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What are the three words that come to mind when someone asks you about Brâncuși? Would you like to know more about the Romanian sculptor and place yourself inside some of his most famous works? The Mirrors of Brâncuși project is an exhibition that invites you to be part of the universe of “the inventor of modern sculpture”. The project follows the basic concepts of Brâncuși’s creation and transplants them into modern technologies so that you have the opportunity to experiment with the ideas that inspired the sculptor, but also to look in his work as if in your personal mirror. Verticality, complexity hidden among the simple lines, emotion and return to oneself – this is what you will discover when visiting the Mirrors of Brâncuși exhibition. Curator: Silvana Dulamă-Popa Production designer: Diana Miroșu Lighting designer: Alin Popa Music: Zoli Toth Video: Dilmana Yordanova and Ovidiu Eftimie Photo: Iulian Dinu Mirrors of Brâncuși is a project organized by the Art Production Foundation, the Resource Center for Active Citizenship and Christian Westblink, with the support of JTI and the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant. *Project financed by 2014-2021EEA Grants as part of RO-CULTURA Program

TVR CONSTANTIN SILVESTRI – AVANT-GARDIST, MASTER IMPROVISER, HOMME PASSIONNÉ Produceds in UK by Anda Anastasescu and Nicolas Gaster Episodes: Prelude. Lead Soldiers. The Little Shepherd. Fireworks. Pictures at an Exhibition. Nocturne. Bacchanalia.

The George Enescu National Museum in the Festival Romanian chamber music works GAUDEAMUS QUARTET Lucia Neagoe – first violin Raluca Irimia – second violin Leona Varvarichi – viola Ștefan Neagoe – cello Maia Ciobanu Trencadis Ulpiu Vlad Pasărea tânără George Enescu Quartet No. 2 in G major Op. 22 Partners: Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists; National University of Music Bucharest

ROYAL CONCERT Under the auspices of the Romanian Royal Family THE ROYAL CHOIR PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF BRAȘOV RĂZVAN APETREI conductor ANTONEL TEMISTOCLI conductor of the choir Jean-Baptiste Lully Le Ballet Royal de la Nuit – Overture (first audition) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 26 K. 537, Coronation CRISTIANA MIHART pian Henry Purcell Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary Z 323, “Come Ye Sons of Art” (first audition) Georg Friedrich Händel Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV 74, “Eternal source of light divine” (first audition) Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea “Prayer of Queen Mary for the Dead” (Poppy Fields Oratorio) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Festival Coronation March TH 50, ČW 47 Soloists: DANIELA BUCȘAN soprano ALINA SILVIA DRAGNEA mezzo-soprano IUSTINIAN ZETEA bass

Claude Debussy – A Passionate Life With ROBERT POWELL & ROHAN MCCULLOUGH Guests CLIVE CONWAY flute & NATHAN TINKER piano   Robert Powell brings vividly to life, through the composer’s own words, the fascinating character of one of the most extraordinary superstars in musical history. Charismatic, fascinating, outrageously unconventional, possessed of great charm and wit, he was a true Bohemian, equally at home in the lowlife nightclubs of Montmartre as in the aristocratic salons of Parisian Society. Rohan Mccullough joins Robert in presenting the unfortunate women who were bewitched by this strange and complex man. Shootings, attempted suicide, adultery, public scandal – all featured in the passionate life of Debussy! Throughout all of the drama of his life flowed the inspired music which shocked the Establishment by its sensuality and daring harmonic language; and how this quixotic genius loved to shock the Parisian Society! His wicked sense of humour, and delight in poking fun, is wonderfully revealed in his own words. Speaking of a society lady who sang his songs, he remarked: “She sings like a locomotive in distress, but her buttered scones are marvellous!” Debussy wrote to his wife while on tour in Europe: “Vienna is a raddled old city where one suffers an excess of Brahms and Puccini. As for Budapest, the river Danube refuses to be as blue as a certain famous waltz maintains it is. The Hungarians are all liars, but charming! But I brought back some marvellous chocolates...”

MAIA MORGENSTERN narrator ANSAMBLUL CONSTANTIN SILVESTRI IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor CRISTIAN NICULESCU piano CRISTINA ENĂȘESCU video projections DAN SCHLANGER director Romanian translation: VLADIMIR POPESCU-DEVESELU Part I Saint-Saëns Les cloches du soir Op. 85 Debussy La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune Dediu Pierrot solaire Act I.                    Pierrot Lunaire Part II Enescu Carillon Nocturne Op. 18 Satie Gnossienne No. 3 Satie Nocturne No. 3 Act II.                  Pierrot Lunaire Part III Mozart La tartine de beurre Mozart 6 German Dances K. 606 Act III.                 Pierrot Lunaire Final: Mozart Five Contradances K. 609 * During some of the instrumental works presented in the performance a videogram will be projected, divided into three parts, on aspects of Arnold Schoenberg’s life and creation.

