16 Facts About Dinu Lipatti

Dinu Lipatti composed few works, all of which demonstrated a strong influence from Hungarian composer Bela Bartok.

Dinu Lipatti left a small number of recordings, and they are well-regarded, particularly that of Alborada del gracioso from Ravel's Miroirs suite.

Constantin Lipatti was born in Bucharest into a musical family: his father was a violinist who had studied with Pablo de Sarasate and Carl Flesch, his mother a pianist.

Dinu Lipatti played a minuet by Mozart at his own baptism.

Dinu Lipatti studied at the Gheorghe Lazar High School, while studying piano and composition with Mihail Jora for three years.

Dinu Lipatti then attended the Bucharest Conservatoire, studying under Florica Musicescu, who taught him privately.

In June 1930, the best pupils at the Conservatoire gave a concert at the Bucharest Opera, and the 13-year-old Dinu Lipatti received a huge ovation for his performance of the Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor.

Alfred Cortot, who thought Dinu Lipatti should have won, resigned from the jury in protest.

At eighteen, Dinu Lipatti gave his recital debut in Paris at the Ecole Normale.

Dinu Lipatti gave his final recital, recorded, on 16 September 1950 at the Besancon Festival in France.

Dinu Lipatti died less than 3 months later in Geneva aged 33, from a burst abscess on his one lung.

Dinu Lipatti is buried at the cemetery of Chene-Bourg next to his wife Madeleine, a noted piano teacher.

Dinu Lipatti's piano playing is widely appreciated for the absolute purity of his interpretations, at the service of which he used a masterful pianistic technique.

Dinu Lipatti is particularly noted for his interpretations of Chopin, Mozart and Bach, and he made recordings of Ravel's Alborada del Gracioso, Liszt, Enescu, and the Schumann and Grieg piano concertos.

Dinu Lipatti's recording of Chopin's Waltzes has remained in print since its release and has long been a favorite of many classical music-lovers.

Dinu Lipatti was a pianist of the Rachmaninoff order, blessed with an enormous technique and a strong rhythmic sense.