Reviews & Comments

�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)

"one of the most famous music names, which represent Greek music in the world". 

(comment from his last concert's program as soloist with the United Symphonic Orchestra in Skopje, under the auspices of the United Nations), 5/4/2003

Dino Mastroyiannis belongs to the group of eminent young Greek pianists. He participated last August-September in my master-classes, where he delivered breathtaking performances of works by Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Khachaturian.�

�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.�

�Dino Mastroyiannis is a first-class European soloist.�

�On the interpretation of D. M., the audience listened the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra of Khachaturian; this piece couldn�t be played by neither, but only by a professional. D.M played this Concerto with great precision and technique, proving a precocious professional vocation, with large expectations on the Piano area.�

�The Concerto, which was of an extremely difficulty, was performed by a first-class pianist. The perfect quality of the interpretation really touched me. Dinos Mastroyiannis managed to pass into the concert hall his deep artistic sensation; this is one of the main reasons, that I would like to express to him my warmest congratulations.�

Theodore Costin (Conductor, former Artistic Director of the Craiova Philharmonic Orchestra �Oltenia�, Romania; extract of a press-conference for the Skopje Television, 11/1996)

�Working with Dino Mastroyiannis is really a great pleasure, because he is a true musician, very intelligent, and the most important is, that he accepts all our suggestions immediately in a very artistic way.�

�Exceptional success remarked the presentation of the virtuoso soloist from Volos, D. M., who precisely amazed with his interpretative ability the public that saw the concert, and for one more time he showed the excellent qualifications he disposes. His theoretic constitution and his persistence to the interpretation of piano works with great difficulties, are components that classifying nowadays D.M. among to the best Greek soloists.�

Yiannis Mougoyiannis (newspaper �Thessalia�, 5/1993)

�Dino Mastroyiannis is an extremely talented pianist�

Galina Pisarenko (world famous Russian soprano, 8/1992)

�Warm clapping for the Symphony Orchestra of Volos and the soloist D. M., the day before yesterday at the Municipal Theater of Volos. At the first part of the concert the orchestra and the soloist presented the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 23 in A Major KV 488 of W. A. Mozart, and really let the audience fascinated. D. M. shined with his �warm� playing, which was unconditionally following the expression of the Concerto, and for one more time managed to elect his great talent.�

Newspaper �Takhydromos�, 13/3/1996

�But the highest moment of the artist was �Humoresque� op. 20 of Schumann. Here Dinos Mastroyiannis rendered in a wonderful way the innumerable alterations of emotions, which the piece of work is swarmed with, and make it so difficult to perform.�

Tassos Seglias (newspaper �Takhydromos�, 12/1990)

�The maximum part for the concert�s success is owed to the new great talent of Greece, the pianist Dino Mastroyiannis. He managed to impress not only with his rich and many-sided technique but and with his artistic temperament, always combined with the perfect feeling of the rhythm.

�The program of his recital was full of huge difficulties, which he overcame interpreting like another Sviatoslav Richter�

Newspaper �Proti�, 10/1997

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. Especially for this concert, he pickets out the 3^rd Piano Concerto of Pancho Vladigerov, the world-famous Bulgarian composer. The soloist with remarkable manner and deep expression interpreted the concerto. D.M. has detached marvelous criticisms from musical personalities with international fame.�

�I found out, that your interpretation, and in general your attitude in relation to the orchestra, improves the harmony of instinctive naturalness and the genuine reference with the music.�

�Dino Mastroyiannis is an amazing pianist with a great technique and great expectations. It is evident, that he disposes a marvelous performing level, such as the interpretation of this Concerto is very rare and difficult.�

�The interpretation of the soloist D.M., a young and so much talented pianist, was at an extremely high level.�

George Fabian (President of the Craiova Philharmonic Orchestra / extract of a review for the newspaper �Nova Makedonia�)