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.
Romania’s statistics office confirmed the 1.6% GDP growth (+1.2% y/y under the chain-linked volume or CLV methodology used by Eurostat) for the third quarter of the year (Q3), half of which was the result of outstanding activity reported in construction. The positive base effects in agriculture (weak crops last year) and marginal improvement in industry […]
Ciprian Ciucu, the Liberal (PNL) mayor of District 6, secured more than 36% of the votes in the December 7, 2025, partial local elections, earning him the position of Bucharest’s new general mayor. The victory marks a significant step in his political career that began 25 years ago and has steadily moved from local administration...
Update: After the counting of the almost 590,000 votes cast in Bucharest, Liberal (PNL) candidate Ciprian Ciucu won the elections for general mayor with 36.1% (over 211,000 votes), holding a lead of more than 14 percentage points over the runner-up. Anca Alexandrescu (21.94%), the candidate...
The exit polls published on Sunday, December 7, at 9 PM, give Ciprian Ciucu as the winner of the elections for Bucharest's new general mayor. The candidate backed by the center-right National Liberal Party won 32.7% of the votes, over 6% ahead of Daniel Băluță, who was backed by PNL’s coalition partner, the Social Democratic […]
Close to 1.8 million Bucharest residents are expected to cast their ballot on Sunday, December 7, to elect the city's next mayor. The post has been vacant since Nicușor Dan was elected president this May. He had secured a second mandate as mayor of Bucharest in June 2024, having won over 48% of the votes. […]
I am a bit late to the party, but I have thoughts (and concerns) on Radu Jude’s much talked-about Dracula, and even more thoughts (and compliments) on other films that I fear might have gone under the radar a bit. Let’s go! There is no more recognizable marketing asset for the local tourism (and no […]
