BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//American Romanian Festival - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:American Romanian Festival X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for American Romanian Festival REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Bucharest BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251026T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251026T193000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/NMPhillharmonic_2025_HeroImages14.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251025T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251025T140000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/NMPhillharmonic_2025_HeroImages13_3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250320T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250320T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/arf-20-year-banner-2024-2025-event-banner-web-1920w2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250223T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250223T193000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/arf-20-year-banner-2024-2025-event-banner-web-1920w.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250222T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250222T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/arf-20-year-banner-2024-2025-event-banner-web-1920w3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250131T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250131T193000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/arf-20-year-banner-2024-2025-event-banner-web-1920w2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241110T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/arf-20-year-banner-2024-2025-event-banner-web-1920w3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241019T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241019T140000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/arf-20-year-banner-2024-2025-event-banner-web-1920w.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241013T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241013T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/arf-20-year-banner-2024-2025-event-banner-web-1920w2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240413T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240413T140000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20240121T141619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T161652Z UID:2293-1713016800-1713016800@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:Mozart\, Schumann\, Enescu\, & Tăutu Chamber Music / April 13\, 2024 DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nSteinway “Saturdays with Classics” collaborates with the American Romanian Festival to present:\nMozart\, Schumann\, Enescu\, & Tăutu Chamber Music\nChamber Music Concert\nSaturday\, April 13\, 2024 / 2 p.m.\nSteinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI 48390[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]TICKETS SOLD AT THE DOOR[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tickets: General Admission: $20 / Steinway Society Members: $15 / Ages 18 & Under: $10\nPayments Accepted: Cash Or Check\, Payable At The Door. No Reservations Necessary. \nJoin us for the chamber music concert “Mozart\, Schumann\, Enescu\, & Tăutu Chamber Music” on Saturday\, April 13\, 2024\, at the Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit. This is a collaboration between Saturdays with Classics and the American Romanian Festival.[/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\nMarian Tanau\, violin\nMike Chen\, viola\nDavid LeDoux\, cello\nTomoko Mack\, piano\nKazimierz Brzozowski\, piano[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1657″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/marian-tanau/”][vc_single_image image=”1661″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://americanromanianfestival.org/project/michael-chen/”][/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=”2297″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/tomoko-mack/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1155″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/kazimierz-brzozowski/”][/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)\nMarian Tănău\, violin; David LeDoux\, cello \nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)\nPiano Quartet No. 1 in g minor\, K. 478 (1785) \n1. Allegro\n2. Andante\n3. Rondo (Allegro)\nMarian Tănău\, violin; Mike Chen\, viola; David LeDoux\, cello; Tomoko Mack\, piano \nINTERMISSION \nGeorge Enescu (1881–1955)\nConcertstück for Violin and Piano (1906)\nMarian Tănău\, violin; Kazimierz Brzozowski\, piano \nRobert Schumann (1810–1856)\nPiano Quartet in E-flat Major\, Op. 47 (1842) \nI. Sostenuto assai—Allegro ma non troppo\nII. Scherzo: Molto vivace—Trio I—Trio II\nIII. Andante cantabile\nIV. Finale: Vivace\nMarian Tănău\, violin; Mike Chen\, viola; David LeDoux\, cello; Kazimierz Brzozowski\, piano[/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/mozart-schumann-enescu-tautu-chamber-music-april-13-2024/ LOCATION:Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI\, United States CATEGORIES:2024 American Romanian Festival,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/arf-2024-event-apr13.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240323T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240323T140000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20231109T025224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240310T195825Z UID:2218-1711202400-1711202400@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:The Music of the Cimbalom: An Afternoon with Cimbalom (Ţambal) Virtuoso Alexandru Șura DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe Music of the Cimbalom: An Afternoon with Cimbalom (Ţambal) Virtuoso Alexandru Șura\nConcert\nSaturday\, March 23\, 2024 / 2 p.m.\nSteinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI 48390 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]TICKETS: $25 ADULTS / $10 STUDENTS[vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us on Saturday\, March 23\, 2024\, at the Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit for the chamber music concert “The Music of the Țambal (Cimbalom): An Afternoon with Țambal Virtuoso Alexandru Șura.” Romanian cimbalom virtuoso Alexandru Şura performs. [/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\nAlexandru Şura\, cimbalom\nMarian Tănău\, violin\nSujin Lim\, violin\nEva Stern\, viola\nDavid LeDoux\, cello[/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 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 Sujin Lim\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n David LeDoux\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] \nConcert Program\narr. Alexandru Șura \nCimbalom medley \nGeorges Bizet (1838-1875) (arr. Alexandru Șura)\nCarmen Fantasy  \nColin Martin (b. 1993)\nHammered Light\n••• World premiere ••• \nAntonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) (arr. Alexandru Șura)\n“Summer” (L’estate) from The Four Seasons\nI. Allegro non molto\nII. Adagio e piano arr. Alexandru Șura\nIII. Presto \nCamille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) (arr. Alexandru Șura)\nIntroduction and Rondo Capriccioso  \nFranz Liszt (1811-1886) (arr. Alexandru Șura)\nHungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in c-sharp minor \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/the-music-of-the-tambal-cimbalom-an-afternoon-with-tambal-virtuoso-alexandru-sura/ LOCATION:Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI\, United States CATEGORIES:2024 American Romanian Festival,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/arf-2024-event-mar-23.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240322T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240322T113000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20231108T025225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240310T195805Z UID:2215-1711107000-1711107000@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:The Amazing Cimbalom with Virtuoso Alexandru Șura / March 22\, 2024 DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe Amazing Cimbalom with Virtuoso Alexandru Șura\nConcert & Workshop\nFriday\, March 22\, 2024 / 11:30 a.m.\nWayne State University\, Schaver Recital Hall\, 480 W Hancock St\, Detroit\, MI 48201 \nFree Admission\nJoin us for a concert and workshop on Friday\, March 22\, 2024\, at the Shaver Music Recital Hall. Romanian cimbalom virtuoso Alexandru Şura performs.[/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\nAlexandru Şura\, cimbalom\nMarian Tănău\, violin\nSujin Lim\, violin\nEva Stern\, viola\nDavid LeDoux\, cello[/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 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 Sujin Lim\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n David LeDoux\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] \nConcert Program\narr. Alexandru Șura\nCimbalom medley \nColin Martin (b. 1993)\nHammered Light\n••• World premiere ••• \nAntonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) (arr. Alexandru Șura)\n“Summer” (L’estate) from The Four Seasons\nI. Allegro non molto\nII. Adagio e piano arr. Alexandru Șura\nIII. Presto \nCamille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) (arr. Alexandru Șura)\nIntroduction and Rondo Capriccioso [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/cimbalom-from-folk-to-jazz-to-classical/ LOCATION:Schaver Recital Hall\, Wayne State University\, 480 W Hancock St\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States CATEGORIES:2024 American Romanian Festival,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/arf-2024-event-mar-22.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240224T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240224T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20231102T015225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240218T131131Z UID:2227-1708786800-1708786800@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:In Memoriam: Cornel Țăranu / February 24\, 2024 DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nIn Memoriam: Cornel Țăranu\nChamber Music Concert\nSaturday\, February 24\, 2024 / 3 p.m.\nSteinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI 48390[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Tickets: $20 adults / $10 students[vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us for the chamber music concert “In Memoriam: Cornel Țăranu” on Saturday\, February 24\, 2024\, at the Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit. Cornel Țăranu (June 20\, 1934–June 18\, 2023) was a Romanian classical composer\, musicologist\, conductor and cultural manager. A native of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania\, he was always attached to this region and contributed to cultural cooperation between Romanian and ethnic Hungarian musicians. The Romanian Academy remembers him as “a complex personality of contemporary Romanian cultural life\, an illustrious creator and teacher.” This concert is the world premiere of Remembering Ţăranu\, composed by Ionica Pop\, which was commissioned by the American Romanian Festival after the death of Romanian composer\, musicologist\, and conductor Cornel Ţăranu in 2023.