Sep 15, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Enescu Festival 2023, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos
Tugan Sokhiev Friday, September 15, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania For the first of its two concerts at the Enescu Festival (the second is tomorrow), Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Antonio Pappano, music...
Sep 15, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Enescu Festival 2023, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos
Friday, September 15, 2023 The Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest I rarely listen to what I know to be Bach’s wonderful musical statement, but having become bewitched by this year’s Enescu Festival and its numerous daily events, not least the amazing roll-call...
Sep 14, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Enescu Festival 2023, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos
Victoria Poleva (born 1962) Thursday, September 14, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania For their second Enescu Festival concert, Vladimir Jurowski and the Bavarian State Orchestra opened with the fifteen-minute White Interment by Ukrainian...
Sep 13, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Enescu Festival 2023, Videos
Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania Another day and another international ensemble arrives in Bucharest, this time the Bavarian State Orchestra for two evenings with Vladimir Jurowski, this first opening with the...
Sep 12, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Enescu Festival 2023, Opera Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania These few words are merely a means of documenting one of the absolute highlights of the Enescu Festival 2023 (whatever happens next), a concert performance of Benjamin Britten’s...
Sep 11, 2023 | Concert Reviews, Enescu Festival 2023, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos
Monday, September 11, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania The Vienna Philharmonic’s second Festival concert with Jakub Hrůša began with music from Janáček’s Vixen opera, wonderfully played with rhythmic elan and tender lyricism, a...