Dashing Soprano Teodora Gheorghiu in London for the National Day of Romania
We are thrilled to announce that the star of our National Day Gala Recital is the outstanding Teodora Gheorghiu, the revelation of this year's Glyndebourne Festival. The acclaimed soprano will be joined by pianist Jonathan Aner for a programme of pure musical joy
A Celebration of Romanian Composition Verve
The autumn season of the hugely popular Romanian Series at St Martin-in-the-Fields presents impetuous young pianist Ana Silvestru in a recital featuring the British premiere of works by Laurențiu Beldeanu, Doina Rotaru and Ulpiu Vlad, some of the most prominent
Et in 'Arcadia' Ego
The final concert of the 2013-2014 Season of the 'Enescu Concerts' Series takes us on an Arcadian musical journey, guided by the brilliant young Romanian string quartet that has borrowed the name of the famous place of fulfilment and bliss. The
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,
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
Octavian Saiu reflects on Beckett and his posterity at the Edinburgh International Festival
Theatre critic and professor Octavian Saiu joins a select ensemble of British specialists in and aficionados of Beckett, comprised of journalist Jeremy How (BBC Radio 4), dramatist Jonathan Myerson, Derval Tubridy (Goldsmiths College) and Mark Nixon (Beckett scholar), to
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.
Exuberant ConTempo’s Ireland-UK tour continues with three London concerts
The ConTempo Quartet much-awaited London tour, supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute, continues, after Dublin, with three London concerts. The first one will take place in 1 Belgrave Square on 4 April within our well-established Enescu Concerts Series and will present
Exuberant ConTempo’s Ireland-UK tour debuts in Dublin
As a preface to their much-awaited London tour, supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute, the multi award-winning ConTempo String Quartet plays Enescu's expressive String quartet no 2 at the prestigious Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin, with the support of the Romanian
The king of all musical instruments will be celebrated by virtuoso Ferenc Vizi
Ferenc Vizi, a young master of poetic touch and intense execution, offers an exceptional reading of some of the greatest scores written for the king of all instruments. Well known throughout the world for his talent and precision, the pianist will take us through a journey
Warwick Davis and His Guests Discuss one of the Most Extraordinary Stories of Survival: The Seven Dwarves of Auschwitz
We are proud to team up with the Embassy of Israel for a preview screening of Warwick Davis: The Seven Dwarves of Auschwitz, a Chameleon TV production for ITV, which tells the extraordinary story of the Lilliput Troupe, seven dwarf siblings who all survived Auschwitz. The
Award-winning artist Mircea Cantor talks about his work
Romanian artist Mircea Cantor, the winner of Marcel Duchamp Prize 2011, will discuss his work and practice at the Hepworth Wakefield, with support from the Romanian Cultural Institute in London. The event is organised in collaboration with Pavilion Leeds,