Princess Elena Bibescu

Princess Elena Bibescu
Born Elena Epureanu
1855
Died October 18, 1902
Iași, Romania
Nationality Romanian
Occupation Pianist

Princess Elena Bibescu (1855 – October 18, 1902) was a Romanian nobelwoman and pianist, regarded as one of the greatest pianists of Europe in the nineteenth century.[1][2]

Elena Bibescu debuts on February 14, 1873 in Bucharest, in a charity concert held at Grand Theatre of Bucharest, in the presence of King Carol I and Queen Elisabeth of Romania.

In France, she became famous for being an outstanding pianist, but also for being a protector of culture. Princess Bibescu held, for three decades, one of the most prestigious salons of Paris in the second half of the 19th century.[3] Marcel Proust, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Pierre Loti, Anatole France, Claude Debussy and Charles Gounod were just a few of the great European personalities who frequented the famous artistic salon.[4][5][6]

Elena Bibescu was a protectress of George Enescu, alongside Queen Elisabeth of Romania, and promoted the Romanian musician among the French elite.[7] In 1954, more than 5 decades after her death, Enescu dedicated to her memory a symphonic poem, "Vox Maris".[8]

She was a student of the pivotal figure of Russian culture, pianist and composer Anton Rubinstein at the Vienna Conservatory, one of the most prestigious institutions of its kind in the world.[9] Elena Bibescu brilliantly graduated from the Vienna Conservatory, where she was awarded a medal and a diploma of honor.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tnb.ro/index.php?page=conferintele-tnb&theid=153
  2. ↑ http://www.evz.ro/vicemama-lui-george-enescu-841605.html
  3. ↑ http://en.romania-muzical.ro/articole/art.htm?c=17&g=1&arh=1&y=2009&a=520
  4. ↑ http://www.romlit.ro/pianista_princiar
  5. ↑ http://www.evz.ro/vicemama-lui-george-enescu-841605.html
  6. ↑ http://en.romania-muzical.ro/articole/art.htm?c=17&g=1&arh=1&y=2009&a=520
  7. ↑ http://www.historia.ro/exclusiv_web/actualitate/articol/casa-parinteasca-mamei-lui-george-enescu-fost-clasata-monument-isto
  8. ↑ "Historia" Special. An II, nr. 4, semptembrie 2013, pag. 24 – "George Enescu, fața nevăzută a unui geniu" (English: "George Enescu, the unseen face of a genius"). ISSN 1582-7968
  9. ↑ http://en.romania-muzical.ro/articole/art.htm?c=17&g=1&arh=1&y=2009&a=520
  10. ↑ http://www.zf.ro/ziarul-de-duminica/personalitati-feminine-din-romania-iv-de-george-marcu-rodica-ilinca-9572438/
  11. ↑ http://enciclopediaromaniei.ro/wiki/Elena_Bibescu
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