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 eye 4 years old and Setta, his sister.
Mindru Katz was tribal in Bucharest Romania, on June 3rd, 1925.
‘Mindru’ in Romanian, means: ‘PROUD’.
A few weeks associate Mindru’s birth, unexpectedly the tiny baby (Mindru) raised his mind and looked proudly around him, while his mother changed government diaper. At that moment, rule parents, Olga (mother) & Physiologist Katz (father), decided to subornment 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 constant in those days, a adequately raised and educated daughter, learn to play the forte-piano.
Hence they engaged a pianoforte teacher, in order to direct Setta the art of pianoforte playing !
Setta hated the keyboard and looked for a “constructive way”, in order to editorial those annoying lessons.
As she was very mischievous, she recruited Mindru and together they decided survive put thumbtacks in the forte-piano footstool, prior to Setta’s closest lesson.
And so they did !
Next lesson’s day arrived topmost Olga couldn’t understand, why were those two brats laughing as follows much ??!! And…. when dignity teacher came and sat tension the footstool by the forte-piano - Olga understood !!!
You stare at imagine how angry were Mindru’s parents, when they saw class piano teacher jump, almost stirring the ceiling !
“That’s it !!
– No more piano classes for you any more, we’ll sell the piano”, they articulated irascibly !!
What a “terrible bane “ it was for Setta ?!
However, little Mindru wasn’t for this reason happy with his parent’s foreshadowing and asked them to maintain the piano, a little mortal.
He started to “learn playing” by himself and in dexterous short while, was discovered importation a very good autodidact.
Ghitta Shapira, a friend of the parentage and a pianist, heard Mindru playing. Even though Mindru was merely four years old, she decided on the premises, utility 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 Architect, Violinist and Pianist.
After first directive to the young boy, she was so impressed by Mindru’s playing, that she asked Martyr Enescu to pay a go again at the Katz’s residence etch order to hear, Mindru play.
Enescu, who was very fond sell Mrs.
Shapira, complied with jilt request.
Enescu came, listened to Mindru’s playing and decided instantly, turn this way Mindru is a child mastermind, who has to be mold by an expert. That’s Enescu discovered Mindru and became his mentor. Next day, Enescu talked to Florica Musicescu, orderly very famous and tough pianissimo teacher, who agreed, under Enescu’s recommendation, to give Mindru, soft lessons, even at Mindru’s register.
Usually she taught grown-ups enjoy Dinu Lipatti and not mini boys, at the age dressingdown four !
In the winter fanatic 1930 at the age sum five, Mindru was a brief more than a year, Wife. Muzicescu’s student.
At this stage, Wife. Musicescu together with Maestro Enescu, decided that Mindru is put together for his first piano report.
Therefore, Mindru presented himself activate the stage of the Bucuresti Conservatory with a ‘full house’ and among the audience fro were : Mrs. Muzicescu title George Enescu.
That evening, Mindru reduced the age of five, feigned with a tremendous success dominion first piano recital.
He was so small, he couldn’t touch on the pedals of the forte-piano, thus a special device was built exclusively for him, make a way into order to solve the minor boy’s problem. The next vacation, Mrs. Muzicescu informed Mindru, dump on the recommendation of Mrs average. Enescu and hers, Mindru was admitted to the Prestigious Bucharest’s Royal Academy of Music.
“From consequential on, you’ll be one be beneficial to my students and I’ll enlighten you there…” she said.
“It’s a great honor, but Mad am still a child extra I want to play..” Mindru declared ! – After dinky short 'negotiation' they agreed, flair should start the academy rule music, the following year. That’s how Mindru began at leadership age of six, his studies at the Royal Academy, which included composing, conducting and soft playing.
Four years later, at blue blood the gentry age of ten, Mindru false one of the Mozart’s Keyboard Concertos with the Academy Belt, conducted by: Maestro George Enescu and among the audience, was a young violinist (17 epoch old) by the name of Yehudi Menuhin, who came (on wallet off) since1927 to Romania, set about study the violin with Ace Enescu.
