Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 part 1 - Dimitris Sgouros

[01sidiropoulos]

i have a friend who play oboe his name dimitris kalpaxsidis and he was playing with sgouros many times.i saw him too he is very good not only in the piano!!!he told me they went to play in that place and dimitris sgouros he didn't know what he had to play!so he read ones all the notes that he had to play..ones each page he didn't even played because he was on the plane!!!my friend said that this is incredible however he played the program just perfect....

[pipineza]

Nelly Boogan if u bite your tongue u will death from the poison.Dont hear the rumors.Fimitris is a very nice man in the age of 40 years yet and also the best pianist of the world.So try to dont bite your tongue,

[NellyBoogan]

I've heard he has lost most his hair and gained dozens of pounds now that he's over 40 years old. Too bad, Dimitri! No career and ugly as well...... 

[NellyBoogan]

Is he married now? He must be over 40 years old now. If he is still single, he MUST be a gay faggot.

[yohbyo]

@NellyBoogan

bad reasoning.

[votran333]

Will Smith's daughter has influenced this man. Look at him Whip his hair back and forth.

[eythymios77]

Nice technical and emotional execution by a 14 yo boy...perfect!

[alce8889]

КАКОЙ ШЕДЕВР!!! Величайший Чайковский был бы весьма рад такому исполнению. Браво Dimitris! Аплодирую стоя.

[liana310580]

МОЩНОЕ И ВДОХНОВЕННОЕ ИСПОЛНЕНИЕ!!!

[JorbenadzeDr]

Wonderful concert and beautiful playing! Please listen to my performance of Fantasy-Suite for piano from Tchaikowsky's ballet "Swan Lake" and let me know your opinion. Thanks and best regards, Rezo Jorbenadze.

[Peiting2002]

14? he looks older :O..

[PIanoReview]

Sgouros is one of many child prodigies who were hyped. Anyone who thinks his performance here of the Tchaikovsky is above Argerich's must not be listening well, or certainly doesn't have the ears of the majority of informed listeners and musicians. Sgouros greatest attribute is his incredible technique but he never created a reputation played well Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin,Schubert, Schumann or the other great composers music not measured so much by gymnastics.

[CSPlayerDamon]

@PIanoReview Informed..? Sounds funny..You don't have to be informed to listen to music..And, above all, lets not forget the quality of this recording and Argerich's..God..I'm not saying this is the best performance, especially technically, but I don't see any reason to put another pianist above him...

[daruta1]

WOW! So impressive!!!

[MrSammyConcepcion]

How come you Europeans think that Western classical music can only be interpreted properly by Westerners? Do you feel threatened that Orientals are beating you in your own game? I don't get it -- it shows ARROGANCE AND INSECURITY AT THE SAME TIME... Miss Peckpeck was right -- you are all fags (as is Sgouros for sure!).

[grThetrojan01gr]

do you hear what you say, you racist?

[MrMorriz1]

European musicians dont feel threatened by Orientals at all, and the Orientals dont believe thay are takeing over the art at all, i study at the choin academy of music in poland and the asians all have good repertoire and technique but when i walk down the school halls passed all the practise rooms and all the asian pianists sound completely the same anf thay no that,it is not that thay are less artistic than europens/russians but thay ern completely different thay lern the piano like machines

[iamgoinghigher]

I am sooo sorry for @MrSammyConcepcion

Your life must be very miserable. Fighting on youtube with people you dont know about one of the best classical music sheet and caring about if Tchaikovsky or Mr. Dimitris Sgouros are gay . Please, let us know if there is something we can do for you. Miserable.......

[robfuturemd]

Ladies and Gentlemen, listen to him play the broken chords between 0:47 and 0:57. Absolutely AMAZING!! Both Lang Lang and Agerich butcher this part!!

[LuzCunt]

Give him a speeding ticket!

[Mitropoulosfan]

Bravo Dimitri!!!

[robfuturemd]

Much, MUCH better then Martha Agerich!!

[SamuelConcepcion]

No, lang-lang is the best.

[robfuturemd]

Lang Lang is a joke, he butchers anything he uts his hands on!

