contact  site map   search:       versiunea Româna   
Edition 2009       Program       Artists       Events       Series of Concerts
  
Series of Concerts
Home Page  <  Festival  <  Series of Concerts
 
  Romanian Music of the 20th Century        Enescu and his contemporaries  
Great Orchestras      Chamber Music      Opera and Ballet      Midnight concerts 
Classical music in jazz arrangements 

Romanian Music of the 20th Century
Program decided and proposed by the Romanian Composers and Musicologists Union
Responsible of the project : OCTAVIAN NEMESCU and IRINA ODAGESCU - TUTUIANU
 

 
  Monday, August 31

Time: 19.00  Romanian Atheneum
SORIN PETRESCU
Program: Liana Alexandra - "Cadenza for piano"
Gheorghe Costinescu - "Sonata pentru pian"
Adrian Mociulschi - "Kubufonie"
Adrian Iorgulescu - "4 inscriptii sonore"
Serban Nichifor - "Tango for Ivar"
Aurel Stroe - Sonata no. 3 "en palimpsest"
 
TRIO "CONTRASTE"
Program: Dana Probst -"Zicala Dobei"
Violeta Dinescu – "Et pourtant c’est mieux qu’en hiver" - In memoriam Miriam Marbe
George Balint -"Pe un poem de Eminescu"
Nicolae Brandus -"Ostinato"
Anatol Vieru -"Dubles Duos"
Corneliu Dan Georgescu -"Et nunc et semper"
 
IONUT STEFANESCU
Program: Eugen Wendel - "Aulodie"
Cristian Marina -"Aulodie"
Adrian Enescu -"Ireversibil"
Vasile Timis - Sonata
Doron Kaufman - "Kol D'mamah" (in memory of Cristian Nemescu)
Horatiu Radulescu - "Dizzy Divinite"
Diana Rotaru - "Seduction ritual" for flute, band and ballerina

 

 
  Tuesday, September 1

Time: 19.00  Romanian Atheneum
BIANCA AND REMUS MANOLEANU
Program: Pascal Bentoiu – The cycle "Incandescente"
Valentin Timaru – 3 songs from the cycle "Cantece"
Mihail Jora – "Rasarit" no. 1 op. 48
                   “Izvorul” no. 4 op. 47
Carmen Petra Basacopol – The cycle "Iadul pe pamânt" op. 125
Adrian Pop – The cycle "Funf Liebeslieder"
Pascal Bentoiu – The cycle "Sonete" op. 8
 
"PRO CONTEMPORANIA" ENSEMBLE
Program: Irinel Anghel – "Marty and Gloria"
Mihaela Stanculescu-Vosganian – "Il Gioco degli Innocenti"
 
"FLORILEGIUM" QUARTET
Program: Lucian Metianu – Quartet no. 2
Maia Ciobanu – "JURNAL 2008" for string quartet
Fred Popovici – "lvbeet@op135.com" quartet no. 3 with Sounds
Liviu Glodeanu – Quartet no. 2
 

"TRAIECT" ENSEMBLE

Program: Sorin Lerescu – "Eikona"
Livia Teodorescu-Ciocanea – "Romulus si Remus"
 

"devotioModerna" ENSEMBLE

Soloist: DAN CAVASSI
Program: Cornel Taranu – "Responsorial III" for ensemble
Carmen Cârneci – "-embER” (die Stille, ich) for cello solo and ensemble
 

"HYPERION" ENSEMBLE

Program: Iancu Dumitrescu – "Extreme Point of Gravity" for ensemble and sounds assisted by the computer
Petru Teodorescu – "Super-Novae" for ensemble and electronic sounds
Costin Cazaban – "Hosanna" for ensemble and sounds assisted by the computer
Ana Maria Avram – "Athanor" for ensemble and sounds assisted by the computer
 
 

 
  Wednesday, September 2

Time: 19.00  Romanian Atheneum
"MOLDOVA" PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA from Iasi
Conductor: CHRISTINA DREXEL
Soloist: ADRIAN TOMESCU
Program: Mihail Jora – Prelude to "The return from the depths"
Constantin Silvestri – Toccate and Fugue
Miriam Marbe – Concerto for clavicembalo and orchestra
Mihai Moldovan – "Scoarte"
 
 

 
  Thursday, September 3

Time: 19.00  Romanian Atheneum
"TRANSILVANIA" PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA from Cluj
Conductor: SASCHA GOETZEL
Soloist : DANIEL KIENTZY
Program:

Sigismund Toduta – Concerto no. 2 for string orchestra
Mihai Mitrea Celarianu – "Par ce fil d'or" for orchestra
Calin Ioachimescu – Concerto for sax and orchestra

Soloist : SHERBAN LUPU
Program: Theodor Grigoriu – Concerto for violin and orchestra "Trinity" from the cycle "Bizant dupa Bizant"
 

 
  Friday, September 4

Time: 19.00  Romanian Atheneum
PERCUTION ENSEMBLE "GAME"
Conductor: ALEXANDRU MATEI
Program:

Tiberiu Olah – "Spatiu si ritm"
Liviu Danceanu – "Luxuria"
Stefan Niculescu – "Solo"

 

"ARCHAEUS" ENSEMBLE

Program: Dan Voiculescu – "Trileme"
Horia Surianu – "Syllogisme et Doute"
Costin Miereanu – "Elfen Spiegel"
Dumitru Capoianu – Sonata for cello solo
Nicolae Teodoreanu – "Varis Variatiuni"
 

"PROFIL" ENSEMBLE

Program: Octavian Nemescu – Performance for an instant ("Spectacol pentru o clipa")
Cristian Lolea – "Entropia"
Doina Rotaru – "Ielele"
Mihai Maniceanu – "Sus"
Ulpiu Vlad – From the sound of the earth ("Din sunetul pamantului")
Dan Dediu – "Hyperkardia II"
 
 

