The Enescu Prize is a prize in

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 c ...

founded by Romanian composer George Enescu, awarded from 1913 to 1946, and afterwards by the

National University of Music Bucharest The National University of Music Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Naţională de Muzică București, UNMB) is a university-level school of music located in Bucharest, Romania. Established as a school of music in 1863 and reorganized as an academy in ...

. Enescu is regarded by many as Romania's most important musician. Winners have included

Mihail Andricu Mihail Andricu (22 December 1894, Bucharest - 4 March 1974, Bucharest ) was a Romanian composer, violinist, and pianist. He studied with Alfonso Castaldi, Robert Klenck and Dumitru Kiriac. Andricu graduated from the National University of Music B ...

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. ) Among Natra's creations: ...

. * 1913:

Ion Nonna Otescu Ion Nonna Otescu (15 December 1888 – 25 March 1940) was a Romanian composer and head of the Bucharest Conservatory (now the National University of Music) from 1918 until 1940. He was born in Bucharest and died there at the age of 51, having pla ...

* 1923:

* 1924: Mihail Andricu * 1942: Roman Vlad – 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 Gheorghe Dima in Cluj. He went on to study at the Buchar ...

– ''Din isprdvile lui Păcală'' (Some of Păcală's Exploits) * 1970:

Pierre Amoyal Pierre Amoyal (born 22 June 1949 in Paris) is a French violinist and is the artistic director of the Conservatory of Lausanne. He owns the "Kochanski" Stradivarius of 1717. It was stolen from him in 1987 and recovered in 1991. Life and car ...

Rutherford-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 composition with Mihail Jora and piano with Theophil Demetriescu. He spent three years res ...

* 1984:

Felicia Donceanu Felicia Donceanu (28 January 1931 – 21 January 2022) was a Romanian painter, sculptor, and composer. Life and career Donceanu was born in Bacău on 28 January 1931. She originally planned to be a stage director, but became interested in music ...

* 1995:

Christian Wilhelm Berger Christian Wilhelm Berger (born 13 June 1964 in Bucharest) is a Romanian composer, organist, and a lecturer at the Bucharest Academy. Education Berger studied piano at George Enescu Music School in Bucharest from 1970 to 1982. He studied composi ...

– ''Inscription in Stone'' * 1998:

Maia Ciobanu Maia Ciobanu (born 5 May 1952) is a Romanian composer and music educator. She is also the author of books, studies and papers on music. Early years Maia Ciobanu was born in Bucharest and studied at the Conservatory Ciprian Porumbescu. She studie ...

* 2001:

Irina Odagescu Irina Odăgescu-Țuțuianu (born 1937) is a Romanian music educator and composer. Biography Irina Odăgescu was born on 23 May 1937 in Bucharest, and studied at the Bucharest Music Conservatoire with Tudor Ciortea and . She also took summer cou ...

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