Dinu Lipatti dans les studios de Radio Roumanie
Dinu Lipatti as Recorded and Archived at the National Romanian Radio

Summary/Abstract: Lipatti, the artist who mastered the piano, for ever in search of precision, clarity of detail, perfection, was from early passionate about technics and dexterity. Always open to new ideas and discoveries, the musician was constantly close to the radio, the latest innovation of the time, with a revolutionary effect in the publicizing of classical music in the first decades of the twentieth century. At 16, just a month after he had first performed with the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra, Lipatti made his Romanian Radio solo debut on March 21st, 1933, playing the Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11 by Frédéric Chopin under Theodor Rogalski. We must insist on the fact that, until he left Romania and relocated to Switzerland, in 1943, the Bucharest Radio counted among the most significant cultural spaces in his evolution as a performer and composer. It was at the Romanian Radio that he recorded, in 1943, with violinist George Enescu; it was there that he used to perform live as a guest of its programmes (as distinct from his appearances in the concert season). And it was still at the Romanian Radio that he gave a legendary performance on February 16th, 1943, under renowned Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg.

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