“Destination: Bucharest” George Enescu International Festival – the city lives and breathes classical music

Once every two years, when autumn barely makes its presence felt, the George Enescu International Festival returns to the Capital and lends the city part of its special energy. How do you know the classical music festival has started? Often by the groups of passersby, smartly dressed, who stroll every evening on Calea Victoriei, from University Square to Sala Palatului or the Athenaeum, the two main locations where concerts in the festival are held.

At Sala Palatului (the Palace Hall), the parking lot is full, cabs and cars advance slowly past the Crețulescu Church and the sidewalks seem hardly fit to accommodate all those who want to make it to the concert hall.