[SamuelConcepcion]

Dmitris Sgouros doesn't have a career anymore, Langlang still has.

[robfuturemd]

Yes, why? because he is profitable, it has nothing to do with his abilities as a pianist. He is not that well regarded in most knowledgable circles anyway.

[apo2520]

Sgouros performed a lot until he was about 20-25 years old. he was child prodigy then and he played at every continent. if you see now Lang Lang at the Olympics ceremony, remember that Sgouros played in Seul (or Barcelona). His later abscence could be explained by lack of motivation or by working on other things (composition, maths etc). Recently he started to give fewer and more special performances(BBC , Bolshoi Theatre, Beijing Orchestra). Moreover, compare China's with Greece's population

[MrSammyConcepcion]

Yes, you're right, he's working on other things --- mainly EATING! He's too obese to play the piano now. He can't move his fat arms quite as fast as when he was younger. What a pig! He let himself go.

[mgiroud21]

@MrSammyConcepcion

Je suis sûr que le cochon c'est vous

[chopinopus28]

@SamuelConcepcion lang lang has 2 billions supporters and buyers, and first of all he is just a marketing selling product, but surely not an artist, lets be serious. the reasons that sgouros doesn't have a carrier any more are much more different, and last point, sgouros had a 15 years carrier, lang lang was in some training camp for fingers 15 years ago.

[robfuturemd]

Listen between 0:47-0:57, listen to how crips and sharp does broken chords are, not a muffle like Bang Bang. Also listen to the second chord at 1:06-1:07, he plays that last chord with an accent, just as it should be played, Bang Bang and Agerich always make it more softer then the previous chord, that is NOT good!!

[MrSammyConcepcion]

How DARE you make fun of langlang. You have no respect for Chinese pianists. I hope you don't ever become an M.D.

[robfuturemd]

I DO respect GOOD Chinese pianists, such as Yundi Li, he is technically facile but also involves himself in the music, Bang Bang Technically facile, musically boring. He has great finger but couldn't form a phrase on the piano if his life depended on it. While I can give him credit for his fingers, as a pianist your job is to play music, not play fast

[zane230]

What a splendid performance. Playing piano like that is really hard for us. I salute you

[cenolbaj]

Interesting. This concerto has such a beautiful beginning. But then the rest is just mediocre, boring.

[panasonicifl]

ronaldo

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

Wow, I have no patience for people like you. He plays amazingly, and you come here to say that. You can't even spell little. Get a life.

[fairlytaleofnewyork]

Wow! Really amazing!

[grThetrojan01gr]

Sgouros, the giant of piano!

[michid101]

Just wow!

[releasethefrogs]

WOW this kid is fantastic! so expressive, so full.. will the BBC thing be broadcast in the US?

[ogbash]

This is what I call genius. Fantastic, I have shivers!

[guitarrahero]

that dude is the bomb.

[Animainiac85]

What intensity!

Brilliant performance.

[misspeckpeck]

It's not intensity - it is immaturity. This boy is musically immature..... sorry Sgouros fans...... you're all faggots......

[JamesTR4]

lang lang trying to play with an orange is immature... Sgouros's performance does not come close to implying any musical immaturity...i would suggest You grow up and stop the hatred...troll

[grThetrojan01gr]

I don't care how a good pianist is Dimitris Sgouros as a 14 old boy, but he's (one of?) the best out there in the present.

[robfuturemd]

Sgourous is Amazing he plays better then Bang Bang or Argerich. What is "immature" in him if I may ask?

[mlkoln]

Das ist grauenvoll!

Sgouros soll vor 25 Jahren das Wunderkind gewesen sein?

Hier sehe & höre ich lediglich einen uninspirierten Schwerstarbeiter ...

[goldenthroat86]

Technically stunning, big sound, musical, passionate...I am also glad to hear he's doing well. Hadn't heard much about him in years.

[etude12]

Yeah, this year he's playing Beethoven's P/C no.3 for the BBC. God, I would love to see him live!

