PROGRAM | GEORGE ENESCU INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2020-2021

VIKRAM SEDONA – violin, laureate of the “George Enescu” International Competition 2018 AIMO PAGIN – piano Programme: Tartini - Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano Op. 1 No. 10, Didone abbandonata Debussy - Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano L 148 Enescu - Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6 Chausson - Poème in E flat major Op. 25 Brahms - Sonata No. 2 in A Major for Violin and Piano Op. 100

Update results: Cello Finalists Announced at George Enescu International Competition Morning session (9.00-12.05) Ștefan Cazacu (Romania) Enescu Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26 Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Sebastian Fritsch (Germany) Enescu Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26 Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C major Op. 119 Anouchka Hack (Germany) Enescu Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26 Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Afternoon session (16.00-18.05) Jaemin Han (South Korea) Enescu Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26 Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Keisuke Morita (Japan) Enescu Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26 Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Competitors enter in alphabetical order. The results will be announced around 18.30 Romanian time. The selected competitors will participate in the final of the Competition which will take place on May 15, 2021 at the Romanian Athenaeum, in Bucharest. *Margarita Balanas (Latvia) and Jérémy Garbarg (France) withdrew from the Competition.  

MARCEL  JOHANNES KITS – cello, laureate of the George Enescu International Competition 2018 STEN HEINOJA – piano Program: Erkki-Sven Tüür - Dedication Beethoven - Sonata for piano and cello op. 102 No. 1 C major Poulenc - Sonata for cello and piano FP 143 Brahms - Sonata piano and cello op. 99 No. 2 F major Piazzolla - Grand Tango [real3dflipbook id='5']

Update results: Jaemin Han From South Korea Is the Big Winner of the Cello Final In the 2020/2021 George Enescu International Competition The Cello final will take place on May 15 2021 at 18:00. The George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra will be conducted by maestro Nicolas Altstaedt.  The Cello Final programme: Ștefan Cazacu (Romania) Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104 Sebastian Fritsch (Germany) Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85 Jaemin Han (South Korea) Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major Op. 107 Concert sponsored by   

MIHAELA MARTIN – violin, jury member of the "George Enescu" Competition FRANS HELMERSON – cello, jury member of the "George Enescu" Competition PLAMENA MANGOVA – piano Program: Beethoven – Sonata for violin and piano  no. 9 op. 47 "Kreutzer" Beethoven – Sonata for cello and piano no. 2 op. 5 in G minor Beethoven – Trio no. 7 în B-flat major, op. 97, "Archduke"

Update results: Violin Finalists Announced at George Enescu International Competition Morning session (9.00-12.30) Gennaro Cardaropoli (Italy) Grieg Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Op. 45 Enescu Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6 Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor Op. 28 Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev (Turkey/Azerbaijan) Grieg Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Op. 45 Enescu Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6 Waxman Carmen Fantasie Tassilo Probst (Germany) Franck Violin Sonata in A major Enescu Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Violin and Piano Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain” Waxman Carmen Fantasie Afternoon session (16.00-21.40) Tomotaka Seki (Japan) Franck Violin Sonata in A major Enescu Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6 Milstein Paganiniana Valentin Șerban (Romania) Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 Enescu Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6 Wieniawski Variations on an Original Theme Op. 15 Ayaka Uchio (Japan) Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major Op. 13 Enescu Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6 Milstein Paganiniana Jaewon Wee (South Korea) Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major Op. 13 Enescu Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Violin and Piano Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain” Ernst The Last Rose of Summer Jeewon Kim (South Korea)* Grieg Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Op. 45 Enescu Impressions d’enfance Suite for Violin and Piano Op. 28 Ravel Tzigane Competitors enter in alphabetical order. The results will be announced around 22.00 Romanian time. The selected competitors will participate in the final of the Competition which will take place on May 19, 2021 at the Romanian Athenaeum, in Bucharest. * For reasons beyond the organizers, Jeewom Kim will be the last competitior of the session.

