To request Accreditation as a journalist at the George Enescu International Competition, please fill out the form here. Accredited journalists will receive a unique access code for the online viewing of the concerts and special recitals organized during the second phase of the 2020 Enescu Competition. The code will be valid for both the Finals and the special recitals on the program.

Given the limited number of seats at the Romanian Athenaeum, journalists’ access into the concert hall may be restricted depending on availability and their publication’s profile, even if they have an accreditation. The procedure for attending a concert or recital at the Athenaeum is as follows:
1. Journalists who wish to attend a concert or recital are invited to send an email to press@festivalenescu.ro on the day of the event they are interested in, until 11:00 AM (EEST), requesting accreditation for that event.
2. The team at Artexim will reply until 2:00 PM to confirm or infirm access. Only those journalists who have received an access confirmation may attend the concert.
3. Access into the building will be based a nominal list, via the lateral entry in Benjamin Franklin St., and will be granted on presentation of an identity document; the press pass; and the official proof of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 or a negative PCR test result taken within 72 hours before the concert or a positive test result for antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Masks are required at all times while at the Athenaeum and must be worn over the nose and mouth.
4. Assigned seating must be respected at all times.

Online access to the Semifinals will be free of charge, on the www.festivalenescu.ro website. The Semifinals will consist of recitals wherein contestants perform sonatas by George Enescu and will take place on May 13 – Cello, May 17 – Violin, May 21 – Piano. Each Semifinal will unfold in two sessions: one from 9:00 AM and the other from 4:00 PM (EEST). Recordings of these recitals will remain available on the Competition website, on each dedicated event page.

Online viewing
Accredited journalists will receive a unique access code to paste or type into the dedicated field on each event webpage. Every code is unique and made up of letters and numbers. For example, this is the webpage for the Cello Final – https://www.festivalenescu.ro/en/events/final-cello-2020/.

Concerts and recitals can be viewed on the Enescu Competition platform, where they will be accessible from the moment they have started for another 12 hours, on one electronic device (desktop, smartphone, tablet) at the viewer’s choice. The live stream can be accessed from the Program tab of the 2020-2021 Competition webpage or by going to the individual page of each event on the website.

Thank you to the press organizations who have decided to join us as official media partners of the George Enescu International Competition. Their names can be found on the Partners page of this website.

Given the great interest this event arouses among journalists all over the country, as well as with international media posts, the efforts made by our communication team to respond to all inquiries in due course will be considerable.
On this account:
• We kindly ask you to study the Competition Program carefully, to timely plan the activities and events you wish to attend.
• You can find here the News, the Competition Rule Book, and information on this edition’s Jury, for in-depth documentation of each subject.
• Please consult the press releases and articles published on this website for official information regarding the organization of the Enescu Competition.
• If your newsroom has not received our official press releases for the event, you can always find them on this page, in the section titled Press Releases

Video excerpts and photographs from the Enescu Competition will be available for the press free of charge throughout the event.
The videos and photos can be downloaded directly from the Gallery section of the website and can be published under adherence to the legal copyright rules, only with the watermark mentioning the provider of the video images, as well as the official photographers of the event.
For specific photo or video requests, please contact our communication team directly.

Requests for interviews and statements will be handled in the order in which they are registered while taking into account the artists’ and participants’ availability. Please consider that they can be highly solicited during the event. For this reason, we suggest that you send your appointment requests as timely as possible before the Competition has started.
We try to honor all the requests and support each of you in creating pertinent materials. To help us achieve this, good planning, and timely communication of your subjects of interest and your requests are essential

Press rules regarding recordings and live transmissions will be communicated at a later date, depending on the onsite organization of the events and the rules of sanitary protection.

The rules regarding photographers’ and cameramen’s access into the concert halls will be communicated at a later date, as they depend on the sanitary restrictions applicable.