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The National Orchestra of Belgium
Venue: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Henry le Boeuf Hall
City: Brussels

Total Price: € 49,00

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Friday, October 17th 2008. 20:00
Palais des Beaux-Arts


 

Programme
Bartók, Béla:
Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 3, Sz 119
Mussorgskij, Modest:
Pictures from an exhibition (orchestration Maurice Ravel)
Legley, Victor:
The steal cathedral, op. 52
About the event
The cycle of Schubert's complete symphonies, to be completed this season, in many ways sums up how Walter Weller has approached his work with the musicians of the NOB.

Along with Mozart and Haydn, it is hard to imagine a repertoire better suited to thorough orchestral training. The effects can be felt in other repertoires too: Glazunov, with a full, warm, vibrant sound; Martinu and the elegance of Central Europe.

Weller, it is clear, wants to feel at home at the NOB, in a position to extend a hospitality from which we can all benefit. This season already Weller welcomes Radu Lupu, a great figure of his own calibre, along with younger musicians who offer us the gift of eternal youth: Isabelle Faust, Boris Berezovsky, and Severin von Eckardstein.


Artists

Lupu, Radu, Soloist
Lupu was born in Galaţi, the son of Meyer Lupu and Ana Gabor. He started to learn the 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.

Lupu\\\'s concert appearances, though not frequent, are consistently acclaimed. Trained in the Russian pianistic tradition, he is 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 is also noted for performances of works by Czech composer Leos Janácek, as well as Hungarian composer Béla Bartók.

Weller, Walter, Conductor