Ildikó Jarcsek-Zamfirescu
Ildikó Jarcsek-Zamfirescu (born October 3, 1944 in Timișoara , Kingdom of Romania ; † January 9, 2019 in Timișoara) was a Romanian actress , director of the German State Theater Timişoara and lecturer in acting and speech training at the Faculty of Theater Studies of the Western University of Timişoara .
Live and act
Ildikó Jarcsek studied German at the Banat West University of Timișoara and then acting at the National University of Theater and Film Art "Ion Luca Caragiale" in Bucharest . In 1970 she made her debut as an actress at the theater in Botoșani in the play " Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti ". In 1973 she came to the German State Theater Timişoara, whose artistic director she took over in 1983 and held it until 2001.
As an actress, she embodied a wide variety of characters: Amelia in " Bernarda Albas Haus " by Federico García Lorca (1974), Minna in " Minna von Barnhelm " by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1975), Eva in "Meister Jakob und seine Kinder" by Hans Kehrer after Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn (1977), Maria in “ Was ihr wollt ” by William Shakespeare (1978), Chirița in “Chirița in der Provinz” by Vasile Alecsandri (1984), Anna Fierling in “ Mother Courage and Her Children ” by Bertolt Brecht (1988), Martha Rull in " Der zerbrochne Krug " by Heinrich von Kleist (1992), Katharina in " Helden " by George Bernard Shaw (1997), the old woman in " Siberia " by Felix Mitterer (2003), Semiramida in " The Chairs ”by Eugène Ionesco (2005).
The plays by Banat playwrights were among her favorites. A highlight of her career was undoubtedly her appearance at the side of her sister Ida Jarcsek-Gaza in Hans Kehrer's dialect “Zwei Schwestern”. With this piece, the two sisters went on tour in Germany in 1991.
Her directorship fell at the time of a dwindling audience and actors, which was triggered in the 1970s by the emigration of the Banat Swabians in the course of the ransom of Romanian Germans . The ensemble shrank from 35 to 14 actors by 1981. The audience waiting to leave the theater also lost interest, so that the theater management had to go new ways. Musical evenings such as “Music under the Christmas tree” or the contributions staged by Josef Jochum became box office magnets .
As a director, Ildikó Jarcsek-Zamfirescu directed the fairy tale play "Katzenhaus" by Samuil Marschak (1988), Caragiales comedy classic "Herr Leonida und die Reaction" (1986), entertainment programs "Musik unterm Tannenbaum" (1986), "Springrhythmen" (1987). She also played in Romanian films: as Barbara in Mircea Daneliuc's film “The Eleventh Commandment” or as a cook in Lucian Pintilie's “The Valley of Tears”. She also appeared as a translator from Romanian: “The Game of Life and Death in the Ash Desert” by Horia Lovinescu (1979), “The Man in the Bathroom” by Mircea Radu Iacoban (1979), “The Housekeeper” by Alexandru Sever (1980), “Children and Parents” by Ion Băieșu (1985). After the political change, the artist was involved in several productions in Baden-Baden : She directed the plays "Zwei Schwestern" (1992), "The Lost Letter" by Ion Luca Caragiale (1994) and in Gorki's " Nachtasyl " (1996 ). After founding the Faculty of Theater Studies at the Western University of Timişoara in 1992, Ildikó Jarcsek-Zamfirescu taught acting and speech training.
As an actress she embodied almost 100 roles, as well as moderating numerous entertainment programs and countless recitation evenings , some of which she presented in the former GDR . In 2001, Ildikó Jarcsek-Zamfirescu was urged to give up the management. In an advertisement for the post of artistic director, she no longer ran. Alexandra Gandi-Ossau became her successor.
Memberships
- Theater Association in Romania (UNITER)
- Thalia Germanica, Society for Research into the History of German-Language Theater Abroad
Awards
- Stefan Jäger Medal of the Democratic Forum of Germans in the Banat (2000)
- Pro Cultura Timisiensis, Timiș County Council Prize (2004)
- Diploma of excellence from the city of Timisoara
literature
- Horst Fassel : The German State Theater Timisoara (1953-2003). From national identity bearer to experimental theater. Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3643114136
- Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banat Germans. Th. Breit Verlag, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c website of the DSTT , Ildikó Jarcsek-Zamfirescu
- ↑ a b c d Horst Fassel: The German State Theater Temeswar (1953-2003). From national identity bearer to experimental theater. Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3643114136
- ^ Thalia Germanica , members
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jarcsek-Zamfirescu, Ildikó |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian actress and artistic director at the German State Theater Timişoara and lecturer at the Western University of Timişoara |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Timișoara , Kingdom of Romania |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 2019 |
| Place of death | Timișoara |