Romanian remarkable composer and violinist

b. 19 Aug 1881; d. 3/4 May 1955

He studied at the Vienna Conservatory (1888-94) and at the Paris Conservatoire (1895-9). aris remained the centre of his professional life, though he spent much time in Romania as a teacher and conductor. He is regarded as the greatest and most versatile Romanian musician and was widely admired as a violinist. Apart from the two Lisztian Rhapsodies roumains for orchestra (1901) his music has been neglected, perhaps partly because of the complexity and diversity of his stylistic allegiances: Romanian folk music is a recurrent influence, but so too are Wagner and Reger and early Schoenberg. His output includes the opera Oedipe (1936), five symphonies (1905, 1914, 1921, 1934, 1941) and much chamber music.

Scene captured at the Festival who honor his name, during a ballet representation

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