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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251026T193000
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DTSTAMP:20260423T152137
CREATED:20250919T135650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T183840Z
UID:2686-1761507000-1761507000@americanromanianfestival.org
SUMMARY:From Afar: Quartets by Grigoriu\, Smetana\, and More / October 26\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nFrom Afar: Quartets by Grigoriu\, Smetana\, and More\nChamber Music Concert\nSunday\, October 26\, 2025\, 7 p.m.\nKerrytown Concert House\n415 N. 4th Ave.\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]BUY TICKETS[vc_empty_space height=”25px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Join the American Romanian Festival for an intimate evening of chamber music performed by musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. From Afar: Quartets by Grigoriu\, Smetana\, and More presents a program where tradition and innovation meet\, featuring Ionica Pop’s Impresii din România\, a recent work commissioned by the Festival\, and Theodor Grigoriu’s evocative On the River Argeș\, inspired by Romanian folk melodies and poetic imagery. The concert also includes Ciprian Porumbescu’s beloved Ballad in a new arrangement for string quartet\, alongside Bedřich Smetana’s powerful String Quartet in E Minor\, “From My Life”—a work that transcends borders with its deeply personal reflections on love\, loss\, and resilience. Experience music that whispers across time and geography\, offering both heartfelt nostalgia and bold expression.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text css=””] \nArtists\nSujin Lim\, violin\nMarian Tanau\, violin\nEva Stern\, viola\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello\nIonica Pop\, visiting composer[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1347″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/sujin-lim/”][vc_single_image image=”1657″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/marian-tanau/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2409″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/eva-stern/”][vc_single_image image=”1350″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/david-ledoux”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2366″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/shannon-orme/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=””] \nConcert Program\nIonica Pop (b. 1967)\nImpresii din România (2024)\n••• Commissioned by the American Romanian Festival. •••\n \nTheodor Grigoriu (1926-2014) \nOn the River Arges (1953) \nI. Ballade: Moderato poco rubato\nII. Dance with flute\nIII. A la sorce: Lento soave\nIV. The small willow: Allegro molto \nINTERMISSION \nCiprian Porumbescu (1853-1883) arr. Jeremy Crosmer \nBallad (1880) \nBedrich Smetana (1824-1884) \nString Quartet in E minor “From My Life” \nAllegro vivo appassionato\nAllegro moderato a la Polka\nLargo sostenuto\nVivace[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/from-afar-quartets-by-grigoriu-smetana-and-more-october-26-2025/
LOCATION:Kerrytown Concert House\,  415 N 4th Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024/25 American Romanian Festival,American Romanian Festival Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251025T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251025T140000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152137
CREATED:20250919T135647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250928T185054Z
UID:2683-1761400800-1761400800@americanromanianfestival.org
SUMMARY:From Afar: Romanian Musical Colors / October 25\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nFrom Afar: Romanian Musical Colors\nChamber Music Concert\nSaturday\, October 25\, 2025\, 2 p.m.\nSteinway Piano Gallery Detroit\n2700 E. West Maple Road\, Commerce Charter Township\, MI 48390 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]BUY TICKETS[vc_empty_space height=”25px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Join the American Romanian Festival for an intimate afternoon of chamber music performed by musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Romanian Musical Colors presents a program where tradition and innovation meet\, featuring Ionica Pop’s Impresii din România\, a recent work commissioned by the Festival\, and Theodor Grigoriu’s evocative On the River Argeș\, inspired by Romanian folk melodies and poetic imagery. The concert also includes Ciprian Porumbescu’s beloved Ballad in a new arrangement for string quartet\, alongside Ion Dumitrescu’s joyous and dynamic String Quartet in C Major No.1—a work that transcends borders with its joyous music inspired by Romanian folk dances. