Conferences
Dr. Ilinca Dumitrescu: Classics of Romanian Music – Ion Dumitrescu Centenary (1913 - 1996)
Composer and conductor Ion Dumitrescu at the National Theatre from Bucharest
(1940 - 1947)
Lectures Dr. Ilinca Dumitrescu, pianist, soloist, musicologist
Live musical moment - pieces by Ion Dumitrescu
Participates Dr. Vasile Macovei - bassoonist
About the conference
Major national and international personality of the Romanian culture, a classic of our music, Ion Dumitrescu (1913 - 1996), composer, teacher, musicologist, conductor, writer, correspondent member of the Institute of France - Academie des Beaux-Arts - and the Academy " Tiberina "from Rome, is commemorated this year at the centenary of his birth.
The conference at the National Theatre from Bucharest is included among the various events that will bring to foreground the creator's luminous figure, an innovative and welcomed moment. Ion Dumitrescu was, between 1940 and 1947, composer and conductor of the Orchestra of the National Theatre from Bucharest. He composed the music for over 60 pieces from the national and international repertoire and he collaborated with famous personalities from the theatre of the inter war period, such as directors Ion Sava, Soare Z. Soare and others.
About Ilinca Dumitrescu
"An artistic personality of international value, possessing a high-class technique which allows her to approach all styles, genres, schools and sound languages, not knowing boundaries between classical and romantic, modern and contemporary, Ilinca Dumitrescu is a complete artist." ( Viorel Cosma, the Lexicon "Artists from Romania").
The pianist Ilinca Dumitrescu has performed in cities across 5 continents, 40 countries, 33 world capitals, in major concert halls. She studied with famous teachers: Cell Delavrancea and Mihail Jora in Romania, Stanislav Neuhaus and Yakov Flier at the State Conservatory "PI Tchaikovsky "in Moscow, graduating in 1978 with the highest distinction" Certificate of Merit ". She received the most important awards in her home country (the Award of the Romanian Academy - 1995, the Award of the Romanian Cultural Institute - 2003 and so on), but also many international awards (including Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana, 2005, awarded by the President of the Italian Republic.
Her artistic activity is carried out in various fields: besides being a soloist pianist (in 1980 she became a state concert soloist), she is also a musicologist (she received the Doctor title at the National University of Music from Bucharest with the highest grade summa cum laude), an educator (she taught master classes in the Czech Republic, USA, Brazil, India, China, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia), a musicologist (between 1994 and 2006 she was the director of the National Museum "George Enescu" from Bucharest), creator and TV producer of the show "Ilinca Dumitrescu and her guests" (the TV channel TvH 2.0 - the former Tv "Romania of Tomorrow").
She has a significant discography, in Romania and the U.S., with works by Scarlatti (the 14 Sonatas were considered in 1986 by the International Record Critics Award, meeting in New York, one of the best albums of the year, standing alongside with those of Emil Gilels, Radu Lupu, Murray Perahia, Bernard Haitink, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Mstislav Rostropovici, Placido Domingo, cf. the article "The best records of the year" in the Journal de Genève, July 19, 1986), Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, Enescu, etc.
Her extremely large repertoire includes performances with an orchestra (great opuses from the classical and romantic creation), pieces of solo recitals (including author programs - Bach, Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Schubert, Albeniz, Messiaen, Enescu, Jora), chamber music, lieder, with a particular concern in promoting classical and contemporary Romanian music, but also the international works of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Recently, Ilinca Dumitrescu received from the French government the high distinction Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres, and, in the last days, the Award of the Romanian Musical Forum for her entire activity, after a prestigious artistic career over five decades.
Translated by: Izabella Feher
