DOREL LIVIANU - INTERVIEW part 2 of 4, Radio Bucharest, 1971 - CRIZANTEMA - The Chrysanthemum - Romanta de Aurel Felea si V.S. Gold - Romanian blues - recorded 1960s - Welcome! The Livianu Virtua...
DOREL LIVIANU - INTERVIEW part 2 of 4, Radio Bucharest, 1971 - CRIZANTEMA - The Chrysanthemum - Romanta de Aurel Felea si V.S. Gold - Romanian blues - recorded 1960s - Welcome! The Livianu Virtual Museum of Audio-Visual Recordings is proud to present to music lovers around the world some of the most beloved songs performed by one of Romania's greatest singers, Dorel Livianu.
Dorel Livianu was born in Bucharest, Romania, on October 10, 1907. He showed his high quality voice at a young age when he performed at age 7 in Verdi's opera AIDA, as the little trumpet boy.
As a teenager he studied voice with the great Massini at the Bucharest Music Conservatory. As a rising star he was signed on by Columbia Records and His Master's Voice.
He launched some of the greatest hits of the 1930s and 40s, such as "How Beautiful Life Is", "In The Little Town Forgotten By The World", "Johnny, Johnny", and many others.
Columbia Records labeled Livianu as The Golden Voice of Romania. Dorel Livianu covered most genres of Romanian pop music, from urban folklore, the tango, foxtrot and the Romanian blues known as romanta.
He performed with the Jewish Theater Barasheum in Bucharest between 1939 and 1945, when Jewish entertainers were banned from regular theaters. He was deported and interned in a Romanian-Nazy labor-concentration camp in Transnistria for 8 months, which he survided due to his notoriety.
Livianu also recorded many Jewish and American popular songs while residing in Israel and the United States. He was a frequent guest singer on popular New York radio shows like The Joey Adams Show, The Forward Hour on WEVD, and many others.
He is considered to have had one of the most beautiful pop voices of Romania. Dorel Livianu was married in 1939 to Mella Silberstein and had one child in 1955, David Bogdan.
In 1967 he took residence in America, commuting for performances between Romania and the U.S. He passed away on April 2, 1997. He is survived by a son and 2 grandchildren.
One of Livianu's most memorable slogans was "Love the Romanian blues and you will forever stay young". It was one of my father's last wishes to make his recordings available to the world, as an expression of his everlasting love for Romania, Israel and America.
If you would like quality copies of these recordings, you can write to david@livianu.com
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Bine ati venit! Muzeul Virtual Livianu pentru Inregistrari Audio-Vizuale are placerea sa prezinte pentru iubitorii de muzica de pretutindeni cateva dintre cele mai iubite cantece interpretate de unul dintre cei mai mari cantareti Romani Dorel Livianu.
Dorel Livianu s-a nascut la 10 Octombrie 1907 la Bucuresti. A manifestat calitati vocale de la o varsta frageda debutand la 7 ani in opera Aida de Verdi, in rolul baietelului cu trompeta.
A luat lectii de canto cu maestrul Massini la Conservatorul din Bucuresti. Odata cu lansarea pe scena Romaneasca, a incheiat contracte cu mari case de discuri din Angla si America, His Master's Voice si Columbia Records.
Livianu a lansat in anii 30 si 40 cele mai mari slagare ale zilei, precum "Ce Frumoasa Este Viata", "In Micul Orasel Uitat De Lume", "Ionel, Ionelule" si multe altele.
Columbia Records l-a numit pe Dorel Livianu "Vocea de Aur a Romaniei". Dorel Livianu a abordat numeroase genuri de muzica usoara Romaneasca, incepand cu folclorul urban, tango, foxtrot, si in mod special romanta.
Intre anii 1939 si 1945 a fost membru al teatrului Baraseum din Bucuresti, cand evreii nu aveau dreptul de a face parte din teatrele la moda. A fost deprtat si inchis intr-un lagar roman-nazist in Transnistria pentru 8 luni de zile. A reusit sa supravietuiasca datorita renumeli sau.
Livianu a inregistrat multe melodii populare everiesti si americane intre anii 1939 si 1945. Deasemenea a fost invitat de multe ori sa cante la celebre showuri radiofonice in New York precum The Joey Adamas Show , The Forward Hour WEVD, si multe altele .
Vocea sa e considerate una dintre cele mai frumoase voci de muzica usoare romanesti. Dorel Livianu s-a casatorit in 1939 cu Mella Silberstein si au avut un singur copil in 1955, David Bogdan.
In 1967 s-a mutat in SUA, calatorind pentru concerte intre Romania si America. A incetat din viata la 2 aprilie 1997.
Una dintre expresiile de neuitat ale lui Dorel Livianu a fost "Iubiti Romanta si Veti Ramane Vesnic Tanar". A fost una dintre ultimele dorinte ale tatalui meu, de a oferi inregistrarile sale intregii lumi, ca o expresie a dragostei sale vesnice pentru Romania, Israel si America.
Daca doriti copii de calitate ale acestor inregistrari, scrieti-ne la david@livianu.com
