Music

23 May 2016 - 8 Jun 2016

'Oedipe' at Covent Garden

Featuring Danish star Johan Reuter in the title role and an excellent cast including Sir John Tomlinson, Sarah Connolly and Sophie Bevan, The Royal Opera's first production of Enescu's operatic masterpiece, directed by Àlex Ollé and Valentina Carrasco of

4 May 2016 - 8 Jun 2016

The Oedipe Month in London 4.05-08.06/ London

Idiosyncratic yet overwhelming, difficult yet visionary, momentous yet somehow overlooked, George Enescu's 'Oedipe' is one of the creative triumphs of modernist operatic realm. We are celebrating the absolute premiere of this enigmatic masterpiece in Great

2 Jun 2016 - 2 Jun 2016

Charismatic Pianist Sergiu Tuhuţiu in the 'Enescu Concerts' Series

A crossbreed between a Hollywood star and a piano magician, Sergiu Tuhuţiu has established himself as one of the leading pianists of his generation. With a passionate attack disciplined by impeccable technique, Sergiu excels in the grand Romantic repertoire, which forms

5 May 2016 - 5 May 2016

Enescu for Voice

A musical giant with panoramic artistic interests, Enescu is better known as outstanding performer and symphonic composer. Yet his musical ventures into the expressive universe of human voice, as illustrated by 'Oedipe' as well as his lieder, prove no less daring

4 May 2016 - 4 May 2016

Insight: 'Oedipe'/04.05.2016/ London

Directors Àlex Ollé  and Valentina Carrasco together with conductor Leo Hussain, creative driving forces behind Covent Garden's 'Oedipe', are joined by composer and academic Dan Dediu of the National University of Music in Bucharest, in a conversation

30 May 2016 - 30 Apr 2016

Youth in Focus at St Martin-in-the-Fields /30.05.2016/London

Join us for our annual showcase of talent and exuberance featuring the brightest Romanian students of London's grand musical schools. With a programme designed to delight and inspire, the pianists Sînziana Mircea and Mina Beldimănescu together with violinist Ana

14 Apr 2016 - 14 Apr 2016

Sebastian: Music as Survival / 14.04.2016/ London

hrough his amazing diary, covering almost ten years between 1935-1944, Mihail Sebastian has given us one of the most important moral testimonies of the 20th century. Living isolated and hunted in a country that had descended into political madness, the great writer sought

7 Apr 2016 - 7 Apr 2016

Promises of Splendour: Cellist Andrei Kivu and Pianist Ana Silvestru in the 'Enescu Concerts' Series

Two of Romania's internationally renowned classical musicians, cellist Andrei Kivu and pianist Ana Silvestru grace our ever popular 'Enescu Concerts' Series with a marvellous programme which includes the chamber transcription of the First Romanian Rhapsody,

1 Apr 2016 - 1 Apr 2016

Trafalgar Square, in pan flute tones

Dashing Pan flute musician Mariana Preda joins forces with the British organist Donald MacKenzie for an afternoon of sound marvels in one of the most beautiful churches in London. The programme features works by Handel, Albinoni, Telemann as well as the immortal Ave

3 Mar 2016 - 4 Mar 2016

Imago Mundi and the Sources of a Musical Greatness /3-4 March/ London

We are excited to welcome to London, both in our popular 'Enescu Concerts' Series and at St James's Church Piccadilly, one of the most creative and admired musical groups in Romania. Imago Mundi Ensemble offers a contemporary perspective on the rich Romanian

21 Jan 2011 - 24 Feb 2016

Folk Roots of Europe @ ICR London

The Romanian Cultural Institute in London opens its 2011 Programme with classical music. You are invited to enjoy the works of some great composers who found an inextinguishable reservoir of sounds and themes in the folk music of their countries. The concert is jointly

22 Feb 2016 - 22 Feb 2016

Adriana Cristea and Greta Gasser at St Martin-in-the-Fields

The Romanian Series at the popular St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square continues with a concert offered by violinistAdriana Cristea and pianist Greta Gasser, two rising musicians of the new generation. The promising performers will delight the audience with a programme