Music

3 Oct 2016 - 5 Oct 2016

Dashing Soprano Laura Nicorescu at St Martin-in-the-Fields and St James’s Piccadilly

With a versatile musical delivery and a mesmerizing presence, soprano Laura Nicorescu is a true rising star of the international operatic realm. Don't miss her two recitals bursting with energy and exuberance, which will take place at St Martin-in-the-Fields and St

25 Jul 2016 - 25 Jul 2016

Summer with Piano Tunes at St Martin-in-the-Fields

As summer sets in we are back in the musical temple of Trafalgar Square with a piano recital offered by wonderfully gifted Daria Tudor. The programme will include, alongside George Enescu's 'Bourée', works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,

15 Jun 2016 - 15 Jun 2016

Scores for Scores

Flamboyant Bega Blues Band provides the soundtrack of Romania's second match at the EURO 2016 against Switzerland in an event full of frantic rhythms and adrenaline hosted by the temple of London youth culture. The concert is part of Encore! Euro 2016, an artistic

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