George Enescu Festival through international headlines

Newsroom 10/09/2013 | 10:49

More than a week has passed since the 21^st edition of George Enescu Festival kicked off, entertaining the public with great orchestras of the world and incredible performances.

AFP newswire publishes a complete article about the festival, with a focus on Daniel Barenboim, the conductor that opened this year’s edition. Top musicians gather for Romania’s “absolute” composer can be read online here.

Reuters also mentions the festival, focusing on the Chinese pianist Yuja Wang who played Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 to a packed hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Manfred Honeck. The full article can be seen here.

After Cameron Carpenter performed on Enescu’s stage, Euronews quoted him with “It seems to me that one of the magic things about a festival is that it brings together all of these diverse social elements that are not just in this case musical but, in fact, a reflection of many cultures and places around the world that we bring together in one place.” More about this interview in Celebrating classical music at George Enescu festival.

Portuguese press also covered the event, with news updates signed by Claudia Carvalho, who is currently at the festival. “George Enescu: o festival que põe a Roménia no mundo” offers a complete sum up of the event in Portuguese language.