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text css=””] \nArtists\nSujin Lim\, violin\nMarian Tanau\, violin\nEva Stern\, viola\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello\nIonica Pop\, visiting composer[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1347″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/sujin-lim/”][vc_single_image image=”1657″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/marian-tanau/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2409″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/eva-stern/”][vc_single_image image=”1350″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/david-ledoux”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2366″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/shannon-orme/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=””] \nConcert Program\nIonica Pop (b. 1967)\nImpresii din România (2024)\n••• Commissioned by the American Romanian Festival. •••\n \nTheodor Grigoriu (1926-2014) \nOn the River Arges (1953) \nI. Ballade: Moderato poco rubato\nII. Dance with flute\nIII. A la sorce: Lento soave\nIV. The small willow: Allegro molto \nINTERMISSION \nCiprian Porumbescu (1853-1883) arr. Jeremy Crosmer \nBallad (1880) \nIon Dumitrescu (1913-1996) \nString Quartet No. 1 in C Major\nI. Allegro con brio\nII. Andante soave molto semplice\nIII. Allegro scherzando giusto e rustico\nIV. Allegro risoluto[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/from-afar-romanian-musical-colors-october-25-2025/
LOCATION:Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024/25 American Romanian Festival,American Romanian Festival Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250320T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250320T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152137
CREATED:20250105T184130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250117T223412Z
UID:2625-1742497200-1742497200@americanromanianfestival.org
SUMMARY:Different Trains / March 20\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nDifferent Trains\nChamber Music Concert\nThursday\, March 20\, 2025 / 7 p.m.\nWasserman Projects\, 3434 Russell St\, #502\, Detroit\, MI 48207[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]BUY TICKETS[vc_empty_space height=”25px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nThe American Romanian Festival celebrates its 20th-anniversary season with an evening of works centered around travel that’s sure to cure the wanderlust in us all. First on the program is a recently commissioned piece by Ionica Pop\, Impresii din România\, that reflects the joy of celebration and the need for human communion and peace through music. In The Seven Dreams of Frida Kahlo for Clarinet and String Quartet\, composer Ovidiu Marinescu takes us on an imaginary journey of dreams\, from Mayan ritual dances to mariachi music to bebop jazz—which Frida Kahlo heard in New York in her travels with partner Diego Rivera—to an Arabic dream and pagan dance with Russian flair. Lastly\, Steve Reich’s Different Trains for String Quartet and Pre-Recorded Performance Tape expresses the basic idea that carefully chosen speech recordings can generate musical materials for musical instruments. The piece is inspired by the composer’s childhood: When he was only 1 year old\, Reich’s parents separated. His mother moved to Los Angeles while his father remained in New York. He traveled back and forth by train frequently between New York and Los Angeles from 1939 to 1942\, accompanied by the governess. Different Trains is a reflection of Reich’s realization that as a Jew\, had he been in Europe during those years\, he easily could have been riding a very different kind of train. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text css=””] \nArtists\nSujin Lim\, violin\nMarian Tanau\, violin\nEva Stern\, viola\nDavid LeDoux\, cello\nShannon Orme\, clarinet[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1347″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/sujin-lim/”][vc_single_image image=”1657″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/marian-tanau/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2409″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/eva-stern/”][vc_single_image image=”711″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/david-ledoux”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2538″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/shannon-orme/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=””] \nConcert Program\nIonica Pop (b. 1967)\nImpresii din România (2024)\n••• Commissioned by the American Romanian Festival. •••\n \nOvidiu Marinescu (b. 1965)\nThe Seven Dreams of Frida Kahlo for Clarinet and String Quartet (2023)\nI. Prologue\nII. New York\nIII. Mayan Ritual Dance\nIV. Amor. Bésame—Homage to Consuelo Velasquez (1940)\nV. Caravan\nVI. Trotsky: Love\, Death and Punishment\nVII. Black Angel \nINTERMISSION \nSteven Reich (b. 1936)\nDifferent Trains for String Quartet and Pre-Recorded Performance Tape (1988)\nI. America—Before the War\nII. Europe—During the War\nIII. After the War\n(Played without pause)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/different-trains-march-20-2025/
LOCATION:Wasserman Projects\, 3434 Russell Street\, #502\, Detroit\, 48207\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024/25 American Romanian Festival,American Romanian Festival Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250223T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250223T193000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152137
