The 2023 George Enescu Festival includes some of the highest earners in classical music. Romania is one of Europe’s poorest countries.
Who’s paying these artists?
Gewandhausorchester + Herbert Blomstedt
Charles Dutoit conducting the Hungarian Philharmonic with Martha Argerich
Royal Concertgebouw + Klaus Mäkelä + Yuja Wang
London SO + Simon Rattle
WDR Köln + Jörg Widmann + Carolin Widmann
Matthias Goerne
Zubin Mehta + Israel Philharmonic
Renaud Capucon
Jan Lisiecki
Fazil Say
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Baiba Skride
Kirill Gerstein
Czech Philharmonic + Manfred Honeck
Ensemble Intercontemporaine + Matthias Pintscher
Zurich Tonhalle + Paavo Järvi
Gothenburg + Santtu-Matias Rouvali + Leif Ove Andsnes
Wiener Philharmoniker + Jakub Hrusa + Igor Levit
Fabio Biondi
Kent Nagano
Lawrence Foster
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Hannu Lintu
Vladimir Jurowski
Yefim Bronfman
Daniel Hope
Vilde Frang
Collegium Vocale Gent + Philippe Herreweghe
Orchestra di Santa Cecilia + Tugan Sokhiev
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Orchestre national de France + Augustin Hadelich
Full programme here.
pictured: Enescu’s house
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