<< Queen Elisabeth Competition
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Cyprès is celebrating the 50th anniversary
of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium with
images and sound The Queen Elisabeth Competition of Belgium was launched in 1951. It quickly became one of the most famous competitions in the world and has been won by such renowned virtuosos as Fleisher, Ashkenazy, Laredo and Repin. When Queen Elisabeth of Belgium agreed to be the patron of the musical competition created in 1951, she gave a new lease of life to the Ysaÿe competitions held in Brussels in 1937 and 1938, which had been won by the great Soviet virtuosos David Oistrakh and Emil Guilels. But could she have imagined that, fifty years on, this competition would still be the most prestigious of the international competitions that appeared in their hundreds after the Second World War? For this is the great achievement of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, supported by Belgian radio and television and an enthusiastic and loyal audience. This story has been told in several books but, as the exceptionally intense moments in the finals show, music needs to be seen as well as heard for optimum impact. For 2001 all the elements required for an unprecedented journey into the past have been assembled. Cyprès has joined forces with the Competition and Belgian radio and television to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Queen Elisabeth in grand style. For the first time, the story of the famous competition is told in all its intensity using contemporary footage, material from television archives and restored and digitalized sound recordings spanning half a century. The DVD film A Queen’s Competition and the 1951-2001 anniversary box of 12 CDs are available now!
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