Apply for the George Enescu International Competition until 15 April 2018
The George Enescu International Competition has already started to receive applications for the 4 sections – violin, cello, piano and composition. The deadline for submitting the form is 15 April 2018. The young musicians who are interested can access it HERE. Celebrating 60 years from the first edition, both the Festival and the Competition have […]
Interview with soprano Kristine Opolais: “I wanted to be an actress, not an opera singer”
After her intense performance, at times imbedded with sparks of the actress-diva that she is on stage, she greeted me backstage looking even more beautiful up close. Opolais is known for her innate expressiveness and theatrical interpretation skills, which have contributed to her success at various major opera houses around the world. Among other places […]
Daniele Gatti, conductor: “I am in a search for the truth”
“Widely acclaimed” is an idea often coming up in reviews about him. The Milanese Daniele Gatti, whose baton has lead two of the closing concerts of the International George Enescu Festival 2017, has increasingly become one of the most significant concert and opera conductors of our times. He has also held important positions at iconic […]
ENESCU FESTIVAL 2017 TODAY’S EVENTS – 24 SEPTEMBER
Today’s events at the George Enescu International Festival, 2017 edition. CONCERTS EVENT Recitals and Chamber Music MEMBERS OF MAHLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Conductor and soloist: PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA – violin Soloist: POLINA LESCHENKO – piano Programme: Ligeti – Six Bagatelles for wind quintet Ligeti – Trio for violin, horn and piano Webern – Four Pieces for Violin […]
Interview with Manu Delago: What I like the most is when I play to large groups of people and it gets absolutely quiet
Manu Delago’s handpan and Anoushka Shankar’s sitar – The Privileged Glimpse into a World of Bliss Interview by Cristina Enescu An Austrian from Tirol playing an instrument created in Switzerland, anybody? How about a mesmerizing concert of world famous sitar magician Anoushka Shankar alongside “one of her favourite musicians”, Manu Delago, playing the handpan unlike […]
Steven van Groningen, Raiffeisen Bank CEO: “If we kept the positive attitude during the festival after it ended, we would see a long-term impact”
In 2001 he came to Romania to work as Operations Vice-President at Raiffeisen-Banca Agricolă. Since February 2002, he has been the CEO of Raiffeisen Bank, which he brought to a top position in Romania in just a few years. He is a Dutch citizen, graduate of the Leiden University of The Netherlands, majoring in Corporate […]
Alexei Volodin
Acclaimed for his highly sensitive touch and technical brilliance, Alexei Volodin is in demand by orchestras at the highest level. He possesses an extraordinarily diverse repertoire, from Beethoven and Brahms through Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Scriabin to Gershwin, Schedrin and Medtner. Upcoming highlights include debuts with Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester, Orquesta del Teatro […]
The naturalness of embraced emotion: Andrei Ioniță and Valery Gergiev at the George Enescu Festival
The programme of 10 September announced, in a dry, yet comforting manner, a music meant to take the soul from under the crushing, intense weight of Bruckner’s symphony the night before: Enescu – Symphony no. 1 in E flat major op. 13 (1905), Saint-Saëns – Concerto no. 1 for cello and orchestra in A minor […]
The concert given by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra on 16 September at the Enescu Festival 2017 will begin at 20:30, for reasons not imputable to the organisers
The concert given by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Zubin Mehta and with pianist Khatia Buniatishvili as a soloist, scheduled for 16 September at the Palace Hall, will begin at 20:30, for reasons not imputable to the organisers. The concert given by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of conductor […]
The pianist Florent Boffard is coming to the Enescu Festival 2017
The pianist Florent Boffard, one of the most appreciated French musicians, will perform at the Enescu Festival 2017 on 17 September, starting 11.00, with the violinist Nicolas Dautricourt and the cellist Gary Hoffman. The pianist Florent Boffard replaces Nelson Goerner, who rescheduled his performance at the Enescu Festival for medical reasons, in a recital on […]
Time, courage and concentration: titans meet on the stage of the Enescu Festival 2017
There is something unpredictable during the first minutes of a concert. A quiver of adaptation, sometimes of expectations, too. Sometimes the connection occurs instantly, sometimes it takes a little time for the music to grow from the inside, in which case my advice for music lovers is not to panic: it is hard to take […]
The legendary pianist Martha Argerich returns to the Enescu Festival 2017 after ten years
The concert at the Palace Hall, supported by CBRE, will include George Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody, Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major, Three symphonic sketches by Debussy, and Ravel’s Bolero for orchestra The great pianist Martha Argerich returns to the stage of the George Enescu International Festival 2017, after ten years, and she will perform at the […]
Glass Orchestra
2-24 September Romanian Athenaeum / Grand Palace Hall Free admission The Glass Orchestra is an original installation, created by the artist Iulia Năstase specially for Creative Bucharest 2017. It can be seen and experienced in front of the Athenaeum, between 2 and 13 September, and it will be installed in front of the Palace Hall […]
Four memorial houses of the maestro George Enescu can be visited in the “Enescu 360” digital tour
The memorial houses of the maestro George Enescu in Liveni, Dorohoi, Sinaia and Bucharest can be visited at the “George Enescu” National Museum, at the “Enescu 360” permanent digital exhibition, using the Samsung Gear VR Gateway app, available in Oculus Store. A permanent exhibition at the “George Enescu” National Museum, the “Enescu 360” digital exhibition is aimed […]
George Enescu tours in Creative Bucharest at the 2017 edition of the Enescu Festival
Between 2 and 24 September, Cultour Association organises a series of urban walks in the footsteps of the great musician and composer George Enescu. The tours are aimed to pedestrians and cyclists alike, and they are part of the Creative Bucharest series of events at the 2017 edition of the Enescu Festival. Throughout these tours, […]
Exhibitions and events at the 1 Constantin Esarcu Gallery – the Rotenberg Uzunov Gallery
Rotenberg Uzunov Gallery 2 – 24 September 2017 Free admission In search of the times when Enescu lived and created, in search of Enescu’s friends, his admirers, his other passions aside from his angel-like music, we found a narrow place, near the Romanian Athenaeum: Constantin Eșarcu Street. About Esarcu, a medical doctor, former minister […]