CREATED:20240905T110744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250105T192547Z
UID:2523-1740339000-1740339000@americanromanianfestival.org
SUMMARY:Romanian Echoes / February 23\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nThe University of Michigan Residential College & The American Romanian Festival Present:\nRomanian Echoes\nChamber Music Concert\nSunday\, February 23\, 2025 / 7:30 p.m.\nKerrytown Concert House\, 415 N 4th Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Buy Tickets[vc_empty_space height=”25px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe American Romanian Festival celebrates its 20th-anniversary season with an evening of unique music by Enescu and other Romanian composers. Also featured are works for cimbalom\, including a recent commission by composer Colin Martin for string quartet and cimbalom. Enjoy an evening of lyrical lines\, dynamic and punctuated rhythms\, and Romanian flair. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nJennifer Goltz\, soprano\nKyoko Kashiwagi\, violin\nMarian Tanau\, violin\nEva Stern\, viola\nKatri Ervamaa\, cello\nAlexandru Şura\, cimbalom\nNaki Sung Kripfgans\, piano[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2553″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/jennifer-goltz/”][vc_single_image image=”2559″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/kyoko-kashiwagi/”][vc_single_image image=”1657″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/marian-tanau/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2409″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/eva-stern/”][vc_single_image image=”2556″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/katri-ervamaa/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1417″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/katri-ervamaa/”][vc_single_image image=”2551″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/naki-sung-kripfgans/”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=””] \nConcert Program\nFelicia Donceanu (1931–2022)\n“Cu Penetul”\n“La mijloc de codru des”\n(Text by Mihai Eminescu) \n“Coşarul alb”\n“Nici nu-ţi pasă”\n“Noaptea”\n(Text by Tudor Arghezi) \n“Paşii”\n(Text by George Călinescu) \nColin Martin (b. 1993)\nHammered Light \narr. Alexandru Șura\nCimbalom medley \nGeorge Enescu (1881–1955) \nPiano Quartet\, No. 1\, Op. 16 (1909)               \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/romanian-echoes-february-23-2025/
LOCATION:Kerrytown Concert House\,  415 N 4th Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024/25 American Romanian Festival,American Romanian Festival Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250222T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250222T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152137
CREATED:20250105T040229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T020750Z
UID:2630-1740236400-1740236400@americanromanianfestival.org
SUMMARY:Romanian Resonance: A Conversation and Concert with Alexandru Șura & Marian Tănău / February 22\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nThe University of Michigan Residential College\, the Stearns Collection\, & the American Romanian Festival Present a\nRomanian Resonance: A conversation and concert with Alexandru Șura\, cimbalom\, and Marian Tănău\, Artistic Director\, celebrating 20 years of the American Romanian Festival\nConcert & Conversation\nSaturday\, February 22\, 2025\, 3 p.m.\nThe Keene Theater (East Quadrangle)\, 701 East University Avenue\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 \nFree 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. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text css=””] \nArtists\nKyoko Kashiwagi\, violin\nMarian Tănău\, violin\nEva Stern\, viola\nKatri Ervamaa\, cello\nAlexandru Şura\, cimbalom[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″]\n\n\n	\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		Kyoko Kashiwagi\n	\n\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		Katri Ervamaa\n	\n\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		Eva Stern\n	\n\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		Alexandru Şura\n	\n\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		Marian Tanau\n	\n\n	\n	\n	\n[/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=””] \nConcert Program\nA selection of works for the cimbalom all arranged by Alexandru Șura\, including: \nBarbu Lăutaru Medley \nJ.S. Bach\n“Badinerie” from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b minor\, BWV 1067 \n“Cimbalom Medley”\nTheme and Variations on “La cules de cucuruz” (“Corn Harvest”) \nBeethoven\nPiano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor\, Op. 27\, “Moonlight Sonata” \nI. Adagio sostenuto \nKhachaturian\n“Sabre Dance” from Gayane \nRimsky-Korsakov\n“Flight of the Bumblebee”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/romanian-resonance-a-conversation-and-concert-with-alexandru-sura-marian-tanau-february-22-2025/
