Dan Grigore

Dan Grigore
Dan Grigore, at a CNA meeting in 2009
Background information
Born	6 August 1943 Bucharest, Romania
Genres	Classical Music
Occupation(s)	Pianist, Composer
Instruments	Piano
Labels	Electrecord

Dan Grigore (born August 6, 1943) is a Romanian classical pianist and composer.

Biography

Grigore was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1943. He was first a pupil of Mihail Jora and then of Florica Musicescu, who had both been teachers to Dinu Lipatti. He also studied in Saint Petersburg with Tatiana Kravcenko and in Vienna with Richard Hauser. After 1966 his reputation is spread due to enthusiastic articles written by Cella Delavrancea. Together with Valentin Gheorghiu and Radu Lupu, Dan Grigore is one of the leading Romanian pianists of the second half of the twentieth century.

Repertoire

Grigore's wide repertoire includes many Romantic composers such as Schumann, Grieg, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, in addition to music by Beethoven.

Notable recordings

• 1987 - Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor, with Emil Simon and the Cluj-Napoca Philharmonic
• 1987 - Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven), with Emil Simon and the Cluj-Napoca Philharmonic
• 1987 - Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, with Emil Simon and the Cluj-Napoca Philharmonic
• 1987 - Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky), with Cristian Mandeal and the Cluj-Napoca Philharmonic
• ???? - Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms), with Mihai Brediceanu and the "George Enescu" Philharmonic

Honours

• Romanian Royal Family: Knight of the Royal Decoration of the Cross of the Romanian Royal House^[1]

External links

• "Dan Grigore" at George Enescu Festival

References

1. http://www.familiaregala.ro/ordine-si-decoratii/crucea-casei-regale-a-romaniei