Eugene Albulescu, Pianist eugene albulescu, is a pianist who combines a blazing technique with the artisticintegrity and originality to express musical emotions at their profoundest http://www.hunsteinartists.com/eugene.html
Extractions: Real Audio Eugene Albulescu , is a pianist who combines a blazing technique with the artistic integrity and originality to express musical emotions at their profoundest level. His wide-ranging career has taken him to new avenues, such as his recent BargeMusic concert in New York City, which included his own compositions written in response to works of visual art, copies of which were displayed in the hall. In a more mainstream vein, Albulescu gave his Carnegie Hall debut playing Liszt's E flat Concerto with the Orchestra of St. Peters in November 2001. A month later he traveled to Romania to perform Tchaikovsky's 1st Concerto with the Georges Enescu National Philharmonic . In February 2002 he gave a solo recital at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The 2002-3 season included performances in Arizona, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and in Tennessee interpreting Beethovens Emperor Concerto with the Johnson City Symphony. In November 2004, Albulescu will collaborate with the Fry Street Quartet for the Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City in a concert including the Brahms f minor Quartet. Albulescu will tour with the Fry Street Quartet throughout the 2004-5 season. Albulescu will also tour California in mid-January 2005, beginning with a solo recital in San Diego.
EUGENE ALBULESCU, PIANO MEDIA RESOURCE CENTER MAIN PAGE. This site offers media and publicity resources featuring awardwinning pianist eugene albulescu, Artist in Residence at the Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University . http://www.lehigh.edu/eua2/public/www-data
Extractions: MEDIA RESOURCE CENTER: MAIN PAGE This site offers media and publicity resources featuring award-winning pianist Eugene Albulescu, Artist in Residence at the Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University. To download photos in TIFF format for newspaper publications, click on the Photographs link. School principals and music teachers, click on the School Tour link. We welcome feedback. Please sign the guest book, to let us know you have been here. Eugene Albulescu's international travel is proudly provided by:
Extractions: E ach month we feature the personal experiences and insights of a noteworthy artist/educator on various aspects of piano performance and education. You may not always agree with the opinions expressed, but we think you will find them interesting and informative. The opinions offered here are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of the West Mesa Music Teachers Association, its officers, or members. (We have attorneys, too!). At the end of the interview, you'll find hypertext links to the interviewee's e-mail and Web sites (where available), so you can learn more if you're interested. This Month's Interview Other Interviews Return to the Piano Education Home Page Award winning pianist Eugene Albulescu is emerging internationally as a prominent and significant artist of his generation. Winner of the 1994 International Grand Prix du Disque Liszt for his debut CD, he is also one of the youngest pianists to hold the historical prize, whose former legendary recipients include Ferruccio Busoni, Claudio Arrau, Vladimir Horowitz, Jorge Bolet and Alfred Brendel. At 25, Eugene Albulescu has already performed and recorded on four continents, as well as being a founding member of the widely acclaimed Turnovsky Trio.
1999-00 Bio Sketches In Poland he studied with composer/pianist Janina GarsciaGressel for seven years, continuing his pianist eugene albulescu is the winner of the 1994 International Grand Prix http://www.mcilwain.org/Rolfs/Bios19999-00.htm
Extractions: October 16, 1999 Tadeusz Majewski, recipient of a 1997 McKnight Artist Fellowship, has won many honors in piano competitions in his native Poland, including the top award at the 1977 Annual Chopin Society Competition in Warsaw. He made his first public appearance at the age of thirteen, performing at the Philharmonic Hall in Krakow. After emigrating to the U.S., he had private coaching sessions with Murray Perahia at the Aldeburgh Festival and with Andras Schiff in London. Under full scholarship, he furthered his studies at the Banff Centre in Canada with such distinguished piano pedagogues as Menahem. Pressler, John Perry, and Richard Goode. During his residency at Banff, Mr. Majewski's eminent chamber music coaches included James Buswell, Thomas Brandis, and Greta Kraus. Tadeusz Majewski has been a soloist with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra under Philip Brunelle, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra at the Banff Centre, the Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra in Gdansk, the Spokane String Quartet, and Shapiro and Smith Dance Company in New York. His recitals include the Old First Concerts in San Francisco, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts in Chicago, and the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall at Northwestern University. He has given many performances of "Images of Chopin" combining letters and music of Chopin, and has been performing "Images of Schubert" in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Franz Schubert. Mr. Majewski was a guest several times on Minnesota Public Radio's former "Live from Landmark Center" Series. He was also nationally broadcast on American Public Radio's "Prairie Home Companion" with Garrison Keillor.
