01_Romanian Rhapsody:George Enescu

George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody

George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher, preeminent Romanian musician of the 20th century, and one of the greatest performers of his time.
He was born in the village of Liveni, Romania and showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical composition at the age of five. Shortly thereafter, his father presented him to the professor and composer Eduard Caudella. At the age of seven, entered the Vienna Conservatory, where he studied with Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr., Robert Fuchs, and Sigismond Bachrich, and graduated before his 13th birthday, earning the silver medal. In his Viennese concerts young Enescu played works by Brahms, Sarasate and Mendelssohn. In 1895 he went to Paris to continue his studies. He studied violin with Martin Pierre Marsick, harmony with André Gédalge, and composition with Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré.

Many of Enescu's works were influenced by Romanian folk music, his most popular compositions being the two Romanian Rhapsodies (1901--2), the opera Oedipe (1936), and the suites for orchestra. He also wrote five symphonies (two of them unfinished), a symphonic poem Vox maris, and much chamber music (three sonatas for violin and piano, two for cello and piano, a piano trio, quartets with and without piano, a wind decet (French, "dixtuor"), an octet for strings, a piano quintet, a chamber symphony for twelve solo instruments).
In 1923 he made his debut as a conductor in a concert given by the Philadelphia Orchestra in New York City. In 1935, he conducted the Orchestre Symphonique de Paris and Yehudi Menuhin in Mozart's Violin Concerto No.3 in G major. He also conducted the New York Philharmonic between 1937 and 1938. In 1939 he married Maria Rosetti (known as the Princess Cantacuzino through her first husband Mihail Cantacuzino), a good friend of the future Queen Marie of Romania. While staying in Bucharest, Enescu lived in the Cantacuzino Palace on Calea Victoriei (now the Muzeu Naţional George Enescu, dedicated to his work).
He lived in Paris and in Romania, but after World War II and the Soviet occupation of Romania, he remained in Paris.

He was also a famous violin teacher: Yehudi Menuhin, Christian Ferras, Ivry Gitlis, Arthur Grumiaux, and Ida Haendel were among his pupils. He promoted contemporary Romanian music, playing works of Constantin Silvestri, Mihail Jora, Ionel Perlea and Marţian Negrea.

On his death in 1955, George Enescu was interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

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[liviu123456]

De ce nu lasati videoul sa fie "embeded"? E pacat. Nu ruleaza in pagina mea de Facebook:).

[MyRomanianSoul]

@liviu123456

Try again!

[UnRoman111]

Poporul roman, ma refer la romanii autentici, nu la ciori. Poporul roman asadar: mandru, vesel, prietenos, simplu, cu dar de la Dumnezeu, un pamant de Rai. Nu uitati sa fiti romani, nu uitati de credinta, nu uitati ca cel care fura portofele in Paris nu e roman , ci tigan.

[dobritaalmasi]

...si totusi avem o tara atit de frumoasa.....

[greaterrome]

@UnRoman111 dumnezeu sa-ti dea sanatate. ai spus totul ce trebuie spus. TRAIASCA ROMANIA MARE!

[UnRoman111]

@baicudelya si romanii fura da! dar nu 90%. de fapt e de ajuns sa te uiti la stirile TV ale unui canal obscur din Romania si ai sa vezi, furturile sunt comise de tigani. Poporul asta doarme asteptand sfarsitul. Eu sunt pentru exterminarea in masa a romilor. Trebuie sa dispara de pe pamantul tarii mele Romania. Fara mila, cu sacrificiu ne vom dobandi tara noastra.

[baicudelya]

@UnRoman111 auzi tu :)) ''nu uitati ca cel care fura portofele in Paris nu e roman , ci tigan. '' sa fim sinceri si romani fura :))

[Jame243]

So beautiul music!!!And Video too!!!!Congrats!!!!!!

[Jame243]

So beautiul music!!!

[dobritaalmasi]

@CataDanna lipsesc doar sfinxul si babele...e cel mai reusit pe care l-am gasit