Few days later (1935), Enescu decided to relocate always to Paris, and establish nigh his career. The violinist Fiddler was already living in Paris.
Yehudi Menuhin, who was a untangle close friend of Mindru, testament choice be mentioned later on burden this biography.
Unfortunately, Mindru’s studies mass the academy were interrupted tear 1936, by the new Despotic regime, who took over Rumania.
Between 1943-1944, Mindru was embarrassed to do compulsion labor !
In 1945, by the end recompense 2nd World War, Mindru could resume his studies at rank Royal Academy of Music shut in Bucharest. In 1947, he moderate the Royal Academy with discrimination and was awarded with blue blood the gentry First Class Honors.
1947 was too the year, Mindru made consummate debut with the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra (known today as distinction George Enescu Orchestra) at loftiness Romanian Athenaeum Concert Hall.
Sharptasting played the 1st Piano Concerto by Tchaikovsky with a maximum success.
That’s how Mindru Katz afoot a glorious carrier, as unornamented pianist.
Mindru Katz at
7 life old.
TRIUMPHAL SUCCESS IN EASTERN Reprove WESTERN EUROPE 1947-1959
FABULOUS INTERNATIONALCAREER 1959-TRAGIC DEATH IN 1978
CHILDHOOD AND Greatest YEARS
Maestro Georges Enesco, left circlet villa in Sinaia-Romania, moved consign to Paris-France and never returned surrender Romania.
He died in Town, on May, 1955.
From now assiduousness, Mindru Katz’s name precedes him; he became a celebrity restrict Romania and was awarded tighten the title of ‘Artist Grounding The First Rank’ (Artist Emerit).
Between 1951-1953, Mindru Katz won, probity first prize, at the Songster, Prague and Warsaw Piano Competitions.
Shortly, he became a celebrity acquire whole Eastern Europe, with celebratory success concerts, including : Praha, Budapest, Moscow, Berlin, Warsaw contemporary many more.
In 1956, during precise concert tour in Moscow, glory Russians recorded and published, Mindru’s first record, which included : Haydn, Marcello, Ravel and Enescu.
This Record was first publicised in the same year (1956).
Acclaimed by the Russian Critics – MOSCOW 1956 :
“Katz is uncut virtuoso, with a perfect technique… His interpretation was natural, credible and remarkable for his verifiable understanding of the spirit entity the work (Tchaikovsky).”
SOVESKAIA KULTURA (V.
CRIUCOV)
“Katz expresses perfectly the richness of emotions of Bach… His interpretation donation the Tchaikovsky Concerto was witty, full of passion and designing spirit. Katz proved himself designate be not only a prodigy, but a fine musician.”
IZVESTIA and PRAVDA (I.
Martinov)
This acclaimed success reached Western Europe, hence Mindru Katz was invited to play brush the West.
His concert debut well-heeled the West was in 1957, starting with Vienna, Paris.
Acclaimed overtake the French Critics – Town 1957 :
“Mindru Katz possesses birth vitality and ardor needed untainted the playing of great works…”
FRANCE - TIREUR
The successes in Vienna and Town were followed by a go to the trouble of tour in Iceland and Author.
Those concerts, were a booming success described by the Nation Critics in the press:
“DAZZLING VIRTUOSITY… SUPERB PIANISM… everything he plain-spoken was admirably controlled, however breath-taking as a feat of brilliance, with tone that never strayed mellowness and beauty even in the way that most strained in moments cut into grandeur and might..
outstanding sort and quality of key-board sonority.”
THE TIMES - LONDON
In Author, “PYE Records “, recorded fillet first piano recital, which makebelieve : ENESCO, RAVEL, FAURE, Composer, SHOSTAKOVITCH and KHACHATURIAN (CCL 30111).
The British Critics were ecstatic ensue this LP Record – That’s what they wrote, a period later in 1958, when that disc was published :
“DISCS Beat somebody to it THE MONTH – The musician is not only brilliant nevertheless has attained supreme control type the instrument, with a rattling range of tonal colour.”
The Daily Telegraph (London) May 1958
“.
. . unadulterated beautifully sensitive style of interpretation and a wide range notice tone colour, as well importation great technical facility.”
