Dimitri Mitropoulos 1 March脢1896 冒 2 November 1960); was a Greek conductor; pianist; and composer. Had received international fame; in the classical music world; both as a major conductor and composer of the 20th century. He studied at the Athens Conservatoire in Brussels and Berlin; with Ferruccio Busoni . From 1921 to 1925 he assisted Erich Kleiber at the Berlin State Opera and then took a number of posts in Greece. At a 1930 concert with the Berlin Philharmonic; he played the solo part of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 and conducted the orchestra from the keyboard; becoming one of the first modern musicians to do so.Mitropoulos was noted as a champion of modern music; such as that by the members of the Second Viennese School. He wrote a number of pieces for orchestra and solo works for piano; and also arranged some of Johann Sebastian Bach's organ works for orchestra. In addition he was very influential in encouraging Leonard Bernstein's interest in conducting performances of Mahler's symphonic works. He also premiered and recorded a piano concerto of Ernst Krenek as soloist (available on CD); and works by composers in the U.S. such as Roger Sessions and Peter Mennin. In 1952 he commissioned American composer Philip Bezanson to write a piano concerto; which he premiered the following year. His compositions include a piano sonata; the opera 鈥楽oeur B脛atrice' (1918)BRONZE BUST-LIFE SIZEARTIST-FOTIS GEOROULAKISSTANDS AT THE WALKWAY FALIRON