Paris of the East: An evening of French and Romanian songs
To mark the celebration of Francophone week, the Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation, in partnership with the Embassy of Romania and the Romanian Cultural Institute, invite you to a wonderful evening of French and Romanian songs in the setting of the Institute's beautiful
Spring Comes Early at the Enescu Concerts Series
Some of the most promising young Romanian musicians in London and their guests celebrate the coming of spring with an exciting programme of Enescu, Mozart and Mahler. The concert, part of our popular Enescu Series and offered under the patronage of HE dr. Ion Jinga, the
The Crime Season at the Romanian Cinematheque opens with 'a slow burn thriller taken to the extreme'
Every cinematheque has to have a crime season. And what film would proudly open our programme better than Cristi Puiu's dark and disturbing 'Aurora'?Aurora -- that is, 'dawn' in Romanian -- is the moment when night and day meet. 'Aurora'
'Măiastra - The Untold Story of the Romanian Blouse'
This year, we celebrate the National Culture Day together with Grigore Leșe, Romania's most beloved bard, who brought into light and works to keep alive some of the most impressive songs in our oldest musical repertoire. But the event also addresses another defining
The Enescu Month in London: Concerts, exhibition, talk
The Enescu Month in London (23 January - 7 February 2015) is the culmination of more than 7 uninterrupted years of memorable soirées dedicated to the totemic figure of Romanian symphonic tradition and organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute in association with the
London Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Ensemble to Open the 2015 'Enescu Concerts' Series
As part of the 'Enescu Month' in London, the 2014/15 season of the 'Enescu Concerts' Series resumes with the Chamber Ensemble of the London Philharmonic Orchestraperforming George Enescu's superb 'String Octet', as a prelude to the great
Fashion Inside Out
In eager anticipation of London Fashion Week, we invite you to explore fashion as a discursive practice and critical theme in the company of two of the most astute observers of this glamorous and pervasive cultural phenomenon, Sanda Miller and Peter McNeil. The two authors
Enescu, (Un)Known
As part of the 'Enescu Month' in London, James Jolly, Editor-in-Chief at The Gramophone chairs a panel of distinguished Enescu specialists and aficionados, which discusses the great composer's outstanding musical legacy. Accompanied by rare pictures and
'The Duel of Violins'
The first event of the Enescu Month in London is an exceptional display of instrumental mastery, a much awaited extraordinary concert. Violinists Gabriel Croitoru and Liviu Prunarubring their hugely successful 'Duel of Violins: Stradivarius vs. Guarnieri' to
Songs and Textures: Grigore Leşe and the Resurgence of Tradition
2015 starts early in 1 Belgrave Square with an evening dedicated to our spectacular folk tradition, thankfully still alive in a world of urban sprawl and rampant technology. Our special guest is Romania's most beloved bard, Grigore Leşe, the musician who in an act
A View to a Fall: Celebrating 25 Years without Communism
Twenty five years after the fall of one of the harshest dictatorships in Eastern Europe, we conjure a period of turmoil and redemption through theatre's evocative flair. Legendary actor Ion Caramitru, a central figure of the December 1989 Revolution,
Impetuous Young Pianist Daniel Ciobanu in Concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields
One of the winners of this year's Scottish International Piano Competition in Glasgow, talented newcomer Daniel Ciobanu will perform the last act of our 2014 St Martin-in-the-Fields lunchtime concert series. His recital will include, alongside George Enescu's