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"Your apprehension of my works totally corresponds with their deeper character, their virtuosity and their mental demands and reflects their quintessence. For all the above, thank you and congratulations."
- MIKIS THEODORAKIS (4-2-2005)
"Ich hatte heute Gelegenheit Ihre Aufnahme anzuhoeren und fand, dass Ihre Leistung technisch
wie musikalisch durchaus dem internationalen Niveau entspricht."
("I had the opportunity today to listen and find out through your nice recording, that your technical and musical abilities are absolutely up to an international level.") - PAUL BADURA-SKODA, world-famous pianist
"Dino Mastroyiannis belongs to the group of eminent young Greek pianists." - Roberto Szidon (world-famous Brazilian pianist
"one of the most famous music names, which represent Greek music in the world". - comment from his concert's program as soloist with the United Symphonic Orchestra in Skopje, under
"...the new great talent of Greece...rich and many-sided technique...artistic temperament...perfect feeling of the rhythm..." - "Hudobny Zivot" (music newspaper), Slovakia
"Dino Mastroyiannis est un musicien vrai."
("Dino Mastroyiannis is a real musician") - Konstantin Ganev, (world-famous Bulgarian pianist and pedagogue)
"La tecnica e l’interpretazione del pianista Greco Dino Mastroyiannis sono emerse in una fusione sublime di descrittivismo e transfigurazione lirica." - Gazzetta del Sud (music newspaper), Italy
"Your new interpretation of my Piano Concerto, totally justifies my first impression of your magnificent and inspired approach to my work.I was deeply touched, because you are young and Greek, and I must say that your Greek spirit of performing was obvious not only in the rhythmic passages but especially in your expressiveness of the melodies." - Mikis Theodorakis
"Dino Mastroyiannis is a brilliant musician with great future and finesse in his playing. His repertoire contains works, which demand great dexterity and absolute control of consideration." - comment of the Bulgarian press, included to the program / Vratca, Bulgaria
"Dino Mastroyiannis is an extremely talented pianist." - Galina Pisarenko
Discography
Still working on that hot first release.
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Bio
Described with enthusiastic reviews and comments as "a musical ambassador of Greece", "a true musician", "a first-class European soloist", Dino Mastroyiannis holds nowadays a prestigious position among the most distinguished contemporary Greek pianists.
He has appeared as a soloist with leading professional orchestras like the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria), the Slovak State Philharmonic Kosice (Slovakia), the Poznan Philharmonic (Poland), the Moscow State Chamber Orchestra "The Sesons" (Russia), the Iasi State Philharmonic (Romania), the Martinu Chamber Orchestra (Czech Republic), the Mikkeli City Orchestra (Finland), the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra (Croatia), the Macedonian Philharmonic (FYROM), the Orchestra of the St.-Petersburg State University (Russia), the Stockport Youth Orchestra (England), the Kiev Camerata (Ukraine), the United Symphony Orchestra of Skopje (FYROM), the Suddetic Philharmonic (Walbrzych, Poland), the Plovdiv Philharmonic (Bulgaria), the Catanzaro Symphony Orchestra (Italy), the Thessaloniki State Orchestra (Greece) and the Volos Symphony Orchestra (Greece).
He has also performed a vast repertoire in such prestigious concert halls as the "Ateneul Roman" in Bucharest, the "Glinka Hall" of the St.-Petersburg Philharmonic or the "Rudolfinum" in Prague either as a recitalist or in collaboration with world leading chamber music ensembles like the Kocian Quartet (Czech Republic) and the Moyzes Quartet (Slovakia). Recently he had a triumphal concert at the international scene of the prestigious Bridgewater Hall (Manchester, England). He has performed many times in International Festivals, such as the "Kiev Summer Music Evenings, in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz", "Ameropa" 2001 & 2002 in Prague, "Euro-Silesia" 2003 in Poland under the Artistic Direction of Kurt Mazur and "Pristina International Chamber Music Festival" (Kosovo), to name a few. He has also performed with great success in historic places, like the "Villa Bertramka" (the world-famous Mozart Museum in Prague).
A graduate of Athens Conservatory (Aliki Vatikioti's class) with the highest honours, he has also studied with the famous Bulgarian couple Konstantin & Julia Ganev (students of Heinrich Neuhaus), and especially with one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, the Brazilian Roberto Szidon (student of Claudio Arrau and Artur Rubinstein). He has attended numerous master-classes at the "Mozarteum" University Salzburg (Austria), Hanover Music Academy (Germany) and Sion Music Academy (Switzerland).
Regarded for his rich and multi-sided technique, artistic temperament, perfect feeling of the rhythm and rare expressiveness Dino Mastroyiannis is also one of the most gifted chamber-musicians and an exceptional vocal collaborative pianist. He is regarded as one of the most prominent performers of Greek music and has a very special relationship with the Piano Concerto of Mikis Theodorakis, which he interprets as a soloist with leading orchestras in a unique performing way. He has accepted enthusiastic written comments from the composer himself, expressing Mr. Mastroyiannis' deep musical and absolutely "Greek approach" of this work: "your new interpretation of my Piano Concerto, totally justifies my first impression of your magnificent and inspired approach to my work".
Recently Dino Mastroyiannis performed the world-premiere of Mikis Theodorakis' Piano Concerto "Helikon', which was lost and forgotten for forty four years, even by the composer himself. This breathtaking concert took part in Finland with the Mikkeli City Orchestra. Mikis Theodorakis chosen Dino Mastroyiannis for the premiere, as the ideal interpreter of this music.
Roberto Szidon had described Mr. Mastroyiannis as "one of the eminent Greek pianists" and Paul Badura-Skoda had written that "his technical and musical abilities are up to an international level".
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