Ooni Koda
  1. Home
  2. /
  3. Newsfeed
  4. /
  5. Jordi Savall to perform at Bucharest Early Music...

Jordi Savall to perform at Bucharest Early Music Festival, Nov 2 - Dec 5, as special guest

November 30, 2023

The 18th edition of the Old Music Festival will take place between November 2 and December 5, with the special guest of this edition being the famous Spanish violist, conductor and composer Jordi Savall.According to organisers, the festival will start on Thursday, at 19:00hrs, at the Royal Drawing Room (National Art Museum of Romania), with a harpsichord solo by Alexander von Heissen.The artist will perform one of the " Bach's absolute masterpieces" in terms of harpsichord - "Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)." The work is special both because of its special beauty and because of the architecture similar in structure to that of a Rubik's cube.The second concert in the festival will take place on November 4 at the Auditorium Hall, and will offer a "preview" of the harmonies of the music of Rome in the 1600s in the company of Simone Valerotonda and the trio I Bassifondi Italia .During the five weeks of concerts, the public will be in the company of early music elite from Europe and Romania.The special guest of this edition is Jordi Savall, a major personality of early music who marked the last half of the century through his interpretative activity and through his fervent efforts to rediscover some lost or forgotten musical treasures.Together with the Hesperion XXI ensemble, founded by Jordi Savall in 1974, he will perform works by D. Ortiz, G. Sanz, P. Guerrero, A. Martin y Coll, Fr. Correa de Arauxoale, where the sounds of the "old world" merge with those of the "new world."During the festival, the following will perform: harpsichordist Alexander von Heizen (Germany), Francois Lazarevitch and Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien (France), Simone Vallerotonda and the trio I Bassifondi (Italy), Mira Glodeanu and the Semper ensemble (France/Romania) , Martyna Pastuszka & {oh!} Orkiestra (Poland), Elisabeth Seitz and the Nuovo aspetto ensemble (Germany), the Fonte di Gioia ensemble (Romania), the Semper ensemble (Romania), Filotheu the Monk and the choir "Melos paisian" (Romania).The concerts of the festival will take place at the following venues: the Royal Drawing Room and the Auditorium Hall (National Art Museum of Romania), the Radio Hall and the Church of St John the Russian.Tickets can be purchased from the physical Eventim network or online: https://tinyurl.com/FMVB2023The festival playbill can be found at: https://earlymusic.ro/Organised by the Antiqva Association, the Bucharest Early Music Festival is dedicated to early European music, from mediaeval pieces to Renaissance, Baroque, Byzantine music, going all the way to the early music of the peoples of the Mediterranean basin and the Orient. The event tries to highlight the topicality and freshness of ancient musical works, in an always fresh and original manner, with its slogan being: "Discover the novelty of early music."

Read in full - click here
Romanian-born Druid AI raises USD 31 million for agentic AI platform growth, appoints Joseph Kim as CEO

Druid AI today announced it has secured USD 31 million in Series C financing to advance the global expansion of its enterprise-ready agentic AI platform under the leadership of its new CEO, Joseph Kim. The investment was led by Cipio Partners, with participation from TQ Ventures, Karma Ventures, Smedvig, and Hoxton Ventures. Kim has more […]

Average Bucharest driver loses roughly 12 days annually due to congestion, report shows

Drivers in Bucharest lose, on average, 12 working days annually due to congestion, according to Traffic Index 2025, an analysis carried out by the Institute for Visionary Cities. The index compares how much circulation slows down on working days compared to a free-flow regime, for the 41 county seat municipalities and Bucharest. According to the analysis, […]

Romanian Parliament holds moment of silence for American conservative activist Charlie Kirk

Romania’s Senate and Chamber of Deputies held a moment of silence on Monday, September 15, for American conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead at a university event on September 10. The marking of Kirk’s death came at the initiative of the far-right party Alliance for the Union of Romanians, or AUR. Both Kirk […]

EUR 60,000 shelter in Romania's Făgăraș Mountains to be completed this autumn

A mountain shelter is scheduled to open this fall in the Făgăraș Mountains' Curmătura Bratilei area following a EUR 60,000 investment. The shelter, located at an altitude of 2,100 meters, is built by the private ophthalmopediatric hospital Infosan in partnership with the non-profit Carpați Mountain Association and the Brașov Emergency Situations Inspectorate (ISU Brașov). The […]

Trailer released for ‘The Yellow Tie’ biopic on Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache

The official trailer for The Yellow Tie/Cravata Galbenă, a major international production about the life of renowned Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache, has been released, with the film set to hit cinemas nationwide on November 14. The cast includes John Malkovich and Miranda Richardson, both double Academy Award nominees, along with Ben Schnetzer, Kate Phillips, Sean […]

Romania’s cancelled 2024 presidential elections influenced by Russia, general prosecutor says

The presidential elections held in November 2024 in Romania were influenced by a large-scale hybrid war orchestrated by Russia before they were cancelled, according to general prosecutor Alex Florența. Romania’s presidential election was annulled last December after declassified reports alleged Russian involvement in cyber activities aimed at undermining the integrity...