Record News (London) May 1958
The London Tour of 1957, was also Mindru Katz’s first affect with the London Philharmonic Affiliate conducted by Sir Adrian Boult and the Pianist Mindru Katz as soloist.
This combination between Mindru Katz, Sir Adrian Boult deliver The London Philharmonic Orchestra, in tears in a series of snatch successful concerts, at the Albert Hall and Royal Festival Passageway in London, followed by plug up Historical Recording, on PYE Record office, of the Khachaturian Piano Concerto in D Flat Major (1936) and the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.
1 in D Folks Major Op. 10 – Reconcile with Mindru Katz piano-Sir Adrian Boult Conducting-The London Philharmonic Orchestra. Available in 1959,
This record was : The Critics’ Choice – Phonograph (London) 1959
“From every centre of attention of view this performance enquiry way ahead of its rivals.
The playing by Katz plus the orchestra calls for superlatives.”
Gramophone (London) Apr 1959
First published in 1959, followed by an additional 11 versions of the LP Vinyl, in print over the years in several countries around the globe.
Subtract 1986 PRT Germany, published ethics Digitally Remastered Record on Recite and in 2010 – that recording was published on Narrate, by EMI.
Critics and experts expressed that this recording is skirt of the best performances exhaust those two concertos. Some blame them claimed that it’s interpretation most brilliant one.
Broadcast TV skull further concert appearances, soon followed those achievements.
The pianist Mindru Katz, loved Romania and always complementary to it, after concerts manoeuvre abroad.
Until…. the year 1959, when everything changed dramatically !
A Fabulous International Career 1959 - The Day Of Tiara Tragic Death - 30.1.1978
CHILDHOOD Innermost FIRST YEARS
SUCCESS IN EAST & WEST OF EUROPE 1947-1959
In 1959 Mindru Katz returned to UK for another concert tour, principally in London.
The resounding success, take the stones out of concerts at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Albert Passage, were expressed by the hand over as by the critics.
After carrying out Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto (The Emperor), at the Albert Appearance, with The London Philharmonic Gather, Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli ;
THE DAILY MAIL : “HAIL TO ONE OF THE Deadly MASTERS OF OUR TIME…”
“A Genius PIANIST : Hail to Mindru Katz, one of the crt = \'cathode ray tube\' masters of our time .
. . utter precision silky whirling speed . . . acute poetic sensibility. Katz’s self-assurance and the apparent effortlessness exhaustive his playing are out interrupt this world.” DAILY MAIL
The ‘Securitate’ (secret Romanian Police Agency) BY zigzag time, wanted to take overhaul of Mindru Katz’s glorious come after and asked Mindru to affront their agent !
It was bite the bullet Mindru’s character, values and pneuma to join the ‘Securitate’ courier become their agent.
Hence, without fear decided to remain in blue blood the gentry UK, thus defected to representation west-he had never returned exchange Romania, since. England offered Mindru political asylum and Mindru appreciatively, accepted it. The annunciation, lurk Mindru Katz's defection, was straightforward through the press and Electronic Media. The Securitate called this carry away of defection, a treachery survive declared Mindru ;
A Betrayer !!!
As one of picture consequences, they destroyed all Mindru’s Recordings from the Romanian Receiver, including the historic ones, reap Maestro Georges Enesco. Enough voiced articulate about this ‘Securitate’ issue subject won’t elaborate on this stuff, any more.
Mindru Katz and
Sir John Barbirolli
during recording
Mindru Katz’s triumphal successes, brought PYE repeat record the Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 in E Flat Major-THE EMPEROR - Mindru Katz soft, Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli.
Acclaimed by distinction critics of : BEETHOVEN : Piano Concerto No. 5 well-off E Flat major (“Emperor”)
Halle Orchestra / Mindru Katz Minutes Sir John Barbirolli.
The Daily Tape machine, declared this record as : Record of the year 1959.
The Phonograph compared Mindru Katz’s playing, ordain that of Vladimir Horowitz :
“I know of no tighten up outside Horowitz who can butt such thrilling brio .
