George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, conductor, and teacher, renowned for his versatile contributions to music. Born in 1881, Enescu's compositions, such as the Romanian Rhapsodies, blend classical traditions with Romanian folk elements, showcasing his innovative style. As a virtuoso musician, he left a lasting impact on 20th-century classical music.
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The Festivalcampus Ensemble reunites this year, collaborating with violinist Dmitry Smirnov, a St. Petersburg native now based in Basel. Smirnov, known for his communicative approachability, musical temperament, and virtuosic technique, will work with the ensemble on pieces by Joseph Haydn, Steve Reich, and George Enescu's Octet for Strings. The concert includes an intermission and is free.
Concerts in season 2024/25 or later where works by George Enescu is performed
With violinist Noa Wildschut and pianist Elisabeth Brauß, two of the best musicians of their generation return to the Elbphilharmonie. As the youngest scholarship holder of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation, Noa Wildschut has already played with world-renowned orchestras, such as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Cologne’s Gürzenich Orchester. And Elisabeth Brauß was on the keys as a former member of the BBC New Generation Artist Scheme with orchestras such as the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and the hr-Sinfonieorchester. They both know each other well and get together regularly for joint chamber music evenings despite their busy schedules. In 2020, you could experience them at the »Rising Stars« Festival at the Elbphilharmonie; now, they return to the Recital Hall in the Fast Lane series. With Clara Schumann’s Three Romances and Johannes Brahms’ Sonata in G major, they perform two of the most romantic pieces of all for violin and piano. After the sophisticated sounds of George Enescu’s Violin Sonata No. 3, they top off their programme with an entertaining showpiece by American pianist and composer Paul Schoenfield, which transforms the concert hall into a dancehall with a lively samba, a raunchy tango, a swinging Tin Pan Alley and an energetic square dance.
The Festivalcampus Ensemble reunites this year, collaborating with violinist Dmitry Smirnov, a St. Petersburg native now based in Basel. Smirnov, known for his communicative approachability, musical temperament, and virtuosic technique, will work with the ensemble on pieces by Joseph Haydn, Steve Reich, and George Enescu's Octet for Strings. The concert includes an intermission and is free.
The WDR Symphony Orchestra will perform at the German President's benefit concert in 2025. Proceeds will support the Elly Heuss-Knapp Foundation, which provides health support for mothers, fathers, and caregivers. The concert will feature a diverse program including works by Enescu, Ravel, Korngold, and Bernstein, with Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and Sebastian Hornung as soloists. A reception hosted by President Steinmeier and Ministerpräsident Wüst will follow the concert. Fatma Said has cancelled her appearance due to pregnancy.
It is a rare opportunity to listen to an octet. This type of ensemble on the verge of chamber and orchestral music involving eight instruments has had a variety of instrumentations and patterns based on them. The reference point for the purely stringed ensemble cast is the octet written in 1825 by Felix Mendelssohn, who was only sixteen years old then. Following in his footsteps in 1900 was the nineteen-year-old George Enescu, who was by then already quite prolific as a composer, as he began making music as soon as he learned the notes at the age of five. As it turned out, he grew into the greatest Romanian composer and one of the most outstanding violinists of his era. Written in 1900, his String Octet in C major is an incredibly up-to-date work compared to the trends of the time as Enescu captured the difficult moment of Romanticism's transition into Modernism. Despite being divided into four movements, it is essentially a continuous piece with orchestral panache and rich expression. All of this makes it no worse than many symphonies! Adam SuprynowiczConcert duration: approximately 80 minutes
Pianist Daria Parkhomenko has selected four outstanding piano pieces for her programme. From the slender and elegant works of Jean Philippe Rameau, originally composed for the harpsichord, to the colourful impressionistic images of Claude Debussy; from the Romanian folklore of George Enescu to the bright and original Béla Bartók.
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In addition to the eternally young classic of the narrow string octet literature by 16-year-old Felix Mendelssohn, the eight KHO string players, led by our first concertmaster Suyeon Kim, will perform a work by 19-year-old George Enescu, a The contemporary of Béla Bartók composed a key work in his own individual style: folk melodies from his native Romania meet Brahmsian Romanticism and Parisian fin de siècle.
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