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5 Mar 2020

Enescu Series: Harp, Violin and Piano Concert with Clara Garde and Marie-Bénédicte Cohu

Our popular “Enescu Concerts” Series continues in March with a gala recital by violinist and harpist Clara Garde, together with pianist Marie-Bénédicte Cohu. The two are renowned for ”their natural playing, their beautiful sound and their technical mastery” (Les

1 Dec 2019

The V.V. Tilea Lecture: What Is ‘National’ about the National Day? Romania between Historical Context and Political Project. Talk by Radu Cinpoeș.

Each year, to celebrate Romania’s National Day, we invite a Romanian academic to take a fresh look at an aspect of Romanian history. In 2018, Dr Marius Turda of Oxford Brookes University gave the first V. V. Tilea Lecture, entitled ‘Greater Romania 1918: Some Historical

15 Jan 2018 - 15 Jan 2018

The Romanian Centenary Celebration Debuts with a Spectacular Musical Evocation

2018 is a special year at the Romanian Cultural Institute as we celebrate, through a special programme of events, 100 years since the unification of all Romanian provinces in one democratic state. The first event of this celebratory series, entitled '100', is a

14 Apr 2016 - 14 Apr 2016

Sebastian: Music as Survival / 14.04.2016/ London

hrough his amazing diary, covering almost ten years between 1935-1944, Mihail Sebastian has given us one of the most important moral testimonies of the 20th century. Living isolated and hunted in a country that had descended into political madness, the great writer sought

8 Apr 2014 - 10 Apr 2014

Romania at the London Book Fair 2014: 'All is old and new is all'

Our programme at one of the world's most consequential congregations in the realm of books gravitates around the age-old interplay of cultural tradition and change, the endless crossbreed of legacy and innovation, the inescapable tension between establishment

18 Mar 2014 - 18 Mar 2014

A Kristin Scott-Thomas Tour de Force at the Romanian Cinematheque

We continue our string of Romanian cinematic gems with a feature as memorable as the stormy season it imparts, starring Kristin Scott-Thomas on top of a stellar Romanian cast. 'An Unforgettable Summer' (original title 'Un été inoubliable'), directed

11 Oct 2012 - 11 Oct 2012

Ion I.C. Brătianu and the Making of Modern Romania

Public lecture by Professor Keith Hitchins Opening remarks by HE Dr Ion Jinga, the Ambassador of Romania to the Court of St. James's Introduction by Dr Dorian Branea, Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in London and Dr Marius Turda, Director of the