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DAN GRIGORE Est Réputé Comme L'un Des Plus Grands Musiciens Roumains. Enfant Prodige, Il a Commencé Le Piano Dès L'âge

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DAN GRIGORE Est Réputé Comme L'un Des Plus Grands Musiciens Roumains. Enfant Prodige, Il a Commencé Le Piano Dès L'âge DAN GRIGORE est réputé comme l’un des plus grands musiciens roumains. Enfant prodige, il a commencé le piano dès l’âge de 3 ans et il a étudié avec les professeurs de Dinu Lipatti. A 14 ans il faisait ses débuts dans la camerata Enesco à côté de solistes consacrés. Il est lauréat du Concours International Georges Enesco et du Concours International de Piano de Montréal. Lors de cette période, la princesse Maria Cantacuzino-Enesco, épouse du compositeur, lui accorda le privilège d’étudier sur le piano qui avait appartenu à Georges Enesco. Sa carrière nationale et internationale a été affectée pendant le régime communiste. Plusieurs bourses internationales, visites et concerts aux Etats Unis et en Europe lui ont été rejetées par le gouvernement. Parfois la situation de Dan Grigore sous la dictature communiste de Ceausescu a été comparée avec celle du compositeur russe Dmitri Shostakovich dans l’Union Soviétique de Staline. Après la chute du communisme, Dan Grigore a joué dans les plus importantes salles de concert du monde, étant reconnu parmi les plus grands pianistes du siècle. En 1996 il s’est produit dans la célèbre Salle Gasteig avec l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Münich dirigée par Sergiu Celibidache. Il s’agissait des trois derniers concerts du Maestro Celibidache, qui s’est exclamé: ’Extraordinaire ! Tu es parmi les plus grands pianistes du monde’. En 1999 Dan Grigore a reçu l’ordre ’Chevalier des Arts et Lettres’ de la part du gouvernement français. En 2007 le gouvernement roumain lui a octroyé la plus grande distinction de l’Etat, la grande croix de l’ordre ’L’étoile de Roumanie’. Son talent a fait l’unanimité dans la presse: ’Dan Grigore a une classe mondiale sensationnelle’ (Kleine Zeitung), ’Le public retient son souffle’ (Berliner Zeitung), ’On l’écoute fasciné’ (Le Monde), ’Dan Grigore appartient à la catégorie de pianistes de superclasse’ (Tagesspiegel), ’La Roumanie aurait ainsi donné Clara Haskil, Dinu Lipatti, Radu Lupu et Dan Grigore, soit quatre des grandes figures du piano du XXe siècle et, pour les deux derniers, de ce début de XXIe siècle, quatre individualités qu’il sera vraiment impossible de les rattacher à une école quelle qu’elle soit : ce sont avant tout des artistes singuliers.’ (Les Grands Pianistes du XXe Siècle, Ed. Buchet-Chastel) A côté de l’activité de soliste, Dan Grigore a poursuivi une importante activité académique. Tout de suite après la révolution de 1989, à la demande des étudiants, il a été nommé professeur au Conservatoire de Musique de Bucarest. Il a été membre de jurys internationaux prestigieux de piano et promoteur de nouveaux talents artistiques à travers des master classes et des concerts. Au même temps il a publié de nombreuses chroniques et articles dans des magazines culturels et a été membre du Conseil National de l’Audiovisuel de Roumanie. BIS, ENCORE, BIS! s’inspire d’un projet promu par le Maestro Dan Grigore, des miniatures musicales qu’il a proposé en tant qu’”encore” dans ses concerts. Le récital est conçu comme un collage de styles différents, représentant un vécu subjectif et parfois des souvenirs personnels de toute la carrière du grand pianiste. „Je crois que les grands chefs d’oeuvre – observe Dan Grigore – sont toujours nos contemporains : quelle que soit la période dans laquelle ils ont été composés, ils se tendent la main au-delà du temps”. Romania-Luxemburg BUSINESS FORUM A.s.b.l. www.romlux.org or [email protected] Le programme se décline autour des „bijouteries musicales” qui ont accompagné toute la carrière de pianiste de Dan Grigore en figurant en conclusion de ses concerts. Il inclut des ouvrages de Bach, Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, Skriabine, Debussy, McDowell et Enescu. L’ASSOCIATION ROMANIA LUXEMBOURG BUSINESS FORUM Asbl (ROMLUX) a été créée en 2007 pour soutenir le développement des relations économiques entre les opérateurs luxembourgeois et roumains. ROMLUX Asbl se propose de renforcer les relations entre la Roumanie et le Luxembourg en promouvant des échanges économiques, commerciaux, scientifiques et culturels entre les deux pays. L’association encourage ses membres, qui sont actifs dans les différents domaines de la vie économique et sociale, à s’échanger des expériences et à se soutenir réciproquement, en vue d’intensifier les liens culturels et amicaux entre le Luxembourg et la Roumanie. Pour des plus amples informations : www.romlux.org www.RomLux.org 2 .
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