Music

Mihaela Ursuleasa and Chamber Orchestra Virtuosos of Bucharest Horia Andreescu conductor The concert is organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute Bucharest and is supported by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Programme: Ligeti: Romanian Concerto Mozart:

Photo by Damian&BrothersBack to the Roots is a music project which communicates the diverse and vibrant energy of Romanian Gypsy/Lautari music. Back to Romania from the US where he started a spectacular musical career, Damian Draghici set up an 18-people

Photo by Poetry and jazz is a special performance of jazz and poetry, a journey through cultural Romanian reality, in a romantic & sarcastic way. It had its premiere in Bucharest and continues the series of poetic theatre performances by Ion Caramitru.

Christmas concert featuring works by Bach, Vivaldi, Biber, Corelli, Sartorius and Romanian Christmas Carols. When: 29 Nov 2006; 7. 30 pmWhere: St Luke's Church, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NH

Photo by Cosmin Bumbutz for TabuSo many people. . . and I'm so alone. . . Soon the others will come and you'll be more alone. At the end of the 90's, in his quest to reconnect with Romanian roots, Alexander Balanescu came across a couple

Painting by Celia Ward; Photos by Cristina Rai, Anda StefanThe Festival is organized by ProPatrimonio in partnership with ICR London and includes exhibitions and presentation about Oltenian carpets, concerts and hand-on demonstrations of Romanian

CONCERT: ANDREI SIMION (cello) and VICTOR NICOARA (piano)Programme: Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata No 4 in C major Victor Nicoara - Inversion Bohuslav Martinu - Sonata No 1 Andrei Mihai SIMION was born on 18 August 1984 in Bucharest, Romania. He started studying

As we move forward and enjoy the warmth of the new season, two of Romania’s most promising young musicians - violinist Mălina Ciobanu and pianist Mihai Ritivoiu - take the stage of St Martin-in-the-Fields for a vibrant concert of youthful fervour and old-time flavours.

      Karim Said - Picture (C) Allegro FilmsThe Enescu Society Scholarship is part of the RCI's programme to develop awareness in the UK of George Enescu's outstanding music heritage. Launched on behalf of the Institute by Enescu's biographer and

throughout 2010-2011          Invitation to Composers is a unique, two-year project, funded by the European Cultural Fund, that encourages modern-day composers to write new works, inspired by celebrated musical ideas of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries

The Enescu Society Scholarship is part of the Romanian Cultural Institute's programme to develop awareness in the UK of George Enescu's outstanding music heritage. Launched in December 2008, the scholarship is offered anually to a student at the Royal Academy

Young musicians can apply to this edition of the Enescu International Competition (8-27 September, Bucharest, Romania) until July 1. The Enescu Competition is organized according to international standards for musical contests, within the George Enescu Festival,