THE WINNERS OF THE 2009 “GEORGE ENESCU INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL” CONTEST ON RRI

The Enescu contest was held with the support of several sponsors and partners whom we thank once again. The contest was sponsored by S. C. ELECTRECORD S.A. and the Public Corporation "Monitorul Oficial", being also supported by the "Radio House" Publishing-House.

Here are the name of winners :

There are 24 runners-up, among whom let us mention our listeners or Internet users: Ian Morrison of China Deepa Kumari of India Alan Holder of Great Britain Kurt Svensson of Sweden Agide Melloni, Giorgio Borsier, Fiorenzo Repetto of Italy Tatjana Rubin and Ivica Smolcic of Serbia Gaik Octembrian of Rusia Alibek Ahmadiev of Kazahstan Lai Xing, Fan Yurong, Wang Yang and Wang Chuntian of China Emile Christian Duchimé of Camerun Gloria Suciu of Romania Olena Makovii of the Ukraine Klaus Weinhart of Germany Francisco Solorzano, El Salvador, Alfonso Flores Oliveira of Peru Jorge Garcia Rangel of Venezuela Khalid Said Dayan of Yemen Jaroslaw Jedrzejczakof Poland

50 third prizes went to our listeners or Internet users:

Martin Galas of the USA Shunicki Sekiya of Japan Shankar N. and Prasenjit Bhakat of India Mogire O. Machuki of Kenya Safira Akter Panna of Bangladesh Christer Brunstrom of Sweden Brian Kendall of Great Britain Aaron Tiu of the Philippines Cao Fujie of Malaysia Milentije Miljkovic of the US Dmitri Balikin, Vladimir Yaroshik and Viaceslav Izrianov of Russia Alina Ledroumaguet, Philippe Marsan and Jean–Pierre Bailly of France Alessia Porreca of Italy Olexandr Kozlenko of the Ukraine Hans-Martin Friedrich of Switzerland Daniel Bustos Aravena of Chile Eduardo Ladislao Trejo Recinos, El Salvador, Gerardo Andres Groh of Argentina Berny Solano of Costa Rica Glauber Gleidson Peres, Brazilia, Jorge Alberto Jimenez Suarez of Columbia Hamrani Mousa, Abdel-Hamid Djabbari of Algeria Mohamad Ben el Bashir of Tunisia Idriss Fitouri of Libia Abdel-Naser Mohm Rashad Kamel of Egypt Abdel-Karim Nadjim of Morocco Batoul El Atas of Saudi Arabia Rossella Buccilli and Alessandro Errichetti of Italy Alfred Arinze of Libia Mogire O. Machuki of Kenya Safira Akter Panna of Bangladesh Norbert Bonnet of France Patrick Vong of France Tang Jingbo, Han Shenglin, Zhou Lüjun, Li Meng, Xue Bing, Li Ming, Yang Tietong, Luo Yinghu, Wang Jian, Zhang Shifeng, Zhang Lili şi Zhou Fei of China.

The 5 winners of the second prize are:

Efim Arteev of Russia Silveri Gomez of Spain Abdel-Hamid Kharifi of Morocco Hans Verner Lollike of Denmark Xue Sanyang of China.

The 13 winners of the first prize are:

Valeria Matskevici of Russia Jacques Augustin of France Romanian-born Alina Seman of Italy Roman Bondarevski of Ukraine Christoph Preutenborbeck of Germany Javier Gonzalez Balon of Ecuador Hugo Calderon Carbajal of Mexico Mohamad Suleiman Shokr of Egypt Stefano Citterio of Italy Thein Soe of Malayesia Bezazel Ferhat Ben Rabah of Algeria Cui Wenbai of China He Guoliang of China.

First prize winner, Christoph Preutenborbeck of Germany wrote: "I'm very fond of music and I take particular interest in classical music. Participating in the contest run by RRI, I had the opportunity of knowing the life and work of George Enescu. RRI brought closer this son of the Romanian people to us, foreign listeners and I'd like thank the RRI staff for that. It was interesting to find out about the measures taken by the communists against him and about the debates on the date of his death. I'm also glad that I had the opportunity of finding out that Enescu was not only a composer, but also an exceptional violinist who took part in the training of the famous violinist Yehudi Menuhin." We conclude quoting the entry of first prize winner, Cui Wenbai of China: "Every man has got his hobbies; one of my hobbies is classical music and George Enescu's music holds pride of place in my preferences. I've got many of his works and tired after a day's work, I'm often delighted to listen to his music. Listening to his music, I feel as if I were immersed in an ocean of sounds. Time seems to go back and the energy which notes give to me provides me with a matchless experience. You can see the influences of Enescu's music everywhere, whether you are in Europe or in America. Enescu had his unique perspective both in his creation and his interpretation. His work has become a national wealth, but at the same time, it has entered the world artistic heritage. His artistic achievements are now a landmark in musical education and science. That is why, I have entered this contest."

(Source : RRI)