 
  Saturday, September 5

 Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
"PRELUDIU" CHAMBER CHOIR
Conductor: VOICU ENACHESCU
Program: Anonim (transcr. T. Moisescu) - "Lumina din lumina"
                                              "Vazându-te rastignit Hristoase!"
Anton Pann - "Troparul Învierii"
Paul Constantinescu - "Aliluia"
Dan Dediu - "Axion"
Liviu Danceanu - "Lili-acul"
Dan Buciu - "Shakespeare in love" (Sonetul 132)
Mihail Jora - "Ma mieram"
Liviu Danceanu - "Lili-acul"
Tudor Jarda - "Hop, Tup, Tup"
Vasile Spatarelu - "Floare albastra"
              Soloist: ROBERT COSTIN
Gheorghe Cucu - "Haz de necaz"
 
CHAMBER CHOIR "I.C. DANIELESCU"
Conductor: VALENTIN GRUESCU
Soloists: ADINA STANESCU, ADRIAN CALINESCU, BOGDAN DUMITRU,
EDUARD STRACNA
Piano: RADU PALADI, MIHAI MANICEANU
Program: Nectarie Frimu - Psalm 102
Gavril Musicescu - Concertul coral nr. 2 (integral, 3 parti)
Gheorghe Cucu - Doamne, Iisuse Hristoase!
Gheorghe Danga - Axion
Ioan D. Chirescu - Pre Tine Te laudam
Valentin Gruescu - Tatal nostru
Vasile Timis - Trei valsuri pe versuri de Mihai Eminescu
                    "Dupa ce atâta vreme"
                    "Si daca ramuri bat în geam"
                    "Adio"
Felicia Donceanu - Pastreaza
Ioan Alexandrescu - La joc
Irina Odagescu - Ie româneasca
Sigismund Toduta - Joc
Radu Paladi - Dar de nunta

Enescu and his contemporaries
 

 
  Saturday, September 5

Time: 11.00  Palace Small Hall
MARIE HALLYNCK - cello
CEDRIC TIBERGHIEN - piano
Program: Debussy - Sonata for cello and piano in d minor
Enescu – Sonata no. 2 for cello and piano in C Major op. 26
Britten - Sonata for cello and piano in C Major op. 65

 

 
  Sunday, September 6

Time: 11.00  Palace Small Hall
FREDRIK ULLEN - piano
Program: Stockhausen - Piano Piece IX
Ligeti – Piano Etudes: 7 Galamb borong / 8 Fém
Messiaen- Cantéyodjayâ
Scriabin - Piano Sonata no 3 in f sharp minor op.23
Xenakis - Evryali
Enescu - Piano Sonata no 3 in D Major op.24

 

 
  Monday, September 7

 Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
CLARA CERNAT (violin) – THERESE DUSSAUT (piano)
Program: Enescu – Conzerstück for viola and piano
Huillet – "Prelude" for viola and piano
Hindemith – Sonata no. 4 for viola and piano in F Major op. 11
Enescu - Sonata "Torso" for violin and piano in a minor op. posthume
Poulenc - Sonata for violin and piano op. 119
R. Dussaut - Printemps
Ravel - "Tzigane - Rhapsodie de concert" for violin and piano

 

 
  Thursday, September 10

Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
"FAURÉ" QUARTET
Program: Mahler – "Quartettsatz" in a minor
Enescu – Piano quartet no. 1 op. 16
Fauré - Quartet no. 1 in c minor op. 15
 

 
  Saturday, September 12

Time: 11.00  Palace Small Hall
KELLER Quartet
Program: Ligeti - Quartet no. 1 ''Métamorphoses nocturnes''
Enescu – Sonata no. 3 for violin and piano in a minor op. 25 "dans le caractère populaire roumain"
Bartók - Quintet with piano
 
 Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
PRAGUE SINFONIA
Conductor: CHRISTIAN BENDA
Soloist: JEAN-PHILIPPE COLLARD
Program: Martinu -"Overture"
Enescu - Intermezzo for string orchestra op. 12
Stravinsky -"Pulcinella" Suite in c minor
Frank – Variations for piano and orchestra
Debussy – "Petite Suite"

 

 
  Sunday, September 13

Time: 11.00  Palace Small Hall
NASH ENSEMBLE LONDON
Program: Bartók - Duos for 2 violins Sz 98
Enescu - Piano Quartet no. 2 in d minor op. 30
Ravel - "Berceuse sur la nom de Faure" for violin and piano
Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht op. 4 for string sextet

 

 
  Monday, September 14

Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
KONSTANTIN LIFSCHITZ – piano, EUGENE UGORSKI- violin
Program: Enescu – Sonata no. 1 for violin and piano in D Major op. 2
Prokofiev – Sonata for violin and piano in D Major
Ravel - "Gaspard de la nuit"
Chausson – "Poèm" op. 25

 

 
  Saturday, September 19

Time: 11.00  Palace Small Hall

ATOS TRIO
ANNETTE VON HEHN – violin, STEFAN HEINEMEYER – cello, THOMAS HOPPE – piano

Program:

Enescu - Trio no. 2 in a minor (1916)
Turina - Trio no. 2 in b minor op. 76
Ravel - Trio a minor

 

 
   Sunday, September 20

 Time: 17.00 Romanian Atheneum
ANA TIFU - violin
GIUSEPPE ANDALORO - piano
Program: Frank – Sonata in A Major for violin and piano
Enescu - “Impresii din copilarie” op. 28
Debussy - Sonata for violin and piano
Ravel - Sonata for violin and piano
 

 
   Tuesday, September 22

 Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
"ENESCU" QUARTET / "DANEL" QUARTET
Program: Sostakovitch - Quartet no. 8 in c minor op. 110 ("DANEL" QUARTET)
Bartok - Quartet no. 6 ("ENESCU" QUARTET)
Enescu – Octuor in C Major op. 7 ("DANEL" QUARTET and "ENESCU" QUARTET)

 

