Music

10 Feb 2022 - 10 Feb 2022

Imago Mundi Unearths a "Romanian" Satie for the Enescu Soirees Online

Few people know that the great Erik Satie was in love with Romanian folk music, which he had discovered by chance during the 1889 Paris World Exhibition. In its latest project, entitled GNOSSOS, the Imago Mundi ensemble explores this rather obscure connection which gave

14 Oct 2021 - 14 Oct 2021

Kismet Quartet to Re-launch Enescu Soirees of New York In-person Concerts

As we are slowly getting back to in-person events, we are happy to re-launch our popular chamber music series, the Enescu Soirees of New York, with a concert offered by Kismet String Quaret, formed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra musicians Ming-Feng Hsin (violin), Katherine

22 Jul 2021

Youth and Passion Conclude our Musical Season

The last concert of the summer in our popular Enescu Soirees Online presents the impetuos duo made up by Romanian violinist Ioana Popescu and German pianist and composer Alexander Maria Wagner, tireless promoters of Romanian music to wider European audiences. Don't

15 Jul 2021

Exceptional Arcadia Quartet Play Beethoven & Dediu

Arcadia Quartet conquered the musical world in 2012 when they emerged as winners of the Wigmore Hall London International String Quartet Competition.  BBC Music Magazine hailed Ana Török (violin), Răsvan Dumitru (violin), Traian Boală (viola) and Zsolt Török (cello)

1 Jul 2021

CelloVision Project - The Image of Sound

This week's event of the Enescu Soirees series presents one of the most active and acclaimed Irish-Romanian musicians, cellist Adrian Mantu, a darling of the international stage, whose seductive interpretation is brilliantly served by visual artist Mihai Cucu’s videography,

24 Jun 2021

Exquisite Mara Dobresco and the Monnaie Wind Quintet at the Enescu Soirees

In this recital presented in our Enescu Soirees Online series, the genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is brilliantly served by an ensemble of stellar classical musicians made up of acclaimed Romanian-French pianist Mara Dobresco and the famous Monnaie Wind Quintet - Jean-Noël

3 Jun 2021

PERCUSSIONescu at the Enescu Soirees Online

The next recital at the Enescu Soirees Online revolves around a show-stopping program offered by PERCUSSIONescu’s Irina Rădulescu (marimba) and Răzvan Florescu (vibraphone), a truly unique duo in the Romanian classical landscape due to its choice of instruments and repertoire.

13 May 2021

A Wind Instruments Extravaganza at the Enescu Soirees

The next recital of our Enescu Soirees Online series presents a true wind instruments extravaganza offered by German trumpet playerElisabeth Fessler and Romanian-American trombonistCristian Ganicenco, the FG Brass duo. The varied program features works by, among others,

22 Apr 2021

Fabulous Gabriela Istoc is All About the Romanian Songbook

One of Romania's most accomplished lyric artists, award-winning soprano Gabriela Istoc, accompanied by pianist Mihaela Spiridon, explores the richness of Romanian song in a special Enescu Soiree dedicated to the great melody maker Tiberiu Brediceanu, one of our most

1 Apr 2021

A Guitar Bravado for the Coming of Spring

The coming of spring is welcome at the Enescu Soirees Online with a guitar recital offered, with youthful energy, by the promising ARTissimo Guitar Duo made up of Ana Maria Bibescu and Raisa Mihai. The exciting program, a comfort for heart and soul in uncertain times, features

17 Mar 2021

St. Patrick and the Romanians. TRAVELLING: A multi-media performance re-imagining Irish historical works

Just to prove that Romanians are doing remarkable things all over the world, join us for an Enescu Soiree dedicated to St. Patrick's Day, one of New York City’s most beloved fetes, and offered as a multimedia performance of re-imagined Irish musical milestones by

11 Mar 2021

The ARF String Quartet in the Enescu Soirees Online

We are glad to present, in our popular online music series, one of the most important Romanian-American collaborative projects, the American Romanian Festival String Quartet (ARF Quartet), made up of four consummate musicians: Sujin Lim - violin, Marian Tănău - violin,