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From: Romanian Cultural Institute London <office@icr-london.co.uk>
Date: 4 April 2017 at 15:10:47 BST
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Subject: Kind Reminder - Pascal Bentoiu: a London Homage | Concert, Talk, Exhibition | Fri 7 Apr, 7pm - free
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Enescu's greatest heir View this email in your browser The Romanian Cultural Institute and The Enescu Society in Great Britain cordially invite you to RCI London, Friday 7 April, 7pm Concert | Talk | Exhibition Ioana Bentoiu - soprano Lena Vieru Conta - piano Robert Schumann - "Frauenliebe und Leben" George Enescu - "Sept chansons de Clément Marot" Pascal Bentoiu -  "Eminesciana II"  With a talk on the great musician's artistic legacy by music critics Mihai Cosma and Richard Whitehouse  The event is completed by the private view of "Pascal Bentoiu – His Life and Works", a photographic exhibition curated by Irina Niţu and produced by "George Enescu" National Museum in Bucharest.   Free. Seats allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please book your seat on Eventbrite Pascal Bentoiu was born in Bucharest on 22 April 1927. His father, a well-known lawyer, dreamed that his son studied law, and so he did. Nevertheless, passionate about music, he privately studied violin with Vasile Filip, piano with Teophil Demetriescu, harmony, counterpoint and composition with famous Romanian composer Mihail Jora, whose favourite disciple he became. His impressive body of work comprises 8 Symphonies, 4 Symphonic poems, 4 Concertos for piano, violin and cello, 3 operas, 6 String quartets, 2 sonatas, 30 songs, 21 special compositions for theatre and 6 books, among which the seminal "Masterworks of George Enescu". Pascal Bentoiu spent a decade working on the completion of George Enescu's 4th and 5th Symphonies, the Symphonic Poem "Isis" and the "Clément Marot" song cycle. He was married to Swiss-Romanian writer Annie Bentoiu and was the father of Ioana Bentoiu, soprano and canto professor in Switzerland. His interests were far more extended than those in the music field. He read immensely, especially literature, philosophy and history and fluently spoke six languages (including Latin). He loved football, was a great jazz fan and held an enormous sense of humour, which greatly contributed to help him and his family during some sombre years. (Ioana Bentoiu)    Romanian Cultural Institute 1 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X8PH Copyright © 2017 Romanian Cultural Institute in London, All rights reserved. You are receiving this newsletter because you, or someone using this email address, subscribed to the ICR London calendar of events. To unsubscribe from this email, please reply with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to discontinue receiving emails from us. Our mailing address is: Romanian Cultural Institute in London 1 Belgrave Square London, SW1X 8PH United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences