(1987 Sydney Morning Herald)
| RECITAL PROGRAM MONDAY 27th JUNE 1987 |
| BEETHOVEN 32 Variations in C minor |
| CHOPIN Fantasy in F Minor |
| LISZT Mephisto Waltz |
| LISZT Paysage (Transcendental Etude No 3) |
| BRAHMS Variations on a Theme of Paganini Books 1 & 2 |
(1989 Sydney Morning Herald)
| RECITAL PROGRAM FRIDAY 10th MARCH 1989 | RECITAL PROGRAM SUNDAY 12th MARCH 1989 |
| BACH/BUSONI Chaconne | CHOPIN Ballade No 4 in F minor |
| CHOPIN Ballade No 1 in G minor | CHOPIN Sonata No 3 in B minor |
| BALAKIREV Islamey | LISZT Venice and Naples |
| SCHUMANN Carnaval | LISZT Concert Paraphrase on the Waltz from Gounod's "Faust" |
| RECITAL PROGRAM MONDAY 16th MARCH 1989 |
| SCARLATTI Two Sonatas L.104 & L.384 |
| CHOPIN Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Op 22 |
| RAVEL Gaspard de la Nuit |
| LISZT Sonata in B Minor |
(1991 Sydney Morning Herald)
| RECITAL PROGRAM TUESDAY 24th SEPT. 1991 | RECITAL PROGRAM SUNDAY 6th OCT. 1991 |
| BEETHOVEN "Appassionata" Sonata | BEETHOVEN Sonata No 30 Op 109 |
| LISZT 5 Transcendental Studies | CHOPIN Scherzo No 2 in B flat |
| CHOPIN The 24 Preludes | CHOPIN Nocturne in C minor |
| CHOPIN Polonaise No 6 in A flat | |
| LISZT Harmonies du Soir | |
| LISZT "Norma" Fantasy |
Steinway and Sgouros, triumphs of
technique and musical creativity
CD of live recordings from the Melbourne Concert Hall, 10th and 24th July 1987
Shown above is a small sampling of the publicity materials surrounding Dimitris Sgouros' tours of Australia.
Along with the major cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra, Darwin he has also performed in regional centres like the Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise), Townsville, Penrith, Wollongong, Newcastle, Geelong, etc..
A few TV spots from Australia:-
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Above: With Bob Hawke (Prime Minister of Australia) and Reuben Fineberg |
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Below: Group photo with Bob Hawke |
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LEFT: Sgouros with Paul Keating and wife Annita |
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RIGHT: Sgouros with Australia's Governor-General Bill Hayden in Government House |
$70,000 Steinway piano autographed by Dimitris Sgouros and Margaret Whitlam (wife of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam)
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| With Ray Martin on Australian television (Channel 9) |
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With Jana Wendt on the Australian TV program "A Current Affair" - interview & burning rubber with a Porsche in Perth! |
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| With Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and the BBC Orchestra |
Performance of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto at the Aotea Centre, Auckland
THE SGOUROS PHENOMENON
By DENIS CONDON
| Steinway & Sons - Rebuilding the Legend Exhibition |
| STEINWAY GRAND PIANO NO. 1 (1836) |
| $3 million replica - Worldwide Tribute Tour |
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| March 2008, Perth Concert Hall - exhibition of $3 million replica of the first Steinway piano built in 1836 |
| "The original instrument has been painstakingly recreated by renowned Flemish pianoforte builder Chris Maene" |
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| "The Perfect Tribute To A Great Legend" |
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| (photos courtesy of cvxmelody) |
DIMITRIS SGOUROS - Steinway & Sons 150 Years Commemorative Double CD Album (1853-2003)
"It gives me great pleasure to commemorate this significant milestone..."
- Henry Z. Steinway
"The sound is unmistakable..."
(from an interview in Greek - February 15, 2006)
Σ.Δ. Όντως! Μέσα σε όλα αυτά, σου έχει συμβεί ποτέ κάποιο ευτράπελο γεγονός άξιο αναφοράς;
Δ.Σ. Πρόχειρα στο μυαλό μου έρχεται το εξής: Σε μια από τις προγραμματισμένες περιοδείες μου στην Αυστραλία, ο τότε συνεργάτης μας, μας ζήτησε να πραγματοποιήσω και μια εμφάνιση στην Ταζμανία. Μη γνωρίζοντας ούτε οι δικοί μου ούτε βέβαια εγώ την ύπαρξη του μεγάλου αυτού νησιού απέναντι, πιστεύοντας ότι πρόκειται για τυπογραφικό λάθος στην πρόσκληση απαντήσαμε: «Τι δουλεία έχει ο Δημήτρης σε περιοδεία της Αυστραλίας να πάει να παίξει στην ΤΑΝΖΑΝΙΑ;
Ακόμα γελάμε από αυτό μας το λάθος!
English translation:-
Interviewer: Do you have
any amusing anecdotes to relate?
Dimitris Sgouros: In one
of our scheduled tours of Australia, our management proposed a concert
appearance in Tasmania. Since neither my family nor I had heard of this large
island, we thought it was a typo and responded: "Why on earth would Dimitris
touring Australia want to play in TANZANIA?
Of course it seems hilarious now!
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