{"id":6851,"date":"2025-09-19T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6851"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:00:43","slug":"survey-85-of-romanians-know-of-george-enescu-but-awareness-falls-among-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6851","title":{"rendered":"Survey: 85% of Romanians know of George Enescu, but awareness falls among young people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A large majority of Romanians, namely 85%, have heard of celebrated composer George Enescu, according to the third edition of the Informat.ro \u2013 INSCOP Research Barometer conducted earlier this month. However, the survey shows a slight decline in cultural awareness compared to 2013, particularly among younger generations.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inscop.ro\/septembrie-2025-barometrul-informat-ro-inscop-research-editia-a-iii-a-capitolul-6-notorietatea-lui-george-enescu-si-a-festivalului-care-ii-poarta-numele\/\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a>, carried out between September 1\u20139 on a nationally representative sample of 1,103 people, found that recognition of Enescu has dropped from 90.6% in 2013.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 14.8% of respondents said they had not heard of him, more than double the share recorded 12 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Awareness of the George Enescu Festival, Romania\u2019s top international classical music event, also fell, from 80.2% in 2013 to 76.6% this year. While 67.7% of respondents believe the festival benefits the country, 10.5% see it as a cost &#8211; up from just 1.8% in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough awareness of George Enescu and his Festival remains very high \u2013 85% and 76.6% respectively \u2013 both figures have declined slightly compared to 2013, pointing to a partial weakening of collective cultural memory and a weaker transmission of values to younger generations,\u201d commented Remus \u0218tefureac, director of INSCOP Research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerceptions of Enescu and the Festival are strongly influenced by socio-demographic factors (for example, 26% of young people aged 18\u201329 have not heard of George Enescu, and only 46% know of the George Enescu Festival, compared with 90% of those over 60 who are familiar with it) and political affiliation (25% of AUR voters have not heard of George Enescu and 35% are unaware of the festival). This highlights divides across generations, education levels, place of residence, and political orientation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The George Enescu Festival, held every two years in Bucharest, is considered Romania\u2019s most important cultural event and a key platform for classical music worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source:\u00a0<em>Inquam Photos \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquamphotos.com\/users\/octavganea\">Octav\u00a0Ganea<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large majority of Romanians, namely 85%, have heard of celebrated composer George Enescu, according to the third edition of the Informat.ro \u2013 INSCOP Research Barometer conducted earlier this month. However, the survey shows a slight decline in cultural awareness compared to 2013, particularly among younger generations. The study, carried out between September 1\u20139 on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}