The 100-year anniversary of the birth of Romanian pianist and composer Dinu Lipatti is marked with a concert taking place at the Weill recital hall of the Carnegie Hall in New York.

The concert, which will feature violinist Irina Muresanu and pianist Angela Draghicescu, is set for March 3, starting 20:00. Both artists were born in Romania but are residing in the U.S. The program includes pieces by Dinu Lipatti, George Enescu, and Béla Bartok.

Pianist, composer and professor Dinu Lipatti had his career cut short by his death at the young age of 33. He was born into a family of musicians, where his mother was a pianist, and his father a violinist who had studied with Pablo de Sarasate and Carl Flesch. His compositions were written in a neoclassical style, with French and Romanian influences. He composed such works as the symphonic suite Les Tziganes (1934), the piano and chamber orchestra Concertino in Classical Style, Op. 3 (1936), the Symphonie concertante for two pianos and orchestra (1938), the Piano Sonatina for the left hand (1941), or the Danses roumaines for two pianos (1943) and for orchestra (1945).

Violinist Irina Muresanu made her U.S. debut at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall. Throughout her career she performed with the Geneva Suisse Romande Orchestra, the Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra, the Boston Philharmonic, the Miami Philharmonic, and the South African Pretoria Transvaal Philharmonic. She won awards at international competitions such as the Montreal International Competition, the Queen Elizabeth International Competition. She won the Pro Musicis International Award and the Arthur Foote Award of the Harvard Musical Association. She currently teaches at the Boston Conservatory and at the Harvard University.

Pianist Angela Draghicescu studied at the Louisiana Music University with pianist Michael Gurt. She performed at the Carnegie Hall, the Benaroya Hall, the Rudolfinium Auditorium, the Mahidon Auditorium and at the Hindemith Institute. She also delivered performances in France, Hungary and Norway. She teaches at the Puget Sound University in Seattle, and is one of the official accompanists of the George Enescu International Competition.

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