Dimitris Sgouros/Eileen Agar

Summary Tonight Omnibus features two artists separated by more than 60 years. The first is the 14-year-old Greek pianist, Dimitris Sgouros. Already a renowned performer on the international stage, this child prodigy has been compared to Mozart. What is it like to have so much talent so young and what pressures must this boy prodigy endure? The second artist is the painter Eileen Agar. Once described as the 'darling of the Surrealists' she talks tonight about her life and work, recalling the holiday with Picasso, and friendships with Ezra Pound and Evelyn Waugh.

S17.E6 ∙ Dimitris Sgouros/Eileen Agar

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Humphrey Burton Peter Sallis David Collings Kirsty Wark

0

Details

Genres : Biography Music Documentary

Release date : Nov 19, 1983

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Summary Tonight Omnibus features two artists separated by more than 60 years. The first is the 14-year-old Greek pianist, Dimitris Sgouros. Already a renowned performer on the international stage, this child prodigy has been compared to Mozart. What is it like to have so much talent so young and what pressures must this boy prodigy endure? The second artist is the painter Eileen Agar. Once described as the 'darling of the Surrealists' she talks tonight about her life and work, recalling the holiday with Picasso, and friendships with Ezra Pound and Evelyn Waugh.

Details

Genres : Biography Music Documentary

Release date : Nov 19, 1983

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Edit Focus

All Filters