Touring clients & HP artists head to George Enescu Festival 2023
11/8/2023
Arts Partnerships & Tours travel to Romania in September for George Enescu Festival, the biggest classical music festival and classical international competition held in Romania, and one of the largest in Europe
On 1 September, Ensemble intercontemporain and Music Director Pierre Bleuse perform a programme celebrating the works of Ligeti, including his Chamber Concerto for 13 instrumentalists, Piano Concerto, Cello Concerto and Violin Concerto alongside violinist Jeanne-Marie Conquer, cellist Renaud Déjardin and pianist Sébastien Vichard.
Pierre Bleuse and the Ensemble will also perform a concert in Timișoara at Banatul Timișoara Philharmonic Hall on 3 September again with soloist Renaud Déjardin for a programme of Ligeti, Nikodijevic, Rotaru and Chin.
Gothenburg Symphony travels to the festival for two concerts. They perform with conductor Gustavo Gimeno on 8 September with a programme of Ligeti, Tchaikovsky and Enescu’s Caprice Roumain for Violin and Orchestra with soloist Alena Baeva. The following day they join their Chief Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps and Stravinsky’s Petrushka Suite.
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra is joined by Pierre-Laurent Aimard in Bartok’s Piano Concerto No.3 under István Várdai’s baton on 8 September in Bucharest and on 9 September in Sibiu. The programme also features Ligeti’s Ramifications and Enescu’s String Octet, both arranged for string orchestra.
On 12 September, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Camerata Bern join forces once again for a specially created programme on the meditation on death, from the rattling Tod Dance of the Renaissance to Schubert’s Death and the Girl.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja will also perform as narrator and soloist the following day at the Romanian Athenaeum for a programme of Bach, Schoenberg and Strauss, followed by a concert at Banatul Philharmonic of Timișoara on the 14 September performing the same programme as on the 12 September.
Le Balcon and Musical Director Maxime Pascal take on Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise. They are joined on stage by the orchestra and choir of the Romanian National Opera as well as soprano Elena Tsallagova, tenor Damien Bigourdan, baritone Tómas Tómasson, tenor Safir Behloul, tenor Rodolphe Briand and bass Andriy Gnatiuk.
Manchester Camerata concludes our time at this year’s Enescu Festival with two final concerts. First, on 18 September, they are joined by star saxophonist Jess Gillam and fellow HP artist Jean-Efflam Bavouzetfor a programme of Michael Nyman’s Where the Bee Dances and Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, alongside collaborator Alexandra Dariescu. Conducted by Gábor Takács-Nagy, the programme also consists of Romanian Rhapsodies by Enescu and Beethoven’s ever-popular Symphony No.4, forming a rousing and eclectic programme which spans centuries. They then follow this with a concert on 20 September at Banatul Timișoara Philharmonic Hall.
Many of our artists are also appearing at the festival this year...
Sarah Aristidou performs as Chief of the “Gepopo” / Venus in Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre with conductor Arnaud Arbet and accompanied by George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir. The performance takes place on 17 September at the Romanian Athenaeum.
Gautier Capuçon joins conductor Cristian Măcelaru and George Enescu Philharmonic for the opening concert of the Enescu Festival. Capuçon performs Dvorak’s famous Cello Concerto in B minor. The programme will also include Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No.2, and Strauss’ suite from Rosenkavalier. The concert is on 27 August at the Grand Palace Hall in Bucharest.
On 28 August, Jörg Widmann joins forces with his sister Carolin Widmann to perform his Violin Concerto No.2 with WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln at the festival. The programme also includes Widmann’s Con brio, Mendelssohn’s Andante from the Sonata for clarinet and piano, in Widmann’s own arrangement for clarinet, strings, harp and celesta, and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.5.
Anu Tali appears at the festival with Würth Philharmonie and pianist Tilll Fellner on 11 September in a programme of Enescu’s symphonic poem Isis alongside Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 and Symphony No.5.
Hannu Lintu conducts a concert performance of Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd with George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir at Grand Palace Hall on 12 Sepember.
Bertrand Chamayou performs Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.1 with Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Tugan Sokhiev on 16 September.
On 16 September, Roderick Cox conducts State Philharmonic Orchestra of Sibu with violinist Ioana Cristina Goicea in a programme of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4, Korngold’s Violin Concerto and Ligeti’s Lontano.
The Spanish conductor Josep Pons conducts Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse for an all Berlioz program,me including the Symphonie Fantastique and Lelio. This concert is part of an European tour that brings Maestro Pons to Berlioz Festival and Ravel Festival as well.
Tan Dun conducts Romanian Radio National Orchestra and harpist Xavier de Maistre through a multimedia experience comprising his own Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women and Ravel’s arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Festival-goers can catch the performance at Grand Palace Hall on 17 September.
