The 20th anniversary edition of the MERIDIAN International Festival, one of the most important contemporary music festivals in the country, organized by the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Romania, will take place between November 1 and 9, in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara and Iasi.According to a press release, the theme of the festival, SONIMAGICON, explores the close relationship between music and image, in all its forms, through an eclectic feast: video-art (3D animations, short films, live video interactions) and new music, contemporary dance and performance, fashion recital-exhibition, underground percussion, hybrid radio-tv show, electronic music and sound-performing installation.''The Romanian Composers and Musicologists' Union celebrates this year the 20th edition of the MERIDIAN International Festival, which has gained notoriety among the most important events in the country dedicated to new music. In 2025, the festival will take place between November 1 and 9 with the theme SONIMAGICON: Sound, Image, Magic, Icon(ic). Established in recent years as a chamber festival focused on interdisciplinary collaborations and electronic music, MERIDIAN, organized by SNR-SIMC, aims to attract the public from Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara and Iasi to the colorful and always surprising world of current musical creation through a unique and diverse program that contains 28 events with exciting titles and proposals,'' the organizers inform.The international scope of this festival is given by the integration of the organizer SNR-SIMC (a structure established within UCMR) into the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), the oldest and most powerful organization of this kind in the world, with representatives in over 50 countries. The festival aims each year to structure the events within the festival under suggestive and powerful metaphorical umbrellas, meant to attract and stimulate the public's imagination, the press release states.The festival is financed by UCMR, ICR and UCMR-ADA.The complete program can be consulted on the festival website: https://snr-simc.org/meridian-festival/.
Every year, on the third Thursday of November, France celebrates the arrival of the Beaujolais Nouveau — the first wine of the harvest, young, fresh, and full of life. This joyful tradition has become a global symbol of conviviality, elegance, and the French art de vivre. In Bucharest, the celebration continues this year with an […]
The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) announced Bucharest’s candidacy to host the Europa League final in 2028 or 2029 at the National Arena, according to the FRF official website. The Europa League final represents a high-profile sporting event on a European scale. Istanbul will host the Europa League final in 2026, followed by Frankfurt in 2027. […]
Three cats from Romania received the top distinctions during the 2025 World Cat Championship held in Bucharest. Wild Forest’s Nordri, an imposing white Norwegian Forest Cat born in Romania, conquered the supreme title of 2025 World Champion, defeating over 750 cats from 35 countries. Nordri’s son, Wild Forest’s Quasar, aged 7 months, was also named […]
A report by the Romanian Court of Accounts, conducted between April and November 2024, which analyzed the organization and functioning of communes and small towns in relation to the population served, shows that, depending on the number of inhabitants, many towns and communes no longer meet the criteria for inclusion in their respective categories. According […]
An association of construction companies from Romania and Bulgaria has won the contract for building the first section of the A8 Târgu Neamț – Iași – Ungheni highway, with a bid of 4.76 billion (EUR 936 million). The contract for the 27-kilometer road can be signed within ten days if no appeals are filed. “The […]
The organizer of the march commemorating 10 years since the Colectiv club fire tragedy, Marian Rădună, was fined RON 3,000 (EUR 600) by the gendarmes because the demonstration exceeded 11:00 PM, the time set in the authorization. Approximately 200 people participated on Thursday, October 30, in the march commemorating 10 years since the tragedy at […]
