George Enescu’s connection to Paris began in his teens, when in 1895 he was sent there to study at the Conservatoire de Paris on the recommendation of his violin teacher from Vienna. At the Conservatoire, he studied with luminaries like Martin Marsick (violin), Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré (composition), and André Gédalge (counterpoint). He graduated in 1899, winning the violin first prize, and was even gifted a Bernardel violin engraved with his name. During his years in Paris, Enescu not