"Now I can die in peace because my successor will be Constantin Silvestri!"
(George Enescu)
Landmark of the Romanian musical culture of the 20th century, considered by George Enescu a composer with
universal values, Constantin Silvestri was born in Bucharest, on May 13, 1913, attracting attention since
at the age of 6, thanks to his qualities as a pianist and organist, instruments he was already playing.
Silvestri's first compositional attempts date back to his school years at the Conservatory
from Târgu Mureș (1922-1928).
"Now I can die in peace because my successor will be Constantin Silvestri!"
(George Enescu)
He attended the courses of the Conservatory in Târgu Mureş, specializing with Zeno Vancea in the field
compositionally. Zeno Vancea, as a teacher of harmony and counterpoint, thus had the opportunity to meet a
of the early sketches and was deeply impressed "especially by the just sense of form that those
manifestations of a precocious talent".
In 1930 he was admitted to the Conservatory of Music in Bucharest, where he was a colleague of Dinu Lipatti, and his mentors were Mihail Jora (harmony),
Dimitrie Cuclin (composition), Constantin Brăiloiu (music history) and Florica Musicescu (piano).
"Now I can die in peace because my successor will be Constantin Silvestri!"
(George Enescu)
An exclusive product of the Romanian musical school, the conductor Constantin Silvestri has established himself as a head of
authoritative and meticulous orchestra in rehearsals, his scores bearing notes in numerous colors. concerts
they benefited from the same meticulous care, so that, although meticulously prepared, they looked different from one replay to another of the same program.
Silvestri was a brilliant musician, vain, tormented by doubts, with an extraordinary work power, wronged by those who
they did not recognize his talent, outraged by the Soviet-inspired ideological customs imposed on Romanian creators.
"Now I can die in peace because my successor will be Constantin Silvestri!"
(George Enescu)
As a composer, Silvestri left behind a catalog of works totaling approximately 28 creations, in which,
according to Octavian Nemescu, he achieves "a Bartók-Enescu synthesis, benefiting in addition from a very personal, unmistakable stylistic imprint".
George Enescu honored Silvestri's compositions by conducting one of his works himself - "Toccata", and Silvestri in turn
he conducted the first audition of many works by Enescu, including the Romanian premiere of the opera "Oedipe".
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