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Enescu Festival

Internationaal04 Sep '25 - 05 Sep '25(Past)

After the success of the previous edition, the orchestra returns to the Enescu Festival in honour of violinist and composer George Enescu.

2hours
1interval
70musicians

For the second time, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra travels to Bucharest for the Enescu Festival – Romania’s largest festival, dedicated to violinist and composer George Enescu. Chief conductor Lahav Shani leads two contrasting programs full of drama, lyricism, and virtuosity, and performs Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto. Romanian violin virtuoso Valentin Șerban shines in Mozart’s Fifth Violin Concerto, and the program also includes Enescu’s Intermezzi and Beethoven’s monumental Eroica.

Programme & performers

Wagenaar
Ouverture Cyrano de Bergerac

Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5

Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

Enescu
Intermezzi op. 12

Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2

Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

Lahav Shani
ConductorLahav Shani
ViolinValentin Șerban
From bravery to deep emotion,
music that opens worlds

All play dates of Enescu Festival

Thursday 04 Sep 20255:00 PM
BucharestAtheneum
past
Friday 05 Sep 20254:30 PM
BucharestAtheneum
past

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