Events

29 Jan 2021 - 29 Jan 2021

Contemporary Romanian Art Scene in 8 Gallery Tours | E7/8: GALATECA

We resume the “Contemporary Romanian Art Scene in 8 Gallery Tours” series with the 7th episode, introducing one of Romania’s boldest cultural hubs, Galateca Gallery, a reference point of the contemporary Romanian art scene and a platform for promoting original art

22 Jan 2021 - 29 Jan 2021

Art Fridays: Studio Visit with Visual Artist Ana-Maria Morar

Our Art Fridays series resumes this with an enticing portrait of Ana-Maria Morar, a Romanian visual artist living and working in New York City. A real “observer” of the world, as she calls herself, she believes that materials can carry thoughts and feelings, hence the

28 Jan 2021

The Enescu Soirees Resume with a Seductive Program

The year’s first recital of the Enescu Soirees Online is offered by the exciting Eight Strings duo, formed by Romanian-American violinist Ion-Alexandru Malaimare and violist YooBin Lee, performing together with pianist Ji-Min Sung. The program features an unmissable gem

27 Jan 2021

The Portrait of a Holocaust Survivor: Adolfina Regenbogen

We are marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed every year on January 27, with the international premiere of ”Beyond the Fence. The Story of a Holocaust Survivor,” an eye-opening documentary produced by Romanian broadcaster TVR which recalls the

27 Jan 2021

Oliver Jens Schmitt on the Perverse Lure of Extremism

As part of our Feraru Conferences series, Swiss historian Oliver Jens Schmitt, professor of the University of Vienna and one of the most influential international specialists in Romanian and South East European history, examines the dark fascination of radical political

18 Jan 2021

The Neolithic Sanctuary of Parța / The History of Romania in One Object

The third season of our series The History of Romania in One Object runs in partnership with The National Museum of Banat in Timișoara and the Timiș County Counciland features artifacts, objects and vestiges from Romania’s most diverse region, the Banat. The first episode

15 Jan 2021 - 15 Jan 2021

ESSENTIALS. EMINESCU. ESSENTIAL - New York Essential Workers Read from Romania's Iconic Poet

This year, on Romania’s National Culture Day, coinciding by design with the birthday of our greatest poet, Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889), we think not only about creativity but also about courage; about determination as much as about imagination. We place the celebration

13 Jan 2021

Cultural Values and Diplomacy for the Age of Intelligent Machines

Our program in 2021 takes off with another conversation of the Feraru Conferences series, featuring Ambassador Emil Brix, Director of the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna and influential Central European historian, whose visionary approach has shaped the doctrine and practice

23 Dec 2020

Chef Bogdan Dănilă on Life in the Culinary Stratosphere

As the festive mood sets in, our Feraru Conferences conclude with a special Christmas edition featuring Bogdan Dănilă, the only Romanian to have received a Michelin star and one of the young masters of New York’s exclusive dining circuit. Chef Bogdan talks about the

16 Dec 2020 - 16 Dec 2020

The RCI Digital Stage Presents: ALMOST / A parable of resilience in hard times

After an acclaimed run at the online edition of the Battery Dance Festival this August, the dance performance“Almost”, a parable of survival during uncertain times stunningly choreographed and performed by Ana Maria Lucaciu and Razvan Stoian and artfully shot by director

14 Dec 2020

Colonel Cerchez's Campaign Trunk / The History of Romania in One Object

This week's object in focus brings us back to one of the most important moments in the creation of modern, democratic Romania, the War of Independence of 1877-78. The siege of Plevna and the consequent surrender of the great Ottoman general Osman Pasha to Colonel Cristodulo

11 Dec 2020 - 11 Dec 2020

The RCI Digital Stage Presents: WHEN WE DREAM/ An imaginary odyssey by Verena Koch and Kerstin Pell

The third show of our theatrical miniseries presented in partnership with The Luceafărul Theater in Iași is a story that follows the transformative journey of Felix, an 8-year-old boy dreaming big, who embarks on an imaginary odyssey at the end of which he discovers the