DINO MASTROYIANNIS Concert Pianist

This affectionately well-played collection of solo Greek piano music makes no pretense to be anything else but a tribute to traditional folk-based nationalistic material.Dino Mastroyiannis plays it all with authority and panache.

Peter Burwasser-FANFARE Magazine (January-February 2011 Issue)

This CD was obviously a labor of love for Dino Mastroyiannis, and supported by a larger artisitic community (it was recorded in the Architecture Dept. of the University of Thessaly, Greece). This CD is entirely accessible, and I would think many pianists who are performing would want to listen to this to glean some fresh, rarely performed repertoire to add to their mix.

Delmarva Public Radio - Classical 89.5- Great Music and NPR News (21-10-2011)



 ZORBA'S DANCE: Greek Music for Solo Piano / a fascinating collection of works by Manos Hadjidakis, Manolis Kalomiris, Yiannis Konstantinidis, John Psathas & Mikis Theodorakis.

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Dear Dino,

I wanted to extend to you my warmest congratulation and deepest respect. It is true you have a completely natural flair for these works. I feel very proud to have my work on this CD Dino, thank you so much for including “Waiting for the Aeroplane”…Congratulations again on a fantastic outcome with the CD, it is a great artistic success.

Warmest regards,
JOHN PSATHAS
 

Dino Mastroyiannis plays with obvious authority in this music, persistent idiomatic awareness, and with a rich and broadly orchestral tone when called for. If the concept interests you, no need to delay.

Steven Ritter
"Audiophile audition" / web magazine for music,audio & home theater
July 26, 2011

After nearly twenty years as a concert pianist, I have to admit that, wherever I was, always some kind of nostalgia was leading me back to my country, Greece. So, during the last five years, through many emotions and memories, I have been collecting - very carefully and one by one - the Greek pianistic gems, with which I have created this musical “necklace”. Through these recordings, I hope to show that this music will speak not only to the heart of the Greek people, but also to listeners around the world - far away from Greece. In this collection, I have included a piece by John Psathas, certainly much more contemporary than the rest of the works featured. I have done so because, according to my opinion, if composers like living legend Mikis Theodorakis represent the glorious past and present of Greek music, John Psathas represents its bright future.

This CD is dedicated to my parents, Vlasios and Evangelia Mastroyiannis, the most precious persons in my life, who have always stood by me, and who have believed with their whole being in my music.

DINO MASTROYIANNIS

June 2010

Μετά από είκοσι χρόνια καλλιτεχνικής ζωής πρέπει να παραδεχτώ ότι, οπουδήποτε και να βρισκόμουν, πάντα κάποιο είδος νοσταλγίας με έφερνε πίσω στην πατρίδα μου. Έτσι, τα τελευταία πέντε και πλέον χρόνια, και ανάμεσα σε πολλές συγκινήσεις αλλά και αναμνήσεις, συγκέντρωνα προσεκτικά και από μία-μία τις ελληνικές πιανιστικές πέρλες με τις οποίες πλέχτηκε τελικά το μουσικό περιδέραιο που περιλαμβάνεται σ’ αυτό το CD. Ο σκοπός αυτής της ηχογράφησης είναι, ο ήχος να μιλήσει στην καρδιά όχι μόνο των απανταχού Ελλήνων αλλά και του πιο μακρινού ακροατή. Στην παρούσα ανθολογία συμπεριέλαβα κι ένα κομμάτι του Γιάννη Ψαθά, που είναι σαφώς πιο σύγχρονο από τα υπόλοιπα. Η επιλογή αυτή έγινε γιατί, κατά την ταπεινή μου γνώμη, αν ο μεγάλος ζωντανός θρύλος Μίκης Θεοδωράκης είναι το ένδοξο παρελθόν και παρόν, τότε ο Γιάννης Ψαθάς αποτελεί το λαμπρό μέλλον της ελληνικής συνθετικής δημιουργίας.

Το CD αυτό αφιερώνεται στους γονείς μου, Βλάσιο και Ευαγγελία Μαστρογιάννη, τα πολυτιμότερα πρόσωπα της ζωής μου, οι οποίοι στάθηκαν σαν βράχοι δίπλα μου και πίστεψαν με όλο τους το είναι στη μουσική μου…

ΝΤΙΝΟΣ ΜΑΣΤΡΟΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ

Ιούνιος 2010