The Enescu Prize is a

prize A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people (such as sporting teams and organizations) to recognize and reward their actions and achievements.

music composition Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called ...

founded by Romanian composer

George Enescu George Enescu (; – 4 May 1955), known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanians, Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, teacher and statesman. He is regarded as one of the greatest musicians in Romanian history. Biography En ...

, awarded from 1913 to 1946, and afterwards by the National University of Music Bucharest. Enescu is regarded by many as Romania's most important musician. Winners have included Mihail Andricu and

Sergiu Natra Sergiu Natra (; 12 April 1924 – 23 February 2021) was an Israeli composer of classical music. (Print version: Sadie, Stanley (ed.), ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', Macmillan, 1980, Vol. 13 p. 76. ) Life and work Natra was b ...

. * 1913: Ion Nonna Otescu * 1923: Mihail Andricu * 1924: Mihail Andricu * 1925: Mansi Barberis * 1929:

Didia Saint Georges Maria Alexandra Saint Georges (24 September 1888 – 1979) was a Romanian composer, accompanist and pianist who was known as Didia Saint Georges. She won the Enescu Prize competition twice and knew George Enescu well. Life Saint Georges was born ...

* 1930: Didia Saint Georges * 1934: Mansi Barberis * 1941: Mansi Barberis * 1942:

Roman Vlad Roman Vlad (29 December 1919 – 21 September 2013) was a Romanian-born Italian composer, pianist, and musicologist. Biography Born in Cernăuți, Kingdom of Romania (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine), he studied with Titus Tarnawski and Liviu Russu in R ...

– Sinfonietta * 1945:

– ''March and Chorale for orchestra'' and ''Divertimento in Ancient Style for string orchestra'' * 1964:

Tudor Ciortea Tudor Ciortea (28 November 1903 – 13 October 1982) was a Romanian composer, musicologist, and music educator. Life and career Ciortea was born in Brașov and began his music studies under in Cluj. He went on to study at the Bucharest Conservato ...

– ''Din isprăvile lui Păcală'' (Some of Păcală's Exploits) * 1970: Pierre AmoyalRutherford-Johnson, Tim; ed. (2013). ''The Oxford Dictionary of Music'', p.20. Oxford. . * 1974:

Pascal Bentoiu Pascal Bentoiu (22 April 1927 – 21 February 2016) was a Romanian modernist composer. Life and career Bentoiu studied harmony, counterpoint and Musical composition, composition with Mihail Jora and piano with Theophil Demetriescu. He spen ...

* 1984: Felicia Donceanu * 1995: Christian Wilhelm Berger – ''Inscription in Stone'' * 1998: Maia Ciobanu * 2001: Irina Odagescu

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Classical music awards Awards established in 1913 1913 establishments in Romania {{Classical-music-stub

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