Jacqueline Marie Du Pres (in Russian sources, sometimes Dupree , fr. Jacqueline Mary du Pré ; January 26, 1945 , Oxford - October 19, 1987 , London ) - British cellist . Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
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| Full name | Jacqueline Marie Du Pres | |
| Date of Birth | January 26, 1945 | |
| Place of Birth | Oxford | |
| Date of death | October 19, 1987 (42 years old) | |
| Place of death | London | |
| A country |  Great Britain | |
| Professions | cellist , teacher | |
| Years of activity | 1961-1973 | |
| Instruments | 1673 Antonio Stradivarius Sergio Peresson 1970 David Tecchler 1696 Davydov Stradivarius 1712 Francesco goffriller | |
| Genres | classical music | |
| Labels | EMI , Angel Records | |
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| www.JacquelineduPre.net | ||
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Biography
Initially, she studied music with her mother - pianist, composer and conductor Iris du Pré , then at the London Cello School and at the Guildhall School of Music with William Plate . She attended workshops by Paul Tortelier , Pablo Casals , Mstislav Rostropovich . She made her debut in 1962, playing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra the cello concert of Edward Elgar , which she later performed many times with different orchestras and conductors - John Barbirolli , Antal Dorati .
In 1967, she married Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim , with whom she performed many times. Her instrument in those years was the Stradivarius cello , which once belonged to K. Yu. Davydov . She played with the best orchestras in Europe and the USA under the direction of Adrian Boult , Zubin Meta , Leonard Bernstein and others, brilliantly performing I.S. Bach , Handel , Haydn , Beethoven , Schumann , Brahms , Dvorak , Richard Strauss , Britten , Elgar .
Since 1971, she began to experience health problems, in 1973, doctors diagnosed her with multiple sclerosis . She could not play anymore and after 1973 she did not perform on stage, did not record disks.
Recognition
Several documentaries were shot about Jacqueline du Pres, for example, “Remembering Jacqueline du Pres” ( 1994 ), as well as the feature film “ Hilary and Jackie ” ( 1998 ), which caused a controversial reaction to the cellist’s private life [1] . One of the varieties of roses [2] and clematis is named after du Pre.
Inducted into the Gramophone Magazine Hall of Fame [3] .
Notes
- ↑ See, for example: Igor Pomerantsev . Bad genius // “Day” (Kiev), No. 19, February 3, 1999.
- ↑ Rose catalog: Jacqueline du Pres variety Archived February 19, 2009 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Gramophone Hall of Fame . Gramophone. Date of treatment January 2, 2016.
Literature
- Easton C. Jacqueline du Pré: A Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.
- Hilary du Pré, Piers du Pré. A Genius in the Family: Intimate Memoir of Jacqueline du Pré. New York: Ballantine Books, 1998.
- Wilson E. Jacqueline du Pré: Her Life, Her Music, Her Legend. New York: Faber and Faber, 1999.
Links
- Official website
- “Remembering Jacqueline du Pres” on the Internet Movie Database
- Hilary and Jackie at the Internet Movie Database
- Biography, links (Eng.)
- Discography