So here is my report. First of all I would say he totally impressed the public considering the fact that he is not well known around here. Not many people have heard of him unless they constantly listen to classical music and considering people's faces when he made his entrance I am pretty sure they didn't even know who he was. At least they do know now )

I have to admit that I am quite ashamed I have never seen this orchestra before, I mean they are Romanians, from my own country, I should have seen them before, but no...David had to come here to show me what a true gem is hiding in these kids. They are all under 26 but they already sound like a big accomplished orchestra. I was a bit surprised when they entered the stage because I am used to orchestra members being dresses all black. These young girls had colorful long dresses on, like red and violet, and boys had bow ties the same colors as the girls, quite cute

They started the concert by playing George Enescu's #1 Rapsody, after which David entered the stage to play Beethoven's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra op 61. I've seen him before of course but I have to say it again, he has to be one the most expressive artist ever. It is truly fascinating to watch him "feel" the music, how he connects with the conductor and the rest of the orchestra. And even if it is not the custom, it was impossible to keep the public from clapping after the first part. In that moment the conductor looked at David, I haven't seen his face but David's reaction was cute...he put on the cheekiest smile ever as if he was pleased with the public and then gave him a look as if he was saying something like "well, if they like it, let them applaud" )

People went really crazy at the end of the concerte, some of them came closer to the stage to applaud him and the young people in the row behind me were all shouting bravo. I have lost the number of flowers he got from people and when the official flowers came on stage he gave them to the girl next to him that was playing 1st violin. I think she didn't expect that because it seemed that her hands where shaking a bit, poor girl ) After that he gave a huge hug to the conductor and he shortly presented him some of the kids in the orchestra, probably to let him know how proud he is of them or something, I don't know but the moment was really nice.

And of course he came back on stage for more. He said that he would like to play for us Kreisler's Variations on a theme of Corelli, another round of applause and people shouting bravo and he came back a second time to play Kreisler's Liebesleid. After this I was expecting him to leave because usually solists that are envited to play with an orchestra don't play more than 1-2 encores...but to my surprise he came back a 3rd time, this time without the conductor. He said that it's the first time for him in Bucharest so he wants to play some more. He played a bit of Michael Jackson' Smooth Criminal and of course people went crazy again...I truly believe most of them had no idea he plays this kind of music in general )

And if I was surprised the 3rd time he came on stage imagine my face when he came back the 4th time. I was literally laughing out loud because I've never seen such a long first part at this festival, but who was watching the time anyway? ) So to end it in style he played some Paganini and then they annouced that he will be signing autographs downstairs in the hall. I was expecting a huge crowd and so it was. To my surprise there was this tinsy table and a tinsy chair where he was supposed to sit apparently, but he refused to sit and just stood there on his feet while signing. Of course the memories from Leipzig came back, when I got his autograph and everyone was standing in line and everything was so organized, but this time it was hilarious. He was surrounded by people from all parts with no guards or whatever. A bit of a lack of security but I guess he didn't mind after seeing the public's reaction.
I didn't wait for him to finish because the crowd was simply too much for me and I wanted to go back to the concert for the 2nd part. Some of them didn't return to the concert because they wanted to wait for as long as it takes just to take his autograph. By the way, they were selling there all of his albums, from the oldest ones to the new dvds and after the concert I checked and there was nothing left, zero, they bought it all, hahaha!

The second part of the concert was just the Romanian Orchestra but it was a lot of fun as well. They were supposed to play only Stravinsky's Firebird and Ravel's La Valse, but they went on with 3 encores: some valse but I don't know what it was, sorry, after that Strauss' fast Polka, which was a lot of fun obviously. And then the conductor announced that he wants to finish Romanian style, since they started the concert the same way, and played Hora Staccato

I just love seeing joyful faces, everyone was enchanted by the entire concert, some old guys went to the kids from the orchestra at the end to ask how much they've rehearsed for it )))
Tonight David will be playing again with the same orchestra at the National Bank, but that is a private event, so obviously I don't have access...anyway, I will be seeing him again in Milan in November, so I guess I can wait a bit until then.
So yeah, it was a bliss!! I'm pleased that it was in my hometown and I didn't have to take a plane for this...I guess I am too used to making a trip out of every concert )