LOCATION:The Keene Theater (East Quadrangle)\, 701 East University Avenue\, Ann Arbor\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024/25 American Romanian Festival,American Romanian Festival Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250131T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250131T193000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152137
CREATED:20240905T103933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250105T184152Z
UID:2518-1738351800-1738351800@americanromanianfestival.org
SUMMARY:Into the Shadows / January 31\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nChamber Music Concert\nInto the Shadows\nFriday\, January 31\, 2025 / 7:30 p.m.\nKerrytown Concert House\, 415 N 4th Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Buy Tickets[vc_empty_space height=”25px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe American Romanian Festival celebrates its 20th-anniversary season with an evening of works centered around the subject of death. The recently commissioned piece by Ionica Pop\, Remembering Ţăranu\, employs a twelve-tone row\, which also serves as a musical cryptogram to honor the recently deceased Romanian composer Cornel Ţăranu. George Crumb’s reaction to the horrors of the Vietnam War is expressed through his threnody\, Black Angels. The work is structured around the numbers 13 and 7\, numerals often related to fate and destiny\, and several tonal musical quotations can be found throughout the piece\, including snippets from our next work on the program\, Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” string quartet. Written in 1824\, Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” was the composer’s coming to terms with his long-term illness and impending death\, and has been called “one of the pillars of the chamber music repertoire.” \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nHeidi Han\, violin\nMarian Tanau\, violin\nWilliam Haapaniemi\, viola\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello\nZhihua Tang\, piano[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”873″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/heidi-han/”][vc_single_image image=”1657″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/marian-tanau/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2123″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/will-haapaniemi/”][vc_single_image image=”1350″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/jeremy-crosmer/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2278″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/zhihua-tang/”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=””] \nConcert Program\nIonica Pop (b. 1967)\nRemembering Ţăranu (2024)\n•••Commissioned by the American Romanian Festival••• \nGeorge Crumb (b. 1929)\nBlack Angels for Electric String Quartet (1970)\nI. Departure\n1. THRENODY I: Night of the Electric Insects\,\n2. Sounds of Bones and Flutes\n3. Lost Bells\n4. Devil-music\n5. Danse Macabre (Duo alternativo: Dies Irae)\nII. Absence\n6. Pavana Lachrymae (Der Tod und das Mädchen) (Solo obbligato: Insect Sounds)\n7. THRENODY II: BLACK ANGELS!\n8. Sarabanda de la Muerte Oscura (Solo obbligato: Insect Sounds)\n9. Lost Bells (Echo) (Duo alternativo: Sounds of Bones and Flutes)\nIII. Return\n10. [Solo: Aria accompagnata] God-music\n11. Ancient Voices\n12. Ancient Voices (Echo)\n13. THRENODY III: Night of the Electric Insects \nINTERMISSION \nFranz Schubert (1787–1828) \nString Quartet No. 14\, “Death and the Maiden”\nI. Allegro\nII. Andante con moto\nIII. Scherzo – Allegro molto\nIV. Presto[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/into-the-shadows-january-31-2025/
LOCATION:Kerrytown Concert House\,  415 N 4th Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024/25 American Romanian Festival,American Romanian Festival Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241110T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152137
CREATED:20240905T004141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T211204Z
UID:2509-1731265200-1731265200@americanromanianfestival.org
SUMMARY:Into the Shadows / November 10\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nDetroit Symphony Orchestra & American Romanian Festival Present \nInto the Shadows—An evening of chamber music\nChamber Music Concert\nSunday\, November 10\, 2024 / 7:00 p.m.