Music

6 Apr 2023 - 6 Apr 2023

America, Romania, France: the Musical Connections

The next recital of our Enescu Soirees features pianist Madalina Danila with an ingenious program stressing the manifold influences running through the scores of some great French, American, and Romanian composers. While the European musicians are well represented, the evening’s

10 Mar 2023 - 10 Mar 2023

Pianist Dinu Mihailescu Bridges American and Romanian Avant-Gardes at the Enescu Soirees

Live recital of striking avant-garde music by some of the greatest Romanian and American composersAdept at creating strong auditive and sensorial experiences, pianist Dinu Mihailescu has chosen for his New York recital a repertoire of powerful avant-garde scores by some

3 Jan 2023 - 3 Jan 2023

FOUR CORNERS Opens Our "Jazz & Fusion Jamboree"

To complement our flagship classical music program, ”The Enescu Soirees of New York”, with a series devoted to contemporary forms of musical creativity, we are thrilled to debut a string of jazz and fusion concerts that, throughout the year, will bring together on our

6 Dec 2022

An Electrifying Musical Melting Pot for the National Day of Romania

 To mark the historical breakthrough that, more than a century ago, brought all Romanian provinces together in one, unified state, join us on December 6 at Merkin Hall - Kaufman Music Center in New York City for an evening of exceptional music and gastro-cultural discoveries.

26 Oct 2022

Illustrious Fine Arts Quartet Presents Rare Early Music by Enescu

A permanent guest at the George Enescu International Festival in Bucharest, The Fine Arts Quartet is renowned for its subtle and precise interpretation of the great Romanian composer’s often difficult music. In a much-anticipated recital, Ralph Evans (violin), Efim Boico

21 Oct 2022

Two Pianists for an Evening of Passion

With a program full of diversity and color which reveal their assured technique and soulful expression, South Korean Grace Jee Eun Oh and Romanian Dragoș Andrei Cantea, both educated in Norway, are keen to demonstrate their exceptional ability at our next Enescu Soiree,

11 Oct 2022

Marius Mihalache & Band in “Săftița”: The Timeless Love Songbook

Songwriter and performer Marius Mihalache, the cimbalom (țambal) maestro, is making his triumphant return to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with his latest musical project, “Săftița”, an exuberant journey through the Romanian musical tradition

4 Jun 2022 - 4 Jun 2022

Blue Note Jazz Festival 2022: Pianist Sorin Zlat in the Land of Dreams

Already a permanent fixture of the EUNIC New York program, the European section of the famous Blue Note Jazz Festival has brought to New York, throughout the years, a fantastic lineup of performers from across the Atlantic. At this edition, graced by musicians from Switzerland,

10 May 2022 - 10 May 2022

Romanianness, South of the Danube. A Musical Celebration

On May 10, to mark the celebration of the historical Romanian communities living in the Balkans – the Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians and Istro-Romanians – we are pleased to premier a short music video filmed by the ethno-folk group GRAIU in the heart of the multicultural

21 Apr 2022 - 21 Apr 2022

Our Live Musical Program Returns with an Exquisite Soiree

The Enescu Soirees of New York spring season kicks off with a superlative duo made up of virtuoso violist and professor at Yale School of Music, Ettore Causa, and acclaimed Romanian-American pianist and educator, Lorena Țecu. Join us on April 21st for an irresistible program

10 Mar 2022 - 10 Mar 2022

Sanda Weigl & Band in Concert at Legendary Joe's Pub

If you're looking for a short evasion from the sad and disturbing times we are all going through, an evening with charismatic performer Sanda Weigl and her virtuosic Japanese-American collaborators - Shoko Nagai, Satoshi Takeishi and Stomu Takeishi - may be the right

17 Feb 2022 - 4 Mar 2022

Pianist and Composer Mischa Blanos on US Tour

We are pleased to extend our support to pianist and composer Mischa Blanos who is embarking on a US tour that will unfold between February 17 and March 4 in Charlotte, NC , Atlanta, GA, and New York City. A classically-trained pianist, adept of a fusion between the established