 
  Saturday, September 26

Time: 11.00  Palace Small Hall
ILYA GRINGOLTS – violin
PETER LAUL - pian
Program: Janacek – Sonata
Enescu - Sonata no. 3 for violin and piano in a minor op. 25
Prokofiev - 5 melodies op. 35 bis
Bartok - Sonata no. 1 in c sharp minor op. 21

Great Orchestras
 

 
  Tuesday, September 8

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
ZENTIVA Concert    
"GEORGE ENESCU" PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor: MAXIM VENGEROV
Soloists: ALEXANDRU TOMESCU – violin, HORIA MIHAIL – piano, RAZVAN SUMA – cello
Program:

Beethoven – Overture "Leonora III" op. 72a
Beethoven – Triple Concerto for piano, violin, cello and orchestra in C Major op. 56
Beethoven – Symphony no. 5 in c minor op. 67

 

 
  Wednesday, September 9

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE DE RADIO FRANCE
Conductor: DMITRIJ KITAJENKO
Soloist: REMUS AZOITEI - violin
Program:

Ibert – Ouverture de féte
Enescu - Caprice Roumain for violin and orchestra
Stravinsky – "Firebird"

 

 
  Thursday, September 10

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE DE RADIO FRANCE
Conductor: DMITRIJ KITAENKO
Soloist: RUDOLF BUCHBINDER
Program: Schostakovici – Ballet Suite no. 3
Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini op. 43
Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 5 in e minor op. 64  

 

 
   Friday, September 11

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LONDON
Conductor: CHARLES DUTOIT
Soloist: NIGEL KENNEDY
Program:

Enescu - Rhapsody no. 1 in A Major
Ravel - Piano concerto in G
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concertul pentru vioara si orchestra in Re Major op. 61
Musorgsky / Ravel - Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an exhibition)

 

 
  Saturday, September 12

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
Deutsche Welle Concert

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LONDON
Conductor: HORIA ANDREESCU
Soloist: JOSHUA BELL
Program: Saint-Saens – Symphony no. 3 in c minor "Orgue Symphony" op. 78
Lalo – Spanish Symphony for violin and orchestra op. 21
Ravel - Suite no. 2 «Daphnis si Chloe»
With the participation of the choir of the "George Enescu" Philharmonic

 

 
  Sunday, September 13

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
ORCHESTRA DEL MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO
Conductor: ROBERTO ABBADO
Program: Enescu – Symphony no. 2 in A Major op. 17
Mahler – Symphony no. 1 in D Major

 

 
  Monday, September 14

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
ORCHESTRA DEL MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO
Conductor: CRISTIAN MANDEAL
Soloist : NIKOLAI LUGANSKY
Program: Schubert - Overture in Italian style in C Major
Beethoven - Concerto no. 4 for piano and orchestra in G Major op. 58
Strauss – "Also sprach Zarathustra" op. 30
 

 
  Tuesday, September 15

 Time: 19.30  Romanian Atheneum
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conductor: VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY
Soloist: DAVID GERINGAS
Program: Fauré - Suite "Pelleas et Melisande" op. 80
Enescu - Concertante symphony for cello and orchestra in b minor op. 8
Debussy - « L'Apres-midi d'un faune »
Debussy - « La Mer »
 

 
  Wednesday, September 16

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conductor: VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY
Soloist : DAN GRIGORE
Program: Schumann – Concerto for piano and orchestra in a minor op. 54
Shostakovich – Symphony no. 8 "Stalingrad" in c minor op. 65

 

 
  Thursday, September 17

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall 
SANKT PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor: YURI TEMIRKANOV
Soloist : HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD
Program:

Rachmaninov – Concerto no. 2 for piano and orchestra in c minor op. 18
Tchaikovski – Symphony no. 6 "Patetica" in h minor op. 74

 

 
  Friday, September 18

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
SANKT PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor: NIKOLAI ALEXEEV
Soloist: NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER
Program: Enescu – Suite no. 2 in C Major op. 20
Concert tba
Prokofiev – Suite from "Romeo and Juliet"
 

 
  Saturday, September 19

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
ROYAL CONCERTGEBOW ORCHESTRA AMSTERDAM
Conductor: MARISS JANSONS
Program: Weber – "Oberon" overture
Haydn – Symphony no. 100 in G Major
Dvorak – Symphony no. 8 in G Major op. 88
 

 
  Sunday, September 20

 Time: 11.00  Palace Grand Hall
ROYAL CONCERTGEBOW ORCHESTRA AMSTERDAM
Conductor: MARISS JANSONS
Soloist: JOHANNES MOSER
Program: Shostakovich – Concerto no. 1 for cello and orchestra in E flat Major op. 107
Beethoven – Symphony no. 3 "Eroica" in E flat Major op. 55
 

 
  Monday, September 21

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
ORCHESTRA NATIONALA RADIO
Conductor: ASHER FISCH
Soloist: JULIAN RACHLIN
Program: Berio – Sinfonia
         Soloists : SWINGLE SINGERS
Prokofiev – Concerto no. 2 for violin and orchestra in g minor op. 63
Ravel – "La Valse"

 

 
  Tuesday, September 22

 Time: 19.30 Palace Grand Hall
ORCHESTRE DU CAPITOLE DE TOULOUSE
Conductor: TUGAN SOKHIEV
Soloist: NELSON FREIRE
Program: Brahms – Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 in B Major op. 83
Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique ( The fantastic symphony) op. 14

 
  Wednesday, September 23

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
ORCHESTRE DU CAPITOLE DE TOULOUSE
Conductor: TUGAN SOKHIEV
Soloist: RENAUD CAPUCON
Program: Enescu – Suite no. 3 "Villageoise" in D Major op. 27
Saint – Saens – Concerto no. 3 for violin and orchestra in b minor op 61
Stravinsky – Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)


 