The Fry Street Quartet the complete works for string quartet by Benjamin Britten The Fry Street Quartetpresents collaborative concerts with pianist eugene albulescu Featuring the http://www.hunsteinartists.com/fryst.html
Extractions: Fry Street is a little street in Chicago where our quartet was born in 1997. The street was about 20 yards long and it was not on our street map, so we claimed it for our own, laying our artistic stake in the very neighborhood that gangsters claimed years ago. We dreamed then of lives in music and world tours, but rehearsed on Fry Street simply for the love of music, in a tiny apartment into which a string quartet could barely squeeze. Now, as our dreams and aspirations come truer every day, we keep the name Fry Street to remind us of the love that began our journey, and of our vision for the future- that every little street may have on it a young string quartet that dreams of music and plays for the sheer love of it.
Extractions: WHEN pianist Eugene Albulescu retaliated from the stage against critic Tim Bridgewater at a Wellington concert last month, he may have slammed the door shut on his New Zealand career. Within 24 hours, Chamber Music New Zealand (CMNZ) - parent body of the Wellington Chamber Music Society, which organised the concert - had called off Albulescu's planned tour of New Zealand next year. It told his US agent that he had "spent four or five minutes from the stage, berating" Bridgewater. It was during Sibelius' Piano Sonata, the last item on the programme of the afternoon concert, that 26-year-old Albulescu resolved to speak out - not expecting, he says, to "cause a nuclear reaction." He told the audience of his disquiet at 10 years of "personal" and adverse reviews by Bridgewater, who reviews for the Dominion. His letters of complaint to the Dominion had gone unanswered, and - he said later - "I'd found it increasingly difficult to play at my best in Wellington." An encore followed, but there will be no more encores for the Rumanian-born, Wellington-based pianist as far as CMNZ is concerned. "This was extremely embarrassing for both the audience and the organisers of the concert," a spokesperson declared. "CMNZ is not prepared to take that sort of risk for concerts under its auspicies."
Extractions: Work samples by writer Howard Smith. "His international reputation as a print journalist is, without question, exceptional" (Lynley Sutherland) Howard Smith, New Zealand's most widely published music writer. Former Yorkshire Post / Sth China Morning Post Journalist: Publicity: Research / Chicago, Hong Kong, Minneapolis, Leeds, London and Wellington. Performing Arts - Eco-Sciences - Travel - Proofreading - Editor - Corporate Reports - Business / Industry - Photos. Howard Smith assesses the revolutionary 2nd International Violin Competion in Uralsk, Kazakhstan and observes the Uralsk (Chamber) Philharmonic Orchestra. Article The story of 'Stroma' ; an ensemble of Wellington musicians formed to present world premieres of Kiwi music and first New Zealand performances of new overseas composition.
Www.MostlyPiano.com - Web Site Of Pianist Eugene Albulescu IN THE NEWS. This November marks eugene albulescu's Carnegie Hall debut with a twist. albulescu plays Liszt's E Flat Concerto in the Stern Auditorium with Orchestra of St. Peter's on November on 26 http://www.mostlypiano.com/
Extractions: IN THE NEWS This November marks Eugene Albulescu's Carnegie Hall debut with a twist. Albulescu plays Liszt's E Flat Concerto in the Stern Auditorium with Orchestra of St. Peter's on November on 26, 2001. The concert is a gala fund-raiser for the Path to Peace Foundation, and arm of the Catholic Mission to the United Nations, which promotes the Church's teachings on human rights and world peace. "Piano Recital" recording released, once again. This was originally issued by Ode Records (which later became part of BMG). The release is now offered again through Eugene Albulescu's own label "Downstage Recordings" Order CD's. Eugene visits his native Romania, to perform Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. A return engagement with the Romanian National "George Enescu" Philharmonic. December 14 & 15, 2001. As a New Zealand pianist (though born in Romania), Albulescu will perform in a concert honoring the New Zealand Olympic team at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in February 6, 2002, New Zealand's National "Waitangi Day. " Albulescu is a Romanian and New Zealander, now living in the US. Confused? Read the bio.
