Today somebody sent me this and just like that i drowned in memories... and went straight back in time to my childhood in Timisoara (a town also know as Temeswar or little Wien)
This is where I grew up and this is where i spent half my time: The opera! The love affair began early ;-) 3 years old i heard my first Nabucco! By the way, a little gossip, did you know little old me and Mr Ioan Holender share the same birthplace??? (yes, THE Ioan Holender from the Staatsoper in Wien )
Thanks Aluna for these wonderful pictures and memories!
http://www.yvettedefrance.com/Photos-du-monde/A1/Roumanie/Roumanie.htm
Readers, enjoy the pictures and if you like, go see the place, go enjoy the country, the music and the food! I am sure it will sneak its way into your hearts :-)
There are even pictures from the "famous Dracula castle", actually a nice medieval built belonging to the king known as Vlad Tepes, or Vlad Dracul. And where a beautiful movie version of La Cenerentola by Rossini was filmed :-)
And for you music lovers out there there is one event you shouldn't miss!! (this is where i have heard several times Maxim Vengerov work his violin magic and where Joshua Bell also played in the last edition)
http://www.festivalenescu.ro/ Watch this space as the program of the festival in 2009 will be announced in October 2008. If you want to know what happened at the 2007 edition here is an article that was published in The Guardian at the time:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/sep/19/festivals.classicalmusicandopera
And in case you wonder, as i expect you would, what Enescu music is like, well... here is a little something:
thanks for the video wwhagiuxx
And here is Enescu himself in an audio only recording playing the Corelli Sonata
Thanks for the video aimson
And this is probably the most famous piece composed by Enescu: Ciocirlia (the lark)
Thanks for the video gxgfree4rhyme
And by the way he was also Yehudi Menuhin's teacher. Here is a recording of them both playing Bach's double violin concerto with Yehudi being only 16 years old in his recording:
thanks for the video AbsoluteZ3R0
