NOVEMBEARD IN BUCHAREST!

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MORNINGS WITH DINU LIPATTI!

Dinu Lipatti (1917 – 1950) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was cut short by his death from Hodgkin's disease at age 33. He was elected posthumously to the Romanian Academy.

Lipatti was born in Bucharest into a musical family: his father was a violinist who had studied with Pablo de Sarasate and Carl Flesch, his mother a pianist. For his baptism, which occurred not shortly after birth as is usual, but when he was old enough to play the piano, the violinist and composer George Enescu agreed to be his godfather. Lipatti played a minuet by Mozart at his own baptism.

Dinu Lipatti's performance of Mozart's Sonata in A Minor, K310, at his last public recital, which took place at the Besancon International Music Festival on September 16, 1950. Included in this video are some photographs taken at the rehearsal in the Salle de Parlement that morning, as well as some pictures from the actual performance which were taken by Michel Meusy (who is at the time of this writing 102 years old). Also included is a previously unpublished picture of his hands which (along with all Besancon pictures) is featured in the upcoming documentary 'Le Recital de Besancon' on Sunless Films, directed by Philippe Roger.

Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic Harold C. Schonberg wrote of Lipatti's 1947–48 Chopin concert recordings: "this is piano-playing of a stature that few artists of his generation could have come near approaching".

We will have Dinu Lipatti pretty soon on the air on our midnight radio, playing Bach, Mozart, Scarlatti & Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, Ravel, Liszt, Enescu. For the moment enjoy this 14:32 min Mozart Sonata in A Minor with freshly brewed black coffee!

THE ENIGMA MYSTERY!

He's got more than 30 million views on youtube, but I'm pretty sure you didn't know..

Enigma is a new age band formed in 1990 by Michael Crețu (born 18 May 1957, Bucharest, Romania), David Fairstein and Frank Peterson. The Romanian-born Crețu  (I still don't get the very popular term 'Romanian-born' on Wikipedia. I think 'Romanian' is just enough people!) conceived the Enigma project while working in Germany, but based his recording studio A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, Spain, from the early 1990s until May 2009, where he has recorded all of Enigma's studio releases to date. Crețu is both the composer and the producer of the project. His former wife, pop singer Sandra, often provided vocals on Enigma tracks.

In 2002, Crocodile-Music, Crețu's management company, stated that 100 million Cretu-produced records had been sold worldwide. By the year 2008, Michael Cretu's Enigma project had sold over 50 million studio albums according to his official site.

Crețu is Ion Voicu's nephew (Romanian violin-player and former director of the Bucharest Philarmonic). His uncle was the one who told Michael's parents that he had talent in music and as such he started studying Music in Bucharest, Paris and Frankfurt.

THE FUNNY PART AFTER THE BREAK!!!

PERHAPS THE BEST FLASH MOB ON YOUTUBE!

A sympho venture from Bucharest International Henri Coanda Airport, Bucharest Symphony Orchestra and BestValue,

 at the celebration of three years of existence for the Bucharest Airports National Company. 

Bucharest Symphony Orchestra 

Music Director and Principal Conductor: BENOÎT FROMANGER 

Shostakovich - Waltz 2 from the "Jazz Suite" 

Bizet - Les Toreadors from the "Carmen Suite" no. 1

AND THE 2013 GOLDEN BEAR GOES TO..

Child's Pose, a Romanian drama about a domineering mother using her social position to try to save her son from jail, won the Golden Bear for best picture at the Berlin film festival on Saturday.

The movie, directed by Calin Peter Netzer and starring Luminita Gheorghiu in the central role, had been among the favorites for the coveted prize, which extends the remarkable success of Romanian filmmakers on the European festival circuit.

The awards ceremony brought to a close the 11-day cinema showcase, where hundreds of movies were screened across Berlin and stars including Matt Damon, Nicolas Cage, Anne Hathaway, Jude Law and Catherine Deneuve walked the red carpet.

In Child's Pose, Gheorghiu shines as the wealthy 60-year-old Cornelia, who attempts to buy off the poor family of a boy killed by her son in a road accident.. The veteran actress also appeared in Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, a grisly abortion drama that put Romanian cinema firmly on the international map when it won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival in 2007.

GABRIEL BADEA-PĂUN: 'PICTORI ROMÂNI IN FRANŢA, 1834-1939'!

FASHIONSPAM ADVOCATES: FOR THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF ART & ROMANIAN VALUES!

Someone please explain this Wikipedia: 'Gabriel Badea-Păun, (born 20 January 1973 in Sinaia, Romania) is a French art historian of Romanian descent.' How can a person be French when he was born and spent more than half of his life in Romania?

Anyway, Gabriel-Badea Păun trained at the University of Bucharest, in the History Department, he pursued his studies at the Sorbonne (Paris IV) where he wrote his PhD thesis on Antonio de La Gandara (1861–1917), un portraitiste de la Belle Epoque. He contributed to various art historical publications such as : Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français, Revue de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Nouvelles de l'Estampe, and Revue roumaine de l'histoire de l'art.

I will leave Romanian Painters in France, 1834-1939's description in Romanian for the moment, as I don't think the books available in English yet (or at least I couldn't find it anywhere. and to be honest I don't feel like translating not even a paragraph right now):

''Lucrarea Pictori romani in Franta, avand ca autor pe unul dintre cei mai cunoscuti tineri istorici romani care isi desfasoara activitatea peste hotare, incearca sa mearga pe urmele pictorilor de origine romana (sau care au avut de-a face cu tara noastra, intr-un fel sau in altul) care au studiat, au expus (in nume propriu sau colectiv) in Franta anilor 1834-1939. De la Negulici la Victor Brauner, sau de la Nicolae Grigorescu la Jules Perahim, pictorii romani si-au lasat amprenta in tara lui Matisse si ai lui Baudelaire, fie ca ne referim la Expozitiile Universale din 1867, 1889 sau 1937, la Salon d’hiver sau la Salon des Independants, la Scoala de la Fontenay-aux-Roses sau Academia Julian. Acest album constituie si o reparatie morala pentru acestii pictori romani, care nu erau cu nimic mai prejos decat colegii lor francezi, singura „vina“ care i-a impiedicat poate sa atinga reputatia acestora din urma constand in originea lor. Lucrarea este foarte atragatoare atat prin informatia densa, de multe ori inedita, cat si prin ilustratia de calitate asigurata prin apelul la pinacotecile unor muzee din tara si din strainatate (M.N.A.R., Musee de Luvre etc.)''

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Gabriel Badea-Păun

HIGH FASHION MEETS ROMANIAN FOLKLORE!

French designer Philippe Guilet teams up with traditional Romanian craftspeople for his latest collection, "Prejudice". He says his aim is to combat negative stereotypes of Romania!

Philippe Guilet, who has worked under the likes of Karl Lagerfeld and Jean-Paul Gaultier made headlines with his collection ‘Prejudice’ which borrowed heavily from the traditional clothing and symbols associated with eastern-European peasants. It features elements such as Romanian dolls, elaborately painted Easter eggs and patterns taken from traditional textile embroidery.

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SO, WHY NOT?!

An infographic animation about Romania, created by Graphic and Communication Design student Ana Busuioc (www.nestingideas.co.uk) for Leeds Romanian Society. Music by Dave James and Alfie Granger-Howell - Finger on the Pulse