\nThe War Memorial\, Alger Center Ballroom\, 32 Lake Shore Drive\, Grosse Pointe Farms\, MI 48236 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]buy tickets[vc_empty_space height=”25px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe Detroit Symphony Orchestra & The American Romanian Festival celebrating its 20th-anniversary season present an evening of works centered around the subject of death. The first work on the program\, Rota II by Romanian composer Cornelia Tăutu\, is a duet for violin and violoncello that opens slowly and austerely and evokes the contemplative nature of a long-forgotten ancestral melody. George Crumb’s reaction to the horrors of the Vietnam War is expressed through his threnody\, Black Angels. The work is structured around the numbers 13 and 7\, numerals often related to fate and destiny\, and several tonal musical quotations can be found throughout the piece\, including snippets from our next work on the program\, Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” string quartet. Written in 1824\, Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” was the composer’s coming to terms with his long-term illness and impending death\, and has been called “one of the pillars of the chamber music repertoire.” \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text css=””] \nArtists\nHeidi Han\, violin\nMarian Tanau\, violin\nWill Haapaniemi\, viola\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”873″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/heidi-han/”][vc_single_image image=”1657″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/marian-tanau/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2123″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/will-haapaniemi/”][vc_single_image image=”1350″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/jeremy-crosmer/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nConcert Program\nCornelia Tăutu (1938–2019)\nRota II for Violin and Cello (2005) \nGeorge Crumb (b. 1929)\nBlack Angels for Electric String Quartet (1970)\nI. Departure\n1. THRENODY I: Night of the Electric Insects\,\n2. Sounds of Bones and Flutes\n3. Lost Bells\n4. Devil-music\n5. Danse Macabre (Duo alternativo: Dies Irae)\nII. Absence\n6. Pavana Lachrymae (Der Tod und das Mädchen) (Solo obbligato: Insect Sounds)\n7. THRENODY II: BLACK ANGELS!\n8. Sarabanda de la Muerte Oscura (Solo obbligato: Insect Sounds)\n9. Lost Bells (Echo) (Duo alternativo: Sounds of Bones and Flutes)\nIII. Return\n10. [Solo: Aria accompagnata] God-music\n11. Ancient Voices\n12. Ancient Voices (Echo)\n13. THRENODY III: Night of the Electric Insects \nINTERMISSION \nFranz Schubert (1787–1828) \nString Quartet No. 14\, “Death and the Maiden”\nI. Allegro\nII. Andante con moto\nIII. Scherzo – Allegro molto\nIV. Presto[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/into-the-shadows-november-10-2024/
LOCATION:The War Memorial\, 32 Lake Shore Dr\, Grosse Pointe Farms\, MI\, 48236\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024/25 American Romanian Festival,American Romanian Festival Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241019T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241019T140000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152137
CREATED:20240905T001053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241006T161403Z
UID:2499-1729346400-1729346400@americanromanianfestival.org
SUMMARY:Consonance vs Dissonance / October 19\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nConsonance vs. Dissonance—Bentoiu & Mozart String Quartets\nChamber Music Concert\nSaturday\, October 19\, 2024 / 2 p.m.\nSteinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E. West Maple Road\, Commerce Charter Township\, MI 48390 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]buy tickets[vc_empty_space height=”25px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]General Admission: $25\nStudents (through undergraduate with ID): $10 \nMozart’s String Quartet No. 19 in C Major\, K. 465\, is nicknamed “Dissonance” due to the unusual\, dissonant counterpoint found in its slow introduction. It is perhaps the most famous of his quartets. The 22-bar Adagio opens with quiet eighth-note Cs in the cello. The viola then joins on A-flat and the second violin on E-flat. The first dissonance is created once the first violin enters on an A\, thus creating tension between the A-flat and A that will be a recurring feature in the entire quartet. This introduction presents the major ideas that will recur throughout the piece. Almost two hundred years later\, Romanian composer Pascal Bentoiu’s String Quartet No. 2\, “Consonance\,” is an example of very tonal music in an age when dissonance is taken to exaggerated levels and reigns in much music of the time. Bentoiu believed that perhaps the consonant chords in his work will provoke the same unpleasantness as Mozart’s dissonant chords did in his String Quartet No. 19. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text css=””] \nArtists\nSujin Lim\, violin\nMarian Tanau\, violin\nMike Chen\, viola\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello\nPompilian Tofilescu\, poet[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1347″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/sujin-lim/”][vc_single_image image=”1657″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/marian-tanau/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1661″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/michael-chen/”][vc_single_image image=”1350″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/jeremy-crosmer/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2599″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/pompilian-tofilescu/”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=””] \nConcert Program\nPoetry Reading with Pompilian Tofilescu \nPascal Bentoiu (1927–2016)\nString Quartet No. 2\, “Consonance\,” Op. 19\nI. Adagio—Allegretto\nII. Giusto\nIII. Larghetto\nIV. Allegro molto moderato \nINTERMISSION \nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)\nString Quartet No. 19 in C Major\, “Dissonance\,” K. 465\nI. Adagio—Allegro\nII. Andante cantabile\nIII. Menuetto and Trio. Allegro\nIV. Allegro molto \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/consonance-vs-dissonance-october-19-2024/
