About the young Greek Pianist Dimitri Sgouros. Hear his artistry free at
cheers,
David Blumberg
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Well, Franz Liszt said that about some 3500 composers he met.
Steven
"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 :)
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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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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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
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> 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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dft
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