Violinist Sarah Nemtanu and Polish conductor Jacek Rogala are set to open the 2024 Royal Season with an extraordinary concert at the Romanian Athenaeum, on November 3.According to a press release sent on Monday, the opening of the 12th Royal Season, which became a traditional event in Bucharest, takes place under the auspices of the Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024-2025, a bilateral programme aimed at strengthening cultural relations between the two countries and promoting artistic exchanges.The concert will offer a unique opportunity to explore Polish music through the overture to the opera "Jadwiga, Queen of Poland" by Karol Kurpinski - for the first time programmed in Romania by the Royal Chamber, but also to rediscover masterpieces such as the "Violin Concerto" by Jean Sibelius, performed by French violinist of Romanian origin Sarah Nemtanu, and the well-known "Symphony VI in F major op.68 'Pastoral'" by Ludwig van Beethoven.Over the years, the Royal Season presented exceptional concerts of the Royal Camerata with renowned conductors such as Horia Andreescu, Cristian Mandeal, Tito Ceccherini, Constantin Grigore, Sabin Pautza, Jin Wang, Kah Chun Wong, Tiberiu Soare or Leo Hussain, and also with great soloists such as violinists Shlomo Mintz, Alexandra Conunova, Remus Azoitei, Gabriel, Florin and Simina Crotioru, Alexandru Tomescu, Cristina Anghelescu, pianist Alexandra Dariescu, sopranos Nelly Miricioiu, Cellia Costea, Valentina Nafornita, Irina Iordachescu, mezzo-soprano Ruxandra Donose, tenors Teodor Ilincai, Florin Guzga.The "Royal Season" is a series of concerts performed at the Romanian Athenaeum, under the High Patronage of His Royal Highness, Prince Radu.The concert is organized with the support of the Romanian Ministry of Culture and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Poland, under the auspices of the Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024-2025.
The BET index, which follows the price movements of the most traded 20 companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), closed 2024 up 8.78% compared with the end of 2023. The BET closed at its highest end-of-year value since launch (16,720 points) but 11% below its all-time high of 18,800 points touched at the […]
2024 is almost over, and before making any predictions, hopes or wishes for 2025, I will take this moment to look back and remember the pics that stayed with me most in the past months. I will try to go in the order that I watched each, and I also included all trailers below […]
Update: The government will pass the ordinance covering measures aimed at reducing public spending and the budget deficit, prime minister Marcel Ciolacu announced. The PM said the country was facing “a difficult year ahead” and “we must quickly adopt measures that will protect Romania from possible major financial risks.” The tax on special constructions, which […]
The Government is scheduled to meet on Monday, December 30, to discuss the emergency ordinance covering measures aimed at reducing public spending and the budget deficit. The Ministry of Finance published the draft ordinance on Sunday, December 29. It is available here. Among the measures included in the draft ordinance, also known as "the austerity […]
Romania’s Ministry of Finance (MF) raised RON 2.6 billion (EUR 523.1 million) through its sixth Fidelis government bond issuance of 2024, setting an annual record of RON 16.4 billion...
UniCredit Bank, one of Romania's leading financial institutions and a member of the UniCredit Group, has announced the listing of a new corporate bond issue worth RON 750 million (EUR 150 mln) on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB). The bonds, issued under the ticker symbol UCB29, are set to mature on November 22, 2029. The […]
