{"id":950131,"date":"2025-09-19T14:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=950131"},"modified":"2025-11-10T22:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:40:32","slug":"george-enescu-as-seen-by-fellow-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/voices-from-the-archives\/george-enescu-as-seen-by-fellow-musicians-id950131.html","title":{"rendered":"George Enescu as seen by fellow musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">George Enescu, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">who died 70 years ago, is Romania\u2019s most celebrated composer and musician. A child prodigy, he was the youngest person to be admitted to the Vienna Conservatory, aged 7. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">He <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">enjoyed a brilliant international career as a violinist, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">but he was also a prolific composer and, last but not least, a very gifted teacher<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">A festival in his honour and bearing his name has been held in Romania on and off since 1958, three years after Enescu passed away <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">in Paris, where he had been living <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">since 1947. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Many of the top musicians who attended the festival in its early years knew Enescu themselves, having studied or worked with him. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">In this episode,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> we\u2019ll be hearing from <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">the likes of <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Arthur Rubinstein, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Yehudi Menuhin, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">J<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">ulius Katchen, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Ivry Gitlis <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Leopold Stokowski <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">speaking about their connection with Enescu and his music <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">in historical recordings from Radio Romania\u2019s archives. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2210307542&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"RadioRomaniaInternational\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/radioromaniainternational\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RadioRomaniaInternational<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Voices from the Archives 19.09.2025\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/radioromaniainternational\/voices-from-the-archives-19-09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voices from the Archives 19.09.2025<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Enescu, who died 70 years ago, is Romania\u2019s most celebrated composer and musician. 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