Music

Winner of the 2007 BBC Music Magazine Award for the best solo CD recording of the year, and of more than 25 top prizes and distinctions, pianist Luiza Borac has gained international recognition through her dazzling stage presence, her passionate interpretations

A string quartet of real musical maturity, together for over thirty-six years, the Iasi based Voces String Quartet are in popular demand in many countries and have appeared at such major festivals as Bayreuth, Bratislava, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Salonica, Salzburg,

Romanian Psalmodic Group Stavropoleos will give three concerts of Byzantine music in Leeds. The Stavropoleos Group was formed in Bucharest in 1994 aiming to revive the Romanian Byzantine musical tradition. The choir has become a role model for the Eastern

Ensemble Raro was formed in 2004. Their goal is to create unforgettable musical moments and to combine innovative approach with rich European tradition of intimate and sincere chamber music making. Ensemble Raro is involved in performing contemporary

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,

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

Transtango is a unique multimedia performance bringing together the acclaimed Alexander Balanescu with Pablo Mainetti, one of the most talented composer of Argentina's New Tango generation. The new works will be performed by the Balanescu Quartet, with a

The second concert in the Enescu Society Concert Season at the Romanian Cultural Institute in London offers an in-depth experience of Enescu's outstanding work with celebrated Romanian-born violinist Sherban Lupu and award-winning pianist Luiza Borac.

A very lively touch of Romanian arts will compliment the opening ceremony of the Romanian Honorary Consulate in Leeds. A highly successful mix of British & Romanian talent, Mukka are the ultimate live band, whisking their audience on a whirlwind journey