Extractions: Look ahead on the Take Five Concert Schedule to see what we will be presenting in the current month. You can also view the listings for previous months in the current season. CBC Ottawa host and producer Gary Hayes presents a concert on Monday May 27th with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and pianist Radu Lupu . LISTENER REQUESTS AND FEATURES are broadcast between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm. Features appear in our third hour (sometime between noon and 1:00 pm). All Take Five concerts begin following the 1:00 news (1:06 pm). Host Shelley Solmes presents concert performances from across Canada and around the world.
Chamber Music In Napa Valley Details While the fiery pianist is in demand everywhere, he is especially loyalto the Israel Philharmonic, the St. radu lupu, February 3, 2003. http://www.chambermusicnapa.org/details2002.htm
Extractions: Chamber Music in Napa Valley The Takacs Quartet October 15, 2002 Originally Hungarian, now half Hungarian and half English, the Takacs Quartet in their 22nd year are clearly established through their recordings and electrifying performances as one of the top quartets in the world today. The Times of London described them as "an extraordinary tour de force of collaborative virtuosity." Their performance here of the Schubert G major Quartet was one of the greatest moments in our history. This year by our special request they will play Schubert's other late masterpiece, the Quintet, with the exceptional cellist, Natasha Brofsky, who appeared here last year with her Peabody Trio. The first half of their program for us will be Mozart KV 598 and the Ravel Quartet. Pinchas Zukerman and Marc Neikrug October 16, 2002 The Artemis Quartet October 29, 2002 The Artemis Quartet formed at the Musikhochschule in Luebeck, Germany, 12 years ago, and now resides in Berlin. In 1995 the young ensemble began a winning streak across the gamut of string quartet competitions and is now widely regarded as the premier quartet of the new generation of Europe. The Washington Post wrote that their performance "breathed fire and sweat," and the Frankfurter Allgemeine said, "This was a performance of the most incredible intensity of communication from first to last." When we have asked other ensembles over the past few years "Who is hot?" the Artemis has been the answer. They will perform Mozart KV 387, Bartok No. 3, and Beethoven Op. 132, the great A minor Quartet.
La Folia -- Lennie Redux The disc of radu lupu playing Schuberts infinitely absorbing The intimacy lupuachieves in the Gflat Impromptu makes one feel the pianist is playing http://www.lafolia.com/archive/davis/davis200004bernstein.html
Extractions: Online Music Review La Folia Home] [Archives by Contributor] [Archives by Date] ... La Folia The Decca Legends / Lennie Redux Dan Davis [April 2000. Originally appeared in La Folia Universal Polygram ) has uncorked the treasures of the Decca catalogue, gussied them up in 24/96 remastering downsampled (Decca calls it "noise shaped) to 44.1kHz/16-bit stereo, and released them in a new series with uniform covers, logos, and facsimiles of the original LP covers, the latter, alas, only on the back of the pamphlets. An alternative route to milking the vaults is taken by Sony ad infinitum Sony Decca Legends offer. A group from the first release batch brought fond memories of the wonderful London ffss and ffrr Decca Legends titles never struck me as the stuff of legends. I was most curious about the Tebaldi-Bergonzi-von Karajan Aida Decca Legends 460978 Decca This is a compelling Aida RCA Aidas Decca Legends 466376 Orfeo C 500 991B Adagio Impromptus Decca Legends 460975 Das Lied von der Erde with Leonard Bernstein leading an inspired Vienna Philharmonic, tenor James King and baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau [
|| San Francisco Performances radu lupu, February 6, 2003 In his youth Beethoven had made much of his reputationas a virtuoso pianist, and one of his specialties had been the ability to http://www.performances.org/encores_note/lupu.asp