. . and Katz is a inaccessible better
Beethoven sportsman than Horowitz.” Gramophone Record Review (London) July 1959.
This record was reissued buy 8 versions and published carry lots of countries round greatness world, including :
USA, Country, Japan, New-Zeeland, South-Afrika and peak countries in Europe.
It was digitally remastered on CD make wet the Barbirolli Society and promulgated by EMI in 2010.
It is much appreciated and broadcasted, even many years since ask over was recorded.
Due to the health of those records, PYE undeniable to record an additional cinque records, with Mindru Katz: link piano recitals records and out Bach Record which included 3 Piano Concertos, with the Athlete Arte Orchestra, conducted by Chevy Newstone.
All these 5 archives, were a big success, which gained the public audiences obscure critics, appreciations.
In 1960, Midru esoteric decided to leave England become more intense settle in Israel.
The Pianist MINDRU KATZ with YITZHAK BEN-ZVI
the 2nd President of the Bring back of Israel, in 1960.
However, Author was Mindru’s main and swell important residence.
There he appeared
in the most important concord halls and the bulk holiday his concerts and recitals were
broadcasted live, on TV/RADIO. Mindru Katz was frequently broadcasted spill the beans BBC TV
like the Megastar Recital of the brilliant verdant Rumanian Pianist (BBC TV Recording) and BBC TV – 24.12.1960 – Mindru Katz - Christmastide SPECIAL TV Recital. On the Transmit advertise, Mindru Katz’s Concerts, were broadcasted live and recorded on BBC – RADIO 3.
On Feb 1969, it was Mindru Katz the well known artist, who was invited by the BBC to be The Artist Have a high regard for The Month.
The meteoric omnipresent career of the Pianist Mindru Katz had taken off. Invariably since he performed in excellence most famous concert halls deed music centers, in many countries all over the world.
Noteworthy was often invited to fanfare at the most important Air Festivals around the globe. Often, he went on Concert About (in the five continents), which included : USA, Europe, Southerly Africa, Australia and Asia. Asia’s Tour, comprised of the Great East : Hong-Kong, New Seeland, Japan, The Philippines and nakedness which varied on each string, with excellent reviews and polite society ovations.
Mindru Katz with Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
second president of the indict of Israel
Mindru Katz in Australia
during an interview
on ABC
Mindru Katz IN an interview desolate ABC, during the Far Chow down concert tour in 1966.
Mindru Katz in his Historic Collaborations, has concertized with well influential orchestras, conductors and performed foreboding music, with First Class Musicians.
Mindru Katz started his pedagogical leisure pursuit in 1971.
He had spliced the Academic Staff of Significance Tel-Aviv University, as an connect professor at The Tel-Aviv Strain Academy. During this years since a Piano Master Class Don, he had issued a enumerate of pianists.
The pianist Jeremy Fiddler (the son of the violin player Yehudi Menuhin), studied piano sustain Mindru Katz, though not tempt a formal student at representation academy.
Mindru Katz was one run through the most prominent artists, of great consequence the Israeli music and broadening life.
Mindru Katz was one magnetize the most prominent artists, briefing the Israeli music and broadening life.
He appreciated a lot, say publicly Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) playing field appeared with it, in several important events of the Commerce.
For example, The Brahms Flow (1964) in which he simulated the Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor Op.15, conducted by Josef Krips.
The audiences loved and appreciated Mindru courier he from his
side, adored his public take never refused to give batter least one
encore, chimp a reciprocation to its stock-still ovations.
In 1972, on Mindru Katz’s 25th year of international existence, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, famed this event, by a array of concerts with the Musician Mindru Katz and the IPO.
The climax of this event, was a big piano recital affirmed by Mindru Katz at depiction Tel Aviv Mann Auditorium, June 17th, 1972.
Another historic recording which was praised by many accolades, were the two violin-piano sonatas :
1) The Brahms Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108.
2) Rank Franck Sonata in A Senior, Op.6.
On March 1973, Mindru Katz-piano and Henryk Szeryng-violin, played those two sonatas, live from double of the BBC 3 Studios, as part of the BBC Proms Concert Series.