 
  Thursday, September 24

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
UNICREDIT TIRIAC Concert    
SYMPHONIEORCHESTER DES BAYERISCHEN RUNDFUNKS
Conductor: MARISS JANSONS
Program: Beethoven - Symphony no. 7 in A Major op. 92
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Vorspiel und Liebestod)
Strauss - "Rosenkavalier" Suite
 

 
  Friday, September 25

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
ORCHESTRE DE LA SUISSE ROMANDE
Conductor: MAREK JANOWSKI
Soloist: VIVIANE HAGNER
Program: Brahms – "Tragic" Overture in d minor op. 81
Brahms – Concerto for violin and orchestra in D Major op. 77
Franck – Symphony in d minor

 

 
  Saturday, September 26

 Time: 19.30  Palace Grand Hall
ORCHESTRE DE LA SUISSE ROMANDE
Conductor: MAREK JANOWSKI
Soloist: JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET
Program: Enescu – Suite no. 1 in C Major op. 9
Liszt – Concerto no. 2 for piano and orchestra in A Major
Brahms – Symphony no. 2 in D Major op. 73

Chamber Music
 

 
  Tuesday, September 8

Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
Choir and Orchestra of LES ARTS FLORISSANTS
Conductor: WILLIAM CHRISTIE
Soloists: Susanna : Sophie KARTHAUSER, soprano
Joacim : Max Emmanuel CENCIC, countertenor
Chelsias : Maarten KONINBSBERGER, basse
1st Elder : William BURDEN, tenor
2nd Elder : Alan EWING, basse
Daniel : David DQ LEE, countertenor
Attendant : Emmanuelle DE NEGRI, Soprano
A Judge : Ludovic PROVOST, Basse
Program:

Georg Friedrich Handel – Oratorio "Susanna" HWV 66
Oratorio in three acts
Libretto attributed to Newburgh Hamilton


 

 
  Wednesday, September 9

Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
ALEXANDER MELNIKOV - piano
Program: Scriabin – "Deux Poèmes" op. 32
Scriabin – "Fantasie" in b flat minor op. 28
Scriabin - Sonata no. 9 op. 68
Scriabin - Sonata no. 2 in g sharp minor op. 19
Enescu - Short pieces
 
 

 
  Friday, September 11

Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conductor: ROY GOODMAN
Soloists:

AURELIAN OCTAV POPA - clarinet
TEO GHEORGHIU - piano

Program:

Aaron Copland – Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
Mozart – Concerto for piano an orchestra no. 12 in A Major KV 414
Stravinski - "Apollon Musagète"

 
 

 
  Sunday, September 13

Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA "VIRTUOZII DIN BUCURESTI"
"In memoriam Lord YEHUDI MENUHIN"
Conductor: BARRY DOUGLAS
Soloist: DANIEL HOPE
Program: Gorecki – Three pieces in old stile for string orchestra
Mendelssohn – Concerto for violin and orchestra in e minor op. 64 The original version from 1844
Prokofiev - "Andante" for strings
Beethoven – Concerto no. 2 for piano and orchestra in B Major op. 29
 
 

 
  Monday, September 14

Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
KONSTANTIN LIFSCHITZ – piano, EUGENE UGORSKI- violin
Program: Enescu – Sonata no. 1 for violin and piano in DMajor op. 2
Prokofiev – Sonata for violin and piano in D Major
Ravel - "Gaspard de la nuit"
Chausson – "Poèm" op. 25
 
 

 
  Tuesday, September 15

Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
SAINT MARTIN IN THE FIELDS
Soloist and Conductor: MURRAY PERAHIA
Program: J.C. Bach – Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major 288/7
Directed by Kenneth Sillito
Mozart – Concerto no. 17 for piano and orchestra in G Major KV 453
J.S. Bach – Concerto no. 3 for piano and orchestra in D Major BWV 1054
Mozart – Symphony no. 38 in D Major KV 504 “Prague”
 
 

 
  Wednesday, September 16

Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
SAINT MARTIN IN THE FIELDS
Soloist and Conductor: MURRAY PERAHIA
Program:

Mendelssohn – String Symphony no. 10 in b minor
Directed by Kenneth Sillito
Mozart – Concerto no. 17 for piano and orchestra in G Major KV 453
J.S. Bach – Concerto no. 3 for piano and orchestra in D Major BWV 1054
Mozart – Symphony no. 38 in D Major KV 504 “Prague”

 
 

 
  Thursday, September 17

Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
LES MUSICIENS DU LOUVRE
SALZBURGER BACHCHOR
Conductor: MARC MINKOVSKI
Soloists: CAMILLA TILLING – soprano
COLIN BALZER - tenor
LUCA TITTOTO - bass
Program: Haydn - "Creation" Oratorio
 
 

 
  Friday, September 18

 Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
Trio LEIF OVE ANDSNES, CHRISTIAN & TANJA TETZLAFF
Program: Schumann – Trio no. 2 in F Major op. 80
Mozart – Trio in E Major KV 542
Schumann – Trio no. 1 in d minor op. 63
 
 

 
  Saturday, September 19

 Time: 17.00 Romanian Atheneum
BASEL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conductor: DAVID STERN
Soloist: MARIA JOAO PIRES
Program: Enescu - Intermezzi op. 12
Mozart – Concerto no. 23 for piano and orchestra in A Major KV 488
Mendelssohn – Symphony nr. 3 in a minor op. 56 « Ecossaise »
 
 

 
  Monday, September 21

 Time: 17.00 Romanian Atheneum
RADIO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conductor: LEONID GRIN
Soloist: MISCHA MAISKY
Program: A. Schnittke - "Moz-art a la Haydn"
Saint -Saens - Cello Concerto no. 1 in a minor op. 33
Faure - Elegy for Cello in c minor op. 24
Mendelssohn - Symphony no .4 "Italian" in A Major op. 90
 
 

