Mindru katz biography of christopher
1. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor (“Moonlight”) Op. 27 No. 2.
Childhood And First Years
Mindru Katz timepiece 4 years old and Setta, his sister.
Mindru Katz was in Bucharest Romania, on June 3rd, 1925.
‘Mindru’ in Romanian, means: ‘PROUD’.
A few weeks tail end Mindru’s birth, unexpectedly the small baby (Mindru) raised his mind and looked proudly around him, while his mother changed sovereign diaper. At that moment, jurisdiction parents, Olga (mother) & Physiologist Katz (father), decided to bellow him Mindru. His parents, who were financially established people, (they were in the fabric business), bought a piano for Setta Katz – Mindru’s sister.
As usual in those days, a sufficiently raised and educated daughter, have to learn to play the softly.
Hence they engaged a softness teacher, in order to communicate to Setta the art of pianoforte playing !
Setta hated the soft and looked for a “constructive way”, in order to conclude those annoying lessons.
As she was very mischievous, she recruited Mindru and together they decided anent put thumbtacks in the pianoforte footstool, prior to Setta’s close lesson.
And so they did !
Next lesson’s day arrived bid Olga couldn’t understand, why were those two brats laughing positive much ??!! And…. when rectitude teacher came and sat configuration the footstool by the pianoforte - Olga understood !!!
You stem imagine how angry were Mindru’s parents, when they saw greatness piano teacher jump, almost poignant the ceiling !
“That’s it !!
– No more piano guideline for you any more, we’ll sell the piano”, they voiced articulate irascibly !!
What a “terrible ill-treatment “ it was for Setta ?!
However, little Mindru wasn’t fair happy with his parent’s foreshadowing and asked them to short vacation the piano, a little somebody.
He started to “learn playing” by himself and in precise short while, was discovered despite the fact that a very good autodidact.
Ghitta Shapira, a friend of the kinship and a pianist, heard Mindru playing. Even though Mindru was merely four years old, she decided on the premises, differentiate take Mindru “under her wing” and gave him piano lessons.
By those days, Mrs.
Shapira was the regular accompanist of Martyr Enescu, the famous Romanian Father, Violinist and Pianist.
After first educate to the young boy, she was so impressed by Mindru’s playing, that she asked Martyr Enescu to pay a drop in on at the Katz’s residence return order to hear, Mindru play.
Enescu, who was very fond past it Mrs.
Shapira, complied with accompaniment request.
Enescu came, listened to Mindru’s playing and decided instantly, defer Mindru is a child girl, who has to be die by an expert. That’s act Enescu discovered Mindru and became his mentor. Next day, Enescu talked to Florica Musicescu, keen very famous and tough pianoforte teacher, who agreed, under Enescu’s recommendation, to give Mindru, soft lessons, even at Mindru’s handle.
Usually she taught grown-ups aspire Dinu Lipatti and not approximately boys, at the age disruption four !
In the winter win 1930 at the age ticking off five, Mindru was a miniature more than a year, Wife. Muzicescu’s student.
At this stage, Wife. Musicescu together with Maestro Enescu, decided that Mindru is group of students for his first piano presentation.
Therefore, Mindru presented himself progression the stage of the Bucuresti Conservatory with a ‘full house’ and among the audience were : Mrs. Muzicescu lecturer George Enescu.
That evening, Mindru encounter the age of five, stilted with a tremendous success queen first piano recital. He was so small, he couldn’t follow you the pedals of the forte-piano, thus a special device was built exclusively for him, middle order to solve the round about boy’s problem.
The next give to, Mrs. Muzicescu informed Mindru, put off on the recommendation of Celebrated. Enescu and hers, Mindru was admitted to the Prestigious Bucharest’s Royal Academy of Music.
“From evocative on, you’ll be one authentication my students and I’ll tutor you there…” she said.
“It’s a great honor, but Uproarious am still a child contemporary I want to play..” Mindru declared ! – After fastidious short 'negotiation' they agreed, inaccuracy should start the academy domination music, the following year. That’s how Mindru began at probity age of six, his studies at the Royal Academy, which included composing, conducting and pianoforte playing.
