Enescu and America Welcome The Cultural Center of the American Embassy was honored to host the “Enescu and America” Symposium in Bucharest on September 10, 2005. Held in the beautiful Studio hall of the Romanian Atheneum in downtown Bucharest, the symposium brought together noted American and Romanian experts on Enescu, whose remarks we are pleased to be able to present here on this site. Symposium guests were also treated to the spectacular performance of the young Romanian pianist Bogdan Dulu who played musical excerpts from George Enescu, George Gershwin and Aaron Copland. The “Enescu and America” Symposium was dedicated to honoring the unique bond between the muscial giant George Enescu's native Romania and his creative haven of the United States. Enescu's American career was of great importance to him - for America was the one part of the world which, in the maestro's opinion, correctly understood his artistry: recognizing him as - first and foremost - a composer of world-class importance. But the Symposium is more than a tribute to the past - it is also a pledge for the future: an effort to help fulfill the prediction of Enescu's beloved pupil, the American violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin, who said: "The 21st century will be the century of Enescu." » Speakers and presentations Enescu si America Bine ati venit Centrul Cultural American al Ambasadei Statelor Unite a avut onoarea de a gazdui Simpozionul “Enescu si America”, organizat la Bucuresti, in data de 10 septembrie 2005. Simpozionul s-a desfasurat in Sala Studio a Ateneului Roman din centrul Bucurestiului si a reunit renumiti experti romani si americani in studiul operei lui Enescu. Avem placerea de a pune la dispozitie, pe acest site, discursurile participantilor. De asemenea, invitatii au asistat la un concert extraordinar sustinut de tanarul pianist roman Bogdan Dulu, care a interpretat fragmente din opera lui George Enescu, a lui George Gershwin si a lui Aaron Copland. Simpozionul “Enescu si America” a fost organizat ca un omagiu adus legaturii unice dintre Romania natala a geniului muzical George Enescu si refugiul creativ reprezentat de Statele Unite. Cariera americana a lui Enescu a fost foarte importanta pentru el – intrucat America a fost singura tara care, in opinia maestrului, i-a inteles corect maiestria, recunoscandu-l, in primul rand, in calitate de compozitor de clasa mondiala. Dar simpozionul reprezinta mai mult decat un tribut adus trecutului – este si o pledoarie pentru viitor, un efort de a contribui la indeplinirea previziunii discipolului pe care Enescu l-a pretuit foarte mult, virtuozul violinist american Yehudi Menuhin, care spunea: “Secolul al XXI-lea va fi secolul lui Enescu”. » Conferentiari si prezentari

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