George Enescu Hall, National University of Music Bucharest The George Enescu National Museum in the Festival Romanian chamber music works LIEDER RECITAL I. BIANCA MANOLEANU soprano REMUS MANOLEANU piano Viorel Munteanu “Visătorul”; “Vreau să joc” from Întoarceri la Blaga Cornelia Tăutu Trias (lyrics by Mihai Eminescu) Paul Constantinescu Cântec (lyrics by Dumitru Ciurezu) Ede Terényi “Altissimo”; “Laudate sii” from Il Cantico del sole (lyrics by San Francesco d’Assisi) Adrian Pop “Alba”; “Mărțișoare” from Mărțișoare și buruieni (lyrics by Tudor Arghezi) Liviu Dănceanu Zoo Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea Chanson d’automne (lyrics by Paul Verlaine) Daniela Cojocaru Muntele Îndepărtat (lyrics by Ion Codrescu) Dan Bălan Clipe II (lyrics by Ion Minulescu) Gabriel Mălăncioiu Stalactita (lyrics by Lucian Blaga) Diana Rotaru “La Ruota” from Soresciana (lyrics by Marin Sorescu) Theodor Grigoriu No. 9, No. 10 from 11 Haikai – Dincolo de tăcere, duhul câmpiei (lyrics by Șerban Codrin)   II. CLAUDIA CODREANU mezzo-soprano DIANA DEMBINSKI-VODĂ piano Mihail Jora Chiot on lyrics by Mariana Dumitrescu Pascal Bentoiu Obârșii from “Five Songs” on lyrics by Nina Cassian Remus Georgescu Amurg de toamnă on lyrics by Lucian Blaga Carmen Petra-Basacopol Zorile-și mână cerbii de foc on lyrics by Mariana Dumitrescu Dumitru Capoianu Vin Țigăncile on lyrics by George Topârceanu Olguța Lupu Capriciu on lyrics by Marin Sorescu Csíky Boldizsár Mint sir az feher hattyu (lyrics Codex Vietoris / 1680 tablature) Nicolae Teodoreanu “Vei plânge mult ori vei zâmbi?” from Lacrima și raza on lyrics by Lucian Blaga Sorin Lerescu “Sonuri” from the song cycle for mezzo-soprano, bass and piano O oră de iubire Op.16 on lyrics by George Tomozei Diana Dembinski-Vodă Uvedenrode on lyrics by Ion Barbu (first audition) Nicolae Coman L’amor, tal volta on lyrics by Miquel Martí i Pol Dan Buciu Arpagic on lyrics by Ana Blandiana Felicia Donceanu “Vreau să fiu cireș înflorit” from Cântece de fată frumoasă on folk verses   Partners: Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists; National University of Music Bucharest

ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL OPERA TIBERIU SOARE conductor George Stephănescu National Overture Enescu Dixtuor à vents in D major Op. 14 Rossini Stabat Mater    MARTA SANDU OFRIM soprano    MIHAELA IȘPAN mezzo-soprano    LUCIAN CORCHIȘ tenor    ION DIMIERU bass

Enescu (puppet) – Selina Colceru Sol – Alexandru Unguru Sică – Valeria Cristia Rică – Irina Sârbu Lola – Mona Ciuta Violinist – Monica Buștean Pianist – Raluca Ouatu Scriptwriter – Emanuel Ciocu Artistic consultant – Cristina Sârbu Director – Mona Ciuta Stage design and costumes – Sânziana Tarța Music – Irina Sârbu   It was the turn of the greatest Romanian composer, George Enescu, to be the subject of the amusing and special musical stories told with such talent, ease and charm by the two little mice, Sică and Rică, the cat Lola and the old rat Sol who, for 11 years, have become the best friends of children (of grandparents and parents!) eager to step into the wonderful world of classical music. From a small village in Moldova, Liveni, George Enescu became one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, an acclaimed and respected violinist, pianist, composer and teacher. In his parents’ home in Cracalia, then during his studies in Vienna and Paris, his three little friends were always by his side and can recount how the little boy from Liveni became one of the world’s greatest musicians.   *Event supported by Dacia.