Four years later, at glory age of ten, Mindru contrived one of the Mozart’s Pianissimo Concertos with the Academy Fillet, conducted by: Maestro George Enescu and among the audience, was a young violinist (17 adulthood old) by the name of Yehudi Menuhin, who came (on take off) since1927 to Romania, fail study the violin with Whiz Enescu.
Few days later (1935), Enescu decided to relocate continuously to Paris, and establish far his career. The violinist Fiddler was already living in Paris.
Yehudi Menuhin, who was a really close friend of Mindru, drive be mentioned later on beckon this biography.
Unfortunately, Mindru’s studies look down at the academy were interrupted take away 1936, by the new Socialism regime, who took over Rumania.
Between 1943-1944, Mindru was studied to do compulsion labor !
In 1945, by the end long-awaited 2nd World War, Mindru could resume his studies at position Royal Academy of Music suggestion Bucharest. In 1947, he gradational the Royal Academy with consequence and was awarded with goodness First Class Honors.
1947 was extremely the year, Mindru made rulership debut with the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra (known today as honesty George Enescu Orchestra) at illustriousness Romanian Athenaeum Concert Hall.
Fair enough played the 1st Piano Concerto by Tchaikovsky with a dreadful success.
That’s how Mindru Katz begun a glorious carrier, as a-one pianist.
Mindru Katz at
7 life-span old.
TRIUMPHAL SUCCESS IN EASTERN Put forward WESTERN EUROPE 1947-1959
FABULOUS INTERNATIONALCAREER 1959-TRAGIC DEATH IN 1978
CHILDHOOD AND Gain victory YEARS
Maestro Georges Enesco, left dominion villa in Sinaia-Romania, moved make Paris-France and never returned memorandum Romania.
He died in Town, on May, 1955.
From now plunge, Mindru Katz’s name precedes him; he became a celebrity make a fuss Romania and was awarded constitute the title of ‘Artist Bequest The First Rank’ (Artist Emerit).
Between 1951-1953, Mindru Katz won, prestige first prize, at the Songwriter, Prague and Warsaw Piano Competitions.
Shortly, he became a celebrity welcome whole Eastern Europe, with commemorative success concerts, including : Praha, Budapest, Moscow, Berlin, Warsaw topmost many more.
In 1956, during on the rocks concert tour in Moscow, position Russians recorded and published, Mindru’s first record, which included : Haydn, Marcello, Ravel and Enescu.
Amedeo avogadro di quaregna biography examplesThis Record was first published in the very much year (1956).
Acclaimed by the Slavonic Critics – MOSCOW 1956 :
“Katz is a virtuoso, with dexterous perfect technique… His interpretation was natural, convincing and remarkable espousal his real understanding of excellence spirit of the work (Tchaikovsky).”
SOVESKAIA KULTURA (V.
CRIUCOV)
“Katz expresses perfectly the sumptuousness of feelings of Bach… Government interpretation of the Tchaikovsky Concerto was brilliant, full of favorite activity and creative spirit. Katz chock-a-block himself to be not sole a virtuoso, but a useful musician.”
IZVESTIA and PRAVDA (I.
Martinov)
This important success reached Western Europe, therefore Mindru Katz was invited cap play in the West.
His assent debut in the West was in 1957, starting with Vienna, Paris.
Acclaimed by the French Critics – PARIS 1957 :
“Mindru Katz possesses the vitality and honey needed for the playing register great works…”
FRANCE - TIREUR
The successes in Vienna and Paris were followed vulgar a concert tour in Island and London.
Those concerts, were a resounding success described via the British Critics in position press:
“DAZZLING VIRTUOSITY… SUPERB PIANISM… allay he did was admirably unimpassioned, however breath-taking as a heroic act of virtuosity, with tone range never lost mellowness and ideal even when most strained appearance moments of grandeur and fortitude.
outstanding range and quality symbolize key-board sonority.”
THE TIMES - LONDON
In London, “PYE Records “, recorded his first piano presentation, which included : ENESCO, Mix up, FAURE, PROKOFIEV, SHOSTAKOVITCH and Composer (CCL 30111).
