Artists
Cornel Ţăranu, guest Romanian composer
Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 3 p.m.
Room 1307, Old Main Building, Wayne State University Department of Music
The American Romanian Festival Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster mutual understanding and promote American and Eastern European music and culture. A specific focus of the festival is to encourage cultural awareness and understanding between people of culture, musicians, and artists of the United States and Romania. The festival organizes educational, cultural, and artistic events which take place in Romania and the USA. Founded in 2005, the organization supports cultural exchanges with Americans participating in events in Romania and Romanians participating in events in the USA.
The events planned by the American Romanian Festival Inc. this season will commence with a Student Composers Seminar on September 28 and a chamber music concert on September 30 at Wayne State University, Department of Music in Detroit. This year’s festival guest is Cornel Ţăranu who will hold workshops, lectures, and master classes as well as conduct one of his works. The festival will continue with three more chamber music concerts (October 2, October 6, and October 23) and the 7th Annual Romanian Film Series at the University of Michigan Museum of Art on November 6 and November 13.
Cornel Ţăranu, guest Romanian composer