About
The George Enescu International Festival honours the remarkable work and spirit of Romania’s greatest classical composer. Enescu was a contemporary of Bartók and Stravinsky and was described by Pablo Casals as “the greatest musical phenomenon since Mozart”, an extraordinary pianist, violinist, conductor and teacher as well as composer. In addition to a full programme of concerts, the festival holds the Enescu Competition for young artists aspiring to a career in the international music arena.
Essentials
General Director
Michai Constantinescu
Artistic Director
Vladimir Jurowski
Contact
E: contact@festivalenescu.ro
T: 0040 21 317 8081
Calea Victoriei nr.155, corp D1, sc.8, et.2,
10073 Bucharest
http://www.festivalenescu.ro
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Videos
A message from the pianist Daniel Ciobanu about the Enescu Competition 2020The pianist Daniel Ciobanu talks about the Enescu Competition and sends an inspiring message to young musicians from all over the world!
A message from composer Iain Bell about the Enescu Competition 2020Composer Iain Bell sends a message to young musicians from all over the world and encourages them to participate in the Enescu Competition 2020!
Tim Benjamin, Member of the Jury Composition: Why register for the Enescu Competition 2020?Why register for the George Enescu International Competition 2020? A message for young musicians all over the world fromTim Benjamin, President of the...
News
Vladimir Jurowski new Artistic Director of Enescu International Festival 2 December 2015[19 November 2015, Bucharest, Romania] The Principal Conductor of London Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director of the State Academic Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov”, Vladimir...
Enescu Festival enters a new stage of international development 4 September 2015[PRESS RELEASE, Bucharest, Romania, 2 September 2015] Maestro Zubin Mehta announced in a press statement that he has accepted the invitation to be the Honorary President of the George Enescu...
Applications for International Enescu Competition 2014 open until 1 July22 May 2014Young musicians can apply to the 2014 edition of the Enescu International Competition (6-27 September, Bucharest, Romania) until 1 July 2014. The Enescu Competition is organised according to...
