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Horia Andreescu

Born: October 18, 1946 in Brasov, Romania Studies: MusicHigh School in Brasov; Academy of Music, Bucharest (Professor Constantin Bugeanu – conducting, Professor Stefan Niculescu – composition); Academy of Music, Vienna (Professors: Hans Swarowsky and Karl Oesterreicher;Mastership

Thank You, Maestro!

I count myself to the category of performers who do not deem themselves as conductor-addicted, nevertheless, it is hard for me to clarify the feeling I sense when I assert this. Maybe, it is a matter of tribute to the Lord, to Whose unique credit destiny willed that I master

Selected Discography Recorded For Vox Production In New York

– Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, suite for orchestra (Bamberg Orchestra); taken up by Electrecord – ST-ECE 0791 – Edvard Grieg: the Peer Gynt suites op. 46 and op. 55 – Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Der Freischuetz; Overture to Euryanthe; Overture to Oberon(Bamberg

Echoes

Aida, March 17, 1920. I waited for it. With the justifiable, feverish impatience you feel before an ideal dream comes true!, wrote the Rampa magazine on March 18, 1920, hailing the opening of the first lyrical season. People liked the cheap, but very beautiful stage design,

Three Romanian Conducting Maestros In One

Of all the great 20th century conductors, Egizio Massini was the only one who distinguished himself equally in three different fields (opera, symphonic music, and fanfare). Even if he made tours abroad conducting all threes types of music, opera was the genre that distinguished

Recordings With RCA Victor In Rome (1966-1967)

– Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (integral opera); orchestra of the Rome Opera. Soloists: Montserrat Caballe, Alfredo Krauss, Shirley Verett, Enzo Flagelli. – Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (integral opera)Soloists: Peters, Merril, Bjoerling, Tozzi.  Recording with the

The Violin Player Ion Voicu

It is hard to say when the Gypsies came to Romania for the first time, and then settled for good, but the oldest documents date from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, when the royal charters mentioned the fiddler slaves, sold alongside the dependencies and objects from