Presenting Dinu Lipatti On Film
The Piano Files
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A video presentation that includes the only as-yet-discovered moving images of the pianist Dinu Lipatti: silent film footage from a garden party in Lucerne by Walter Strebi, one of the founders of the Lucerne Music Festival.
This presentation includes an introduction by Lipatti expert and The Piano Files curator Mark Ainley, followed by conversations with researcher Orlando Murrin - who discovered the film footage - and Ursula Jones, Strebi's daughter in whose private collection the films lay dormant until Murrin's discovery. After these conversations there is a collage masterfully prepared by Murrin of various excerpts from Strebi's films before we see the precious footage of Lipatti in the Strebis' garden in 1947, set to a recording of a movement from Lipatti's own Concertino in Classical Style.
This footage had been kept private until now because of attempts to get a Lipatti documentary produced with these clips as the centrepiece, but diligent efforts were dashed due to the Covid epidemic. It was therefore decided to make the footage public to share it with the world - and hopefully we can still inspire a comprehensive documentary about the artist.
I hope you will enjoy this insightful and historic presentation, which is being published on the anniversary of Lipatti's death.
If you wish to support The Piano Files, please consider membership on Patreon: Patreon: thepianofiles
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So emotional, asthonishing Dinu LIPATTI NEWS!
Strong Appreciations to you, Mr. Mark Ainley.
R. I. P in ETERNAL GLORY
MR. DINU LIPATTI
Presenting Dinu Lipatti On Film
The Piano Files
29,508 views
A video presentation that includes the only as-yet-discovered moving images of the pianist Dinu Lipatti: silent film footage from a garden party in Lucerne by Walter Strebi, one of the founders of the Lucerne Music Festival.
This presentation includes an introduction by Lipatti expert and The Piano Files curator Mark Ainley, followed by conversations with researcher Orlando Murrin - who discovered the film footage - and Ursula Jones, Strebi's daughter in whose private collection the films lay dormant until Murrin's discovery. After these conversations there is a collage masterfully prepared by Murrin of various excerpts from Strebi's films before we see the precious footage of Lipatti in the Strebis' garden in 1947, set to a recording of a movement from Lipatti's own Concertino in Classical Style.
This footage had been kept private until now because of attempts to get a Lipatti documentary produced with these clips as the centrepiece, but diligent efforts were dashed due to the Covid epidemic. It was therefore decided to make the footage public to share it with the world - and hopefully we can still inspire a comprehensive documentary about the artist.
I hope you will enjoy this insightful and historic presentation, which is being published on the anniversary of Lipatti's death.
If you wish to support The Piano Files, please consider membership on Patreon: Patreon: thepianofiles
But now I have to continue watching this fascinating program about Dinu Lipatti.
Saw the video and moved by Dinu Lipatti and his distinguished wife. I heard my piano teachers talking about Dinu Lipatti, although officially he was considered a traitor, since he left Romania. I can imagine his mother’s tragedy , because in the fifties people were whispering about arrests, disappearances, deportations. I got acquainted with his recordings much later in life. Dinu Lipatti, a true prince of piano! I am moved and grateful. Thank you.