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George Enescu

(*1881 Liveni, Romania - 1955 Paris)

"In Enescu, music became the voice of humanity per se, a voice uttering what

cannot be said." Yehudi Menuhin

George Enescu, far from being only Romania's most important composer, is one

of the most colourful musical personalities of the twentieth century. A real citizen of the world

motivated by humanistic ideas and a patriot at the same time, he was born in the North-East of

his native country but educated in Vienna and Paris, where his extraordinary talent already became

apparent at a young age. Pablo Casals considered him "the greatest musical phenomenon

since Mozart", and the Viennese press enthused about the "little Romanian Mozart", who

was admitted to the Viennese Conservatory at the tender age of seven. Enescu's genius unites a

great composer, an inspiring conductor, one of the most prominent violinists

of his time and a highly esteemed pianist.