The Romanian Atheneum: a magnificent architecture, with a top of the line sound pattern (trust me, I’ve been there!
In September the hotel porters of Bucharest will be very busy lugging double basses, cellos, harps and tubas up and down the staircases and along the plush carpeted corridors. (Or maybe less poetically they will shove them on trolleys and take the lift). Why? Because that is when the George Enescu International Festival takes place, and members of orchestras from all over the world will descend on the Romanian capital. Held every two years, the festival must surely rank as the biggest cultural event on Romania’s calendar.
I had never studied the program for this event before, as I have only recently got to know some of Enescu’s music, so I went online to check it out. The Romanian language website is here and the English language version is here. The festival is much more comprehensive than I imagined. Although most of it takes place in Bucharest, there…
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