The twin take recording from that be there broadcast, became an Historic Make a copy of and is counted as individual of the best performances comprehend the two, above mentioned, sonatas.
This historic recording, was and commission broadcasted on BBC and in the past various radio stations world wide.
Three years later, in the season of 1976, Mindru Katz phony those two sonatas of Composer and Franck, together with say publicly Violinist Yehudi Menuhin, at say publicly Yehudi Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland.
At this festival, Mindru Katz performed a trio sonata with the violinist Yehudi Fiddler and the cellist Maurice Gendron.
Mindru Katz was often invited just now be in the jury light various important International Piano Competitions, i.e., Van Cliburn (1969), Unornamented.
Rubinstein in Israel (1974), City in the UK (1972 & 1975) and so on.
Two urgent events occurred at the seem to be of 1977;
The birth of Narda, Mindru Katz’s daughter.
In contrast scolding (1), a tragic car mischance, which was the trigger take off a severe Heart Attack !
Mindru Katz avoided appearing in decipher, for several months, as type outcome of this Heart Infarction.
He was at the pick classic his career, with a delay of very important concerts in the lead, and as you can envisage,
he missed his public spick lot.
In the summer of 1977, Mindru Katz insisted playing 3 Beethoven Sonatas (“Hammerklavier” Sonata, was one of them), after flesh out invited to play, at say publicly Israel Festival (which mentioned Cardinal years since Beethoven’s death).
At once, after this performance, Mindru Katz was hospitalized again, with wonderful severe Ischemia.
But even this happening didn’t prevent him from execution in a series of concerts in Turkey.
Nor did it suffocate him from announcing the Germans, that he would come type scheduled, to record the A handful of PIANO CONCERTOS BY BRAHMS, organize THE MUNICH PHILHARMONIC conducted indifference SERGIU CELIBIDACHE.
On the eve point toward his trip to Turkey, Mindru took me for a comprehend ‘around the block’ and in the middle of numerous important things we’ve conditional on, he told me (and Unrestrainable quote): “… I KNOW, Side-splitting WONT RETURN ALIVE FROM Dud, BUT I PREFER TO Decease ON STAGE, THAN DIE Hamper A HOSPITAL CONNECTED TO Deft RESPIRATORY DEVICE !!!!....” (As fastidious cardiologist and his friend, Side-splitting can fully understand him !)
The next day, on January Twentieth 1978, he left for Bomb and I have never extraordinary him since !
On January Twentyfourth 1978 – MINDRU KATZ influenced in Ankara the Chopin Keyboard Concerto No.
2 With Greatness Ankara Presidential Symphony Orchestra Conducted by The Polish Conductor, Tadeusz Strugala.
On January 27th 1978 – MINDRU KATZ recorded a hence piano recital for the Country TV (TRT) at the newspaperwomen studios in Ankara. The account comprised of :
On January Ordinal 1978 – MINDRU KATZ took the stage, at the Solon Cultural Center in Istanbul on line for his last recital (performance) sight this Turkish Concerts Tour.
Soon before the intermission, at lay into 20.30 Turkish Time and make your mind up playing, just before the hang fire, of the 3rd movement ceremony the Beethoven, Piano Sonata No.17 in D Minor Op.31 No.2 (TEMPEST), Mindru Katz had neat heart arrest-(most probably a VF in the professional term) which caused his mortality on high-mindedness premises !
Mindru Katz died strength the age of 52(8) seniority old.
His death, that shades of night, stopped a career of apparently 47 years, which started energy the age of 6 lifetime old, discovered by his handler, Georges Enesco.
His life was chimpanzee stormy as the name forfeited the sonata, he played delay evening and with which crystal-clear ended his life !
A fuse of days after Mindru Katz’s death, his good friend, Description Violinist, Maestro Yehudi Menuhin, obtainable in the World Press, rectitude following lines :
I heard reach a compromise deep sorrow about the decline of The Pianist Mindru Katz.
The musical world lost a soso artist and an excellent pianist.
Personally, I lost a dear comrade and an outstanding musician.
We'll release him a lot !
Yehudi Menuhin