LOCATION:Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024/25 American Romanian Festival,American Romanian Festival Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241013T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152137
CREATED:20240904T021346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241012T005208Z
UID:2466-1728846000-1728846000@americanromanianfestival.org
SUMMARY:Different Trains / October 13\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nDifferent Trains\nChamber Music Concert\nSunday\, October 13\, 2024 / 7 p.m.\nThe War Memorial\, Alger Center Ballroom\, 32 Lake Shore Drive\, Grosse Pointe Farms\, MI 48236[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]buy tickets[vc_empty_space height=”25px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]General Admission: $25\nStudents (through undergraduate with ID): $10 \nThe American Romanian Festival celebrates its 20th-anniversary season with an evening of works centered around the subject of travel and different geographic locations. First on the program is the recently commissioned piece by Ionica Pop\, Impressions from Romania\, reflects through music the joy of celebration and the need for human communion and peace. \nIn The Seven Dreams of Frida Kahlo for Clarinet and String Quartet\, composer Ovidiu Marinescu takes us on an imaginary journey of dreams\, from Mayan ritual dances\, to mariachi music\, to be-bop jazz—which Frida Kahlo heard in New York in her travels with partner Diego Rivera\, to an Arabic dream\, as well as a pagan dance of Russian character. \nSteven Reich’s Different Trains for String Quartet and pre-recorded performance tape\, expresses the basic idea that carefully chosen speech recordings generate the musical materials for musical instruments. The piece is inspired by the composer’s childhood. When Steven Reich was one year his parents separated. The mother moved to Los Angeles and the father remained in New York. He travelled back and forth by train frequently between New York and Los Angeles from 1939 to 1942 accompanied by the governess. While the trips were exciting and romantic at the time Steven Reich is looking back as an adult realizing that if he had been in Europe during this period\, as a Jew he would have had to ride very different trains. \nGuests for the evening will be poet Dorel Tataru and composer Ovidiu Marinescu. \nThe concert will be held at The War Memorial in the Alger Center Ballroom. \nDoors open at 6 p.m.; Concert Begins at 7 p.m. \nCash Bar Available. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text css=””] \nArtists\nSujin Lim\, violin\nMarian Tanau\, violin\nEva Stern\, viola\nDavid LeDoux\, cello\nShannon Orme\, clarinet\nOvidiu Marinescu\, composer\nDorel Tataru\, poet[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1347″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/sujin-lim/”][vc_single_image image=”1657″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/marian-tanau/”][vc_single_image image=”2409″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/eva-stern/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”711″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/david-ledoux”][vc_single_image image=”2538″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/shannon-orme/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2540″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/ovidiu-marinescu/”][vc_single_image image=”2596″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/dorel-tataru/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=””] \nConcert Program\nPoetry Reading with Dorel Tataru \nIonica Pop (b. 1967)\nImpressions from Romania\n••• World premiere; commissioned by the American Romanian Festival •••\n \nOvidiu Marinescu (b. 1965)\nThe Seven Dreams of Frida Kahlo for Clarinet and String Quartet\nI. Prologue\nII. New York\nIII. Mayan Ritual Dance\nIV. Amor. Bésame—Homage to Consuelo Velasquez (1940)\n••• World premiere ••• \nINTERMISSION \nSteven Reich (b. 1936)\nDifferent Trains for String Quartet and Pre-Recorded Performance Tape\nI. America—Before the War\nII. Europe—During the War\nIII. After the War \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/different-trains-war-memorial-october-13-2024/
LOCATION:The War Memorial\, 32 Lake Shore Dr\, Grosse Pointe Farms\, MI\, 48236\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024/25 American Romanian Festival,American Romanian Festival Events
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