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Dimitris Sgouros ((ギリシア語:Δημήτρης Σγούρος); born 30 August 1969) is a Greek classical pianist.〔(Classical Pianist Dimitris Sgouros: Biography ) (''c.'' 2008). Retrieved 21 May 2010.〕 He began playing the piano at a young age, and received formal training in Athens, London, and New York. Widely acclaimed for his prodigious musical talent as a boy, Sgouros is one of the world's leading concert pianists. Arthur Rubinstein remarked that he had produced "the best playing I have ever heard;"〔Crankshaw, G. (1983): (Angel Debut Recording: Dimitris Sgouros – Brahms/Schumann ) (notes from record jacket). Retrieved 21 May 2010.〕 However, the accuracy of this information has been challenged.〔"Opus,", No. 1 (1984), p. 35.〕 ==Biography== Sgouros was born on 30 August 1969 in Athens, Greece,〔〔〔(World Who's Who: Dimitris Sgouros ) (2010). Retrieved 22 May 2010.〕 the son of Sotirios and Marianthi Sgouros.〔 There was no notable record of musical talent in his family.〔 He began playing the piano at a young age and gave his first public performance at the age of seven.〔 At the age of eight, he entered the Athens Conservatoire, studying under Maria Herogiorgiou-Sigara.〔〔 Sgouros won several competitions between 1978 and 1983, including the UNICEF competition in Bulgaria (1979), a competition in Ancona, Italy (1980), and two competitions in his home city of Athens.〔 He was also the recipient of the 1982 Leonardo da Vinci International Award.〔〔(Rotary Club Firenze: History of the Leonardo da Vinci Award ) (2009). Retrieved 28 December 2010.〕 In 1982, at the age of 12, Sgouros made his Carnegie Hall debut. He performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich.〔 In mid-1983, before he had turned 13, Sgouros graduated from the Conservatory with a Professor's Diploma, a Teacher's Diploma, a First Prize, and a Gold Medal.〔 Sgouros continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music of London and the University of Maryland, College Park, in the United States of America.〔 He graduated from Royal Academy with the highest marks the institution had ever awarded.〔 Besides his musical talents, Sgouros has undertaken postgraduate studies in mathematics at the University of Oxford.〔(Dimitris Sgouros: A photographic portrait ) (''c.'' 2009). Retrieved 22 May 2010.〕 Performances around the world have included concerts in Australia,〔(Newspaper articles on Dimitris Sgouros from Fairfax archive ) (mainly Sydney).〕〔(Dimitris Sgouros Australian tours – Concert programmes & nationwide reviews )〕 Austria, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, France, Germany, Hong Kong,〔(Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, University of California, San Francisco – Philip Morris Collection – Dimitris Sgouros in Hong Kong (1989 Cartier Master Series) )〕 Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand,〔(Dimitris Sgouros newspaper citations, Auckland Council Libraries )〕 Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, and Turkey.〔(Sgouros concert in Ankara – article from NTV MS-NBC (in Turkish) )〕 Sgouros has performed for the royal families of Britain, Monaco,〔(Hebdo Magazine feature on Sgouros (November 1984) ) 〕〔(Prince's Palace of Monaco – Summer Concerts )〕 and Sweden, and played under the baton of renowned conductors such as Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Emil Tabakov, Kurt Masur, and Yevgeny Svetlanov.〔(ABC Classic FM broadcast schedule – Sgouros & USSR Sym Orch/Svetlanov perform Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 )〕 He has recorded for various record labels, including Dino Music〔(ABC Classic FM broadcast schedule – Dino Music album with Sgouros )〕〔(Dimitris Sgouros album on Dino Music – track listing )〕 and EMI.〔(2011 EMI Classics release with Dimitris Sgouros – 'Essential Liszt' )〕 Since March 1988, three Sgouros Festivals have been instituted, in Hamburg, Ljubljana, and Singapore.〔(Concert poster – Sgouros with the USSR Festival Orchestra in Singapore, 1990 )〕〔(Concert advertisement ) – The Straits Times, 21 October 1990〕〔(Sgouros at Victoria Concert Hall ). Concert notice, The Straits Times, 22 October 1991〕 Sgouros has featured prominently in the media, having appeared on NBC's ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''〔(TV guides from Ocala Star-Banner & Chicago Tribune ) (1982).〕 and a television concert with Chopin's 1st Piano Concerto.〔(The Miami News TV guide ) (1986).〕〔(– TV Special – Listings ). The New York Times Retrieved 3 January 2011.〕 He has also been profiled by Oscar-winning director François Reichenbach in a feature-length documentary film.〔(Google Books citation – Musik in den Medien ) Retrieved on 3 January 2011.〕〔(– Music News ) Los Angeles Times (1984). Retrieved 3 January 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dimitris Sgouros」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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