The University of Michigan Residential College, the Stearns Collection, & the American Romanian Festival Present a

Romanian Resonance: A conversation and concert with Alexandru Șura, cimbalom, and Marian Tănău, Artistic Director, celebrating 20 years of the American Romanian Festival

Concert & Conversation

Saturday, February 22, 2025, 3 p.m.
The Keene Theater (East Quadrangle), 701 East University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Free AdmissionThe American Romanian Festival celebrates its 20th-anniversary season with a wonderful collaboration with the University of Michigan Residential College and the Stearns Collection. The Lecture-Recital will feature Romanian folk tunes for cimbalom as well as other arrangements by virtuoso cimbalom player Alexandru Șura, who will also speak about the art of cimbalom playing. 

Concert Program

A selection of works for the cimbalom all arranged by Alexandru Șura, including:

Barbu Lăutaru Medley

J.S. Bach
“Badinerie” from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b minor, BWV 1067

“Cimbalom Medley”
Theme and Variations on “La cules de cucuruz” (“Corn Harvest”)

Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, “Moonlight Sonata” 
I. Adagio sostenuto

Khachaturian
“Sabre Dance” from Gayane

Rimsky-Korsakov
“Flight of the Bumblebee”