Official Program - George Enescu International Festival

GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC CHOIR

CRISTIAN MĂCELARU conductor

NEMANJA RADULOVIĆ violin

IOSEF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir

NONA CIOBANU, PETER KOŠIR multimedia directors

Dan Dediu …

KERI-LYNN WILSON conductor

ALEXANDRA CONUNOVA violin

RACHEL WILLIS-SØRENSEN soprano

Maxim Kolomiiets Suite from Mothers of Kherson

Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 26

Richard Wagner…

DAVID GRIMAL leader, violin

ROMAN LOPATYNSKYI piano (winner of the George Enescu International Competition 2024)

George Enescu Pastorale, Menuet triste et Nocturne (arrangement for chamber orchestra by Dan Dediu)

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CRISTIAN FLOREA conductor

ILIAN GÂRNEȚ violin

George Enescu Prélude à l’unisson from Suite No. 1 Op. 9

Benjamin Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op. 10

Giuseppe…

KERI-LYNN WILSON conductor

RACHEL WILLIS-SØRENSEN soprană

Victoria Polevá Bucha. Lacrimosa

Richard Strauss Four Last Songs

Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G major Op. 88

Felix Mendelssohn Four Pieces for String Quartet Op. 81 (No. 3 and No. 4)

Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F major Op. 135

George Enescu String Octet…

SANTTU-MATIAS ROUVALI conductor

ANDREI IONIȚĂ cello

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Italian Capriccio Op. 45

Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Op. 107

Igor Stravinsky The Firebird…

Art Production Foundation, Gigi Căciuleanu Romania Dance Company, Les Ateliers Nomad, producers

GIGI CĂCIULEANU idea, script, direction, choreography

PAUL ILEA music

LELIA MARCU-VLADU direction and choreography assistance

LARI GIORGESCU …

SIGVARDS KLAVA conductor

Knut Nystedt Immortal Bach Op. 153

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė Aletheia

Arvo Pärt Nunc Dimittis

Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea Oratio Sanctae Brigittae

Anders Hillborg Muo:aa:yiy:oum

Ēriks Ešenvalds Stars

Mārtiņš Viļums…

SANTTU-MATIAS ROUVALI conductor

ALEXANDRA DARIESCU piano

George Enescu Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra

Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 in C major Op. 60, Leningrad

Art Production Foundation, Gigi Căciuleanu Romania Dance Company, Les Ateliers Nomad, producers

GIGI CĂCIULEANU idea, script, direction, choreography

PAUL ILEA music

LELIA MARCU-VLADU direction and choreography assistance

LARI GIORGESCU …

JAMES GAFFIGAN conductor

GÁBOR TOMPA director

CARMENCITA BROJBOIU scenography

Maurice Ravel L’heure espagnole M. 52

IVÁN AYÓN RIVAS Gonzalve (tenor)

MIKELDI ATXALANDABASO Torquemada (tenor)

ARMANDO NOGUERA Ramiro (baritone)

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