May 2003, Budapest Spring Festival, Budapest Festival Orchestra (conductor Ivan Fischer) | Click here to watch part 1 |
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'Dimitris at 14' | 1984 feature-length film by Oscar-winning director François Reichenbach | Click here to watch |
Dimitris Sgouros interview on Australian TV program 'Fork in the Road' | circa 1994 Athens | Download Video (DivX format) (20.6 Mb) |
ARCHIVED ENTRIES: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
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FOUR NEW & EXCLUSIVE SOLO ALBUMS Dimitris Sgouros recorded LIVE in the superb acoustic of the Athens Megaron. Groundbreaking interpretations of Beethoven Sonatas, Liszt and more! Available 2019 from Polymusic and all popular digital platforms...
Vol. 1 — Beethoven
Vol. 2 — Chopin
Vol. 3 — Liszt
Vol. 4 — Schumann / Ravel / Balakirev / Bach
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◊ LIVE videocast from Budapest - February 6, 2016 ◊
ARCHIVED VIDEOCAST FROM BUDAPEST OF 6th FEBRUARY 2016 @ 23:30 CET "MIDNIGHT MUSIC" EXTRAVAGANZA - dimitris sgouros & BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA / Iván Fischer PERFORM BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO NO 1
◊ LIVE radio & online broadcast from Holland - December 7, 2015 ◊
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Newsflash! Dimitris Sgouros performs at the 2008 Beijing Olympic cultural celebrations
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Re-issue of Rachmaninov & Tchaikovsky Concertos |
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Dimitris Sgouros' legendary Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky Concertos on EMI now available from Amazon | |||
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Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3 - Berlin Philharmonic/Yuri Simonov | ||||
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Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 & Concert Fantasy Op 56 - London Philharmonic/Walter Weller | ||||
In homage of the Franz Liszt Anniversary Year in 2011, EMI/Warner Classics proudly announces a new double-CD set entitled |
"Essential Liszt" with landmark recordings by Dimitris Sgouros and other featured Liszt exponents of the modern era
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"Essential Liszt" - the much-anticipated new EMI/Warner Classics album (worldwide release July 2011) |
»» Schumann Fantasy in C major Op 17, Brahms Sonata No 3 in F minor Op 5 (Elysium 2001) |
»» Brahms Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (Capriccio 1997) |
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»» Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 1st Mvt - London Philharmonic, Nathan Milstein, Andre Previn etc. (Angel Records 1996) |
»» Live recital 2000 Radio France/Montpellier Festival - Schumann Fantasy Op 17, Liszt Piano Sonata (Quantum Leap 2002) |
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"...a debut as auspicious, and as spectacular in its own way as that of the young Horowitz, the young Menuhin, or the young Barenboim." |
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- The Daily Telegraph |
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North America | ||
1982 & 1984 | Washington Post on the American debut of Dimitris Sgouros | |
July 1984 | Cleveland Plain Dealer - Young Greek pianist does amazingly well on Mozart | |
July 1985 | Dallas Morning News - Dimitris Sgouros & Leon Fleisher perform Mozart Concerto | |
April 1986 | Sun Sentinel review of Sgouros/Friedman concert in Fort Lauderdale | |
May 1986 | Stellar performance by Dimitris Sgouros - Review of solo recital in Chicago | |
October 1987 | Dallas Morning News - Sgouros proves electrifying in Prokofiev 3rd with FW Symphony | |
April 1988 | Daily News review of Dimitris Sgouros concert in Avery Fisher Hall, New York | |
January 1989 | Dallas Morning News review of Dimitris Sgouros recital in Dallas | |
April 2000 |
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April 2000 | American Record Guide review of Sgouros' solo recital in Carnegie Hall | |
July 2011 | The Newport Daily News - Pianist dazzles in inspiring opening | |
Europe |
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August 1981 |
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March 1983 |
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March 1983 |
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November 1983 |
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November 1983 |
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October 1984, January 1985 |
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November 1985 |
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March 1987 |
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April 1987 |
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November 1988 |
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October 1989 |
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October 1989 |
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November 1989 |
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April 1990 |
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January 1991 |
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1991 |
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February 1992 |
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April 1992 |
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April/May 1992 |
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January 1993 |
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July 1993 |
