19 August – Celebrating George Enescu’s birthday at MINA – Museum of Immersive New Art in Bucharest
George Enescu – Poema Română: Immersive Experience
On the occasion of the anniversary of the great Romanian composer George Enescu, who was born 143 years ago this year, ARTEXIM, the organizer of the George Enescu International Festival and Competition, celebrates ENESCU DAY and announces a new series of productions that the Enescu Festival will dedicate, starting from the next edition, to artistic interdisciplinarity.
Thus, on Monday, August 19, 2024, starting at 5:00 PM, at MINA – Museum of Immersive New Art (2-4 George Constantinescu Street, Bucharest), the immersive video project George Enescu – Poema Română: Immersive Experience will be presented for the first time.
There will be 4 successive screenings (at 5:00 PM, 5:35 PM, 6:10 PM, and 6:45 PM), and admission is free, based on a zero-value ticket reservation available on Eventim.ro.
The 27th edition of the George Enescu International Festival will take place between August 24 and September 21, 2025, under the High Patronage of the President of Romania. A cultural project funded by the Romanian Government through the Ministry of Culture, the Enescu Festival will bring, in addition to the six traditional concert series, this new series dedicated to artistic interdisciplinarity.
George Enescu (1881-1955) was 16 and a half years old in 1897 when he composed Poema Română, his first work to which he assigned an opus number – a fact synonymous with his high level of self-criticism.
Pascal Bentoiu, one of the most respected scholars of Enescu’s work, considered this to be the first significant Romanian composition that managed to make a mark in one of the world’s great musical centers (since its absolute premiere, held in Paris in 1898, was a great critical success, followed by dozens of laudatory reviews).
Poema Română op. 1 ends with an orchestral version of the Royal Anthem composed by Eduard Hübsch, which became the national anthem for almost seven decades from the moment it was first officially played in 1884. From 1947, with the establishment of communism, until the 1989 Revolution, Poema Română could no longer be performed. It was reintroduced into the repertoire by conductor Horia Andreescu, 31 years ago, at the Romanian Athenaeum.
A version of the work was recorded by Electrecord in the 1990s, with the same orchestra and conductor, and the video work George Enescu – Poema Română: Immersive Experience is accompanied by this phonogram, provided by Electrecord.
The immersive video project George Enescu – Poema Română: Immersive Experience is created by Les Ateliers Nomad and supported by JTI – Immersive Experience.
The George Enescu International Festival is an event held under the High Patronage of the President of Romania
Cultural Project funded by the Romanian Government through the Ministry of Culture
GEORGE ENESCU – POEMA ROMÂNĂ Immersive Experience
Organizers: ARTEXIM & ART PRODUCTION FOUNDATION
Main Partner: JTI – Immersive Experience
Video Creation and Production: Les Ateliers Nomad
Partners: Electrecord, The National “George Enescu” Museum
Supported by: MINA – Museum of Immersive Art
ENESCU DAY at MINA – Museum of Immersive Art is an event that is part of the preparation and promotion activities for the 27th edition of the George Enescu International Festival, 2025.