Though outside his native Romania he is best remembered as one of the greatest violinists and teachers of the 20th century, whose most famous pupil was Yehudi Menuhin, George Enescu thought of himself primarily as a composer, even though his output was relatively small. Yet in western Europe his music is still underperformed; his only opera, Oedipe, was staged for the first time in Britain in 2016, 80 years after its Paris premiere.
