events  
news  
dossiers
about us  
our community  
contact  
 
Other Romanian Artists in North America Coming soon       Ongoing         Past events
Matei Varga: Debut Recital at Carnegie Hall
Matei Varga is a fresh and exciting new presence in the piano world. Already established as one of the leading Romanian young pianists, his prodigious talent is fast becoming recognized in the United States and Europe. In his debut recital at Carnegie Hall, Matei Varga will perform works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and George Enescu.

THU, Oct 16 2008, 7:30 pm
ZANKEL HALL at Carnegie Hall
154 West, 57th Street, NYC
More information on tickets at http://www.carnegiehall.com/

For more information on the artist visit http://www.mateivarga.com/

ART of the DUO - Lucian Ban & Bruce Williams DUET
An intimate evening with original music, Romanian folk songs, African lullabies, blues and post bop with Lucian Ban (piano & compositions) and Bruce Williams (alto sax, sop sax, alto flute).

SUN, October 5 2008, 8 pm
CORNELIA STREET CAFE
29 Cornelia St., NYC 10014

More information on Lucian Ban here.

Romanian Graffiti for Fela!
The costumes and stage design of "Fela!", the Off Broadway musical by Bill T. Jones, featuring the story of the Afrobeat star Fela Kuti, bear the signature of New York-based designer Marina Draghici, who, with the support of RCINY, invited Romanian street artists Nuclear Fairy, Irlo and Omar to paint the walls of the theater with the vision to restitute the legendary Shrine of Fela Kuti. The American press praises the musical, including its lushing set and costumes.

September 4, 2008
(thru Oct 5)
37 ARTS
West 37th Street, NYC 

Visit also the official website of Fela! A new musical

Related project: 'Freedom for Lazy People!' in the Romanian Gallery

Press Dossier

More Romanian Gypsy Jazz with Sanda Weigl in NYC

This year's Droma Gypsy Festival line up brings together 17 bands and 6 DJs who will be presenting the colorful Gypsy spirit over 9 days (Sept 24-Oct 3). Sanda Weigl (vocals) will be performing contemporary interpretation of Romanian Gypsy music accompanied by Shoko Nagai (piano, accordion, arrangements), Kermit Driscoll (bass), and Satoshi Takeishi (percussion).
Don't miss the other two extraordinary Sanda Weigl concerts this September and October at Barbes and, respectively, Joe's Pub!


FRI, October 3 2008, 7:30 pm
JOE'S PUB
425 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003

THU, September 24 2008, 8 pm
BARBES
376 9th St
Brooklyn, NY 11215

SUN, September 28 2008, 8 pm
DROM
85 Avenue A, NYC
For more info and tickets visit http://www.dromagypsyfest.com/.

Romanian short films at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival
The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival presents a series of Romanian short films, including Megatron, by Marian Crisan, winner of the 2008 Golden Palm for Short Film.

September 18-25, 2008
VILLAGE EAST CINEMAS
181 2nd Avenue at 12th Street, NYC

For more information visit http://www.nyfilmvideo.com/.

Mircea Suciu: How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes
SLAG Gallery presents the first New York exhibition of Romanian artist Mircea Suciu. Using images culled from 1940s and 1950s American advertisements, Mircea Suciu isolates figures, strips away backgrounds and reduces the bold palette of the original Ads to seductive monochromes.

THU, July 24 2008, 6-8 pm
(through September 27)
SLAG Gallery
548 W 28th St, 2nd Fl. (btw 10th & 11th Ave), NYC

For more information visit slaggallery.com.

Mircea Suciu on the cover of ARTnews

Mihaela Buhaiciuc & Leon Livshin in concert at Carnegie Hall
Mihaela Buhaiciuc, soprano, and Leon Livshin, piano, will perform works by Strauss, Ravel, Satie, Enescu, Grigoriu, Ciortea, Jora, and Britten.

THU, September 25 2008, 7:30 pm
WEILL RECITAL HALL
at Carnegie Hall, NYC

For tickets and more information visit http://www.carnegiehall.org/.

Miklos Onucsan in "A Rictus Grin" (collective exhibition)
"A Rictus Grin" is a collective exhibition presenting works by artists that "have each created incisive positions in, and attitudes toward the milieux that they have chosen to inhabit, using public space and the symbolic sphere of mass communications as their media," among which Romanian conceptualist Miklos Onucsan.

June 28-September 6, 2008
BROADWAY 1602
1182 Broadway Suite 1602 (btw 28th & 29th St), NYC
IFC Channel presents "Still Center"
Recent winner of the Best Mixed Medium Award at the Connecticut Film Festival, Carina Tautu's short will start its IFC Channel presentation on May 20.

Starting May 20 through August 24, 2008
IFC CHANNEL
For more info and broadcast dates visit IFC Channel.

Domnica Radulescu: Train to Trieste (book launch)
Domnica Radulescu will sign copies of her recent novel "Train to Trieste" after a public discussion about the process of writing and editing the book with her editor at Knopf, Robin Desser, and Jessica Stockton of McNally Robinson.

MON, August 25 2008, 7 pm
MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOKSELLERS
50 Prince St, NYC
« 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 »