Radu Lupu

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Radu Lupu in Hanover

Radu Lupu (born November 30, 1945 in Galați ) is a Romanian pianist . He is considered one of the greatest living pianists and is known worldwide as an important interpreter of the piano music of Johannes Brahms , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert .

Life

Lupu had his first piano lessons with Lia Busuioceanu . At the age of twelve he played a program with his own compositions in public. At fourteen he attended the Bucharest Conservatory on a scholarship. He continued his training with Florica Musicescu , the teacher of Dinu Lipatti , and Cella Delavrancea . In 1961 he received a scholarship to the Moscow Conservatory . There he studied with Galina Eghyazarova , Heinrich Neuhaus and Stanislaw Neuhaus until 1969 . During this time he won three international competitions: the Van Cliburn Piano Competition in 1966 , the George Enescu Competition in 1967 and the Leeds Piano Competition in 1969 .

Since then, Lupu has worked regularly with major orchestras. In the USA he performed in 1972 with the Cleveland Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Carlo Maria Giulini . He made his debut at the Salzburg Festival in 1978 with the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan and gave the opening concert in 1986 with the Vienna Philharmonic under Riccardo Muti . In 1989 he received the Premio Abbiati , the prize of the Italian Critics' Association.

Lupus appearances are rare. In 2009 he played with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich . This was followed by appearances in 2012 at the Kultur Casino in Bern , 2015 at the KKL - Culture and Congress Center in Lucerne and 2017 at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern.

Lupu announced in June 2019 that he would end his career at the end of the season.

Repertoire and style

At the center of Lupus' repertoire are the great composers of the Viennese Classic and Romantic periods: he recorded all five Beethoven piano concertos (with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta ) as well as the piano concertos by Brahms and Schumann and the piano sonatas by Mozart and Schubert . He recorded the sonatas for violin and piano by Mozart with Szymon Goldberg , the four-hand piano works by Mozart and Schubert with Murray Perahia and Daniel Barenboim . Together with the violinist Chung Kyung-wha , he interpreted the A major sonata by César Franck and the A minor sonata by Claude Debussy . As a song accompanist, he worked with Barbara Hendricks , among others .

Lupu rarely gives interviews, he "lives (...) consistently the conviction that it is enough if he plays (...) The richness of nuances in his articulation is breathtaking (...) Lupu played in such a way that one believed he was only playing for himself. “(Quotes from the concert report by Marianne Mühlemann in Der BUND on the Schubert recital in the Kultur Casino Bern 2012)

He received a Grammy in 1995 for recordings of Schubert's piano sonatas. His recordings of Schubert's Moments Musicaux and the Impromptus at Decca are considered notable interpretations. Lupus recordings of the piano works by Johannes Brahms , for example the 2 Rhapsodies for Piano, Op. 79.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Scott Duncan, Orange County Register: A CACHE OF RARE GEMS. Retrieved April 28, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ Munzinger Archive, Radu Lupu biography , accessed on July 10, 2019.
  3. ^ List of the winners 1980–1989 on: criticimusicali
  4. ^ El pianista Radu Lupu se retira a final de temporada. Scherzo, June 28, 2019, accessed July 6, 2019 (Spanish).
  5. ^ Jean-Pierre Thiollet , 88 notes pour piano solo , “Solo de duo”, Neva Editions, 2015, p.98. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0
  6. ↑ Marianne Mühlemann: This man turns nothing into silent music , Der BUND, online edition February 29, 2012, accessed on July 10, 2019.
  7. ↑ 38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995), Radu Lupu , accessed July 10, 2019.
  8. ↑ First publication of Moments Musicaux on LP 1982 (Decca - SXDL 7554), 1989 on CD (Decca - 417 785-2)
  9. ↑ First publication of Impromptus on LP 1983 (Decca - SXDL 7594), later on CD (Decca - 411 711-2) in Germany.
  10. ↑ Radu Lupu plays Brahms, first recording 1978, Decca - SXL 6831.
personal data
SURNAME Lupu, Radu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian pianist
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Galați