Extractions: Died March 26, 1827, Vienna The years 1813-1821 were exceptionally trying for Beethoven. Not only was he having financial difficulties, but this was also the period of his bitter legal struggle for custody of his nephew Karl. Under these stresses, and with the added burden of ill health, Beethoven virtually ceased composing. Where the previous two decades had seen a great outpouring of music, now his creative powers flickered and were nearly extinguished; in 1817, for example, he composed almost nothing. To be sure, there was an occasional major work-the Hammerklavier Sonat a occupied him throughout all of 1818-but it was not until 1820 that he put his troubles, both personal and creative, behind him and was able to marshal new energy as a composer. When this energy returned, Beethoven took on several massive new projects, beginning work on the Missa Solemnis and making sketches for the Ninth Symphony . And by the end of May 1820 he had promised to write three piano sonatas for the Berlin publisher Adolph Martin Schlesinger. Although Beethoven claimed that he wrote these three sonatas-his final piano sonatas-"in one breath," their composition was actually spread out over a longer period than he expected when he committed himself to write them-he completed the
Iclassics.com - Classical Music And More Mehta, along with such accomplished artists as pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, cellistLynn Harrell, horn player Barry Tuckwell, pianist radu lupu and violinist http://www.iclassics.com/iclassics/feature.jsp?featureId=181
Radoslav Kvapil Press Reviews the disciple of Janácek´s disciple, the leading Czech pianist, Kvapil, who forexample, provided us with Dinu Lipatti, Clara Haskil and with radu lupu. http://www.margaretmurphy.com/kvaprevs.htm
Extractions: Radoslav Kvapil has done sterling service for the cause of Czech piano music, including a complete recording of Dvorák´s piano works. Kvapils sympathies range broadly, and if his own concert repertoire is a guide, then this series should attract anyone interested in late 19th century piano music, as well as the Czech enthusiast. Any performance needs not only energy and virtuosity, but also insight. Kvapil brings all these qualities to bear in performances which continually capture and hold the ear. Kvapil was born into the Janácek tradition. It shows in this superb disc. His romanticism is not a stylistic decision. It is an emphatic response to the music, which takes him straight to Janácek´s heart. Each tableau is unforgettably vivid. Kvapil is profoundly moving - one of the great piano records...Breathtaking. Kvapil plays this set with great understanding. He cherishes these curious reflective tonal sideslips, but also charges into the more energetic variations. His ability to characterize swiftly and surely is very necessary. Kvapil responds most vividly to the shorter pieces on this excellent record. These are interesting, intelligent and well-executed performances.
Extractions: The ensemble is completely self-governing, holding rehearsals and performances sans conductor. The members are responsible for repertory, programming, rehearsal techniques, and the rotation of seating arrangements, which is done to give each player the opportunity to be a section leader. Most important, they make the interpretive decisions that are usually the responsibility of the conductor.
Radu Lupu; 2002-01-23 January 23, 2002; Carnegie Hall radu lupu. This wonderful pianistbrought his personal view to Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening. http://www.berbec.com/rberbec/reports/m020123.html
Extractions: This wonderful pianist brought his personal view to Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening. His program was characteristic of his interests: Schubert, Beethoven, and Enescu (Mr. Lupu is Romanian as is Mr. Enescu). The opening Schubert Impromptu Op. 90, No. 1, was masterful; introspective and incandescent. The link to the Winterreise song cycle was unmistakable. Beethoven's Opus 90 found Lupu's eccentricity working against the composer's vision. The dynamic changes and tempo modifications left Beethoven's structure in shambles. The second and last movement was flowing and understated, but beautiful. The Enscu work was formless until the dreamy, beautiful finale. The late Schubert Sonata in C Minor, D. 958, completed the program. Here the problems seen in the Beethoven came out. The highly structured first movement fell apart under Lupu's obsessive search for moments of poetry. The second movement Adagio was not well-served by Lupu's lack of phrasing. The finale Allegro was effective. Lupu plays his way. He seems to come on strange and let you enter his cathedral; he doesn't particularly care. This is what he does. You can like it or not, but this is what he does. It is a great joy to see a performer able to do it his way, and I will always look forward to his performances, but his way simply does not work for some composers.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Season And Tickets lupu and Beethoven's Emperor Concerto Thursday, February 13 at 8 pm The distinguishedpianist radu lupu performs Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, one of the http://www.cso.org/sat_1829.taf
