<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In the many musicological researches on the encyclopedic creation of the genius Enescu, a very important aspect - the mass distribution of the great violin art - is less reflected. The present investigation fills in this gap by describing the concertistic and charity activity that George Enescu carried out in Bălţi in the interwar period. In Bălţi, this phenomenon is valorized and George Enescu’s name is immortalized by being conferred to the Children’s Music School only after about 80 years, in 1994. From this moment on, a whole array of cultural and artistic and educational activities begins to unfold, the apex of which consists of three editions of the “George Enescu” Festival-Contest where students - musicians from the pre-university artistic education schools - as well as notorious personalities in the interpretative and pedagogical-artistic field from Moldova and Romania compete.</p></abstract>

In the many musicological researches on the encyclopedic creation of the genius Enescu, a very important aspect - the mass distribution of the great violin art - is less reflected. The present investigation fills in this gap by describing the concertistic and charity activity that George Enescu carried out in Bălţi in the interwar period. In Bălţi, this phenomenon is valorized and George Enescu’s name is immortalized by being conferred to the Children’s Music School only after about 80 years, in 1994. From this moment on, a whole array of cultural and artistic and educational activities begins to unfold, the apex of which consists of three editions of the “George Enescu” Festival-Contest where students - musicians from the pre-university artistic education schools - as well as notorious personalities in the interpretative and pedagogical-artistic field from Moldova and Romania compete.

5. Enescu at Bălți: History and Contemporaneity

Review of Artistic Education

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In the many musicological researches on the encyclopedic creation of the genius Enescu, a very important aspect - the mass distribution of the great violin art...

5. Enescu at Bălți: History and Contemporaneity

Article Category: Number 15 / Part I. Music

Published Online: Mar 28, 2018

Page range: 44 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rae-2018-0005

Keywords
George Enescu, Festival - Contest, cultural and artistic activities, music school, Children’s Philharmonic

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

5. Enescu at Bălți: History and Contemporaneity

Article Category: Number 15 / Part I. Music

Published Online: Mar 28, 2018

Page range: 44 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rae-2018-0005

KeywordsGeorge Enescu, Festival - Contest, cultural and artistic activities, music school, Children’s Philharmonic

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
George Enescu, Festival - Contest, cultural and artistic activities, music school, Children’s Philharmonic