DIMITRIS SGOUROS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT

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A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME: PHOTOS FROM DIMITRIS SGOUROS' PRIVATE COLLECTION AND OTHER CONTRIBUTORS

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Programme for the first ever concert given by Dimitris Sgouros, on 20th May 1977, aged SEVEN !!  He played two of his own original compositions as well as works by Beethoven, Kuhlau, Clementi, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, etc.

 

     
           
Tie given by Rostropovich to Dimitris Sgouros at his 1982 Carnegie Hall debut. Gold watch was a gift from Artur Rubinstein in Geneva, two months before his death.   Dimitris Sgouros' Diplomas and Honours   Medallions, plaques, and prizes  
         
           
    Dimitris Sgouros in Utrecht      
(photo courtesy of Gustav Alink)
           

 

Gramophone Magazine (January 1984)

EMI SGOUROS EXCLUSIVE

 

  
 
"We warmly invite you to perform a solo recital at Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, to mark the 97th anniversary of Arthur Rubinstein's birthday.  
On this occasion you will be awarded the prestigious Arthur Rubinstein Gold Medal designed by Picasso."  
   
 
Marianthi Sgouros, Artur Rubinstein, Sotiris Sgouros, Dimitris Sgouros (October 1982, Geneva)  
   
   
 
Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley honors Dimitris Sgouros for his Olympian Performance, July 18, 1984, Los Angeles  
   
   
 
           
 
           
Dimitris Sgouros at the 1985 Lucerne Festival  
           
 

With Princess Martha Louise & Crown Princess Sonja of Norway (future Queen Sonja of Norway)

    

QUIZ QUESTION - is Dimitris Sgouros in the presence of....

       With His Imperial Highness Prince Mikasa of Japan  
(i) Prince Rainier III of Monaco
(ii) King Olav V of Norway, or
(iii) None of the above?          
     
Marianthi Sgouros with His Imperial Highness Prince Mikasa (brother of Japan's Emperor Hirohito) in Tokyo 1984   Perth Airport, 1987 Australian tour   Dimitris Sgouros with Australia's Governor-General Bill Hayden in Government House, Canberra 1989  
           
     
With Chinese Cultural Consul Lou Xiaoyan in Sydney 1989   Duo recital with Salvatore Accardo   With the King and Queen of Sweden at St James's Palace, London 1995  
           
     
           
           
     
With His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent   With Joan Collins      
           
     

Dimitris Sgouros with renowned Israeli violinist Shlomo Mintz

  

Shlomo Mintz and Sgouros at the Athens Megaron Concert Hall 1998

      
           

 

 

 
           
           

 

 

With Yo-Yo Ma in Budapest 2001

  

With Mstislav Rostropovich at the Budapest Spring Festival 2001
 

Dimitris Sgouros at Carnegie Hall, April 2000

  

 

      

 
           

 
           

 
Solo recital in Halkidiki, Greece, 2004  
(photos courtesy of K. Giannakidis & C.O. Music Instruments)  
   
   
 
   
 
Concert poster for Carnegie Hall gala recital of June 1, 2005 to benefit  
victims of the Tsunami disaster  
   
   
 
In the limelight - Sgouros with UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Marianna V. Vardinoyannis  
   
 
Sir Peter Ustinov (UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador) with Dimitris Sgouros at the UNICEF 40th Anniversary Gala Concert (The Hague, Holland)  
>> Watch this clip on youtube <<  
   
   
 
   
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
December 2004 with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the London Philharmonia,  
performing Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto  
(Ashkenazy is a naturalised citizen of Iceland)  
 
   

The President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

  
requests the pleasure of the company of Mr Dimitris Sgouros
at a reception in honour of His Excellency Constantinos Stephanopoulos, President of Greece
 

   

 

  
 
Performing Liszt in Carnegie Hall  
   
   
Performing a Mozart Concerto & Beethoven Choral Fantasy in Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall (New York)  
   
     
With Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and the BBC Orchestra  
   
   
Gala concert in Zurich (Swiss TV feature)  
   
   
Concert in the Berlin Philharmonie (German TV report)  
   
   
Sgouros on NBC TV - unwinding with a game of baseball!  
   
   
With Bob Hawke (Prime Minister of Australia) and Reuben Fineberg  
   

 

 

LEFT: Sgouros with Paul Keating and wife Annita

  

RIGHT: Sgouros with Australia's Governor-General Bill Hayden in Government House

  
   
   
With Ray Martin on Australian television (Channel 9)  
   
   
   
Performing in The Hague, Netherlands (Dutch TV program)  
   
 

 

 
Sgouros and Zubin Mehta - joint TV appearance  
   
   
   
     
   
     
   

 

  
 
Sgouros in Russia - Rachmaninov 3rd Piano Concerto with the State Philharmonic Capella of Russia  
conducted by Valery Polyansky (September 7, 1997, Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory)  
   
   

   

 
Life in the fast lane: Sgouros cruising a German Autobahn in his Porsche  
  
 
 
Syros Island International Festival, Greece, August 2006  
 
           
     
           
     
Dimitris Sgouros & Mischa Maisky  
Menton-St Petersburg Orchestra/Jean-Bernard Pommier  
Concert in honour of Mstislav Rostropovich  
August 2007, Menton Festival (France)  
   
   
   
   
 
 
   
    
2008 Beijing Olympic Cultural Celebrations - Dimitris Sgouros performs Rachmaninoff 3rd Concerto  
with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra at Beijing Conservatory Hall  
   
   
 
   
Steinway & Sons - Rebuilding the Legend Exhibition  
 STEINWAY GRAND PIANO NO. 1 (1836)   
 $3 million replica - Worldwide Tribute Tour   
   

 

  
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"  
   
         
   
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
   
   
   
"The Perfect Tribute To A Great Legend"  
   
 
(photos courtesy of Marianthi Sgouros)  
   
 

Sgouros concert in Oxford University (where he pursued studies in post-graduate mathematics)

 		  
 

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A few well-worn favourites from Dimitris Sgouros' record collection!

  
   
 

 

 
   

"Mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa and acclaimed pianist Dimitris Sgouros are internationally known..."

- Lonely Planet - Greece (2008 Edition)		  
 
           
     
           
           
     
   

 

      
           
 

     
           
   

"The Greek Myth"

      

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