 
  Wednesday, September 23

 Time: 17.00 Romanian Atheneum
ROMANIAN BRASS
Conductor: ADRIAN PETRESCU
Soloist: SERGEI NAKARIAKOV
Program: Shostakovich – "Festive Overture" op.96
Gershwin - "Rhapsody in Blue"
Arban - "Carnival of Venice"
J.S.Bach - 2 Choralvorspiele
            "Jesus bleibet meine Freude", from Cantata BWV 147 nr. 10
            "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" BWV 645
H. Tomasi - "Fanfares Liturgiques"
            Annonciation (Allegro moderato)
            Evangile (Largo)
            Apocalypse (Scherzo)
            Procession du Vendredi-Saint (Lent)
 

 
  Thursday, September 24

 Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
Recital ELISABETHA LEONSKAJA
Program:

Maurice Ravel - « Valses nobles et sentimentales »
George Enescu - Sonate for piano f sharp minor op. 24 no. 1 (1924)
Claude Debussy - « Preludes » - « Le vent dans la plaine »
                                        - « La fille aux cheveux de lin » (I)
                                        - « Feux d’artifice » (II)
Frederic Chopin - Scherzo no. 1 h minor op. 20
                        - Scherzo no. 2 b minor op. 31
                        - Scherzo no. 3 c sharp minor op. 39
                        - Scherzo no. 4 E Major op. 54

 

 
  Friday, September 25

 Time: 17.00 Romanian Atheneum

"VOCES" QUARTET
Guest: FUMIKO SHIRAGA

Program: Schumann – Quintet with piano in E flat Major op. 44
Brahms – Quintet with piano in f minor op. 34
 

 
  Saturday, September 26

 Time: 17.00  Romanian Atheneum
"MUNCHENER PHILHARMONIKER KAMMERORCHESTER"
Orchestra sponsored by Stelian Gheorghe
Conductor: LORENZ NASTURICA HERSCHCOWICI
Soloist: MARIN CAZACU
Program:

Respighi - Antique Dance
Paul Constantinescu - Concerto for strings
Haydn - Symphony no. 43 E flat Major "Mercury"
Haydn - Concerto for cello and orchestra in C Major


Opera and Ballet
 

 
  Sunday, August 30

Time: 19.00  Bucharest National Opera

OEDIPE by George Enescu
Coproduction Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse - Bucharest National Opera

Director: NICOLAS JOEL
Sets: EZIO FRIGERIO
Costumes: FRANCE SQUARCIAPINO
Lights: VINICIO CHELI
Conductor: OLEG CAETANI
Conductor of the choir: STELIAN OLARIU
Orchestra and Choir of the Bucharest National Opera
Soloists:

Oedipe - FRANCK FERRARI
The great priest  - STEFAN SCHULLER
The Shepard  - VALENTIN RACOVEANU
Iocasta  - OANA ANDRA
Laios - MIHAI LAZAR
Tirésias - HORIA SANDU
Phorbas - POMPEIU HARASTEANU
Mérope - ADRIANA ALEXANDRU
Antigone - CRINA ZANCU
The guardian - MIHNEA LAMATIC
The Sphinx - ECATERINA TUTU
Théseu - VICENTIU TARANU
Women of Thebe - SIDONIA NICA
Creon - IONUT PASCU

 
 

 
  Wednesday, September 2


Time: 19.00  Bucharest National Opera

OEDIPE by George Enescu
Coproduction Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse - Bucharest National Opera

Director: NICOLAS JOEL
Sets: EZIO FRIGERIO
Costumes: FRANCE SQUARCIAPINO
Lights: VINICIO CHELI
Conductor: OLEG CAETANI
Conductor of the choir: STELIAN OLARIU
Orchestra and the Choir of the Bucharest National Opera
Soloists: Oedipe - STEFAN IGNAT
The great priest  - STEFAN SCHULLER
The Shepard  - VALENTIN RACOVEANU
Iocasta  - OANA ANDRA
Laios - MIHAI LAZAR
Tirésias - HORIA SANDU
Phorbas - POMPEIU HARASTEANU
Mérope - ADRIANA ALEXANDRU
Antigone - CRINA ZANCU
The guardian - MIHNEA LAMATIC
The Sphinx - ECATERINA TUTU
Théseu - VICENTIU TARANU
Women of Thebe - SIDONIA NICA
Creon - IONUT PASCU
 
 

 
  Saturday, September 5

Time: 19.00  Bucharest National Opera

OTELLO by Giuseppe Verdi
Choir and orchestra of the Cluj National Opera

Director: MIHAI MANIUTIU
Sets and Costumes: VALENTIN CODOIU
Lights: JENEL MOLDOVAN
Conductor: MIGUEL GOMEZ - MARTINEZ
Conductor of the choir: VLADIMIR POPEAN
Musical preparation: HORVATH JOZSEF
Production: FULOP EMERIC
Soloists: Otello - FRANCO FARINA
Iago - ALBERTO GAZALE
Cassio - SORIN LUPU
Roderigo - FLORIN POP
Lodovico - MIRCEA MOISA
Montano - STEFAN SCHULLER (Bucharest Opera House)
Un herald - ALIN ANCA
Desdemona - CARMEN GURBAN
Emilia - LILIANA NECIU
 
 

 
   Friday, September 11


Time: 19.00  Bucharest National Opera

MANON LESCAUT by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Domenico Oliva
Orchestra and choir of the Bucharest National Opera

Conductor of the choir: STELIAN OLARIU
Conductor: KERI – LYNN WILSON
Director: ANDA TABACARU-HOGEA
Lights and sets: CATALIN I. ARBORE
Coreography: MIHAI BABUSHKA
Soloists: Manon Lescaut - DANIELA DESSI
Lescaut - IONUT PASCU
Des Grieux - FABIO ARMILIATO
Geronte - MIHNEA LAMATIC
Edmondo - MIHAI LAZAR
Innkeeper - VASILE CHISIU
Dancing Master - VALENTIN RACOVEANU
Singer - MARIA JINGA
Sergeant - DANIEL FILIPESCU
Lamplighter - LUCIAN CORCHIS
Naval captain - RADU PINTILIE
Ballet soloists: BIANCA FOTA, GIGEL UNGUREANU
 