Victoria Vassilenko - piano, laureate of the "George Enescu" International Competition 2016 Programme: Tchaikovsky/Pletnev Prologue from The Sleeping Beauty Suite for Solo Piano Debussy Preludes No. 4, 3, and 12 from Book II („Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses”; „La puerta del Vino”; „Feux d’artifice”) Ginastera Danzas Argentinas („Danza del viejo boyero”; „Danza de la moza donosa”; „Danza del gaucho matrero”) Tchaikovsky/Pletnev Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty Suite for Solo Piano Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition ("Promenade"; "The Gnome"; "Promenade II"; "The Old Castle"; "Promenade III"; "Tuileries – Children’s Quarrel after Games"; "Cattle"; "Promenade IV"; "Ballet of Unhatched Chicks"; "Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle"; "Promenade V"; "Limoges. The Market – The Great News"; "Catacombs / Roman Tomb – With the Dead in a Dead Language"; "The Hut on Fowl’s Legs – Baba Yaga"; "The great gate of Kiev")

The Violin Final programme: Tassilo Probst (Germany) - Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35 Valentin Șerban (Romania) - Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47 Jaewon Wee (South Korea) - Brahms Violin Concerto in D major Op.77 Competitors enter in alphabetical order. The results will be announced around 21.00 Romanian time. The George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra will be conducted by maestro Wilson Hermanto.     Concert sponsored by

ROLAND PÖNTINEN - piano, member of the jury, "George Enescu" International Competition Programme: Beethoven – Sonata No. 30 E Major Op. 109 Sonata No. 31 A Flat Major Op. 110 Fauré – Barcarolle No. 9 A Minor Op. 101 Barcarolle No.10 A Minor Op. 104 No. 2 Impromptu No. 5 Op. 102 Ravel – "Miroirs" (1905)

Update results: Piano Finalists Announced at George Enescu International Competition Morning session (9.00-13.00) Jack Campbell (United Kingdom) Enescu Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 24 Ronald Stevenson Peter Grimes Fantasy Ligeti Three Études from Book I (No. 3 – Touches bloquées; No. 2 – Cordes à vide; No. 6 – Automne à Varsovie) Salih Can Gevrek (Turkey) Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores Rachmaninoff Six Moments Musicaux Op. 16 Nikolai Kuznetsov (Russia) Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores Rachmaninoff Moment musical Op. 16 No. 3 Ginastera Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 22 Hoyel Lee (South Korea) Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 36 Afternoon session (16.00-20.00) Adela Liculescu (Romania) Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores Stravinsky Trois mouvements de Petrouchka Yeon-Min Park (South Korea) Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 36 Chun Lam U (Hong Kong) Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Marcin Wieczorek (Poland) Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major Op. 83 Competitors enter in alphabetical order. The results will be announced around 20.30 Romanian time. The selected competitors will participate in the final of the Competition which will take place on May 23, 2021 at the Romanian Athenaeum, in Bucharest.

DMITRY  SITKOVETSKY – violin, President of the jury "George Enescu" International Competition (violin section) IAIN BURNSIDE – piano Programme: Brahms – Scherzo – from Sonata F-A-E ("Frei aber einsam") Brahms – Sonata for violin and piano in G major op.78 "Regensonate" Brahms – Sonata for violin and piano in A major op. 100 "Meistersinger" Brahms – Sonata for violin and piano in D minor op 108

Update: Yeon-Min Park from South Korea is the Big Winner of the Piano Final in the Enescu Competition Closing Gala The Piano Final programme: ADELA LICULESCU (Romania) – Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 YEON-MIN PARK (Coreea de Sud) – Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 30 MARCIN WIECZOREK (Poland) – Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 1 Competitors enter in alphabetical order. The results will be announced around 21.00 Romanian time. The George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra will be conducted by maestro John Axelrod. Concert sponsored by   

The deadline for applications is May 29, 2020.

GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA JOSEP CABALLÉ DOMENECH conductor Alexandru Ștefan Murariu – "Concerto for clarinet and orchestra" (First prize award-winning work for the Composition Section of the „George Enescu” International Competition, 2018 edition) AURELIAN BĂCAN - clarinet Dan Dediu – "Brahmsodia". Triple concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra - world first audition (Winner of the "George Enescu" International Competition, Composition Section, 1991 edition) Soloists: GYEHEE KIM  - violin, winner of the George Enescu International Competition 2016 VALENTIN RĂDUȚIU  - cello, second prize winner of the George Enescu International Competition 2011 VICTORIA VASSILENKO  - piano, winner of the George Enescu International Competition 2016 Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

In the first round of the Cello section, the members of the jury will analyze the recordings sent by the competitors with the repertoire chosen on the basis of the Competition Rules. The recordings will be available online for the general public on the Enescu Competition’s website www.festivalenescu.ro between August 30, from 10.00 Romanian time until September 3 at 23.59 Romanian time. The results of the first round of the cello section will be announced on the Competition's website on September 4 at 20.00 Romanian time.

