Everything about Radu Lupu totally explained
Radu Lupu (b.
November 30,
1945) is a
Romanian concert
pianist.
Life
Lupu was born in
Galaţi, the son of Meyer Lupu and Ana Gabor. He began piano as a 6-year old (with Lia Busuioceanu), making his public debut at age 12. After completing high school in Galaţi, and graduating from the Popular School for the Arts in
Braşov, Lupu continued his studies at the
Bucharest Conservatory with
Florica Musicescu and
Cella Delavrancea. In 1961, he was awarded a scholarship to the
Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory, where he studied with Galina Eghyazarova,
Heinrich Neuhaus, and Stanislav Neuhaus.
He resides in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Concerts and recordings
Lupu's concert appearances, though not frequent, are consistently acclaimed. Trained in the
Russian pianistic tradition, he's particularly noted as an interpreter of the great 19th century
German and
Austrian composers, especially
Franz Schubert,
Johannes Brahms,
Ludwig van Beethoven, and
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, although he's also noted for performances of works by
Czech composer Leos Janácek, as well as
Hungarian composer
Béla Bartók.
Lupu's 1970
Decca recording of
Johannes Brahms’ Intermezzos, Opus 117 received praise from
Alex Ross as one "of the most beautiful piano records ever made". However, although the "Penguin Stereo Record Guide" praised Lupu's "mastery of keyboard color", if found that overall, the Brahms interpretation was "less than wholly convincing". The Penguin Guide described Lupu's Decca recording of Schubert's sonatas nos. 13 & 21 as "one of the most searching of all (Lupu's) Schubert recordings and find this masterly pianist at his most eloquent and thoughtful".
Lupu made his
American debut in 1972 with the
Cleveland Orchestra, with
Daniel Barenboim conducting in
New York City, and with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with
Carlo Maria Giulini conducting. He made his
San Francisco Symphony debut in 1974, when he performed
Edvard Grieg's
Piano Concerto, with
Seiji Ozawa conducting. In 1984, he was featured in the "Peerless Pianists" series of the
Lincoln Center Great Performers program in New York.
Although Lupu has performed with all of the major orchestras of the world and at major music festivals, he's a somewhat reclusive figure. He has regularly refused to grant interviews to journalists for over 30 years. In one rare published interview, originally from 1991, Lupu expressed his philosophy of music-making as follows:
""Everyone tells a story differently, and that story should be told compellingly and spontaneously. If it isn't compelling and convincing, it's without value."
Awards and prizes
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