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Festival
Call for applications, Enescu Competition 2024
Applications are open for the 19th Enescu Competition 2024, in Bucharest, Romania!
Young musicians are invited to apply for cello, violin, piano and composition. Register now and you will have the opportunity to join the four live rounds in September at the beautiful Romanian Atheneum from September 1st to 29th. Great prizes will encourage and bring to the world the most talented competitors. The deadline for registration is May 10th for cello, violin and piano and June 30th for composition.
Concert
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées - Season 2024-2025
The new Théâtre des Champs-Elysées 2024-25 season is a celebration of all the colours and forms of the musical and choreographic arts. The year will kick off with a tribute to opera, in the form of a choreographed version of Bach's St John Passion by Sasha Waltz. Next, Francis Poulenc and Olivier Py's legendary production of Dialogues des Carmélites, followed by Handel’s Semele, Massenet's Werther with Benjamin Bernheim and Marina Viotti, then Warlinkowski's Rosenkavalier at the end of the season. Not to mention some twenty concert version operas to suit all tastes, ranging from Lully, Bach, Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Rossini all the way to Weber. Several great French and international vocalists will be performing recitals, as will the most prominent pianists from all over the world. On the symphonic side, François-Xavier Roth's Les Siècles orchestra will extend their residence, and the season will be filled many great international orchestras such as the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Orchestre National de France, The Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, or the Orchestre de chambre de Paris. The season will be peppered with its legendary Sunday Morning Concerts series, which will be celebrating its 50th anniversary ; and let’s not forget some of the world's leading dance companies such as the Canada National Ballet, or the Ukraine National Opera Ballet.