Ambassadrice de la Citè Èpiscopale UNESCO City of Albi

 

Medaille d’Honneur d'Albi

 

BBC Music Magazine Award

 

Silver Medalist Gina Bachauer Piano Competition

 

1st Prize Grieg Piano Competition

 

1st Prize Mendelssohn Piano Competition Berlin

 

1st Prize Viotti-Valsesia Piano Competition

NEXT:

 

25 May - Loccum 850 anniversary, letters of Henry James and Freya von Moltke, music by J. S. Bach and Dinu Lipatti, with Hanjo Kesting, Bernt Hahn, Anna Magdalena Fritzi

 

15 June - Hamburg Solo Recital, Works by Dinu Lipatti, Schubert, Chopin, Grieg

 

30 June - Seelze/MuSe Festival Solo Recital, Works by Schubert, Chopin, Grieg

 

27 July - Loccum 850 anniversary, 'Pilgrimages', music by Franz Liszt with Hanjo Kesting, Jürgen Stenzel, Gerd Wameling

 

14 September - Loccum 850 anniversary, letters of Carl Zuckmayer and Karl Barth, music by J. Haydn and W. A. Mozart, with Hanjo Kesting, Siegfried W. Kernen, Werner Rehm

 

CD RELEASE CONCERTS "Hommage à DINU LIPATTI"

NEW ALBUM 2 CDS

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INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

Der Spiegel

CD REVIEWS

"5 Stars performance"
BBC Music Magazine, March 2013

"Gleich zu Beginn ihrer neuen Doppel-CD stellt Luiza Borac, vielgerühmte Enescu-Expertin und immer für eine Entdeckung gut, ein "Concertino en style classique" vor, dessen barockisierende Raffinesse es mit Prokofjews frecher "Symphonie classique" aufnehmen kann, ja sie in Melodik und Farbenreichtum bisweilen übertrifft." 
SPIEGEL

"Borac breezes with the same breezy confidence as Lipatti"
GRAMOPHONE 

"George Enescu bildet bisher den Schwerpunkt im Schaffen der rumänischen Pianistin Luza Borac. Nun hat sie sich auf ihrer neuen CD dem Patenkind Enescus gewidmet, dem legendären Komponisten und Pianisten Dinu Lipatti." 
WDR

"Luiza Borac has recorded these solo works on a Bechstein as a gesture towards a more faithful reproduction of his sound as a composer, and the solo recordings certainly have a marvellously full and musical sound. The Academy of St Martin in the Fields plays with gusto and the work serves as a fine introduction to Luiza Borac’s virtuoso technique and sensitive musicality. While reasonably rich in passionately youthful outings this programme is worth every penny of its asking price, not only for its fine recording qualities and Luiza Borac’s superb playing, but for undiscovered gems – in particular the amazing Fantaisie, as well as the fascinating Concertino. If your collection has any cherished recordings by Dinu Lipatti as pianist then you owe it to yourself to complete your picture of this legendary musician in his most personal and potent creative work."
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MUSICWEB

"Sensitive performances"
IRISH TIMES

"Borac’s sweet realization of these Bach works can have only one effect: to make us wish Lipatti himself had bequeathed their sound by his own hands."
AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

"Lipatti's Sonatine for left hand is a devilish tyro showcase, ably navigated here by Luiza Borac"
INDEPENDENT

Artsjournal
CDs of the Week By Norman Lebrecht
"fizzingly well played by pianist Luiza Borac and the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, conductor Jaime Martin, a fun piece for social occasions. Borac, a convinced Lipatti revivalist, takes us on through a sonata, a sonatine, a nocturne and a large fantasie, each of them original and derivative in equal measure. She follows up with Lipatti’s sparkling encore transcriptions of works by Albeniz and Bach. Evangelist though she is, Borac makes no excessive claims for this music beyond its simple attractions and wilful optimism. You will feel much the happier for hearing it."