Official Program - George Enescu International Festival

Friday 05 September 2025
04:30 PM
Romanian Athenaeum

LAHAV SHANI leader, piano

 

George Enescu Intermezzi for Strings Op. 12

Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Op. 102

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in…

Friday 05 September 2025
07:30 PM
Grand Palace Hall

PETR POPELKA conductor

KIAN SOLTANI cello

 

Antonín Dvorák

Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104

Symphony No. 6 in D major Op. 60

 

 

Friday 05 September 2025
08:00 PM
MINA – Museum of Immersive New Art

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…

Saturday 06 September 2025
10:30 PM
Romanian Athenaeum

OTTAVIO DANTONE conductor

 

The Gold of Naples

 

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Sinfonia, Pasce il mio cor la speme and Doje vipere arraggiate from Lo frate ’nnamorato (first version, 1732)

Saturday 06 September 2025
04:30 PM
Romanian Athenaeum

PIERRE BLEUSE conductor

SOL GABETTA cello

 

George Enescu Chamber Symphony for 12 Instruments Op. 33

Édouard Lalo Cello Concerto in D minor

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in…

Saturday 06 September 2025
01:00 PM
Radio Hall

BANATUL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TIMIȘOARA

SASCHA GOETZEL conductor

TATIANA DOROKHOVA piano (laureate of the George Enescu International Competition 2024)

 

Dinu Lipatti Concertino in Classical Style for Piano and Chamber…

Saturday 06 September 2025
07:30 PM
Grand Palace Hall

GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER

ROMANIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA

MANFRED HONECK conductor

RENAUD CAPUÇON violin

 

Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in…

Saturday 06 September 2025
11:00 AM
Auditorium Hall, National Museum of Art of Romania

DIEGO TOSI violin

MARTIN ADÁMEK clarinet

 

PIERRE BOULEZ – 100

 

Pierre Boulez

Anthèmes 2 for Violin and Live Electronics

12 Notations pour piano

Incises pour piano

Dialogue de

Sunday 07 September 2025
10:30 PM
Romanian Athenaeum

HUGO TICCIATI conductor, violin

EVELYN GLENNIE percussion

 

Hildegard von Bingen Vos flores rosarum (arrangement for Strings and Marimba by Johannes Marmén)

Paul Smadbeck Rhythm Song for Solo Marimba

Arvo

Sunday 07 September 2025
04:30 PM
Romanian Athenaeum

ARNAUD ARBET conductor

 

György Kurtág Fin de partie

 

FRODE OLSEN Hamm (bass)

LEIGH MELROSE Clov (baritone)

HILARY SUMMERS Nell (contralto)

LEONARDO CORTELLAZZI Nagg (tenor)

 

Sunday 07 September 2025
01:00 PM
Radio Hall

CHORWERK RUHR

TARMO PELTOKOSKI conductor

MICHAEL ALBER chorus master 

ROMAIN GILBERT director 

HERVÉ GARY light designer 

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Zauberflöte K. 620

 

MANUEL WINCKHLER Sarastro (bass)

MAURO

Sunday 07 September 2025
11:00 AM
Auditorium Hall, National Museum of Art of Romania

VLAD MAISTOROVICI conductor, violin

 

Vlad Maistorovici Metamorphosis after M. C. Escher

Michel van der Aa Shades of Red

Dan Dediu Hyperkardia II Op. 139

Mark-Anthony Turnage Romanian Rhapsody

George