The results of the first round of the cello section will be announced on the Competition's website on September 4 at 20.00 Romanian time.

In the second round will participate the competitors selected according to the judging from the first stage. The members of the jury will analyze the recordings sent by the competitors with the repertoire chosen on the basis of the Competition Rules. The recordings will be available online for the general public on the Enescu Competition’s website www.festivalenescu.ro between September 5, from 10.00 Romanian time until September 8 at 23.59 Romanian time. The results of the second round of the cello section will be announced on the Competition’s website on September 8 at 20.00 Romanian time. The selected competitors will participate in the semifinal of the Competition which will take place on May 13, 2021 at the Romanian Athenaeum, in Bucharest.    

In the first round of the Violin section, the members of the jury will analyze the recordings sent by the competitors with the repertoire chosen on the basis of the Competition Rules. The recordings will be available online for the general public on the Enescu Competition’s website www.festivalenescu.ro between September 5, from 10.00 Romanian time until September 9 at 23.59 Romanian time. The results of the first round of the violin section will be announced on the Competition's website on September 10 at 20.00 Romanian time.

The results of the second round of the cello section will be announced on the Competition’s website on September 8 at 20.00 Romanian time. The selected competitors will participate in the semifinal of the Competition which will take place on May 13, 2021 at the Romanian Athenaeum, in Bucharest.

The results of the first round of the violin section will be announced on the Competition's website on September 10 at 20.00 Romanian time.

In the second round will participate the competitors selected according to the judging from the first stage. The members of the jury will analyze the recordings sent by the competitors with the repertoire chosen on the basis of the Competition Rules. The recordings will be available online for the general public on the Enescu Competition’s website www.festivalenescu.ro between September 11, from 10.00 Romanian time until September 13 at 23.59 Romanian time. The results of the second round of the violin section will be announced on the Competition’s website on September 14 at 20.00 Romanian time. The selected competitors will participate in the semifinal of the Competition which will take place on May 17, 2021 at the Romanian Athenaeum, in Bucharest.

In the first round of the Piano section, the members of the jury will analyze the recordings sent by the competitors with the repertoire chosen on the basis of the Competition Rules. The recordings will be available online for the general public on the Enescu Competition’s website www.festivalenescu.ro between September 11, from 10.00 Romanian time until September 15 at 23.59 Romanian time. The results of the first round of the piano section will be announced on the Competition's website on September 16 at 20.00 Romanian time.

The results of the second round of the violin section will be announced on the Competition’s website on September 14 at 20.00 Romanian time. The selected competitors will participate in the semifinal of the Competition which will take place on May 17, 2021 at the Romanian Athenaeum, in Bucharest.

The results of the first round of the piano section will be announced on the Competition's website on September 16 at 20.00 Romanian time.

In the second round will participate the competitors selected according to the judging from the first stage. The members of the jury will analyze the recordings sent by the competitors with the repertoire chosen on the basis of the Competition Rules. The recordings will be available online for the general public on the Enescu Competition’s website www.festivalenescu.ro between September 17, from 10.00 Romanian time until September 19 at 23.59 Romanian time. The results of the second round of the piano section will be announced on the Competition’s website on September 20 at 20.00 Romanian time. The selected competitors will participate in the semifinal of the Competition which will take place on May 21, 2021 at the Romanian Athenaeum, in Bucharest.

The results of the composition section will be announced on the Competition’s website on September 20 at 12.00 Romanian time. 

The results of the second round of the piano section will be announced on the Competition’s website on September 20 at 20.00 Romanian time. The selected competitors will participate in the semifinal of the Competition which will take place on May 21, 2021 at the Romanian Athenaeum, in Bucharest.