Musical Autographs: Catalog 49 lupu, radu SP 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 dramatic b/w image of the important Roumanianpianist ..$45 *126. http://www.rgrossmusicautograph.com/instrumental49.html
Orchestra Delivers Solid All-Beethoven Program AN ALLBEETHOVEN PROGRAM is always a treat, but the BSO's selection of Romanianpianist radu lupu as soloist made a special afternoon even more spectacular. http://the-tech.mit.edu/V109/N59/bso.59a.html
Extractions: default BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. Radu Lupu, piano soloist. All-Beethoven program. January 12, Symphony Hall. By DEBBY LEVINSON AN ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM is always a treat, but the BSO's selection of Romanian pianist Radu Lupu as soloist made a special afternoon even more spectacular. Lupu's technique was flawless, and he brought a sensitive touch to the glissandi and trills of the "Allegro con brio" of the Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor . His touch was never overbearing or ponderous, even in the lower range, and his notes in the higher range sparkled. His performance of the concerto's cadenza was brilliant; Lupu drew out both the passage's storminess and its gentle lyricism. The third piece of the afternoon, the Symphony No. 3 in E flat , "Eroica," at first lacked the polish of the Piano Concerto there were some overly loud horn notes that bordered on the harsh but when the orchestra settled down, the piece regained its glorious, thunderous character. The second movement, "Marcia funebre; Adagio assai," was appropriately dark but dragged occasionally. The BSO's joyful, spirited rendition of the brisk-tempoed third movement was a welcome change from the moody, depressing atmosphere of the "Marcia funebre." The "Leonore" Overture No. 3
Classical Pianist Jon Kimura Parker - What The Critics Say Jon Kimura Parker gave as fine a reading of the Grieg Concerto as I have heard sinceRadu lupu played it here in the 70's. Here is a pianist with the deftest http://www.kimura.com/review2.html
UIC Entertainment Guide From Metromix.com - Classical Review, Pianist Radu Lupu The Metromix Reviews channel is the source for information about Chicago Tribune reviews, Chicago shows, Chicago music, Chicago concerts, Chicago theater, Chicago movie, live shows http://metromix.com/top/1%2C1419%2CM-UIC-Reviews-X!ArticleDetail-15021%2C00.html
Extractions: Radu Lupu has the misfortune of being a facile, thoughtful, often poetical pianist in an age increasingly dazzled by a new breed of virtuosos, some also Russian trained and most specializing in the baldly romantic and technically ostentatious literature of the last 150 years. While capable of revealing vistas of beauty, Lupu's understated style has not exactly yielded remarkable successes in the niche of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert that he's focused on since winning key prizes in the late 1960s. For fresh insights into Beethoven, turn to Richard Goode, and for Mozart, look to Murray Perahia or Daniel Barenboim. It's perhaps only with Schubert that Lupu's name is high on the list of interpreters. Lupu's reticence got in the way in the sonata, one of Schubert's most poignantly lyrical. The technique and finesse was all there, making the abrupt transitions and the ever-morphing tonal colors come alive. Yet, in the Adagio, the aching heart of this music, Lupu stinted on his feelings. He got an ovation but that was probably for the bracing brio he displayed in the finale. Lupu took on a peculiarly languorous tempo to begin the Beethoven sonata. And he avoided sharp dynamic contrasts while trotting out the parade of melodic ideas then putting them in formation. The broodiness was muted, too gentle to have an impact. In the rondo that followed, too, the songlike theme, though elegantly conveyed, didn't soar with effervescence.
