The Royal Choir, a youth ensemble under the High Patronage of Prince Radu of Romania and decorated by Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania, will perform the Royal Anniversary Concert dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the ensemble's foundation on July 30, starting with 19:00, in the Great Concert Hall of the Romanian Athenaeum.According to a press release sent on Tuesday, the program includes works by H. Purcell, A. Vivaldi, J. P. Rameau, A. Bruckner, E. Hubsch/Ar. I. Dobrinescu, D. G. Kiriac, Ghe. Cucu, Ghe. Danga, V. Timis, F. Donceanu, E. Whitacre, J. Busto, H. Zimmer/Ar. Roger Emerson, Ar. Mark Hayes.Joining the Royal Choir and the founding conductor of the ensemble, Razvan Rados, will be conductor Eduard Dinu, Andrei Stanculescu, Antonel Temistocli and Daniela Cotoroana, musicians who in the 10 years of existence of the Royal Choir have been active at the ensemble's desk.During the event, under the baton of conductor Razvan Apetrei, the Royal Choir will perform in the company of the Opera Clandestina ensembles, an independent opera, ballet and theater company and the Padma Quartet, as well as the lyric artists Georgiana Dumitru (soprano), Alexandra Minerva Carstea, Isabela Stanescu (soprano), Ana-Maria Ivan (soprano), Alina Silvia Dragnea (mezzo-soprano), Dragancho Najdoski (tenor), Radu Ion (baritone), Marcel Busuioc (baritone) and Mihai Scarlat (bass).The Royal Choir will be accompanied by pianist Andra Demidov, and the host of the event will be actress Alexandra Apetrei.Tickets are available at the tocket office of the Romanian Athenaeum or online at https://ove.ro/sala-mare-02-iulie-2022-2.
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu will be part of the jury that will judge the films in the main competition of this year’s Venice Film Festival - Venezia 82. The jury, headed by American director Alexander Payne, includes French director and screenwriter Stéphane Brizé, Italian director and screenwriter Maura Delpero, Iranian director and writer Mohammad Rasoulof, Brazilian actress, writer, and […]
Romania continues to face significant prison overcrowding, according to the Council of Europe’s latest data, released on Friday, July 18. The 2024 Annual Penal Statistics on Prison Populations (SPACE I) show that Romania is among six countries in Europe with severe overcrowding, housing 116 inmates for every 100 available places. The report, which...
Chris Hemsworth returns to Disney+ in August with a new season of the National Geographic documentary series Limitless, this time focused not just on longevity, but on discovering how to live better. Titled Limitless: Live Better Now, the three-part season follows Hemsworth through physical, emotional, and mental challenges across six countries, with one standout episode […]
The Black Sea 200 Regatta 2025, Romania’s first non-stop offshore regatta with a 200 nautical mile route, takes place between July 21 and 27. Now in its first edition, the event brings together more than 10 boats from Romania and Bulgaria, according to the organizers. The endurance course will start and finish in the Romanian […]
The National Environmental Guard has fined an illegally operating zoo in Dâmbovița county, southern Romania, a total of RON 120,000 following a joint inspection that uncovered serious violations, including the lack of environmental authorization and inadequate conditions for wild animals kept in captivity. The zoo was reportedly charging RON 50 per person for entry and […]
The National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC) and engineering company Enevo Group have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen cybersecurity in Romania’s energy sector. The partnership aims to test and develop monitoring and alerting technologies for cyberattacks, and to improve national response coordination to incidents affecting critical infrastructure, the companies said. The agreement focuses on sharing […]
