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Sonata In G Minor
Debussy, Ion Voicou, Monique Haas
Decca•1968
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Ion Voicu
Ion Voicu
Ion Voicu has been played on NTS shows including The Extended Play Sessions w/ Mr Pedro, with Sonata In G Minor first played on 24 February 2024.
Maestro Ion Voicu (1923-1997), Romanian violinist. Born in Bucharest, he was a child prodigy, completing a seven-year course at the Bucharest Royal Academy of Music in only two years. He polished his art under such renowned musicians as George Enacovitch, George Enescu and David Oistrakh Ph.D.
He has produced more than 100 records LP and CD, including those by DECCA House and Deutsche Gramophone. His repertoire rang from forgotten masterpieces of the past to new works written for him by Romanian and foreign contemporary composers.
Ion Voicu has played with such prestigious orchestras as BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, he played under the baton of great conductors such as Sir Barbirolli, Paul Kleski, Antal Dorati, André Cluytens, Sir John Pritchard, van Oterloo … concerts broadcasted and telecasted by BBC-London, ABS-New York, NHK-Tokyo, RTV-Belge, Moscow, Ankara, Stockholm, a.s.o. He played concerts with Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh, Henryk Szeryng, Leonid Kogan, Igor Oistrakh and others, played sonatas with Cristoph Eschenbach, Hepzibach Menuhin, Monique Haas.
His teaching activities goes from private instructor to "Master Classes" taught at the "International Mozarteum Academy" in Salzburg, Conservatoires de Paris, Nice, Genéve, Lausanne, Vienna, International Menuhin Academy.
He created the "Bucharest Chamber Orchestra" since 1969, which is well known in all Europe and was present at important international festivals. It is now conducted by his son Madalin Voicu.
He gained wide critical acclaim during his fifty-year career: "Ion Voicu has magic in his fingers and his bow", "He has poet's mind and skill of a hand that makes one think of a conjurer", "Zauberer auf Saiten", "Beifallstürme für Ion Voicu", "Ein Teufelsgeiger", "Sa technique est éblouissante et sa sonorité charmeuse", "Il est parmi les élus", "Ion Voicu se situe sur le plan des plus grands maîtres du violon", "He is one of the greatest violinists", "A lesson of violinistic art", "Un grand soir avec Ion Voicu", "Voicu kann man zweifellos zu den besten Geigern zählen", "A star of international musical life", "Ion Voicu gehört neben Zino Francescatti zu den grössten", "Il se place aux premiers rangs des violonistes du monde entier", "Le concert inoubliable de Ion Voicou", "Voicu ist in der Reihe der hervorragendsten Künstler", "He was triumphal!"
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Ion Voicu
Ion Voicu has been played on NTS shows including The Extended Play Sessions w/ Mr Pedro, with Sonata In G Minor first played on 24 February 2024.
Maestro Ion Voicu (1923-1997), Romanian violinist. Born in Bucharest, he was a child prodigy, completing a seven-year course at the Bucharest Royal Academy of Music in only two years. He polished his art under such renowned musicians as George Enacovitch, George Enescu and David Oistrakh Ph.D.
He has produced more than 100 records LP and CD, including those by DECCA House and Deutsche Gramophone. His repertoire rang from forgotten masterpieces of the past to new works written for him by Romanian and foreign contemporary composers.
Ion Voicu has played with such prestigious orchestras as BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, he played under the baton of great conductors such as Sir Barbirolli, Paul Kleski, Antal Dorati, André Cluytens, Sir John Pritchard, van Oterloo … concerts broadcasted and telecasted by BBC-London, ABS-New York, NHK-Tokyo, RTV-Belge, Moscow, Ankara, Stockholm, a.s.o. He played concerts with Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh, Henryk Szeryng, Leonid Kogan, Igor Oistrakh and others, played sonatas with Cristoph Eschenbach, Hepzibach Menuhin, Monique Haas.
His teaching activities goes from private instructor to "Master Classes" taught at the "International Mozarteum Academy" in Salzburg, Conservatoires de Paris, Nice, Genéve, Lausanne, Vienna, International Menuhin Academy.
He created the "Bucharest Chamber Orchestra" since 1969, which is well known in all Europe and was present at important international festivals. It is now conducted by his son Madalin Voicu.
He gained wide critical acclaim during his fifty-year career: "Ion Voicu has magic in his fingers and his bow", "He has poet's mind and skill of a hand that makes one think of a conjurer", "Zauberer auf Saiten", "Beifallstürme für Ion Voicu", "Ein Teufelsgeiger", "Sa technique est éblouissante et sa sonorité charmeuse", "Il est parmi les élus", "Ion Voicu se situe sur le plan des plus grands maîtres du violon", "He is one of the greatest violinists", "A lesson of violinistic art", "Un grand soir avec Ion Voicu", "Voicu kann man zweifellos zu den besten Geigern zählen", "A star of international musical life", "Ion Voicu gehört neben Zino Francescatti zu den grössten", "Il se place aux premiers rangs des violonistes du monde entier", "Le concert inoubliable de Ion Voicou", "Voicu ist in der Reihe der hervorragendsten Künstler", "He was triumphal!"
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