George Enescu Festival kicks off this week

This year the festival showcases an impressive list of foreign guests among them the London Symphony Orchestra, piano players Evgeny Kissin and Murray Perahia, dancer and choreographer Maurice Bejart, violinists Maxim Vengerov and Viktoria Mullova and the Bejart Ballet company, again present in Romania.
As in previous years, the event will take place under the high patronage of the Romanian President Traian Basescu and will have as director Ioan Hollender, the director of the Staatsoper in Vienna.
For classical music lovers, the festival will be a real tour de force not only because of its length but also because there are days when the public can see three, four or even five concerts.
While the acoustics of the Palace Hall, a reason for discontent in previous years, are still not at the highest standards, the organizers have done their best to solve this issue as far as possible.

Otilia Haraga