Looking back, moving forward: Măcelaru opens the Enescu Competition

RomaniaRomania George Enescu Competition 2026 [1] – Various: Mayumi Kanagawa (violin), Yo Kitamura (cello), Roman Lopatynskyi (piano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor). Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, 23.8.2026. (ES-S)

Cristian Măcelaru conducting the Romanian Radio National Orchestra © Cristina and Petrica Tanase

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Bucharest Opera stage a powerfully emotive performance of Enescu’s great masterpiece Oedipe

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  George Enescu International Festival 2025 [7] – Enescu, Oedipe: Soloists, Chorus, Children’s Chorus and Orchestra of Bucharest National Opera / Tiberiu Soare (conductor), Daniel Jinga, Adrian Ionescu (choir conductors), Smaranda Morgovan (coordinator of the children’s choir). National Opera Theatre, Bucharest, 15.9.2025. (GT)

Bucharest National Opera’s Oedipe © Andrei Gîndac

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French children’s classics are brought to life by incandescent visuals at the Enescu Festival

RomaniaRomania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [5] – Poulenc, Ravel: Braşov Philharmonic Orchestra / David Molard Soriano (conductor). Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu (MC), Oana Berbec (narrator), Grégoire Pont (artist/illustrator), Odeon Theatre, Bucharest, 14.9.2025. (GT)

Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu (MC) © Alex Damian

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Kristine Opolais gives a sensational portrayal of Shostakovich’s Katerina at the Enescu Festival

United KingdomUnited Kingdom George Enescu International Festival 2025 [4] – Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District: Soloists, Orchestra and Academic Choir of Romanian Radio (choral conductor: Ciprian Tutu) / Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor). Palace Hall Bucharest, 14.9.2025. (GT)

Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and Kristine Opolais (Katerina) © Alex Damian

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Argerich and Dutoit in a French soundworld at the Enescu Festival

RomaniaRomania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [6] – Ravel, Debussy: Martha Argerich (piano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Charles Dutoit (conductor). Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, 15.9.2025. (ES-S)

Charles Dutoit conducting the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic © Cristina Tanase

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RPO concert of two contrasting halves ends with a triumphant finale at the Enescu International Festival

RomaniaRomania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [3] – Korngold, Rachmaninov, Rimsky Korsakov: Bruce Liu (pianist), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Palace Hall, Bucharest. 13.9.2025. (GT)

Vasily Petrenko conducts pianist Bruce Liu and the RPO © Andrei Gîndac

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Tradition and experiment: Jan Lisiecki and ASMF at the Enescu Festival

RomaniaRomania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [2] – Various: Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Jan Lisiecki (leader, piano), Tomo Keller (leader). Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, 12.9.2025. (ES-S)

Jan Lisiecki with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields © Catalina Filip

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