The History of Romania in One Object / Ceaușescu's Personality Cult in Paintings
With the strident personality cult that accompanied Nicolae Ceaușescu’s grip to power, our history saga arrives at one of its most dramatic milestones: the last decades of the communist dictatorship, when the descent into economic malaise, moral decay and diplomatic isolation
Sensational Daniel Ciobanu at the Enescu Soirees
The week’s recital at the Enescu Soirees Online features Daniel Ciobanu, one of the best young pianists in the world and the winner of the Silver Medal and the Public Prize at the 2017 Arthur Rubinstein Competition. His rendition of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
LIFE ANEW. Writers Imagine the World after the Pandemic / Ioana Nicolaie
In times of calamity and social distress, it was often the writers who were called to imagine how the world would heal its wounds and begin again. Inspired by the creative examples of the past, we have summoned an extraordinary ensemble of authors and translators and challenged
The History of Romania in One Object / The Lunar Gifts of President Nixon
At the end of the sixties, as socialist Romania embarked on an increasingly independent foreign policy course, the U. S. -Romanian relations enjoyed a time of unprecedented rapprochement. In the aftermath of his visit to Romania, President Nixon presented Nicolae Ceaușescu,
Art Fights Corona - Artists React to the Pandemic - Works & Talks Series
In the middle of the pandemic, artists are finding countless ways to continue their practice and lift our spirits. Eight Romanian artists have taken our challenge with the kind of ingenuity one would expect from highly creative minds and are ready to share with us and the
The History of Romania in One Object / Petru Groza's Desk Phone
The next piece of our History of Romania in One Object series radiates a rather sinister halo as it conjures memories of generalized repression, mass incarceration and temporary loss of national sovereignty. Starting form the desk telephone used by one of the early leaders
Acclaimed Duo Clara Cernat and Thierry Huillet Glows in The Enescu Soirees
One of the classical music scene’s most loved and charismatic couples, acclaimed Romanian violinist and violist Clara Cernat and French composer and pianist Thierry Huillet, grace our virtual Enescu Soirees with their awesome passion and artistry invested in a program
Petru Popescu on Hollywood Inside Out
This week’s interlocutor in the Leon Feraru Conferences Online is bestselling author, screenwriter and film-maker PETRU POPESCU, one of the best-known Romanian names on the American and international literary scene. A Hollywood insider who has worked with A-lister directors
LIFE ANEW. Writers Imagine the World after the Pandemic / Andreea Răsuceanu
In time of calamity and social distress, it was often the writers who were called to imagine how the world would heal its wounds and begin again. Inspired by the creative examples of the past, we have summoned an extraordinary ensemble of authors and translators and challenged
The History of Romania in One Object / The Flag of Lupșa
In 1918, at the end of the bloodiest war history had ever known, Romanians fulfilled their most cherished political ideal: the unification of all historical provinces where they were in the majority – Transylvania, Banat, Crișana, Maramureș, Bessarabia, and Bukovina
Violin Maestro Remus Azoiței Plays Bach's Chaconne in the Enescu Soirees Online
The week’s recital on the virtual stage of our Enescu Soirees is put on by one of the most accomplished Romanian classical musicians, a graduate of the famous and famously impenetrable Juilliard, REMUS AZOIȚEI. From London, the violin maestro sends his regards to New
LIFE ANEW. Writers Imagine the World after the Pandemic / Ioan Es. Pop
In time of calamity and social distress, it was often the writers who were called to imagine how the world would heal its wounds and begin again. Inspired by the creative examples of the past, we have summoned an extraordinary ensemble of authors and translators and challenged