Events

20 May 2014 - 21 May 2014

Prodigious Lucian Ban, Back in Britain

Hailed by All about Jazz as one of the most creative new musicians on the New York City scene, and reviewed by major British jazz publications such as Jazzwise and Jazz Journal,  ingenious composer and pianist Lucian Ban hits the British jazz circuits again,

13 May 2014 - 15 May 2014

HRH Prince Charles, Guest of Honour at the 'Transylvania Festival' in London

For three days, between the 13th and 15th of May 2014, 1 Belgrave Square, the prestigious Romanian address in central London, will become the scene of the 'Transylvania Festival', a major initiative of the Anglo-Romanian ADEPT Foundation, an event organized

14 May 2014 - 14 May 2014

Bogdan Suceavă Launches His Latest Novel at the New Hotspot of Romanian Literature in London

California-based novelist Bogdan Suceavă is the first Romanian author to feature in the RCI's series of literary encounters that will take place at the European Bookshop off Piccadilly Circus. The author will converse with poet and editor Stephen Watts, a

5 May 2014 - 5 May 2014

The Scores of Ascent

Our popular series at St Martin-in-the-Fields continues with a rare musical treat: a recital for pipe organ at four hands. Romania's most famous organist duo, Dan Racoveanu and Fernanda Romilă, are filling the solemn interiors of Trafalgar Square's musical

1 May 2014 - 1 May 2014

Thundering Harmonies

The season of premieres at the popular Enescu Concerts Series continues as our busy chamber hall is taken over by no less than ten wind instruments. Rarely played but widely admired, Enescu's 'Dixtuor', composed for two flutes, two oboes,

29 Apr 2014 - 29 Apr 2014

UK Premiere: Valentin Hotea's 'Roxanne' at the Romanian Cinematheque

The next film to be screened at the Romanian Cinematheque is Valentin Hotea's 'Roxanne', one of the most unconventional attempts by a Romanian director to deal with the communist dictatorship and its lingering aftermath. Set in the city

12 Apr 2014 - 12 Apr 2014

The South Soundtracks the Northern Lights

Iceland Symphony Orchestra will premier several works by ground-breaking Romanian spectralist composers Iancu Dumitrescu and Ana-Maria Avram at the Tectonics Music Festival, which takes place April 10-12 at the National Opera HARPA in Reykjavik. As expected,

10 Apr 2014 - 10 Apr 2014

Romanian Books on Sale for the First Time in London

Romanian books in the original - from the great classics to the latest bestsellers, from dictionaries and manuals to children's books and poetry - will be available for sale, for the first time in London, at the European Bookshop close to Piccadilly

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

9 Jul 2014 - 9 Apr 2014

Exhibition Opening: 'The Allure of Typography'

Despite its tremendous expansion, the e-book has not made the sophisticated art of typography and book design obsolete. Books remain as refined an object as ever and no less desirable. To prove that exquisite typography is thriving, an exhibition of the most beautiful

9 Apr 2014 - 9 Apr 2014

Ancient Delis: Trei Parale Ensemble in Concert

Engaged for more than 10 years in a passionate effort to revive Romanian court and urban music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, TREI PARALE, a group of versatile musicians playing old instruments, has succeeded in rescuing some of the juiciest scores of

3 Apr 2014 - 3 Apr 2014

Sonata in Sound and Word

Virtuoso pianist Matei Şerban Rogoz makes his UK debut in 1 Belgrave Square with an exceptional reading of some of the scores that have made the piano king of all musical instruments. Before the evening's programme, featuring works by Beethoven, Prokofiev