"Enescu 70" – A Celebration of Voice, Myth, and Memory in the Enescu Concerts Series

Marking seventy years since the passing of Romania’s greatest composer, Enescu 70 offers a rare and richly textured encounter with the work of George Enescu – a visionary artist whose music wove together Romanian folk heritage and the universal language of European modernism. This exquisite event, brought to London in partnership with the National Opera of Bucharest, presents the celebrated baritone Ștefan Ignat, together with the internationally acclaimed soprano Bianca Mărgean, tenor Liviu Indricău, and pianist Luminița Berariu.

At the heart of this event lies the monumental Oedipe, Enescu’s only opera – a myth retold through music of incandescent intensity. Baritone Ștefan Ignat, a legendary Oedipe who has sung the title role countless times, will guide the audience through a sequence of selected excerpts, bridging performance and reflection in a unique concert/talk format. Each aria or monologue is introduced in English, offering insight into Enescu’s compositional voice, thematic symbolism, and…