Vlad the Impaler Gets Opera Treatment at the Victoria & Albert Museum
We are thrilled to be joining forces with the team behind V&A’s illuminating 'Opera: Passion, Power & Politics' exhibition for a taste of a new opera, written by Romanian enfant terriblemusician Vlad Maistorovici. The fragments of this original new work,
A Myth Revisited: 'Vlad the Impaler' in Glasgow and Brighton
A fresh, imaginative take on Marin Sorescu's revisionist examination of one of Middle Age's most enigmatic heroes,'Vlad the Impaler', staged by intrepid theatre veterans Faynia Williams and Richard Crane, opens in Glasgow at the famous A Play, A Pie
Enescu Concert Series Re-ignited by a Most Unexpected Trio
A flute, a piano and a guitar are a never before seen combination on the busiest chamber music scene of Belgravia. 2014 at the Enescu Concert Series kicks off with three musicians of rare panache and bravado: Ion Bogdan Ştefănescu, the absolute master of wind instruments,
Music Tops Up Our 2013
Right on its last day, we end a year full of concerts, film screenings, book launching and exhibitions with a recital of contemporary classical music offered by accomplished pianist and composer Mihai Măniceanu. Start your New Year's Eve celebration with a kaleidoscope
Inspired by... Britten. Mercury Quartet Revisits the Great Composer's Work
The series of musical events organised by RCI London continues with a concert that celebrates, in an ingenious manner, the personality and the work of the great composer, pianist and conductor Benjamin Britten, 100 years after his birth. Four rising stars of UK's contemporary
Romania on the RADAR: Mercury Quartet Light Up the Forge
The RADAR Concert Series was created by Mercury Quartet at London's trendy and intimate The Forge Club in Camden and represents the ensemble's aim for discovering and showcasing the most exciting emerging composers alongside masterworks of the 20th and 21st century.
Eminescu. The Eventual Crossing
Although he travelled extensively since very young, the towering bard of Romanian poetry, Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889), never crossed the Channel. Belgravia will however be filled by his presence through an event celebrating the enduring work of the immortal poet in an original
A Breathtaking Virtuoso within the Enescu Concerts Series
After a glorious conclusion of 2012, with the Gala Concert offered by famous mezzo-soprano Ruxandra Donose, the current season of the Enescu Concerts continues with a piano recital by impetuous young virtuoso Diana Ionescu. Programme:Ravel: Sonatine in F Sharp MinorEnescu: Pavanne and Sarabande from Suite, No
Romanian Virtuosos in the Pianists of the World Series
Romanian musicians are in the spotlight of one of London's most popular music programmes. The pianist Diana Ionescu will be performing at St Martin-in-the-Fields within the New Music / Young Romanian Musicians in London Series, relaunched in 2011 with the
The maverick of Romanian composition opens our 2012 programme
We cordially invite you to the opening event of our 2012 Programme with an evening of chamber music by the revelation of Romanian contemporary music, composer and violinist Vlad Maistorovici, on Friday 20 January. The line-up of performers includes award-winning
Mercury Quartet with Vlad Maistorovici @ St Martin in the Fields
The Romanian Cultural Institute is glad to continue the partnership with St Martin in the Fields, which started back in 2004, with Young Romanian Musicians in London Series. In 2011, Romanian musicians are back in Trafalgar Square with a line up of prodigies and virtuosos.