TEODORA ENACHE-BRODY, CĂLIN GRIGORIU, ANDREI MAXIM, JOCA PERPIGNAN and the CHOIR OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL OPERA Organizers: E-Multimedia and the Romanian National Opera

Béla Bartók (puppet) – Selina Colceru Ioșka – Filip Ristovski Sol – Alexandru Unguru Sică – Alexandra Laura Badea Rică – Irina Sârbu Lola – Mona Ciuta Violinist – Monica Buștean Pianist – Raluca Ouatu Scriptwriter – Cristina Sârbu Director – Mona Ciuta Stage design and costumes – Valeria Cristia, Sânziana Tarța   Sică and Rică, then Lola the cat, arrive in a new cultural space that they try to get to know better. They learn a few words in Hungarian, play children’s games with Béla and his friend, the Macedonian Ioska, listen enthusiastically to stories about folklore collections with the help of a wonder instrument called a phonograph, and even have the opportunity to play folk instruments that were previously unknown to them, such as the drâmba or the tulnic. Before returning to Bucharest, the three friends help Béla present to the children in the auditorium The Wooden Prince story, a ballet inspired by a fairy tale about a prince that is in love with a princess, whom an evil spirit tries to prevent from getting close to the one he loves.   * Event supported by the Magyar Kulturális Intézet Bukarest and the Hungarian Ministry of Culture.

The George Enescu National Museum in the Festival Romanian chamber music works PROFIL ENSEMBLE Musical direction: Dan Dediu Emil Vișenescu – clarinet Diana Moș – violin Mircea Marian – cello Adriana Maier – piano Sorin Rotaru – percussion Ștefan Niculescu Duplum for clarinet and piano George Balint Rhoe for clarinet, violin and piano Aurel Stroe Fantasia quasi una sonata for cello and piano Diana Rotaru Red Hot for clarinet, violin, cello and piano Dan Dediu Viscous Sun for clarinet, violin, cello and piano Adrian Iorgulescu Talcioc for clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion (first audition)   Partners: Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists; National University of Music Bucharest

 CANDIDE Music by Leonard Bernstein Text by Hugh Wheeler, after Voltaire In a new version by John Caird Lyrics by Richard Wilbur Additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Leonard Bernstein Romanian version by Emil Mirasova and Carmen Pațac Lyrics translation and adaptation: Laura Ciochină-Carasevici and Dragoş Carasevici   ORCHESTRA, CHOIR AND BALLET OF THE NATIONAL THEATER AND MUSICAL ION DACIAN CONSTANTIN GRIGORE / ALEXANDRU ILIE musical direction AUREL MURARU conductor of the choir CĂTĂLIN IONESCU ARBORE set designer UNDA POPP costume designer BOGDAN BOANTĂ, ANDRA GHEORGHE choreography SORINA MICȘUNESCU, EUGENIA STOIAN choreography assistants ANDREI MUNTEANU artistic direction   VOLTAIRE Valentino Tiron PANGLOSS Marius Mitrofan CANDIDE George Vârban / Dumitru Filip CUNEGONDA Daniela Bucșan / Miruna Dascălu MAXIMILIAN Teodor Vădana PAQUETTE Tina Munteanu / Mihaela Alexa THE OLD LADY Cristina Trandafir / Gladiola Nițulescu Lamatic CACAMBO Andrei Pleșca MARTIN Stefan Popov GOVERNOR Florin Budnaru VANDERDENDUR Mihai Urzicana / Daniel Madia BARON THUNDER-DEN-TRONCK Arnold Mack BARONESS THUNDER-DEN-TRONCK Ioana Băiașu / Ileana Lenghel CORPORAL Mihăiță Radu CAPTAIN Alin Țintea SERGEANT Alexandru Vasile DUTCH PRIEST Alexandru Onea THE PRIEST’S WIFE Irina Onea JACQUES THE ANABAPTIST Victor Bucur FRENCH OFFICER Marian Chirazi VIENNESE AMBASSADOR Relu Dobrin DON ISSACAR Marius Meragiu THE GRAND INQUISITOR Anton Zidaru PORTUGUESE SAILOR Alois Doboș INQUISITORS Răzvan Rusu, Mihăiță Radu, Bogdan Ardeleanu THE INQUISITION AGENTS Lorendi Rădulescu, Octavian Ștefănescu, Cătălin Cocheș OFFICER Mircea Crăciun KING OF ELDORADO Cătălin Petrescu QUEEN OF ELDORADO Raluca Ciocă SLAVE OF SURINAM Daniel Găină KING STANISLAUS Marius Mitrofan PRINCE IVAN Florin Ganea CHARLES EDWARD STEWART Andrei Pleșca SULTAN AHMET Anton Zidaru KING HERMANN AUGUSTUS Stefan Popov KING THEODOR Mihai Urzicana / Daniel Madia