Official Program - George Enescu International Festival

Friday 19 September 2025
07:30 PM
Grand Palace Hall

CRISTIAN MĂCELARU conductor

RUDOLF BUCHBINDER piano

 

George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D major Op. 11

George Gershwin Piano Concerto in F

Maurice Ravel Piano Trio in A…

Friday 19 September 2025
04:30 PM
Romanian Athenaeum

MAXIM EMELYANYCHEV conductor

COLIN CURRIE percussion

 

Ludwig van Beethoven Excerpts from Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus Op. 43

James MacMillan Percussion Concerto, Veni, Veni Emmanuel

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No…

Friday 19 September 2025
08:00 PM
MINA – Museum of Immersive New Art

The Last Piece – Immersive Syncretic Concert

 

Composition: Constantin Basica

Visual concept: Simona Fitcal

Starring: Adrian Ciglenean, Constantin Basica, Simona Strungaru, Olga Berar

Performers: SonoMania Ensemble (Mihai Murariu, Valentin…

Saturday 20 September 2025
07:30 PM
Grand Palace Hall

KLAUS MÄKELÄ conductor

 

Franz Schubert/Luciano Berio Rendering

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

Saturday 20 September 2025
04:30 PM
Romanian Athenaeum

Recital

RUDOLF BUCHBINDER piano

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 12 Variations on Ah vous dirai-je, Maman K. 265/300e

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57, Appassionata

Saturday 20 September 2025
10:30 PM
Romanian Athenaeum

Recital

JULIA LEZHNEVA soprano

LUCA PIANCA lute

 

The Golden Age

 

Giulio Caccini Dolcissimo sospiro; La bella man vi stringo; Amarilli, mia bella; Belle rose porporine

Saturday 20 September 2025
11:00 AM
Auditorium Hall, National Museum of Art of Romania

HANS CHRISTIAN AAVIK violin

KAROLINA AAVIK piano

 

George Enescu

Sonata No. 1 in D major for Violin and Piano Op. 2

Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin…

Saturday 20 September 2025
01:00 PM
Radio Hall

EU-LEE NAM conductor

ANDREI GOLOGAN piano

 

Maurice Ravel Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie

Valentin Gheorghiu Piano Concerto

Adrian Iorgulescu Semnale

Sunday 21 September 2025
04:30 PM
Romanian Athenaeum
Sunday 21 September 2025
07:30 PM
Grand Palace Hall

KLAUS MÄKELÄ conductor

JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET piano

 

George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Op. 11

Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Op. 103, Egyptian

Sunday 21 September 2025
11:00 AM
Auditorium Hall, National Museum of Art of Romania

ȘTEFAN DIACONU flute, JONAS FRØLUND clarinet, FELICIA-GABRIELA GRECIUC oboe, NIKLAS KALLSOY MOURITSEN horn, CONSTANTIN BARCOV bassoon

RADU RĂȚOI accordion

 

Aurelian Băcan Some Variations (world premiere)

Carl Nielsen Wind Quintet…

Sunday 21 September 2025
01:00 PM
Radio Hall

OMAR EL JAMALI conductor

MARCEL JOHANNES KITS cello

 

Tiberiu Olah Symphony No. 1

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33

Sergei Prokofiev Suite from Romeo and Juliet