George Enescu
George Enescu (August 19, 1881, Liveni – May 4, 1955, Paris) was a Romanian composer.[1] He was born in Liveni, Romania. He studied the violin at the Vienna Conservatory. He moved to Paris in 1895 to study composition at the Paris Conservatoire with Jules Massenet and then Gabriel Fauré. Other students at this time were Maurice Ravel and Charles Koechlin.
In 1927 he taught the violin to Yehudi Menuhin.
George Enescu Media
Portrait of Romanian violinist, pianist, cellist, conductor, composer, polyglot and general genius, en:George Enescu.
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The Cantacuzino Palace on Calea Victoriei (Bucharest, Romania), built in the Beaux Arts style, which is now the George Enescu Museum
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Grave of George Enescu -Père Lachaise Cemetery
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A violin owned by George Enescu in a museum in Bucharest, Romania
Queen Elisabeth of Romania with George Enescu and Dimitrie Dinicu at Peleș Castle
References
- ↑ "George Enescu -". The International Enescu Society. 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.