 

 
  Sunday, September 13


Time: 19.00  Bucharest National Opera House
MANON LESCAUT by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Domenico Oliva
Orchestra and choir of the Bucharest National Opera
Conductor: KERI – LYNN WILSON
Conductor of the choirr: STELIAN OLARIU
Director: ANDA TABACARU-HOGEA
Lights and sets: CATALIN I. ARBORE
Coreography: MIHAI BABUSHKA
Soloists: Manon Lescaut - DANIELA DESSI
Lescaut - IONUT PASCU
Des Grieux - FABIO ARMILIATO
Geronte - MIHNEA LAMATIC
Edmondo - MIHAI LAZAR
Innkeeper- VASILE CHISIU
Dancing Master - VALENTIN RACOVEANU
Singer - MARIA JINGA
Sergeant - DANIEL FILIPESCU
Lamplighter - LUCIAN CORCHIS
Naval captain - RADU PINTILIE
Ballet soloists: BIANCA FOTA, GIGEL UNGUREANU
 
 

 
   Tuesday, September 15

Time: 19.00  Bucharest National Opera

SWAN LAKE by P.I.Tchaikovsky

Director: GHEORGHE IANCU
Coregraphy: GHEORGHE IANCU, MARIUS PETIPA, LEV IVANOV
Scenography LUISA SPINATELLI
Lights: SERGIO ROSSI
Conductor: TIBERIU SOARE
Soloists: Odette/Odile - ADINA TUDOR
Siegfried - OVIDIU MATEI IANCU
Deirfgeis - ALIN GHEORGHIU
The Queen - ADELA CRACIUN
Beno - VLAD TOADER
Beno's friends - LAURA BLICA-TOADER, BIANCA FOTA, VALENTIN STOICA
4 big swans - LAURA BLICA -TOADER, BIANCA FOTA, MIHAELA SOARE, CRISTINA DIJMARU
4 little swans - MAGDALENA RADULESCU, OANA BADANOIU, OANA POPESCU, ANDRA IONETE
 
 

 
  Friday, September 18

 Time: 19.00  Bucharest National Opera
MACBETH by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto : Francesco Maria Piave (based on William Shakespeare)
Orchestra and Choir of the Bucharest National Opera
Director: PETRICA IONESCU
Scenography: arh. CATALIN IONESCU ARBORE
Conductor: IURIE FLOREA
Conductor of the choir: STELIAN OLARIU
Stage mouvement: ILEANA NICULESCU
Soloists: Macbeth - LADO ATANELI
Banco - SORIN DRANICEANU
Lady Macbeth - IANO TAMAR
Macduff - TEODOR ILINCAI
Malcolm - LIVIU INDRICANU
Lady-in-waiting - CRINA ZANCU
Doctor - STEFAN SCHULLER
Servant, Assassin,
Messenger, Spirit I - IONUT GAVRILA
Fleanzio - ANDREW HEYDON TERINTE
Spirit II - EDGAR JABER
Duncano - GEO AUR
 

 
  Saturday, September 19

 Time: 19.00  Teatrul National "I.L.Caragiale"
JTI Encounters    
THEATRE DE BALLET DE MONTE CARLO
"LA BELLE"
Choreography: JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAILLOT
Music: P. I. CEAIKOVSKI
Production: ERNEST PIGNON-ERNEST
Costumes: JÉRÔME KAPLAN
Lights: DOMINIQUE DRILLOT
 
 

 
  Sunday, September 20

 Time: 19.00  Teatrul National "I.L.Caragiale"
JTI Encounters    
THEATRE DE BALLET DE MONTE CARLO
"LA BELLE"
Choreography: JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAILLOT
Music: P. I. TCHAIKOVSKI
Production: ERNEST PIGNON-ERNEST
Costumes: JÉRÔME KAPLAN
Lights: DOMINIQUE DRILLOT
 

 
  Thursday, September 24

 Time: 19.00 Bucharest National Opera House
CELAN - opera in 7 scenes (concert version)
Composer: PETER RUZICKA
Libretto: PETER MUSSBACH
Translation and adaptation in Romanian: SORIN GEORGESCU
Choir and Orchestra of the Bucharest National Opera
Conductor: PETER RUZICKA
Musical coordonation: VLAD CONTA
Stage coordinato: ANDA TABACARU HOGEA
Choir conductor: STELIAN OLARIU
Soloists: Celan - 50 year old - STEFAN IGNAT
Celan - 30 year old - IONUT PASCU
Celan - 10 – 12 year old - STEFAN PETRESCU
Christine, his wife - AURELIA FLORIAN
Hilde, young and beautiful German - MADELEINE PASCU
Rachel, a Jew friend - DORINA CHESEI
The waiter - HORIA SANDU              
Old gentleman / An gentleman /
A widower ailing from Parkinson's disease - RADU PINTILIE
Another gentleman, Celan’s friend / Sport teacher - MIHAI LAZAR
An intellectual / A hooligan / A ragged – VALENTIN RACOVEANU
A Jew / Solomon / A gay - ION DIMIERU
Sperber / A man / A elegant gentleman – VICENTIU TARANU
An old lady / a lady / a tourist guide / a stout woman – GABRIELA DRAGUSIN
Nina Cassian / a "blunt" teacher - ADRIANA ALEXANDRU
A young lover / A clumsy student – TINA MUNTEANU
A future mother / a unlikable pregnant – CRISTINA EREMIA
A commissary/An unpleasant person ANDREI FINTI
A painter / A shy dressmaker CARMEN LOPAZAN
A young musician/ A young nazi – RADU CRACIUN

