Floating above the turbulent politics of modern-day Romania, the biennial George...
BUCHAREST - Floating above the turbulent politics of modern-day Romania, the biennial George Enescu Festival is a welcome relief for Bucharest’s classical music fans, with performances not just in the main concert hall but on street corners and in bookstores.
“This festival says a lot about us, just the fact that we have world-renowned orchestras who come here to play,” said Anca Badiu, a 42-year-old teacher on a walking tour organized as part of the festival, named after Romania’s most famous composer.One of Europe’s biggest classical music events, it draws bigger stars and audiences each time, though musicians say its main concert hall from communist times is an acoustic disaster.
A host of international artists, including pianists Mitsuko Uchida and Yuja Wang, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and actress Marion Cotillard will be performing. Festival organizers must fight hard to secure funds and make do with outdated facilities. Successive governments, which provide the bulk of the budget through the culture ministry, have failed to make good on vague promises to replace the main 4,000-seat Sala Palatului hall, which was built in 1960 for communist party meetings and has poor acoustics.
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