Dimitris Sgouros

Dimitris Sgouros

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About Dimitris Sgouros

Born in Athens, Greece in 1969, Dimitris Sgouros began his career as an 8 year old prodigy at the Athens Conservatory, where by the time he completed his studies he had received every award given. He then continued his studies at the University of Maryland and the Royal Music of Academy of London, from which he graduated with the highest mark ever granted by the Academy. In 1982 at the age of 12, Sgouros made his Carnegie Hall debut with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C., under the direction of Mstislav Rostropovich, performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. He made his Berlin Philharmonic debut that same year with Herbert von Karajan in Brahm's 2nd Piano Concerto, and was subsequently re-engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for two memorable performances of Tchaikovsky's Concert Fantasy Op 56 under Mariss Jansons. Arthur Rubinstein exclaimed: “I thank God for keeping me alive so that I would be able to hear with my own ears Sgouros play. He is the best pianist I have ever heard, including myself”. He then took off his gold watch and put it on Dimitris Sgouros' wrist as if passing on the torch. Two months later he was dead.

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