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Clara Haskil – Romania

Clara Haskil – Romania

“Românca despre care Charlie Chaplin spunea că este, alături de Winston Churchill ÅŸi Albert Einstein, unul dintre cele mai mari genii pe care le-a cunoscut vreodată omeniriea, este comemorată în Europa.

Clara Haskil, una dintre cele mai mari pianiste ale lumii, şi-a găsit tragicul sfârşit pe 7 decembrie, cu 48 de ani în urmă. Aproape la fel de mulţi ani au trecut de când pianista, născută în Bucureşti în 1895 a fost uitată în ţara ei.

ÃŽn timp ce în România nimic nu aminteÅŸte de Clara Haskil, în ElveÅ£ia o stradă ÅŸi o piaţă îi poartă numele. ÃŽn Vevey se organizează o dată la doi ani Festivalul Clara Haskil, unul dintre cele mai importante concursuri de pian din lume, iar în Marea Britanie se va lansa, în ianuarie 2009, cartea “The Shameful Peace”, scrisă de Frederic Spotts, în care este inclusă ÅŸi o biografie a Clarei. [...]

La numai 6 ani Clara a intrat la conservatorul bucureştean, unde talentul său de „copil minune“ nu a fost, din păcate, apreciat ca atare. Regina Elisabeta, căreia i-a atras atenţia cu talentul său, i-a oferit o bursă, iar la 7 ani Clara studia deja în Viena.

După părerea unchiului sau, Avram Moscuna, care o avea în grijă, nici Viena nu era „suficientă“ pentru talentul Clarei, aÅŸa că cei doi s-au mutat la Paris, unde Clara urma să ia lecÅ£ii cu Alfred Cortot, acelaÅŸi care mai târziu l-a avut ca elev ÅŸi pe Dinu Lipatti. La 14 ani, Clara Haskil a abosolvit Conservatorul din Paris. La criticile ÅŸi refereniÅ£ele excelente pe care le primise, nimeni nu ar fi zis că va avea probleme să îşi câştige singură existenÅ£a. O problemă, însă, a fost sănătatea ei. O scolioză gravă o leagă de pat ÅŸi un corsaj de gips îi obligă mâinile la nemiÅŸcare. Patru ani petrece pianista încorsetată într-un pat de spital, în localitatea franceză Berck-sur-Mer. “(citeste mai departe)

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Catinca Untaru (The Fall – 2006) – Romania

Catinca Untaru (The Fall – 2006) – Romania

AUSTIN CHRONICLE – Marc Savlov

“The Fall lives and dies on the strength of Pace and Untaru‘s remarkable performances. It’s there that the pulsing heart of this magical-real film beats most true.”

WASHINGTON POST – Ann Hornaday

“The Fall is often an affectionate caricature itself, but one of astonishing beauty, featuring two heartfelt performances from Untaru and the tender, often mordantly funny Pace. They’re perfect foils for Tarsem’s gorgeous tone poem to cinema as a medium of magic and miracles, stories and lies.”


“Catinca was born in Bucharest, Romania on 21 March 1997, the only child of Untaru family.

She competed against hundreds of children from all over the world for the role of Alexandria, the main character in Tarsem Singh’s The Fall.

Some might see her story a Romanian “Mission Impossible”, but for Catinca it was all in a day’s, or better said, in two years’ work. It is said that when you are on a mission, the whole universe conspires for your success. If this is the case, then it was clearly Catinca Untaru’s mission to become the first Romanian child to star in a international film.

Catinca says that being a part of the cast of The Fall allowed her to see countries and learn about customs. Something she would have never been able to do had she not been a part of the Fall. As the shooting took place in more than 20 locations around the world, Catinca was most impressed with India. Upon her return in Romania, she said, “India is like a beautiful woman whose eyes you can’t see.” Questioned further about her statement, Catinca said, “You can only see its eyes when you get to know it better.”

Now, almost 3 years after filming ended, Catinca goes to school and is head of class.

As of January 2007, she was working in a Romanian experimental media project called “10” where a group of kids are planning to do a movie. It is a mix of reality and fantasy production inspired from her story.”

read more about her story here

Noul val al copiilor minune

Catinca, primul copil român la Hollywood

Mama Catincai – blog

Romanians and Gypsies – Two Worlds Apart

Romanians and Gypsies – Two Worlds Apart

A typical encounter with a Western European: “Hi sir, could you please tell me how can I find this place?“. “Oh yeah, take the first right, then … which country are you from?“. “I’m Romanian“. The guy is looking confused at my blond hair and very white skin: “Oh, so you’re Gypsy! I thought you people must be darker?“. “No sir, not at all, Romanians and Gypsies are different races! And it’s generally very offending to a Romanian to be taken for a Gypsy! That’s because of their lifestyle and what many Gypsies are known for.”

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