Sitkovetsky, Răduțiu and Geniušas to Perform at George Enescu Contest

Sitkovetsky, Răduțiu and Geniušas to Perform at George Enescu Contest

The famous violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky, President of the Jury for the violin section of the George Enescu International Competition, the 19th edition, will give an exceptional recital on Friday, September 6, 2024, at 19:00, on the stage of the Romanian Athenaeum, together with the well-known cellist of Romanian origin Valentin Răduțiu and pianist Lukas Geniušas.

The event is part of the Series of recitals that the Enescu Competition offers to the music-loving public during the international competition.

The program of the event will include Sonata in A minor for arpeggione and piano D. 821, Sonata in A major for violin and piano D. 574 and Trio no. 1 in B flat major op. 99 by Franz Schubert.

Dmitry Sitkovetsky is an artist whose career spans more than four decades. Sitkovetsky is world-renowned as a violinist, conductor, creator, arranger and facilitator, and his illustrious career as a violinist is documented in a discography of over 40 recordings that reflects the impressive breadth of his repertoire.
In 1990, Sitkovetsky founded the New European Strings Chamber Orchestra (NES) – which brings together the most distinguished string players from the best European ensembles, both from the Russian and Western musical worlds. Dmitry Sitkovetsky’s name has also become synonymous with the art of transcription. His iconic versions for orchestra and string trio of Bach’s Goldberg Variations took on a character of their own. Following this unprecedented success, he went on to arrange over 50 landmark works by composers such as Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Schnittke and Shostakovich.
The discs were recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, with Sitkovetsky joined by legendary artists such as Colin Davis, Mariss Jansons, Neville Marriner and Yehudi Menuhin.
Laureate of the George Enescu International Competition in 2011, Valentin Răduțiu is considered “one of the most talented cellists of our time” and was praised by the Süddeutsche Zeitung for his “bright, distinctive and exciting male sound”.
Since 2019, Valentin Răduțiu has been active as principal cellist in the German Symphony Orchestra in Berlin, and since 2021 he is a university professor at the Carl Maria von Weber Conservatory in Dresden.

In 2014, Valentin Răduțiu released, together with Per Rundberg, an album with the complete works for cello and piano by George Enescu, and the disc was considered by critics to be a reference recording (Hänssler Classic), after, in 2013, he collaborated with composer and conductor Peter Ruzicka on the premiere recording of Ruzicka’s Cello Concerto and Chamber Works for Cello.

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Appreciated for his “sparkle and maturity” (The Guardian), pianist Lukas Geniušas has established himself as one of the most fascinating and distinctive artists of his generation.
Lukas Geniušas recently gave the first public performances of Sonata no. 1 for piano by Rachmaninov, in the original and complete version, which he also recorded at the composer’s residence in Switzerland.
The latest CD release – which received five-star reviews from BBC Music and Gramophone magazine, and was awarded both Diapason’s CD of the Month Award and Classica magazine’s Choc Award – is the latest from an extensive and critically acclaimed discography.

Tickets

At this year’s edition of the George Enescu International Competition, an event held under the High Patronage of the President of Romania and financed by the Government of Romania through the Ministry of Culture, classical music lovers can purchase both individual tickets for each concert and 3 types of subscriptions, prices starting from at 60 lei. Tickets and subscriptions for the concerts and recitals organized as part of the George Enescu International Competition can be purchased from the ticketing platform www.eventim.ro, but also in physical form, from Cărturești Bookstores, Humanitas Bookstores, Carrefour or Good2Go stores.

Pass for symphonic concerts (5 concerts)

1 category– RON 800

2 category – RON 640

Pass for recitals (6 recitals)

1 category – RON 720

2 category – RON 576

General pass for recitals and symphonic concerts (11 events)

1 category – RON 1370

2 category – RON 1100

50% discount for the 2nd category for pupils, students and pensioners – RON 550

Individual tickets for symphonic concerts (price/concert)

1 category – RON 200

2 category – RON 160

50% discount for the 2nd category for pupils, students and pensioners – RON 80

Individual tickets for recitals (price/recital)

1 category – RON 150

2 category –  RON 120

50% discount for the 2nd category for pupils, students and pensioners– RON 60

Students, pupils and teachers of music schools and universities from all over the country benefit from free access based on their school and work ID, subject to availability.
Also, disabled people with their companions benefit from free access within the limits of available seats, according to the law.

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