[FerozaLaBonne]

I am so glad to hear he is flourishing, I have not heard of him since he was a child prodigy,when he played in Tanglewood in the USA, and wasmost impressive. im so glad he is doing well. I hope he comes to the states real soon.

[caryflute]

he must be a great pianist for he's just been 14 years old at that time! i wonder if his parents did a great part and pushed him as it is so often the case when young people play like this. cuz at this age you mostly do not know what you want to do later on yet and you don't look into something like this.

btw I don't think he looks angry with the piano, he is deeply into the piece and his face shows the feelings he associates with this piece. to me it's rather passion and not anger.

[Kateto1980]

He was 14 then??? Really!

[suha25]

gettin dowwnnnn

who cares if he looks angry. if thats what it takes to bang out chords like that then so be it.

[Matey3]

I think Tchaikovsky showed that concerto to nikolai Rubinstein who was a famous piano player but rubinstein laughed at it and refused to play it & said it was for children (or something like that) Tchaikovsky was disappointed and did not want to publish this beautiful piano work.

I think Rubinstein either didnt know how to play it or was jealous? any way proved his ignorance., figures...lol ;-)

thanks for sharing/

[hiasofdeath]

Thats how "moshing" was invented.. ;D

[SophieRose10]

He played the cadenza beautifully

[bobbymarywalsh]

the pianist seems very additated

i play piano and i know you have to show passion and emmotion but not to look like you are angry with the piano..

[franklindavid]

I could not have said it any better.

[mompomil]

acctualy, I believe that you don't have to "show" anything, it's a matter of passion, and you just can't act that...either you have it, or you don't.

[MikkelHofstedt]

It can add much to a concert if the pianist, or the piano plays a part, adding a feel to it. That way the piano doesn't just play, it prescribe a character in a story. It has all to do with the pianists interpretation to the concert.

[vgiannakos]

Σγούρο Μεγάλε!

[FerozaLaBonne]

Where is this wunderkind now??

[vassilis80]

He has made a career that you couldn' t even dream of... And he continues to give recitals in the major operas of the world. Where are you now??

[Thaddeussimus]

Maestro!

[etude12]

Wow! He really ploughs up and digs into that keyboard! (odd little agricultural metaphor, but there it is!)

He knows how to work that hair, too! I think I'll get a haircut like that- perhaps it will instill in me some of Sgouros' greatness...

[ruthangelina]

this piece speaks to the soul... volumes

[queeniemtt1206]

God! AWESOME! i can totally feel his passion in the music!! he is like connected with the piano! Bravo!

[ivixama]

music is for everyone, for boys and girls, adults and children, for all religions, all races, all countries, for hetero and homo...

[humbertsin1994]

Racist!!!

Music is the one true universal language!

[stupid4u]

yea true its european music,

but i think anybody who appreciate it can perform it as well.

[Flutesrock8900]

I don't know where you're from, not what your political stances are, but where I'm from, everyone is equal and can play any music they want...but I admit, that's a rather silly opinion :/

[301250]

Zensorship, your racist, reactionary, narrow-minded and obscurantist view is not only pathetic but it can only be representative of someone of low intelligence besides being totally out of synch in these globalised times. For your information let me inform you that the MPO orchestra here is made up of musicians both Asian and Western, and whose SALARIES are borne by the Malaysian Petronas oil company!!! sd goh (malaysian)

[mavrikha]

And by the way, the biggest part of Russia, where the compser Tchaikovsky was from (or well, the Imperial Russia at that time), stretches over Asia... :)) I totally agree with

humbertsin1994, music is universal language.

[kopynd]

well done

[vesterico]

Muchas gracias por este post, este es uno de mis conciertos favoritos de toda la vida.

[Gauner2506]

i love russian pianists!! no other pianists can do as well..

[naumrenato]

dimitris sgouros sounds russian to you? O_o

he's greek!

[MyInfiniteWisdom]

@naumrenato Oh, so he's Greek. Do you know what "Greek" means? It means anal sex!

[mgiroud21]

@MyInfiniteWisdom

A so elegant comment !!!

[iwnathan]

@MyInfiniteWisdom You are totally mixed up maybe? Sex and music are not the same?