Midnight concerts
 

 
  Friday, September 4

 Time: 22.30  Romanian Atheneum
RADIO ACADEMIC CHOIR
"TE DEUM LAUDAMUS" Orthodox Men Choir
Conductor: DAN MIHAI GOIA
Soloists: GABRIELA POPESCU - mezzo
CALIN BRATESCU - tenor
Program:

S. Rachmaninov - "ALL-NIGHT VIGIL" op. 37

 

 
  Saturday, September 5

 Time: 22.30  Romanian Atheneum
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF THE "GEORGE ENESCU" PHILHARMONIC
Soloist: BORIS BROVTSYN
Program: Vivaldi - "The Four Seasons"
Vivaldi – 3 Sinfonias for string orchestra
 

 
  Sunday, September 6

 Time: 22.30  Romanian Atheneum
IL GIARDIONO ARMONICO
Conductor: GIOVANNI ANTONINI

Soloist:

MARIE – CLAUDE CHAPPUIS
Program: Il Pianto di Maria
Antonio Caldara - Symphony in b minor for strings and b.c.
                          Grave, Allegretto, Allegro assai (Vienna, 1724)
Biagio Marini - Passacalio for strings b.c. (Venice, 1655)
Claudio Monteverdi - Pianto della Madonna sopra il Lamento d’Arianna(Venice, 1640)
Antonio Vivaldi -"Madrigalesco" concert in d minor for strings and b.c. RV 129;  Adagio, Allegro, Adagio, [Allegro]
Antonio Vivaldi - Sonata in e flat Major "Al Santo Sepolcro" for strings and b.c. RV 130 Largo molto, Allegro ma poco
Francesco Conti - "Sento già mancar la vita", aria from "Il Martirio di S. Lorenzo" for mezzo, chalumeau and strings (Vienna 1724)
Johann Georg Pisendel - Sonata in c minor for strings and b.c.
Largo, Allegro
Sigmund Leopold Weiss - Prelude in e flat Major for lute
Antonio Vivaldi - Symphony in b minor "Al Santo Sepolcro" for strings RV 169; Adagio molto, Allegro ma poco
Giovanni Battista Ferrandini - "Il Pianto di Maria", "Cantata da cantarsi dinanzi al Santo Sepolcro" [wrongly attributed to G.F.Handel (HWV 23)
 
 

 
  Friday, September 11

 Time: 22.30  Romanian Atheneum
ORCHESTRE DE CHAMBRE DE LAUSANNE
Soloist and conductor: CHRISTIAN ZACHARIAS
Soloists: GYULA STULLER or FRANCOIS SOCHARD – violin
JULIE LAFONTAINE – violin
DAGMANR EISE - bassoon
BEAT ANDERWERT – oboe
JOEL MAROSI - cello
CATHERINE MARIE RADULESCU - cello
Program:

Joseph Haydn : Symphony no. 3 in G Major Hob.I : 3
            - Sinfonia concertante in B flat Major for oboe, bassoon,               violin, cello and orchestra Hob.I : 105
            - Trio for piano, violin and cello in f sharp minor Hob.XV : 26
            - Sonata for piano in b minor Hob.XVI : 32
            - Symphony no. 45 in f sharp minor Hob.I : 45 "Les Adieux"

 
 

 
  Saturday, September 12

 Time: 22.30  Romanian Atheneum
ORCHESTRE DE CHAMBRE DE LAUSANNE
Soloist and Conductor: CHRISTIAN ZACHARIAS - piano
Soloist: MARC – OLIVIER BROILLET - trumpet
Program: Joseph Haydn : Symphony no. 8 in G Major Hob.I : 8 "Le Soir"
                - Concert for trumpet and orchestra in E flat Major
                  Hob.VIIe : 1
                - Sonata for piano in D Major Hob.XVI : 24
                - Symphony no. 67 in F Major Hob.I : 67
 
 

 
  Sunday, September 13

 Time: 22.30  Romanian Atheneum
ORCHESTRE DE CHAMBRE DE LAUSANNE
Soloist and Conductor: CHRISTIAN ZACHARIAS - piano
Program: Joseph Haydn: Symphony no. 83 in g minor Hob.I : 83 "La Poule"
                - Concert for piano and orchestra no. 11 in D Major
                  Hob.XVIII : 11
                - Sonata for piano in C Major
                - Symphony no. 104 in D Major Hob.I : 104 " London"
 
 

 
  Friday, September 18

 Time: 22.30  Romanian Atheneum
WIENER KAMMERORCHESTER
Conductor: HEINRICH SCHIFF
Program: Franz Schubert – The Symphonies
    Symphony no. 2 in B Major D 485
    Symphony no. 5 in B Major D 125      
    Symphony no. 4 in c minor D 417 “Tragic”
 
 

 
  Saturday, September 19

 Time: 22.30  Romanian Atheneum
WIENER KAMMERORCHESTER
Conductor: HEINRICH SCHIFF
Program: Franz Schubert – The Symphonies
    Symphony no. 1 in D Major D 82
    Symphony no. 6 in C Major D 589
    Symphony no. 8 in b minor D 759 «Unfinished»
 

 
  Sunday, September 20

 Time: 22.30  Romanian Atheneum
WIENER KAMMERORCHESTER
Conductor: HEINRICH SCHIFF
Program: Franz Schubert – The Symphonies
    Symphony no. 3 in D Major D 200
    Symphony no. 9 in C Major D 944 «Great C Major»
 
 

 
  Friday, September 25

 Time: 22.30  Romanian Atheneum
DEUTSCHE KAMMERPHILHARMONIE BREMMEN
"MADRIGAL" NATIONAL CHAMBER CHOIR
Conductor: LOUIS LANGREE
Conductor of the choir: MARIN CONSTANTIN
Program: Mozart – "Maurerische Trauermusik" KV 477
Mozart – Concerto for piano and orhcestra no. 17 in G Major K 453
Soloist: PETER JABLONSKI - pian
Mozart – Missa in c minor K 427
Soloists: NATALIE DESSAY, Soprano
             LISA LARSSON, Soprano II
             EMANUEL-CRISTIAN CARAMAN, Tenor
             SIMON KIRKBRIDE, Bas

