Along with Skalkottas and Mitropoulos (one of his main champions of his work), he is generally considered one of the first Greek composers who did not belong to the National School.
Tasos Mitropoulos (born 1957), Greek politician and football midfielder
Bernhard and Gould never met in real life; however, Gould did play twice in Salzburg: the Bach D Minor Concerto with Mitropoulos on 10 August 1958, and a Sweelinck-Schoenberg-Mozart-Bach recital on 25 August 1959.
Trotter, William R. Priest of Music: The Life of Dimitri Mitropoulos.
After retiring in 1998, Mitropoulos became an assistant coach to Dusan Bajevic, Alberto Bigon, Yannis Matzourakis and Takis Lemonis in Olympiacos.