[maxmodelos]

Yes he is Greek. Born in Athens

[AndreeaAndi]

Anyone who looks at my page will know that this is my favorite Concerto and the comment I made on the first video doesn't compare to this pianist...he definitely so much better. If I knew someone who could play the piano and play it well..she/he would be playing this piece for me all the time! ;) Bravo to this pianist!

[dondonoboe1]

my oboe sensei is the one playing the first oboe in this wonderful orchestra.... he is the best.... and my idol...... i met almost all the members when i visited tokyo last december of 2005.... more power to this orchestra and to my teacher tsuji isao....

[jjaci]

soloists who play this piece can't help but bang his/her head. bravo!

[stoyanila]

Блестящ, водещ оркестъра, градивно и в най-оптималното темпо. Благодаря !!!

[seahyimin]

finally! a pianist loud enough to be heard over the orchestra

[lcarlos055]

um dos maiores compositores de musica classica de todos os tempos!

[wsoxman]

Talent!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh and hard work too.

[thegoddescomposer]

he looks too big for 14 years old dude

[panagogt]

but he is

[johnbaptistlulu]

i heard him play in greece just two months ago. man, he is good... but (my opinion)

he played better back then. now his play is like, too angry, too harsh. back then he played delicately, softly...

[Hellof7]

It's absolutely AMAZING that he plays it and how clean he plays it but I prefer the Evgeni Kissin version, though...

[NymphoGay]

I did not hear any wrong notes in any critical areas. I have to say I found his interpretation very very very enjoyable. He seems to hit the keys very hard. I guess I am a little amateurish but I do like to hear the piano over the orchestra. His key strokes are perfectly firm on the keyboard like a typist in the days before the electric typewriter, hahahahahahaa. 14 has nothing to do with my enjoyment I think. I would have liked it as much if he were 30.

[PinkBwunny]

You are an idiot.

[bryan82690]

he doesnt look 14

[ld357]

damn....14 years old!!

[CONTESTAR]

I had a look in google... Guess what. He is playing the Tchaikowski 1st piano conc. with Petersburg Philharm. and Yuri Temirkanov on June 7th, 2007 in Athens!!

[wmi10]

14 years old?!

[kokomozart]

man this is a music video what does it have to do with propaganda?

[vakme]

This boy here plays better than you 'critics' will for the rest of your lives... and please remember what have YOU played on 14 years of age :) So don't judge the genius please, just applause.

[bamatommy]

He plays awfully good, IMO.

[rigel48]

The sound quality of this video is so poor that it is difficult to judge the interpretation. But tonal shading does not seem to be the first quality of this pianist. Tchaikovsky fot G.I. !

[concertolover81291]

his technique is fantastic but it is so unmusical and so square. i much prefer a musical interpretation, why don't you go and watch Kissin play this piece? you'll be in wonders if you like this one.

[Crawford1987]

woahh! Slow down buddy. Tchaikovsky would roll over his grave if he ever heard this piece that fast. It should more at an andante tempo, maybe andantino.

[Leotjo]

Is this boy really 14 in this clip? He looks like 40 or something. Wonderful piece of music though!

[t0t0s123]

perfect!

[vjam4339]

ok this boy has too much talent its scary

but when he grows older he will start to interpret pieces more maturely, for example there is basically no dynamic contrast, its the same thoroughout

[Jirzy]

This boy HAD too much talent, hehe. You probably havn't heard about this superprodigy of early 80'. Wasted talent. This performance isn't my favourite.

[ivrykeys]

I'll agree...

I really like Sgouros and he's extremely talented, but even in his older recordings his dynamics aren't very contrasting. I think a really good example of his lack of contrast is best shown in his Liszt-Verdi Rigoletto recording on youtube. Not only in that, but in many of his recordings he gets very "hasty" in his playing at times, and not good hasty like Cziffra.

The only thing cool I've noticed about Sgouros is a master of technician.

[goboenomo]

i cant see his face... it's too dark

i think he's playing it a little fast...

[Saliensky]

Bravo! :)