Enescu Festival: French National Orchestra - Thursday at Palace Hall, conductor - maestro Cristian Macelaru

The French National Orchestra will perform on Thursday, at 8:00 p.m., at Palace Hall, with maestro Cristian Macelaru, artistic director of the George Enescu International Festival and Competition, on the podium, according to the event's website.The soloist of the evening will be Anne-Sophie Mutter, with the performance also featuring actors Ana and Bogdan Iacob (video projection). The George Enescu Philharmonic Choir, conducted by maestro Iosif Prunner, will also take part. The program will include Aria for violin and orchestra (Romanian premiere) by Thomas Ad?s, Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, K. 207 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57 by Maurice Ravel.The French National Orchestra (Cristian Macelaru, music director) is both an established authority and a dynamic force in the interpretation of French music. Through its international tours, it has become a symbol of French culture worldwide, while at the same time, through its active presence in France and its engaging educational programs, it has managed to strengthen its ties with a diverse national audience.At the Romanian Athenaeum, at 5:00 p.m., the Arcadia Quartet will perform. The program includes works by Mieczyslaw Weinberg: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 14, String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59, and String Quartet No. 2, Op. 3/145."The Last Piece" - immersive syncretic concert - is scheduled for Thursday, at 8:00 p.m., at MINA - the Museum of New Immersive Art. Four centuries after the publication of Shakespeare's The Tempest in 'First Folio', The Last Piece revisits some of the themes used by the "Bard of Avon": illusion, power, transformation, and the role of art in the tension between the earthly and the spiritual."If stylistically Shakespeare astonishes with the variety of dramatic techniques employed in "bewitching" the audience - poetically harnessing dance, music and acting to address various categories of spectators - Constantin Basica's concert pursues a similar effect compositionally, by appealing to interdisciplinarity, immersiveness and technology," the festival organizers specify.The 27th edition of the George Enescu International Festival is taking place in Bucharest and across the country until September 21. This year, the event's theme is Celebrations, marking the 70th anniversary of the composer's death.