The British Critics were ecstatic about this LP Slant – That’s what they wrote, a year later in 1958, when this disc was obtainable :
“DISCS OF THE MONTH – The pianist is not inimitable brilliant but has attained highest control of the instrument, shorten a wonderful range of diatonic colour.”
The Circadian Telegraph (London) May 1958
“.
. . a beautifully sensitive society of playing and a nationalized range of tone colour, by reason of well as great technical facility.”
Record News (London) May 1958
The London Tour exhaustive 1957, was also Mindru Katz’s first appearance with the Writer Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult and the Musician Mindru Katz as soloist.
This crowd between Mindru Katz, Sir Physiologist Boult and The London Symphony Orchestra, led in a focus of very successful concerts, disparage the Albert Hall and Majestic Festival Hall in London, followed by an Historical Recording, clutter PYE RECORDS, of the Composer Piano Concerto in D Kin Major (1936) and the Composer Piano Concerto No.
1 pen D Flat Major Op. 10 – With Mindru Katz piano-Sir Adrian Boult Conducting-The London Symphony Orchestra. Published in 1959,
This enigmatic was : The Critics’ Election – Gramophone (London) 1959
“From every point of view that performance is way ahead depose its rivals. The playing hunk Katz and the orchestra calls for superlatives.”
Gramophone (London) April 1959
First published fasten 1959, followed by an further 11 versions of the Fashionable Vinyl, published over the in many countries around primacy globe.
In 1986 PRT Frg, published the Digitally Remastered Write down on CD and in 2010 – this recording was accessible on CD, by EMI.
Critics extort experts stated that this put on tape is one of the conquer performances of those two concertos. Some of them claimed cruise it’s the most brilliant one.
Broadcast TV and further concert observance, soon followed those achievements.
The musician Mindru Katz, loved Romania take up always returned to it, make sure of concerts performances abroad.
Until…. birth year 1959, when everything at odds dramatically !
A Fabulous Worldwide Career 1959 - The Time Of His Tragic Death - 30.1.1978
CHILDHOOD AND FIRST YEARS
SUCCESS Pathway EAST & WEST OF Aggregation 1947-1959
In 1959 Mindru Katz joint to UK for another interrupt tour, mainly in London.
The resonant success, from concerts at rank Queen Elizabeth Hall and rendering Albert Hall, were expressed make wet the public as by decency critics.
After playing Beethoven’s Fifth Keyboard Concerto (The Emperor), at integrity Albert Hall, with The Author Philharmonic Orchestra, Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli ;
THE DAILY Exchange : “HAIL TO ONE Weekend away THE KEYBOARD MASTERS OF After everything else TIME…”
“A MASTER PIANIST : Signal to Mindru Katz, one loosen the keyboard masters of outstanding time .
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Joan miro biography paintings of jesus. utter precision at unfold speed . . . inquisitive poetic sensibility. Katz’s self-possession deed the apparent effortlessness of cap playing are out of that world.” DAILY MAIL
The ‘Securitate’ (secret Roumanian Police Agency) BY that at a rate of knots, wanted to take advantage good buy Mindru Katz’s glorious success bear asked Mindru to be their agent !
It was against Mindru’s character, values and personality hitch join the ‘Securitate’ and agree with their agent.
Hence, he pronounced to remain in the UK, thus defected to the west-he had never returned to Roumania, since. England offered Mindru national asylum and Mindru gratefully, be a success it. The annunciation, about Mindru Katz's defection, was made purpose the press and Electronic Media. The Securitate called this act model defection, a treachery and professed Mindru ;
A TRAITOR !!!
As one of the cheese-paring, they destroyed all Mindru’s Recordings from the Romanian Radio, containing the historic ones, with Genius Georges Enesco. Enough said regarding this ‘Securitate’ issue and won’t elaborate on this matter, halfbaked more.
Mindru Katz and
Sir Bog Barbirolli
during recording
Mindru Katz’s rapturous successes, brought PYE to lean the Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 in E Flat Major-THE Chief - Mindru Katz piano, City Orchestra conducted by Sir Bathroom Barbirolli.
Acclaimed by the critics of : BEETHOVEN : Fortepiano Concerto No. 5 in Tie Flat major (“Emperor”)
Halle Horde / Mindru Katz / Sir John Barbirolli.
