Dinu Lipatti – the piano prince
Journal Title: Notes Muzyczny - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 8
Abstract
This year marks the 100th birthday anniversary of Dinu Lipatti (1917–1950), a Romanian pianist and composer. This artist’s profile is worth recalling primarily because of his pianistic achievements: a combination of respect for a music piece with deep spirituality of the performer, very noble-like tone, sincerity towards listeners (one criticist wrote that the moment when Lipatti really started rehearsing a piece was when other artists would think it could be presented before audiences). G. Bărgăuanu, a researcher studying the Romanian pianist’s heritage, called him the piano prince. Lipatti performed on stages around Europe only for fifteen years. Apart from solo works and works for piano and orchestra, he would gladly play duos with female pianists – Clara Haskil, his wife Madeleine, and violinist George Enescu. His well-developing career was first interrupted by WWII, to be finally ended by a deadly illness. The value of the recordings made in the first half of the last century, so long ago in terms of sound recording technique, is proven by the performer’s personality and perfectionism. Lipatti performer his first concerts in his mother country as a miracle child. In the interwar period, Romania was strongly influenced by the French culture – hence as a teenager (and prize-winner at the International Piano Competition in Vienna) he continued his education in Paris, used French in his private correspondence and piano-related texts, and finally, he took up the post of professor of master piano class at Geneva’s conservatory. The last years of his life were a desperate fight with time – for more concerts, more recordings, more classes with students, but despite all that he remained extremely cheerful, as his relatives and friends recall. Just a few hours of recordings, which Lipatti left, are enough to see him as a musician who – with his artistry – foreshadowed the modern and precise pianism living not just in a concert hall but also – even after a few dozen years – in a recording.<br/><br/>
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Agnieszka Roguska
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