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George Enesco
George Enescu, known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, teacher and statesman. He is regarded as one of the greatest musicians in Romanian history.
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politics · Romanian composer and violinist (1881–1955) · composer · violinist · pianist · conductor · music educator · university teacher · musicologist · politician · statesperson · also George Enesco, George Enescu, Georges Enesco, Gheorghe Enescu, Georges Enescu, Enesco
Born 19 August 1881 · Died 4 May 1955 · Q77177
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2026· 6 entries
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pizzicato.lu: George Enescu International Competition 2026 opens in Bucharest
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The Romania Journal: Romania Celebrates George Enescu’s Legacy Through “Rapsodiem”
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ACTMedia: Anniversary edition of "George Enescu" International Competition opens on 23 August at Romanian Athenaeum
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agerpres: 2026 'George Enescu' International Competition tickets - up for sale
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2025· 3 entries
Gramophone: George Enescu International Competition: a beacon of light through history and a lifelong pursuit of excellence
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Princeton University: From Paris to Romania: Music of George Enescu
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BroadwayWorld: George Enescu International Festival Opens Single Ticket Sales And Reveals Full Concert Schedule
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2024· 1 entry
BroadwayWorld: George Enescu International Competition 2024 Unveils Prize Winners
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2023· 2 entries
Euronews: The George Enescu Festival, one of East Europe’s biggest musical events, opens in Romania
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BBC: Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The George Enescu International Festival
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2016· 1 entry
80 years after its Paris premiere, in a production directed and designed by La Fura dels Baus which received superlative reviews in The Guardian, The Independent, The Times and other publications
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2014· 1 entry
The home of Enescu's maternal grandfather in Mihăileni, Botoșani, where the composer spent part of his childhood, was rescued from an advanced state of dilapidation by a team of volunteer architects and now houses a cent
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1955· 3 entries
Died 1955-05-04.
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Maruca donated the palace to the Romanian state in order to organize a museum [1] in memory of the musician
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“If I could put down on paper everything that I have in my head, it would take hundreds of years.”
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1947· 1 entry
His wife Maruca donated to the state the mansion near Moinești where Enescu had lived and where he completed his opera Oedipe, provided that a cultural centre be built there
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1946· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania (1946–1948).
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1939· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Senate of Romania (1939–1940).
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Married Maria Tescanu Rosetti (known as Princess Maruca Cantacuzino through her first husband Mihail Cantacuzino), a good friend of Queen Marie of Romania
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1936· 1 entry
Was one of the candidates considered to replace Arturo Toscanini as permanent conductor of the New York Philharmonic
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1935· 1 entry
Conducted the Orchestre Symphonique de Paris and Yehudi Menuhin (who had been his pupil for several years starting in 1927) in Mozart's Violin Concerto No
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1932· 1 entry
Enescu was elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy
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1924· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1924).
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1895· 1 entry
Went to Paris to continue his studies
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1891· 1 entry
The ten-year-old Enescu gave a private concert at the Court of Vienna, in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph
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1882· 1 entry
Fritz Kreisler had also been admitted at the age of seven; according to the rules, nobody younger than 14 years could study there)
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1881· 1 entry
Born 1881-08-19.
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