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January 1994 |
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October 1994 |
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January 1996 |
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May 1999 |
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February 2002 |
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December 2003 |
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December 2003 |
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July 2004 |
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May 2009 |
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February 2011 |
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October 2012 |
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April 2015 |
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November 2015 |
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February 2016 |
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February 2016 in the spectacular Auditorio de Tenerife "Adán Martín" © Tino Armas |
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Critical praise for Sgouros' rendition of the Brahms 1st Piano Concerto |
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“Dimitris Sgouros played with subtlety... keeping up a balanced dialogue with the orchestra, blending in with the great ensemble, faithful to the score and intentions of Brahms... he caressed the piano, striding across the keys with velvety slippers... a special, delicate and fresh sound that stood out in the course of the whole work.” |
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— February 15, 2016 review in Doce Notas |
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Middle East, Far East & Australasia | ||
1987, 1989, 1991 | Comprehensive coverage of Dimitris Sgouros' Australian concert tours 1987-1991 | |
1990 | The Straits Times comprehensive coverage of the Dimitris Sgouros Festival in Singapore 1990 | |
October 1991 | South China Morning Post review of Dimitris Sgouros recital in Hong Kong | |
October 1991 |
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February 1993 | The Straits Times review of Dimitris Sgouros concert in Singapore | |
October 2012 | Qatar Foundation Telegraph - Sgouros captivates in season opener at Qatar's new opera house | |
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1983 | Los Angeles press review of Sgouros' Brahms & Schumann LP/cassette (EMI 1983) | |
June 1984 | Stereo Review on Sgouros' Brahms & Schumann LP/cassette (EMI 1983) | |
January 1985 | Stereo Review on Sgouros' Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 3 LP/cassette (EMI 1984) | |
1985 | Ovation Magazine review of Sgouros' Franz Liszt LP/cassette | |
1985 |
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1985 | Virginia Quarterly Review on Sgouros' Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3 (EMI 1984) | |
March 1986 | Hi-Fi News & Record Review on Sgouros' Franz Liszt LP (EMI 1985) | |
April 1987 | Gramophone review of Sgouros' Tchaikovsky CD (EMI 1987) | |
November 1997 | American Record Guide review of Sgouros' Brahms Piano Concertos Nos 1&2 CD (Capriccio 1997) | |
2001 | Andante.com review of Dimitris Sgouros' Schumann and Brahms CD (Elysium 2001) | |
April 2007 | Suite101 - Heavyweights compared - Dimitris Sgouros versus Van Cliburn in Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 | |
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1982 | Photos of Dimitris Sgouros at the 1982 Maryland International Festival & 1982 Newport Music Festival ; Scans of original program book 1982 Washington D.C. | |
September 1982 | Dimitris Sgouros featured in People magazine - with photograph of 1982 Carnegie Hall debut | |
March 1983 | The Times (of London) on the British debut of Dimitris Sgouros | |
November 1983 | The Times (of London) on the British solo recital debut of Dimitris Sgouros | |
1983/1984 | Dimitris Sgouros' debut LP recordings for EMI Angel 1983/1984 | |
1988 | Pictures from German TV documentary Abschied vom Wunderkind | |
1988 | Photos from Frankfurt concert performance of Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto | |
1987, 1989, 1991 | Newspaper advertisements for some of Dimitris Sgouros' Australian concerts (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Tasmania, etc.) | |
1989 | Autographed photo of Dimitris Sgouros obtained by an Australian concertgoer | |
1990, 1988 | Dimitris Sgouros Festivals in Singapore 1990, Hamburg 1990, Ljubljana 1988 | |
1991 |
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1984, 1986, 1993 | Dimitris Sgouros in Japan - includes photos from 1993 Mt Fuji Fusion Concert and more | |
1995 | Pictures and souvenirs from gala concert at St James's Palace, London | |
November 2000 | Lions Clubs International confers its highest humanitarian honour on Dimitris Sgouros | |
2001, 2020 | Photos from Istanbul Festival 2001 & New Release Digital Album (2020) with Beethoven's majestic Emperor Concerto | |
2001, 2013, 2016 | Photos from Budapest Spring Festival 2001, Rome 2013 & European tour 2016 featuring Sgouros, Rostropovich and Yo-Yo Ma | |
June 2002 | The Olympic Truce celebrated in Athens with Dimitris Sgouros and Nelson Mandela | |
October 2005 & April 2010 |
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June 1996 & December 2009 & September 2012 | Middle East trifecta - Royal Jubilee at Al Bustan Palace (Oman) & memorable debuts Cairo Opera House (Egypt) & Katara Opera House (Qatar) | |
February 2016 & June 2000 & January 1984 |
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