Events

(C) Cosmin BumbutA debate exploring new interactions between artistic and political practices. What is the social role of the artist? What is the political relevance of the contemporary work of art? With a special focus on the current Eastern European artistic

Premiere screening of two visually innovative video documentaries as a performance with live music and HD projected visuals. Paul Neagu - Horizontal Rain. A video poem dedicated to the memory of Romanian sculptor Paul Neagu (1938-2004). Neagu, who worked

Romanian Triptych: A celebration of Christmas with Romanian traditional ballads, Byzantine carols and archaic ethnic costumes. Director Ilinca Gheorghiu and an ensemble of outstanding young artists will present a performance of ancient Romanian folklore pieces:

Quixote - A feel-good, bitter-sweet concert by Ada Milea on keyboards, electrical guitar and wacky vocals on tour in Edinburgh, Oxford and London. I suppose. . . it's time to fight. . . I suppose. . . it's time to leave. . . Sancho,

To celebrate the wealth and diversity of contemporary documentary films in Europe, various European cultural institutes and embassies in London and the European Commission Representation in the UK have collaborated on Voyages, a ten-day festival showcasing

Mihaela Ursuleasa is a young Romanian pianist acclaimed throughout the world. As a teenager she won second prize at the International Piano Competition in Senigallia. Upon the advice of Claudio Abbado, Mihaela studied with Prof. Heinz Medjimorec at the

After their successful concert in May 2007 at the Barbican Centre, Taraf de Haidouks is back in the UK, this time with four concerts which include pieces from their brand-new album, Maskarada. To complete the bill, they have invited Forty Thieves Orkestar

Photos www. crammed. be       Mahala Rai Banda rock a party like no other. Following their succesfull performance in Manchester this year, we are happy to support the band's return to the UK. The concert is part of a Romanian film + music act in

Following his successful project Impreuna/Together (you can see the performance), Romanian visual artist Matei Bejenaru takes part in the Tate Modern group exhibition The Irresistible Force. The exhibition looks at how economic forces shape our lives,

Aura Balanescu is a visual artist dealing with the mutations produced by the new technologies in creative processes. She combines digital and traditional media like video and sound to explore new art genres and create new sculptural forms. Her most recent

The Brighton Film Festival - CineCity will screen two award films by the acclaimed Romanian film director Cristian Mungiu: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2007) and Occident (2002). Further evidence of the continuing renaissance of Romanian cinema

The times - they are definitely a-changing for Romanian cinema: it has made a spectacular leap onto front-page & red carpets across the world's most famous film festivals over the last few years, culminating this summer with the award