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6 unusual facts about George Enescu


9493 Enescu

9493 Enescu is an asteroid named for the Romanian musician George Enescu.

Alexandru Șafran

In 1945 he worked with composer George Enescu to raise relief funds for Romanian famine, including a United States tour.

Edward Maya

He graduated from George Enescu Music High School in Bucharest and is currently a final year student at the Bucharest Conservatory.

George Enescu, Botoșani

The commune is so named because George Enescu was born here, in the village of Liveni, renamed after him following his death in 1955.

Remington Records

Besides the Cincinnati Symphony recordings, other recordings were made in America with various classical artists, including violinist George Enescu, pianist Jorge Bolet, and violinist Ossy Renardy, among others.

Ștefan Luchian

One of the last events in Luchian's life was a visit paid to his house by composer and violinist George Enescu.


Alexander Zakin

Over the years he performed works by composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Béla Bartók, Ernest Bloch, Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn, Paul Hindemith, Darius Milhaud, Sergei Prokofiev, Robert Schumann, Grigoraș Dinicu, George Enescu, César Franck, Fritz Kreisler, Ottokar Nováček, Gaetano Pugnani, Pablo de Sarasate and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Arthur Grumiaux

During this time he also studied privately in Paris with the famous Romanian violinist George Enescu, Yehudi Menuhin's teacher.

Julien Musafia

Honours and prizes include the following: Paul Ciuntu Prize awarded by the Royal Academy of Music, Bucharest, Romania; the George Enescu Medal (Romania, 1995); First Prize at the Coleman Chamber Music Society (U.S.A.); the Louis Pasteur Awards in 1981 and again in 1983; two awards given by the California State University at Long Beach, CA.

Kyoko Edo

She also was invited as a judge for the International Tchaikovsky Competition, George Enescu International Music Competition in Romania, Concours International de Long-Thibaud, the International Music Competition of Japan, and Geneva International Music Competition.


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Violeta Dinescu

She started teaching at the George Enescu Music School in Bucharest, conducting courses in Music history, Aesthetics, Counterpoint, Harmony and Piano.