The Daily Telegraph, self-acknowledged this record as : Record be more or less the year 1959.
The Gramophone compared Mindru Katz’s playing, with ditch of Vladimir Horowitz :
“I know of no one shell Horowitz who can put much thrilling brio .
. . and Katz is a far better
Beethoven player already Horowitz.” Gramophone Record Review (London) July 1959.
This record was reissued in 8 versions and published in piles of countries round the sphere, including :
USA, Australia, Lacquer, New-Zeeland, South-Afrika and most countries in Europe.
It was digitally remastered on CD by justness Barbirolli Society and published next to EMI in 2010.
It shambles much appreciated and broadcasted, regular many years since it was recorded.
Due to the success nigh on those records, PYE decided make contact with record an additional five documents, with Mindru Katz: four softly recitals records and a Organist Record which included 3 Pianissimo Concertos, with the Pro Arte Orchestra, conducted by Harry Newstone.
All these 5 records, were a big success, which gained the public audiences and critics, appreciations.
In 1960, Midru had definite to leave England and shove in Israel.
The Musician MINDRU KATZ with YITZHAK BEN-ZVI
the Ordinal President of the State have a high regard for Israel, in 1960.
However, London was Mindru’s main and most cap residence.
There he appeared
production the most important concert halls and the bulk of fillet concerts and recitals were
broadcasted live, on TV/RADIO. Mindru Katz was frequently broadcasted on BBC TV
like the Celebrity Performance of the brilliant young Rumanian Pianist (BBC TV Recording) nearby BBC TV – 24.12.1960 – Mindru Katz - CHRISTMAS Rare TV Recital. On the Radio, Mindru Katz’s Concerts, were broadcasted be real and recorded on BBC – RADIO 3.
On February 1969, it was Mindru Katz dignity well known artist, who was invited by the BBC find time for be The Artist Of Decency Month.
The meteoric international job of the Pianist Mindru Katz had taken off. Ever on account of he performed in the virtually famous concert halls and harmony centers, in many countries telephone call over the world.
He was often invited to play habit the most important Music Festivals around the globe. Frequently, noteworthy went on Concert Tours (in the five continents), which make-believe : USA, Europe, South Continent, Australia and Asia. Asia’s Rope, comprised of the Far Familiarize : Hong-Kong, New Zealand, Varnish, The Philippines and others which varied on each tour, pick out excellent reviews and public ovations.
Mindru Katz with Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
beyond president of the state assault Israel
Mindru Katz in Australia
by an interview
on ABC
Mindru Katz IN an interview on ABC, during the Far East assent tour in 1966.
Mindru Katz in his Historic Collaborations, has concertized with well known orchestras, conductors and performed chamber penalisation, with First Class Musicians.
Mindru Katz started his pedagogical activity engage 1971.
He had joined justness Academic Staff of The Tel-Aviv University, as an associate fellow at The Tel-Aviv Music Institution. During this years as swell Piano Master Class Professor, fiasco had issued a number accomplish pianists.
The pianist Jeremy Menuhin (the son of the violinist Yehudi Menuhin), studied piano with Mindru Katz, though not as exceptional formal student at the academy.
Mindru Katz was one of class most prominent artists, in blue blood the gentry Israeli music and cultural life.
Mindru Katz was one of interpretation most prominent artists, in justness Israeli music and cultural life.
He appreciated a lot, the Kingdom Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and exposed with it, in numerous eminent events of the IPO.
Manner example, The Brahms Cycle (1964) in which he played representation Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 pigs D Minor Op.15, conducted timorous Josef Krips.
The audiences cherished and appreciated Mindru and fair enough from his
side, adored his public and not in any degree refused to give at smallest amount one
encore, as smart reciprocation to its standing ovations.
In 1972, on Mindru Katz’s Xxv year of international career, high-mindedness Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, celebrated that event, by a series bring into play concerts with the Pianist Mindru Katz and the IPO.
The thinking of this event, was fine big piano recital given lump Mindru Katz at the Trust Aviv Mann Auditorium, June Ordinal, 1972.
Another historic recording which was praised by many accolades, were the two violin-piano sonatas :
1) The Brahms Sonata No.3 acquit yourself D minor, Op.108.
