Classical music lovers who wish to purchase subscriptions to the George Enescu Festival 2021 are invited to register at this link, starting today, June 9, to participate in the lottery where subscriptions will be distributed. Individual tickets go on sale on the 19^th of July 2021 at 12:00 noon and pay-per-view tickets and subscriptions will be available from the 2^nd of August 2021.

The George Enescu International Festival 2021 will take place between the 28^th of August and the 26^th of September in Bucharest and several cities across the country, with the theme "A History of Love", to promote the extraordinary things people can create when they collaborate out of love for music. It will be a jubilee event, the longest in its history, celebrating the 140th anniversary of George Enescu's birth and the 25th edition of the Festival. Information about the programme can be found here and about tickets here. There may be changes to theprogramme due to the pandemic.

Subscription lottery

Due to the very high volume of requests for subscriptions registered at previous editions of the Festival, as well as the exceptional situation that arose following the Artexim pandemic, the organizer of the George Enescu International Festival, together with Eventim.ro, the official ticketing partner of the Festival, will organize a lottery to randomly select who will be able to purchase subscriptions. Thus, the chances of buying Festival tickets will be equal for all interested people.

Classical music lovers wishing to buy subscriptions must enter the lottery using this form. Registration for the subscription lottery will take place between the 9^th and 28^th of June, exclusively online on the eventim.ro website, and the draw will take place on Thursday July 1^st at 12:00 at the Romanian Athenaeum and will be broadcast live on festivalenescu.ro and eventim.ro.

The draw will be done electronically, based on the random.org website, without the possibility of human intervention in the algorithm to select the winner. The lottery sale will give equal chances to all those who want to buy Festival tickets. This procedure is also used for other international classical music events.

Lottery calendar

- Registration period: 09.06.2021 - 28.06.2021

- Draw: 01.07.2021

- Payment period: 02.07.2021- 16.07.2021

- General sale of individual tickets: 19.07.2021

Subscriptions to concerts at the Romanian Athenaeum

A subscription to the Athenaeum includes tickets for all 29 concerts in the Concerts and Recitals series and costs 4900 lei - for category I and 3900 lei - for category II.

Access to the Romanian Athenaeum will only be possible if certain health conditions are met, which we present below, as the objective is for the audience to cover 70% of the hall's capacity. Public access to the Athenaeum will be based on the presentation of an identity document and one of the following documents:

- official proof of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination (minimum 10 days after completion of the vaccination scheme)

- negative PCR test carried out no more than 72 hours before the concert

- medical proof of being between the 15th day and the 90th day after confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection

- proof of a negative result certified by a medical establishment of a fast antigen test not more than 24 hours before the start of the concert.

Wearing a protective mask is mandatory.

Music lovers are asked to make sure they can meet these conditions before opting to purchase tickets and season tickets, otherwise they will not be allowed in the hall.

Subscriptions to concerts at SalaPalatului

The subscription to the Grand Hall of the Palace includes tickets for the 30 concerts of the Great Orchestras of the World series. Subscriptions will be on sale in five price categories:

- VIP category - 4900 lei

- category I - 3900 lei

- category II - 2900 lei

- category III - 2100 lei

- pensioners category - 1500 lei

Access to the Palace Hall will be subject to sanitary conditions, adapted to the fact that the number of seats occupied will be 50% of the hall capacity. The rules of physical distance will be respected and the wearing of a protective mask is compulsory.

Concert tickets for Auditorium concerts

The Auditorium subscription includes tickets for the 9 concerts of the Enescu and contemporaries series. Category I tickets cost 400 lei and category II - 300 lei.

Access to the Auditorium will be granted only if certain sanitary conditions are met, corresponding to the fact that the audience present will occupy a maximum of 70% of the hall's capacity: identity document and one of the following documents:

- official proof of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 (minimum 10 days after completion of the vaccination scheme)

- negative PCR test carried out no more than 72 hours before the concert

- medical proof of being between the 15th day and the 90th day after confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection

- proof of a negative result certified by a medical establishment of a fast antigen test not more than 24 hours before the start of the concert.

Entry procedure for the subscription lottery:

- From the 9^th of June 2021, the registration for the lottery will be done on the eventim.ro and festivalenescu.ro websites through an entry form. In order to facilitate the organisation of access, purchasers are asked to fill in the form with the kind of medical proof they will present at the entrance.

- The customer will enter their name, telephone number, postal address and e-mail address and choose the type of subscription they want. A person can only register once and can request a maximum of 2 seats. If more than one person wishes to take advantage of the subscription, they must make a new registration with different details. The customer will also have the option to choose whether to have the tickets sent by e-mail or by courier.

- Customers will be able to select the price category they want by viewing their distribution on the floor plan. After the draw, orders will be created automatically, with the system offering the best available seats in the selected category.

- The registration period will end on the 28^th of June.

- The draw for each type of season ticket will take place on the 1^st of July 2021. A waiting list will be made through a second draw.

- After the draw, the winners will be contacted by e-mail/telephone and will be able to purchase the subscriptions until the 16^th of July 2021.

- Those who do not pay for their order within 14 days will lose the right to purchase the subscriptions, which will be transferred to the next person on the waiting list.

- The payment period will end on the 16^th of July 2021 and the season tickets will be distributed by the 12^th of August 2021.

- You can contact the Eventim team directly at contact@eventim.ro or on 0728 999 775, Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm.

Information about the 2021 edition

The George Enescu International Festival 2021is scheduled to take place from the 28^th of August to the 26^th of September 2021, with an exceptional artistic programme featuring 3500 foreign and Romanian artists over a record 4 weeks, and with measures to reduce health risks for spectators, artists, organisers and journalists. The programme of the 25th edition of the George Enescu International Festival can be found at festivalenescu.ro.

Unlike other editions, the 2021 Enescu Festival will undergo a series of transformations and adaptations to meet the challenges of the pandemic. The 78 concerts are organised in four series:

- Great Orchestras of the World (concerts held at the Palatului Hall)

- Concerts and Recitals (at the Romanian Athenaeum in the afternoon)

- 21st Century Music (at the Radio Hall)

- Enescu and Contemporaries (morning concerts at the Auditorium Hall)

It will be an edition that will bring back the joy of celebration in everyone's life. The Enescu Festival 2021 will celebrate the 140th anniversary of George Enescu's birth and will therefore offer the public the most extensive programme of Enescu works in its history, performed by international artists and orchestras - 40, including four symphonies. It will also be a jubilee edition, as the Festival reaches its 25th edition this year.