U.S. Premiere of "Balkan Ballerinas" at Battery Dance Festival
We are back to an exciting new edition of the Battery Dance Festival with the American premiere of “Balkan Ballerinas”, an audacious show produced by Romanian contemporary dance company Platforma 13, choreographed by Anca Stoica and Sergiu Diță and performed by Sergiu
BUCHAREST IS AN OPERA
We are excited to welcome you at the Institute for an engaging preview of the Bucharest Opera Festival in the company of some of Romania’s musical stage most dazzling stars. The event will include a presentation by volcanic conductor Daniel Jinga, the Director of the Bucharest
A Tragedy Revisited: The Iași Pogrom
Like every year, we mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a special event that highlights and examines painful moments related to the history of the Shoah in Romanian context. This year, when it is perhaps more relevant than ever in recent years to talk about
Daniel Garbin Quintet in the Jazz Jamboree Series
An eclectic program of sophisticated tunes infused by various ethnic musical traditionsThe new year’s first concert in our Jazz Jamboree series presents the effervescent Daniel Garbin Quintet (Daniel Garbin - guitar, sitar, compositions, Scott Litroff - alto saxophone,
Amplu turneu de lansare în Statele Unite a volumului de memorii semnat de Dennis Deletant, unul dintre cei mai reputați specialiști străini în istoria României
Professor Dennis Deletant, the celebrated scholar of Romanian communism, once considered by Nicolae Ceaușescu an enemy of the state, returns to America for a launching tour of his recently published book of memoirs, entitled In Search of Romania (Hurst, 2022), a hugely
RCI New York Reads Adriana Carcu and Ioana Ieronim
Two of the most compelling Romanian authors living abroad, Adriana Carcu from Heidelberg, Germany, and Ioana Ieronim from Washington, D. C. , reunite at the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York to entice their American readers with their newest books in English - The
Implacable Time: Carmen Firan and Adrian Sângeorzan Discuss Their Latest Books in English
Writers Carmen Firan and Adrian Sângeorzan, the prolific power couple of Romanian-American letters, have turned the long days of the pandemic into a fertile ambiance that allowed them to finish some long-in-the-waiting literary projects. Join us on April 29 for the launching
Art Fridays: Studio Conversations with Ioan Iacob
Ioan Iacob (b. 1954), a native of Sibiu in Transylvania who now calls Düsseldorf (Germany) his home, is one of the most appreciated Romanian artists living abroad. He is a graduate of Düsseldorf’s Academy of Fine Arts where he studied with Professor Gothard Graubner,
Ioana Ieronim / LIFE ANEW. Writers Imagine the World after the Pandemic
In times of calamity and social distress, it was often the writers who were called to imagine how the world would heal its wounds and begin again. Inspired by the creative examples of the past, we have summoned an extraordinary ensemble of authors and translators and challenged
Carmen Firan / LIFE ANEW. Writers Imagine the World after the Pandemic
In times of calamity and social distress, it was often the writers who were called to imagine how the world would heal its wounds and begin again. Inspired by the creative examples of the past, we have summoned an extraordinary ensemble of authors and translators and challenged
Sensational Daniel Ciobanu at the Enescu Soirees
The week’s recital at the Enescu Soirees Online features Daniel Ciobanu, one of the best young pianists in the world and the winner of the Silver Medal and the Public Prize at the 2017 Arthur Rubinstein Competition. His rendition of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
PlaCello Ensemble: Overtures to (Re)Open Everything
Intrepid cellist Răzvan Suma's latest project, PlaCello Ensemble, formed with other three younger cellists, Ștefan Cazacu, Ella Bokor and Mircea Marian, has put up a program of sparkling baroque and classical overtures by Charpentier, Mozart, Rossini, and Händel.