Amilda Bonfanti - Classical Pianist And Movie Music Composer - Italy Translate this page di tanti grandi pianisti contemporanei, come Svjatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, RaduLupu. Steinway - a pianist's dream, Quale pianista non ha mai sognato uno http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/6301/
Extractions: English Version Here you will find news about my life and my performances, and you can hear at some original musical excerpts (MIDI files for OPL3). Amilda, as a classical pianist Amilda, as a composer My piano duet amilda.bonfanti@bigfoot.com Versione italiana Cosa potete trovare qui: Notizie sulla mia vita e la mia carriera, e ascoltare alcune mie composizioni originali (file MIDI per OPL3). Amilda, pianista classica Amilda compositrice In duo con Annapiera Protopapa US server Italian server Heinrich Neuhaus Society (Italy) My musical association is devoted to the teacher of many contemporary great pianists. Svjatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, Radu Lupu are some of the pupils of Heinrich Neuhaus. I took master classes from Valerij Voskobojnikov (one of the Neuhaus' pupils) who also is President and Musical manager of the Society. Historical and contemporary piano duos. Ancient photos, and some detail about contemporary duos Duo pianistici e a quattro mani famosi, storici e contemporanei. Vecchie foto e qualche notizia su formazioni contemporanee.
Smithsonian Journeys-Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition While most competitors are in their mid20s, at least one, the Romanian pianist RaduLupu, got in at 16, and the guillotine of the selection committee falls at http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/journeys/01/mar01/music_competition.html
Extractions: by Rudolph Chelminski A couple of years ago, in Brussels on assignment for Smithsonian , I took a stroll along the rue de la Régence from the Royal Palace and the Royal Museums, and within a couple of minutes I came upon the Royal Conservatory of Music, a typically imposing Bruxellois edifice of cumbrously unidentifiable (but presumably royal) style. Smithsonian (March 2000) I could hardly have come to a better place than this, because placing in the eponymous Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition , founded 50 years ago by Belgium's gracious, music-loving sovereign of the moment, skyrockets the careers of talented young soloists in four disciplines: piano, violin, singing and composition. Every four years one of the disciplines comes around again, and hopeful talents from all over the world flock to Brussels to try their luck. While most competitors are in their mid-20s, at least one, the Romanian pianist Radu Lupu, got in at 16, and the guillotine of the selection committee falls at age 30. The focus is on youth, then, but not babies. Lupu was an exception, explained Cécile Ferrière, then secretary-general of the competition. "We don't want prodigies," she told me in her sunny office opposite the great music barn. "This is the most grueling of competitions, and we demand artists who have reached a certain maturity. We look for more than the circus act of pure technique alone. We're not impressed by Liszts. We get plenty of them in the first elimination round."
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Books You have insight and describe things with so much candor and sensitivity. RADULUPU. A pianist's Landscape reveals the interior world of a total musician. http://www.montparker.com/books.html
Extractions: Books This personal diary kept by a pianist preparing for her Carnegie Recital Hall debut in New York, is a provocative account of the entire experience from the moment of decision, through months of work and development to the event itself. Told with humor and surprising candor, it probes and reveals her innermost responses and takes the reader along on a roller-coaster of emotions from terror to exhilaration. This superb diary was without question, one of the most un-put-downable bits of music journalism that I have come across in many years. GLENN GOULD I was on my way to do a recital on the West Coast when I read your book. Seeing how much it meant to you to have the privilege of playing the great works, and sharing the miracle of their creation with your public, and your humility throughout, awoke in me that which was temporarily dormant...my own feeling of being privileged to be a concert pianist. Thank you for your inspiring book. HORACIO GUTIERREZ I greatly admired your Anatomy of a New York Debut Recital when it first came out and just now I have hunted it down in my library and found it to be just as good as I remembered it. Rereading it gave me a flush of satisfaction. Over the years I have always been impressed by your thoughtful, direct approach.
Extractions: Zu einem Gespräch sind der rheinland-pfälzische Ministerrat und der Vorstand der BASF heute, 1. April, in Ludwigshafen zusammen gekommen. Bei dem traditionellen Informationsaustausch standen wirtschafts-, sozial-, und umweltpolitische Fragen auf der Tagesordnung. 01. April. 2003 Neue Kolonne für Citral
