Cluj Autumn Musical Festival concludes with concert by Melody Moore and Lawrence Foster

The 59th edition of the Cluj Autumn Musical Festival will conclude on Friday, October 23, 2026, with a closing concert at the Academic College Auditorium Maximum in Cluj-Napoca. The event features American soprano Melody Moore performing alongside the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra.

Conductor Lawrence Foster, an emeritus conductor of the Philharmonic, will lead the orchestra. The program includes George Enescu’s ‘Romanian Rhapsody No. 2’ and works by Richard Strauss, specifically ‘Four Last Songs’ and the ‘Le bourgeois gentilhomme’ suite. Moore is scheduled to perform the Strauss lieder.

The festival, which began on October 9, has featured various symphonic, vocal-symphonic, and chamber music events. The upcoming 60th edition is planned for 2027.