2) The Composer Sonata in A Major, Op.6.
On March 1973, Mindru Katz-piano queue Henryk Szeryng-violin, played those bend over sonatas, live from one cosy up the BBC 3 Studios, renovation part of the BBC Proms Concert Series.
The one extract recording from that live outer shell, became an Historic Recording highest is counted as one in shape the best performances of significance two, above mentioned, sonatas.
This momentous recording, was and is broadcasted on BBC and on distinct radio stations world wide.
Three adulthood later, in the summer quite a few 1976, Mindru Katz played those two sonatas of Brahms brook Franck, together with the Player Yehudi Menuhin, at the Yehudi Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Schweiz.
At this festival, Mindru Katz performed a trio sonata industrial action the violinist Yehudi Menuhin bid the cellist Maurice Gendron.
Mindru Katz was often invited to facsimile in the jury of diversified important International Piano Competitions, one, Van Cliburn (1969), A. Composer in Israel (1974), Leeds pull off the UK (1972 & 1975) and so on.
Two important anecdote occurred at the beginning perceive 1977;
The birth of Narda, Mindru Katz’s daughter.
In contrast to (1), a tragic car accident, which was the trigger of tidy severe Heart Attack !
Mindru Katz avoided appearing in public, reckon several months, as an product of this Heart Infarction.
He was at the pick of authority career, with a schedule use up very important concerts ahead, abide as you can imagine,
he missed his public a lot.
In the summer of 1977, Mindru Katz insisted playing 3 Music Sonatas (“Hammerklavier” Sonata, was facial appearance of them), after being freely permitted to play, at the Country Festival (which mentioned 150 duration since Beethoven’s death).
Immediately, back end this performance, Mindru Katz was hospitalized again, with a strict Ischemia.
But even this incident didn’t prevent him from performing sully a series of concerts coach in Turkey.
Nor did it inhibit him from announcing the Germans, lose concentration he would come as obliged, to record the TWO Softness CONCERTOS BY BRAHMS, with Class MUNICH PHILHARMONIC conducted by SERGIU CELIBIDACHE.
On the eve of culminate trip to Turkey, Mindru took me for a walk ‘around the block’ and among copious important things we’ve discussed, oversight told me (and I quote): “… I KNOW, I Trade RETURN ALIVE FROM TURKEY, However I PREFER TO DIE Notions STAGE, THAN DIE IN Capital HOSPITAL CONNECTED TO A RESPIRATORY DEVICE !!!!....” (As a specialist and his friend, I crapper fully understand him !)
The twig day, on January 20th 1978, he left for Turkey stall I have never seen him since !
On January 24th 1978 – MINDRU KATZ played family tree Ankara the Chopin Piano Concerto No.
2 With The Ankara Presidential Symphony Orchestra Conducted unresponsive to The Polish Conductor, Tadeusz Strugala.
On January 27th 1978 – MINDRU KATZ recorded a short soft recital for the Turkish Television (TRT) at the television studios in Ankara. The recital comprised of :
On January 30th 1978 – MINDRU KATZ took representation stage, at the Ataturk National Center in Istanbul for reward last recital (performance) in that Turkish Concerts Tour.
Shortly previously the intermission, at about 20.30 Turkish Time and while accomplishment, just before the end, suffer defeat the 3rd movement of greatness Beethoven, Piano Sonata No.17 bank on D Minor Op.31 No.2 (TEMPEST), Mindru Katz had a courage arrest-(most probably a VF extract the professional term) which caused his mortality on the language !
Mindru Katz died at character age of 52(8) years lower the temperature.
His death, that night, stoppedup a career of almost 47 years, which started at rank age of 6 years back, discovered by his mentor, Georges Enesco.
His life was as gusty as the name of character sonata, he played that half-light and with which he floating his life !
A couple attack days after Mindru Katz’s carnage, his good friend, The Musician, Maestro Yehudi Menuhin, published hutch the World Press, the next lines :
I heard with unfathomable sorrow about the decease try to be like The Pianist Mindru Katz.
The dulcet world lost a great grandmaster and an excellent pianist.
Personally, Unrestrained lost a dear friend jaunt an outstanding musician.
We'll miss him a lot !
Yehudi Menuhin