Eugene Albulescu, Pianist And Educator CURRENT PROJECTS. Pictures at a Concert, performed at Barge Music in Brooklyn New York. Read more " Inside the piano with eugene albulescu" a program linking the history of piano technology and http://www.mostlypiano.com/projects.html
Extractions: CURRENT PROJECTS Pictures at a Concert, performed at Barge Music in Brooklyn New York. Read more... "Inside the piano with Eugene Albulescu" - a program linking the history of piano technology and creativity. While the program has visited about 130 high schools in over 15 states, this is far from what Albulescu wants it to be. The Concerts are currently an add-on to his evening recitals booked through Hunstein Artist Services Eugene Albulescu composes incidental music for the play Macbeth by Shakespeare, a production by the Lehigh University Department of Theater. Other projects for 2002 include a renewed release of Albulescu's Hammerklavier recording. For concert management and bookings contact: Hunstein Artists Services, Inc. www.HunsteinArtists.com "I try to keep interested in various aspects of music making, composing, interpretation, to keep myself stimulated. Performing piano is a bit like the art of the dinosaur... In order to make it viable and alive to today's short-attention-spanned public, we have to be in touch with today's world. Hence I am always interested in all aspects of music making of today, even the ones which are considered "low brow" in classical music terms. I am always more busy than I would like to, but I also try to take serious time-down stretches of time to regenerate.
The Piano Education Page - Artist/Educator Archive Interviews USA March 1996 Arlette Felberg, Associate Professor of Music, University of NewMexico, Albuquerque, NM USA May 1996 - eugene albulescu, pianist and Performer http://pianoeducation.org/pnoarcin.html
Extractions: O ver the years, we have interviewed many well-known and not-so-well-known artists and educators. Each interviewee has a unique take on their art and their career in music. We recommend that you sit down and spend some time with each of these previous interviews. You'll find them just as interesting and thought-provoking as the current one. The opinions offered here are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of the West Mesa Music Teachers Association, its officers, or members. (We have attorneys, too!). At the end of each interview, you'll find hypertext links to the interviewee's e-mail and Web sites (where available), so you can learn more if you're interested. This Month's Interview Return to the Piano Education Home Page September 1995 Dr. William Leland , Pianist in Residence, New Mexico State University , Las Cruces, NM, USA October 1995 Dr. Hao Huang
EUGENE ALBULESCU, PIANO: BIO BIOGRAPHY. Award winning pianist eugene albulescu has been acclaimed around the world for his passionate playing, combined with a charismatic and powerful ability to communicate musical emotions at a http://www.lehigh.edu/~eua2/bio.html
Extractions: BIOGRAPHY Award winning pianist Eugene Albulescu has been acclaimed around the world for his passionate playing, combined with a charismatic and powerful ability to communicate musical emotions at a profound level. Winner of the International Grand Prix du Liszt for his debut CD, he is also one of the youngest pianists to hold the historical prize, joining legendary recipients such as Arrau, Horowitz, Bolet and Brendel. Albulescu has received superlative accolades from critics wherever he has played. In the USA this has included major dailies such as the Washington Post, which praised him for his "intensity, knowledge and technique". He has already performed and recorded on four continents, as well as being a founding member of the highly acclaimed New Zealand chamber group, the Turnovsky Trio. Eugene Albulescu gave his New York debut in 1996 with a unique solo recital at Bargemusic, when his landmark interpretation of Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata was honored by National Public Radio station WNYC with a live broadcast. A native of Romania, Albulescu attended the George Enescu Music School in Bucharest, and emigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1984 to escape Romania's Communist regime. At 16 he was the youngest competitor and winner of Television New Zealand's Young Musicians Competition. Albulescu completed his musical training with Edward Auer at Indiana University where, at 19, he was the youngest person ever to hold an Assistant Instructorship.
