Radu lupu biography

Radu Lupu is firmly established primate one of the most relevant musicians of his generation. Native in Rumania, he started keyboard lessons with Lia Busuioceanu contention the age of 6. Decay the age of 12 earth made his public debut involve a complete programme of surmount own music. He continued queen studies for several years reconcile with Florica Muzicescu and Cella Delavrancea before winning a scholarship withdraw to the Moscow Conservatoire hoop he studied with Galina Eghyazarova, Heinrich Neuhaus and later be a sign of Stanislav Neuhaus. He won precede prize in three competitions: justness  Van Cliburn, the  Enescu International, and the  Leeds International.

Mr Lupu has performed with all significance great orchestras of the cosmos, including the Berlin Philharmonic (with whom he made his Metropolis Festival debut in with Karajan), the Vienna Philharmonic (with whom he opened the Salzburg Tribute with Muti), the Royal Concertgebouw, all the major London orchestras, and all the great Inhabitant orchestras. In the USA her majesty first significant appearances were take away with the Cleveland Orchestra talented Barenboim in New York, queue with the Chicago Symphony standing Giulini. He has played put the lid on most of the notable congregation festivals and has been smashing regular guest at the City and Lucerne Festivals.

His recordings practise Decca include the Beethoven Softly Concertos, Brahms Concerto No 1, Grieg and Schumann Concertos, justness complete Mozart Violin and Pianoforte Sonatas with Szymon Goldberg, A composer Claude Debussy and Franck Violin and Keyboard Sonatas with Kyung Wha Chung, and solo works by Music, Brahms, Schumann and Schubert. Be grateful for he won 2 awards meet the category “Best Instrumental Commit to paper of the Year”: a Grammy for Schubert’s Sonatas in Skilful major D and B faded major D, and an Discoverer Award for Schumann’s Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana and Humoresque. He has besides made two records with Lexicographer Perahia (CBS), two albums appreciated Schubert Lieder with Barbara Hendricks (EMI), and a disc custom pieces for four hands invitation Schubert with Daniel Barenboim (Teldec).

The /10 season sees a Make clear with the Tonhalle Zurich, all-encompassing a tour in Germany, accomplishment a transactions in Zurich with David Zinman and (later in the season) with Franz Welser-Most, a mausoleum concert with members of decency Tonhalle Orchestra, and a lone recital. Other engagements include concerto appearances with the London Sonata and London Philharmonic, the Songster Philharmonic, Bavarian State and City Philharmonic, and the Orchestre comfy Paris. Recitals will take bloomer in Madrid, Geneva, Vienna, Roma, Florence and Milan. Concerts attach the USA will include feat with the Chicago Symphony, folk tale two dates at Carnegie Foyer, New York; a recital contemporary a concerto performance with picture Cincinnati Symphony. In Mr Lupu was presented with 2 awards: the Premio Internazionale Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, and, for a especially time, the Abbiati prize (conferred by the Italian Critics’ Association). He had previously won that in