Artur Rubenstein said about this pianist:

[Musician]

"he is the best Pianist I have ever heard".

About the young Greek Pianist Dimitri Sgouros. Hear his artistry free at

http://sgouros.toptempo.com

cheers,

David Blumberg

[Steven Van Impe]

> "he is the best Pianist I have ever heard".

<snip>

Well, Franz Liszt said that about some 3500 composers he met.

Steven

[Musician]

ok fine. Here's another couple of comments:

"This boy is playing piano like the God..." - Martha Argerich "A
genius of Sgouros' scope is born only once in a century..." - Claudio
Abbado

I don't think that Abbado doles out compliments lightly (or as lightly
as Artur).

Anyway - it's worth listening to if inclined :)

[Ertugrul iNANC]

I listened to Sgouros playing Grieg's Piano Concerto, live in Istanbul, a
few months ago. He was remarkably good despite the awful orchestra and
simply crap conductor.

Btw, I don't believe any "best pianist I have ever heard" ever exists. I
don't believe in the existance of an ever best but I do know lots of ever
worsts. (The mentioned conductor & orch., for instance.)

Ertugrul

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[Musician]

I played under a conductor at a music festival (Teton) who was so bad
that when he fell off of the podium in a rehearsal, the Orchestra
almost clapped!!

[Ertugrul iNANC]

This one roasted the Beethoven IX in front of Viener Singverein. He seemed
to know only a single dynamic level. It was so bad that I could barely
recognize it was Beethoven at all, up to the choir's entry.

I cannot decide which one was the worst; the conductor, the orchestra, or
the soloists (especially the baritone with faulted intonation)!

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[David McKay]

Dmitri Sgouros came to Australia about 9 years or so, ago.

There was a lot of fanfare. Similar comments to those posted here.

During that year, I happened to hear the Beethoven Appassionata played 4
times. Most unusual, as I don't attend a lot of solo piano concerts.

One of the performers was a friend who was doing the Suzuki method.

We also heard Nikolai Evrov and Miriam Hyde.

I'd rate the performances:

1. Evrov
2. Hyde [in her 80s]
3. Sgouros
and our friend is 4, and is a prime example of the deficiencies of the
Suzuki system. She plays well, but was never meant to play the Appassionata.
[Don't know if I'd ever be able to, either]

I have heard much better performers. Back then, Sgouros was greatly
overrated. It didn't do him any favours telling the world he was a genius.
We might have had a completely different attitude, if he hadn't had such
publicity before we heard him.

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David McKay
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~musicke

[Peter T. Daniels]

David McKay wrote:

> 1. Evrov
> 2. Hyde [in her 80s]
> 3. Sgouros
> and our friend is 4, and is a prime example of the deficiencies of the
> Suzuki system. She plays well, but was never meant to play the Appassionata.
> [Don't know if I'd ever be able to, either]

Who made the violin arrangement?
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[daniel f. tritter]

as long as you are a musician, and the subsequent posters on this topic are
wannabe savants, i refer you to the subject line of this thread, to remind
you that the subject great pianist, bon vivant and raconteur became a US
citizen during WW2, and was adamant, vocal and insistent that his given name
was a-r-t-H-u-r [sic], pronounced however one was disposed, but spelled in
the english language orthography. i heard the gentleman himself hold forth
on the subject.

dft

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