Classical music in jazz arrangements
 

 
  Sunday, September 20

 Time: 21.00  Palace Small Hall
LUCIAN BAN & NEW YORK ENESCO PROJECT
Program: "Enesco Re - Imagined"

LUCIAN BAN - piano
MAT MANERI - viola
RALPH ALESSI - trumpet & flugelhorn
ALBRECHT MAURER - violin
TONY MALABY - tenor & soprano saxophone
BADAL ROY – tablas
JOHN HEBERT - double bass
GERALD CLEAVER - drums
Add from Bucharest – CRISTIAN SOLEANU - bass clarinet

Octet for double string quartet – 1st part op. 7
„Prelude a l’Unisson” from Orchestral Suite no. 1 op. 9
Sonata no. 2 for violin and piano – 1st part op. 6
Symphony no. 4 – 2nd part
Sonata no. 3 for violin and piano – 1st and 2ns part op. 25
Ballad for violin and orchestra (op. 4A) combined with Piano Suite no. 1 (op. 3)
Cello sonata no. 2 in C Major - 1st and 2ns part op. 26
Suite „Impressions from Childhood” op. 28
 
 

 
  Monday, September 21

 Time: 21.00  Palace Small Hall
TRIO URI CAINE
Program: "Mahler and Mozart Re-imagined"

Mozart - Sonata in C Major - 1st part KV 545
             Symphony no. 40 in g minor – 1st part KV 550
             Symphony no. 41 in C Major – 2nd part KV 551
             Clarinet Quintet in A Major KV 581
             Turkish Rondo Piano Sonata in A major KV 331

Mahler - Symphony no.1 in D Major 3rd part
             Symphony no. 5 Adagietto in c sharp minor - Adagietto
             "Only love Beauty” from “Ruckert Songs"
             "I often think they have gone out" from "Songs on the              Death of Children"
             "Shining Trumpets" from "The Young Boy's Magic Horn"
             "I went out over the country side" from "Songs of a              Wayfarer"
             "St. Anthony of Padua Preaches to the Fishes" from "The              Young Boy's Magic Horn"

URI CAINE – piano
RALPH ALESSI – trumpet
CHRIS SPEED – clarinet
JOYCE HAMMANN – violin
TIM LEFEBVRE – double bass
ZACH DANZIGER – drums
BARBARA WALKER – vocal soloist
 
 

 
  Tuesday, September 22

 Time: 21.00  Palace Small Hall
FLORIN RADUCANU & CLASSICAL TRUBADURES ORCEHSTRA
Program: J.S. Bach – Prelude in c minor
L.van Beethoven – Sonata "Patetique"
F. Chopin – Scherzo no. 2
G. Enescu – Suite for piano
 
 

    Wednesday, September 23

 Time: 21.00  Palace Small Hall
SWINGLE SINGERS
Program: Corelli - Concerto Grosso No.8 Op. 6; I. & II. Movement - Arr. R.               Eteson
Mozart - Ouverture to “The Magic Flute” - Arr. B. Parry
Gershwin - Fascinating Rhythm - Arr. A. L’Estrange
Porter - It’s All Right With Me - Arr. W. Swingle
J.S. Bach - Organ Fuge in E Minor BWV 578 - Arr. W. Swingle
Chopin - Prelude in E Minor Op.28 No. 4 - Arr. J. Forbes
Sting / F. Chopin - Until - Arr. K. Fox
Trad. - Amazing Grace - Arr. J. Forbes
C. Corea / J. Rodrigo – Spain - Arr. S. Stroman
Q. Jones - Soul Bossa Nova - Arr. A. L’Estrange
A. Piazzolla – Libertango - Arr. K. Erez
W. Murphy - A Fifth of Beethoven - Arr. T. Hug
Lennon/McCartney - Lady Madonna - Arr. C. Canning
J.S. Bach - Air on a G String - Arr. J. Rathbone
Lennon/McCartney - Ticket to Ride - Arr. A. L’Estrange
Lennon/McCartney - Eleanor Rigby - Arr. K. Fox
J. Mitchell - Both Sides Now - Arr. C. Wheeler
A.C. Jobim – Surfboard - Arr. W. Swingle
E. Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1 - Arr. W. Swingle
Lambert, Hendricks, Lewis - It’s Sand, Man ! - Arr. W. Swingle
Jarreau / Omartian - Boogie Down - Arr. P. Churchill

Soprano: SARA BRIMER
              JOANNA GOLDSMITH
Alto:       LUCY BAILEY
              CLARE WHEELER
Tenor:     RICHARD ETESON
              CHRISTOPHER JAY
Bass:      KEVIN FOX
              TOBIAS HUG
Sound Engineer: HUGH WALKER
Musical Director: JOANNA GOLDSMITH
 
 

 
  Thursday, September 24

Time: 21.00  Palace Small Hall
TRIO NOVIKOV-UNT–MELVIN
Program: "Paintings on Schubert, Skriabin, Bach, Ligeti and Tchaikovski"
 

 
  Friday, September 25

 Time: 21.00  Palace Small Hall
"BACH MEETS LOUSSIER"
BACH COLLEGIUM MUNCHEN
JACQUES LOUSSIER TRIO (JACQUES LOUSSIER -
piano, ANDRÉ ARPINO - percussion, BENOIT DUNOYER de SEGONZAC– double bass)
Conductor and soloist: FLORIAN SONNLEITNER
Program: J.S. Bach: Concert for Violin, D Major
Trio and Orchestra: Concerto in d minor, BWV 1052
J. Loussier: "Gavotte" in D Major
J. Loussier Trio: "Play Bach"
J.S. Bach: Brandenburgisches Konzert no. 5 D Major, BWV 1050
(arr. For Jazz trio and Orchestra)
© Artexim 2005  festival            contest            info            organizers