Sergiu Celibidache

Marele dirijor român Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996), director muzical general al oraşului München, ar fi împlinit anul acesta 100 de ani. Cu acest prilej, faimosul cor A-cappella Monteverdi din München, sub conducerea lui Konrad von Abel, în cooperare cu solişti renumiţi

Pentru prima dată sunt faţă în faţă, în deschiderea programului românesc din cadrul Olimpiadei Culturale de la Londra (21 iunie - 9 septembrie 2012), românii despre care se vorbeşte cel mai mult în lume: Nadia Comaneci şi Angela Gheorghiu; Ivan Patzaichin şi

Joi, 3 decembrie 2009, la ora 18. 30, la Institutul Cultural Român (Aleea Alexandru 38) va avea loc vernisajul expoziţiei de fotografie România, ţara oamenilor prietenoşi, realizată de profesori şi studenţi ai Şcolii de Fotografie din Varşovia. Fotografiile înfăţişează

Violonistul Florin Paul și pianistul Cristian Niculescu deschid seria concertelor „România în Muzică”, la Madrid, și vor susține un recital dedicat personalității marelui compozitor român George Enescu de la a cărui dispariție se împlinesc anul acesta șaizeci

In the heart of Romania's Capital stands the monumental building of the Romanian Athenaeum, the symbolic edifice of the most significant musical events ever since 1889 and, at the same time, the cradle of the International George Enescu Festival. There is no musical

The threshold between the millenniums is an opportunity for evaluation: tributes, jubilees, festivals. Archives are being browsed, masterpieces are reappraised, and writings are redefined in the current context, then recirculated in today's competition. Everything becomes

A talk with Gelu Barbu Each artist who fulfils his destiny up to the zenith of glory becomes the founder of an island nostalgic about the continent. The creator does not represent a boastful, empty oneness but a world within a world. His original formula is achieved thanks

Born: October 18, 1946 in Brasov, Romania Studies: MusicHigh School in Brasov; Academy of Music, Bucharest (Professor Constantin Bugeanu – conducting, Professor Stefan Niculescu – composition); Academy of Music, Vienna (Professors: Hans Swarowsky and Karl Oesterreicher;Mastership

There is a hidden passion in revealing the Romanian first absolute auditions that characterize conductor Horia Andreescu, the artisan of some essential scores of autochthonous contemporary symphonism. Besides the unknown Symphony No. 5 by George Enescu, discovered, re-orchestrated

The Romanian realm has given great creating spirits to the world, in all fields of activity: philosophers, historians, sociologists, scientists that made epoch-making discoveries, inventors, writers (poets, prose writers, and dramatists), brilliant musicians, painters, and

Now and then, some people group together to form a team. They do it in order to set up a company, to enact a play, or to make music. They can manage by themselves as long as a family business, a play with quite a few characters or an evening of chamber music is concerned.

In an obituary published in the Tages Anzeiger of Zurich, Mario Gerteis draws a suggestive portrait of Celibidache in his youth. A nervous fiery ball, halfway between histrionics and insight, between passion and obsession. His dark locks hanging over his face in disorder,