Official Program - George Enescu International Festival

MIHNEA IGNAT conductor

Benjamin BrittenThe Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34

The Story of Enescu (selection of works by George Enescu made by conductor Cristian Măcelaru)

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RENAUD CAPUÇON leader, violin

HYEONJEONG LEE violin (laureate of the George Enescu International Competition 2024)

Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in D minor for Two Violins and Orchestra BWV 1043

George…

1.09 – 10.09

National University of Music Bucharest

Institut français de Roumanie à Bucarest

LUMIÈRES D’EUROPE ACADEMY

Resistance and Freedom

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CRISTIAN MĂCELARU conductor

NONA CIOBANU, PETER KOŠIR multimedia directors

Richard Strauss Salomè Op. 54

JENNIFER HOLLOWAY Salomè (soprano)

IAIN PATERSON Jochanaan (baritone)

TANJA ARIANE BAUMGARTNER Herodias (mezzo-soprano)

GERHARD…

PAAVO JÄRVI conductor

ALISA WEILERSTEIN cello

George Enescu Prelude from Oedipe

Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 126

Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in…

FRANCK OLLU conductor

SARAH ARISTIDOU soprano

Pierre Boulez Improvisations I et II sur Mallarmé

Maurice Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte, M.19

Claude Debussy Three Poems on Verses…

USTINA DUBITSKY conductor

ISABELLE FAUST violin

Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61

Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique op. 14

GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC CHOIR

PAAVO JÄRVI conductor

IOSEF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 for orchestra, soprano, alto and mixed choir in C minor…

LAHAV SHANI conductor

VALENTIN ȘERBAN violin

Johan Wagenaar Overture for Orchestra Op. 23, Cyrano de Bergerac

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major K. 219

Antonín…

PETR POPELKA conductor

George Enescu Symphony No. 4 in E minor (posthumously completed by Pascal Bentoiu)

Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Op. 45

LETICIA MORENO violin

CLAUDIO CONSTANTINI bandoneón

UXÍA MARTÍNEZ BOTANA double bass

MATAN PORAT piano

Bach in the Jungle

Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata No 4 in C minor BWV…

PURCELL CHOIR

OTTAVIO DANTONE leader, harpsichord

Francesco Bartolomeo Conti Il trionfo della fama

BENEDETTA MAZZUCATO Genio (contralto)

SOPHIE RENNERT Gloria (mezzo-soprano)

NICOLÒ BALDUCCI Fama (countertenor)

MARTIN VANBERG …