I
Performer
Concertmaster of San Francisco Opera, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and Sinfonia da Camera. Recitals on the stages of London, New York, Tokyo, Beijing and Bucharest — distinguished by tonal refinement and intellectual depth.
Est. Bucharest · A Lifetime of Music
Sherban
Lupu
Violinist · Professor Emeritus · George Enescu Scholar
I — Performer
Recitals on the stages of London, New York, Tokyo and Bucharest.
01Distinctions
A career marked by honour and scholarship.
State Honour
Commander — Order of Faithful Service
Awarded by the President of Romania · 2004
Academic
Professor Emeritus
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign · 2011
Fellowship
Fulbright Senior Scholar
Research and performance · 2009
Distinction
Doctor Honoris Causa
„G. Enescu” Iași · „G. Dima” Cluj Universities
Civic Honour
Honorary Citizen
City of Brașov · 2012
Recognition
„George Enescu” Prize
Berlin · 2005
02Artistic Legacy
Three lives in one bow.
Performance, pedagogy and scholarship — bound together by a single devotion to the violin and to the music of his homeland.
II
Educator
Over three decades of teaching at the University of Illinois and masterclasses at Guildhall, Mendelssohn Leipzig, Liszt Budapest, the Central Conservatory of Beijing and many other institutions across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
III
Enescu Scholar
Discovery, edition and world premières of George Enescu's unpublished manuscripts — six volumes issued by the Romanian Cultural Institute and a reference discography on Electrecord, Casa Radio and Albany Records.
03George Enescu — Unknown Works
Restoring a forgotten chapter of Romanian music.
Over three decades, Sherban Lupu has recovered, edited and given the world première of manuscripts left unpublished at Enescu's death — bringing into the concert repertoire works that history had nearly lost.
- 01
Caprice Roumain
for violin and orchestra · reconstructed edition (1997)
- 02
„Impressions of Childhood” Suite, op. 28
for violin and orchestra · world première 2007
- 03
Airs dans le genre roumain
for solo violin · world première 2005
- 04
Fantaisie Concertante
for solo violin · world première 2005
- 05
Aria & Scherzino
for violin and string orchestra · première 2003
- 06
Nocturne d'Avrayen
for violin, viola, cello and piano · première 2010, Brașov
04Chronology
A life in eight movements.
1969–1973
Studies in Bucharest
„Dinu Lipatti” High School · „Ciprian Porumbescu” Conservatory
1973–1975
Guildhall School of Music
London · teachers: Y. Menuhin, Y. Neaman
1975–1976
Member
English Chamber Orchestra · London Mozart Players
1976–1978
Indiana University
Bloomington · teachers: J. Gingold, H. Szering, J. Pressler
1978–1980
Concertmaster
San Francisco Opera
1984–1996
Concertmaster & Artistic Advisor
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
1987–2011
Concertmaster
Sinfonia da Camera · University of Illinois
1990–1995
Artistic Director
Gubbio Festival, Italy
1987–2011
Professor of Violin
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
2004
Commander
Order of Faithful Service
2009
Fulbright Senior Scholar
Enescu research
2011
Professor Emeritus
University of Illinois
2012
Honorary Citizen
City of Brașov
05Selected Discography
Recordings, in the archival manner.
Solo
H. W. Ernst
Complete Works for Violin, vol. 1–2
Toccata Classics · 2011
Concerto
George Enescu
Impressions of Childhood · Symphonia op. 33
Albany Records · 2008
Solo
George Enescu
Unknown Works for Violin
Casa Radio · 2005
Chamber
Béla Bartók
Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Zephyr · 2004
Solo
J. S. Bach
Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
Electrecord · 2003
Folk
Sherban Lupu
Peasant Virtuosos of Romania
Electrecord · 2003
06Pedagogy
Masterclasses across four continents.
For more than three decades, Sherban Lupu has taught at conservatories, summer academies and festivals around the world, shaping a generation of soloists, orchestral leaders and chamber musicians.
- Romania01
- United States02
- United Kingdom03
- Germany04
- Italy05
- Netherlands06
- Poland07
- China08
- Taiwan09
- Czech Republic10
- Hungary11
- Switzerland12
07Media Archive
Photographs, posters, programmes — a memory in print.
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