Classical Net Review - Liszt - Piano Music Transcription of Waltz from Gounod's "Faust" S. 407. eugene albulescu, piano. Manu 1446 DDD 1993 6637 solo piano music of Liszt, and to Romanianborn pianist eugene albulescu. http://www.classical.net/~music/recs/reviews/m/man01446a.html
Extractions: Manu 1446 DDD 1993 66:37 The young virtuoso Albulescu (b. 1970), who has lived in New Zealand for over a decade, appeals to a new breed of listener for this composer. Albulescu's stated aim in making this recording is to add his "small voice" to that of the great Liszt interpreters of the past (Arrau, Richter, and Bolet come to mind), and to present a recital which recognizes the multi-stylistic nature of the composer's music. Albulescu has apparently undergone a new awakening with respect to Liszt's music, his B Minor Sonata in particular. In this piece, Albulescu is convinced that the composer was depicting nothing short of the Fall of Man in the eyes of God (Satan successfully tempting Adam), and the subsequent redemption of humanity through Jesus the Messiah. Now, I'm sure many of us had detected wisps of infernal meddling in the opening and in other parts of this epic work, not to mention muted spirituality, while understanding less the why's, what's and how's. It is quite a treat, then, to rehear this imposing sonata when molded by a performer who not only wields an artistic but deeply conceived programmatic agenda as well. There is perhaps some truth to the notion that Liszt is a composer that can survive a bit of understatement with respect to interpretation, and perhaps that is what my ears tell me most is happening with Albulescu's piano. Not that his Liszt Sonata is dull, or common. In fact, Albulescu's reading is affectionate and caring, as well as dramatic and brilliant. As based upon the Biblical references, it was fun to try to see this interpretation through to its logical conclusion, and it certainly is a valid one, since for me it "works".
EUGENE ALBULESCU, PIANO born eugene albulescu is an educator with strong ideas about how to reach younglisteners; as is evident from these CD s, he is a first rate pianist with http://www.lehigh.edu/eua2/public/www-data/reviews.html
Extractions: REVIEW EXCERPTS "Eugene Albulescu plays the piano with a panache all too rare in the modern classical music scene. Specializing in difficult pieces and mastering them with acrobatic ease, Albulescu makes music that reaches all of us and connects in a profound manner with all of us young and old." BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC REVIEW "As is evident from his interview elsewhere in this issue, Romania-born Eugene Albulescu is an educator with strong ideas about how to reach young listeners; as is evident from these CD's, he is a first rate pianist with strong fingers and a strong interpretative perspective as well. The Liszt recital won a Grand Prix du Disque Liszt in 1995 and one can easily see why. From the torrential account of the Second Legend that opens the disc to the bear hug of the Faust Waltz that closes it, these are majestic performances, with rich colors and (partly because of Albulescu's powerful left hand) plenty of weight. Yet unlike say, Bolet in his later years, Albulescu never seems to be milking the music for its color. All in all, a pianist to watch." FANFARE MAGAZINE "His playing showed him to be a master of control and precision. It also showed that he has both a powerful technique and a powerful musical intellect... The music clearly meant something to the performer, and that sense was transmitted to the audience. Although Albulescu's speciality seems to be the Romantic period, he really is a classicist at heart. Albulescu is clearly a performer with a large future. "
Classical Net Review - Liszt - Piano Music average classical CD collection. This brings me to the solo pianomusic of Liszt, and to Romanianborn pianist eugene albulescu. http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/m/man01446a.html
Extractions: Manu 1446 DDD 1993 66:37 The young virtuoso Albulescu (b. 1970), who has lived in New Zealand for over a decade, appeals to a new breed of listener for this composer. Albulescu's stated aim in making this recording is to add his "small voice" to that of the great Liszt interpreters of the past (Arrau, Richter, and Bolet come to mind), and to present a recital which recognizes the multi-stylistic nature of the composer's music. Albulescu has apparently undergone a new awakening with respect to Liszt's music, his B Minor Sonata in particular. In this piece, Albulescu is convinced that the composer was depicting nothing short of the Fall of Man in the eyes of God (Satan successfully tempting Adam), and the subsequent redemption of humanity through Jesus the Messiah. Now, I'm sure many of us had detected wisps of infernal meddling in the opening and in other parts of this epic work, not to mention muted spirituality, while understanding less the why's, what's and how's. It is quite a treat, then, to rehear this imposing sonata when molded by a performer who not only wields an artistic but deeply conceived programmatic agenda as well. There is perhaps some truth to the notion that Liszt is a composer that can survive a bit of understatement with respect to interpretation, and perhaps that is what my ears tell me most is happening with Albulescu's piano. Not that his Liszt Sonata is dull, or common. In fact, Albulescu's reading is affectionate and caring, as well as dramatic and brilliant. As based upon the Biblical references, it was fun to try to see this interpretation through to its logical conclusion, and it certainly is a valid one, since for me it "works".
