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Dinu Lipatti

Dinu Lipatti was born 19 the Mars 1917 in Bucharest from parents musicians. His father had studied the violin with Pablo de Sarasate; his/her mother was a pianist. Its childhood, occurs without too much from enthusiasm it is weak, it will compensate this handicap by the absolute love of the music. The famous type-setter George Enescu becomes a friend of Lipatti.

Very early to four years the Lipatti young person gives a concert. Later it can finally to study with the academy of music on the basis of rule of exception to Bucharest Piano, and at Floria Musicescu are a professor of its youths, and the musical composition with of Mihail Jora.

When it receives only the second price of the contest of piano Viennese international in 1934, which led to a scandal. The large pianist Alfred Cortot protests against the jury and decides to offer Lipatti to leave with him to Paris to work, at the Teacher training school of Music accomodated share Paul Dukas in as long as raises, to present it at Nadia Boulanger and Igor Stravinsky. Lipatti studies and Charles Muench directs.

From 1936 the voyages leads the young Pianist in Germany and in Italy, where it is done itself quickly a name. The legendary producer Walter Legge who represents firm EMI interests in Lipatti.
This one encourages Lipatti intensively and endeavours to obtain of hearings with the young genius. The first vocal recording of 1937 and instrumental music Johannes Brahms, with Nadia Baker.

With the Second World War, Dinu Lipatti turns over to Romania, where it remains with Enescu, it will be off-set in Mengelberg it will escape in 1943, with Mrs. Madeleine Cantacuzene, and it reaches finally Geneva.

After 1944 it life has Geneva it teaches with the academy, but it is reached of a rare form of Leukaemia, so that the project of series in concerts in America and in Australia will be to give up, like those envisaged in Europe.

The 16. September 1950 it gives its last recital of pianist very to test by the disease has Besancon.
It will be priceless Live EMI like a symbol for the victory spirit on its fragile body. It. dies the 2.December 1950 in Genova.

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