George Enescu was born on 19 August 1881 in Liveni, Romania, and died on 4 May 1955 in Paris. He first appeared in public as a violinist at the age of eight, studied from 1888 to 1894 at the Conservatory in Vienna with Joseph Hellmesberger junior and Robert Fuchs and from 1895 to 1899 at the Paris Conservatoire with Martin Pierre Marsick, André Gédalge, Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré. On 6 February 1898 he made his debut as a composer at the Concerts Colonne in Paris with the “Poème roumain” op. 1. Enescu combined an international career as a violinist, pianist and conductor with teaching work; his pupils included Yehudi Menuhin, Arthur Grumiaux, Christian Ferras and Ivry Gitlis. His works include the two Romanian Rhapsodies op. 11 (1901/02), the Symphony No. 1 op. 13 (1905), the opera “Œdipe”, premiered in 1936, and the Chamber Symphony.
George Enescu
Composer / Violin / Conductor / Piano