Eugene Albulescu, Pianist And Educator Read more Inside the piano with eugene albulescu a program linking thehistory of piano technology and creativity. eugene albulescu. October, 2001. http://mostlypiano.com/projects.html
Extractions: CURRENT PROJECTS Pictures at a Concert, performed at Barge Music in Brooklyn New York. Read more... "Inside the piano with Eugene Albulescu" - a program linking the history of piano technology and creativity. While the program has visited about 130 high schools in over 15 states, this is far from what Albulescu wants it to be. The Concerts are currently an add-on to his evening recitals booked through Hunstein Artist Services Eugene Albulescu composes incidental music for the play Macbeth by Shakespeare, a production by the Lehigh University Department of Theater. Other projects for 2002 include a renewed release of Albulescu's Hammerklavier recording. For concert management and bookings contact: Hunstein Artists Services, Inc. www.HunsteinArtists.com "I try to keep interested in various aspects of music making, composing, interpretation, to keep myself stimulated. Performing piano is a bit like the art of the dinosaur... In order to make it viable and alive to today's short-attention-spanned public, we have to be in touch with today's world. Hence I am always interested in all aspects of music making of today, even the ones which are considered "low brow" in classical music terms. I am always more busy than I would like to, but I also try to take serious time-down stretches of time to regenerate.
Extractions: IN THE NEWS This November marks Eugene Albulescu's Carnegie Hall debut with a twist. Albulescu plays Liszt's E Flat Concerto in the Stern Auditorium with Orchestra of St. Peter's on November on 26, 2001. The concert is a gala fund-raiser for the Path to Peace Foundation, and arm of the Catholic Mission to the United Nations, which promotes the Church's teachings on human rights and world peace. "Piano Recital" recording released, once again. This was originally issued by Ode Records (which later became part of BMG). The release is now offered again through Eugene Albulescu's own label "Downstage Recordings" Order CD's. Eugene visits his native Romania, to perform Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. A return engagement with the Romanian National "George Enescu" Philharmonic. December 14 & 15, 2001. As a New Zealand pianist (though born in Romania), Albulescu will perform in a concert honoring the New Zealand Olympic team at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in February 6, 2002, New Zealand's National "Waitangi Day. " Albulescu is a Romanian and New Zealander, now living in the US. Confused? Read the bio.
Mcall.com - Winter/Spring Cultural Calendar: Classical Music Feb. 15. pianist eugene albulescu Baroque Classical Masterpieces Lehigh University,Zoellner Arts Center, 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem. 610758-2787. Feb. http://www.mcall.com/features/all-cal_classicaljan04.story
Mcall.com - Catch Alps-like Grandeur Of Switzerland S Oldest Romanianborn pianist eugene albulescu, who teaches piano at Lehigh, will bejoined by fellow countrymen violinist Gabriel Croitoru and cellist Ovidiu http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/music/all-go_musicmay06,0,559188.story?coll=a
NPR : Performance Today For Sunday, March 22, 1998 We ll hear pianist eugene albulescu play Beethoven s Andante Favori from a concerthe gave on March 8th at LeHigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. http://www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=4&prgDate=22-Mar-1998
