Dinu Lipatti

Dinu Lipatti (March 19th 1917, Bucharest - December 2nd 1950, Geneva) was a Rumanian pianist whose career was tragically finished by its early death due to the Maladie of Hodgkin, at the 33 years age. He was very admired for his direction of the rate/rhythm or the tempo and absolute purity of its play, which agreed particularly well to the music Chopin (its interpretation of the waltz, recorded in Geneva a few months before its death, remains a reference).

Lipatti was born in a family from musicians: his/her father was violonist, his mother pianist, and his godfather Georges Enesco a major musician of the XXe century. It finishes second with International competition of piano of Vienna of 1934, which carried out Alfred Cortot, which thought that Lipatti deserved the first place, of resigning of the jury in sign of protest. Thereafter, Lipatti studied under the direction of Cortot, Nadia Boulanger, Paul Dukas (for the composition), and Charles Münch (for the direction of orchestra) with Paris.

The career of Lipatti was stopped by the Second world war. Fleeing Romania in 1943, it settled with his wife in Geneva, where it accepted the post of professor of piano to the academy. It is at this time that the first signs of its disease appeared, which decreased the frequency in its concerts after the war. He died in Geneva at the 33 years age. He is buried in the cemetery of Oak-Borough, not far from the French border, at the sides of his wife Madeleine, a famous piano teacher.

The interpretation of Lipatti was characterized by an extreme fidelity as well as a phenomenal pianistic technique, which was always judiciously employed, in the search of a musical perfection. In spite of a relatively short career, and a legacy discographic rather not very important, Lipatti is regarded as one of the largest pianists of the twentieth century. It is particularly famous for its interpretation of Mozart and Chopin, but it also recorded its interpretations of Franz Liszt, Maurice Ravel ( Alborada LED gracioso ), the concerti for piano of Schumann or Grieg, a choral and the first partita of Bach, as well as sonatas of Enesco at the sides of the type-setter.

In addition to its pianistic career, Dinu Lipatti is also recognized for its compositions of neo-classic kind often , with a style at the same time French and Rumanian rather distinct. One raises in particular: ten melodies on French poems, a continuation " tziganes" for orchestra, a concertino for piano and orchestra, a symphonia concertante for two pianos and orchestra, three Rumanian dances for two pianos, a sonatine for violin and piano, a concerto for organ and piano, a quartet with winds, a sonatine for the left hand, night for piano, etc

It was promoted in 1997 member of the Rumanian Académie in a posthumous way.

Quotations

The music must live under our fingers, under our eyes, in our hearts and our brains, with all that us, alive the , can bring to him in offering.
You do not serve as the music, serve it.

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