Pianist Radu Lupu (1945-2022) dies aged 76

Radu Lupu, widely regarded as one of the world´s greatest pianists, has died at the age of 76. Lupu was born on November 30, 1945, in Galati, Romania, began playing the piano at the age of six died in Lausanne in Switzerland on April 17, 2022 after a long illness. Lupu won the George Enescu International Piano Competition in 1967, nine years after the prestigious festival was set up in honour of Romanian composer George Enescu.