[/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\nHai-Xin Wu\, violin\nMarian Tanau\, violin\nMike Chen\, viola\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello\nSarah Lewis\, oboe\nZhihua Tang\, piano\nSara Aldana\, conductor \nComposers Featured\nCornel Țăranu\, composer\nIonică Pop\, composer[/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 Eva Stern\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Ionică Pop\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Sarah Lewis\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Sara Aldana\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Hai-Xin Wu\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Michael Chen\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 Jeremy Crosmer\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Zhihua Tang\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Cornel Țăranu\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] \nConcert Program\nGyörgy Ligeti (1923–2006)\nBallad and Dance (1950)\nHai-Xin Wu & Marian Tănău\, violins \nCornel Ţăranu (1934–2023)\nString Trio (1952)\nHai-Xin Wu\, violin; Mike Chen\, viola; Jeremy Crosmer\, cello \nCornel Ţăranu\nRemembering Bartók (1995)\nMarian Tănău & Hai-Xin Wu\, violins; Mike Chen\, viola; Jeremy Crosmer\, cello; Sarah Lewis\, oboe  \nINTERMISSION \nCornel Ţăranu\nBaroccoco (2004)\nI. Preludio ostinato\nII. Madrigal\nIII. Siciliana-swing\nIV. Swing\nHai-Xin Wu & Marian Tănău\, violins; Jeremy Crosmer\, cello; Zhihua Tang\, piano \nIonica Pop (b. 1967)\nRemembering Ţăranu* (2024)\n•••World premiere; commissioned by the American Romanian Festival.•••[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_single_image image=”2232″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/cornel-taranu/”][vc_column_text] \nCornel Țăranu\ncomposer\nCornel Țăranu (1934–2023) was a distinguished Romanian composer of mostly orchestral\, chamber\, and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe and North and South America. \nProf. Țăranu studied composition with Sigismund Toduță at the Gheorghe Dima Academy of Music in Cluj-Napoca from 1951 to 1957\, where he later earned a Doctorate in Musicology in 1974. He also studied with Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire from 1966 to1967 and with György Ligeti\, Bruno Maderna\, and Christoph Caskel in Darmstadt from 1968 to 1972. \nAmong his many honors are the Great Officer of the Order of Cultural Merit (2004\, Romania)\, five prizes from the Romanian Composers Union (1972\, 1978\, 1981\, 1982\, 2001)\, the Prize of the Academy of the SR of Romania (1973) and the International Koussevitzky Award (1982\, for a recording of Garlands). He has been a member of the Romanian Academy since 1993 and was named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2002. \nProf. Țăranu founded the chamber orchestra Ars Nova in Cluj-Napoca in 1968 and served as its Artistic Director and Conductor until his death. He also served as the Vice-President of the Romanian Composers Union from 1990 to 2023 and as director of the Cluj Modern Festival from 1995 to 2023. He published many musicological works\, as well as the book Enescu în Conștiința Prezentului (1969\, Editura pentru Literatură). \nHe taught at the Gheorghe Dima Academy of Music in Cluj-Napoca from 1957 to 2023\, where he was Professor of Composition. Prof. Țăranu also gave lectures in Germany\, Israel\, Switzerland\, and the USA. © 2023 by Cristina Taranu. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_single_image image=”2366″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://americanromanianfestival.org/project/ionica-pop/”][vc_column_text] \nIonică Pop\ncomposer\nIoan (Ionică) Pop was born in Sîngeorz–Băi\, Romania\, on August 20\, 1967. He studied oboe and piano at the Lyceum of Music in Cluj-Napoca from 1977 to 1985. He continued with graduate studies in composition at the Gheorghe Dima Conservatory of Music in Cluj-Napoca from 1986 to 1991\, under Professor Cornel Ţăranu\, who directed his doctoral thesis\, Tendencies and Structures in Today’s Music. Ionică obtained his Ph.D. in music in June 2004.  \nIn 2006\, Mr. Pop completed a diploma as Director of Musical Theatre at the Gheorghe Dima Academy of Music in Cluj-Napoca\, and in 2009 graduated from a module course in organ in Professor Erik Turk’s class. He performs piano and organ concerts both at home and abroad.  \nCurrently\, Mr. Pop is Associate Professor at the Department of Musicology of the Gheorghe Dima National Academy of Music\, in the Section for Theory\, Solfeggio\, and Dictation. His works have been performed in prestigious festivals such as Cluj Musical Autumn\, Cluj Modern\, and George Enescu International Festival; at the George Enescu Museum in Bucharest; and in Netherlands\, Germany\, Italy\, Denmark\, France\, Israel\, and the U.S. In recent years\, he organized the Aurel Stroe Festival and Symposium from Buşteni\, Romania.  \nMr. Pop is interested in investigating the convergence between composition and direction in instrumental theatre\, and also in original ways to compose for voice using his own poems as lyrics. Since 2008\, he has been leading the contemporary music ensemble Impact XXI\, which includes soprano\, trombone\, piano\, and percussion.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nProgram Notes\nGyörgy Ligeti (1923–2006)\nBallad and Dance (1950)\nGyörgy Ligeti composed Baladă și joc (Ballad and Dance) in 1950. The work is a short composition for two violins based on two Romanian folk songs\, the result of Ligeti’s Romanian folk music research conducted at the Folklore Institute of Bucharest in 1949. The work’s two movements are Ballad\, a slow\, melodic\, contrapuntal\, and highly expressive work\, followed by Dance\, which is energetic\, exuberant\, and virtuosic. \nIonica Pop (b. 1967)\nRemembering Ţăranu (2024)\nRemembering Ţăranu was commissioned by the American Romanian Festival after the death of Romanian composer\, musicologist\, and conductor Cornel Ţăranu in 2023. The work is written for string quartet and piano and employs a twelve-tone row\, which also serves as a musical cryptogram\, as the unifying feature. Pop uses Ţăranu’s full name in the cryptogram as follows: C-do\, O-do#\, R-re\, N-fa#\, E-mib\, L-labb; U(t)-do4b\, N-to\, A-fa\, R-re2#\, Ă-la#\, T-dob\, with “Ţăranu” musically spelled in retrograde as “unarăŢ.” Juxtaposed with the incredible structure a twelve-tone work requires is the free implementation of several musical quotations. Among them is the children’s song “Ţăranu e pe câmp” (“The peasant is in the field”). The inclusion of a song that includes “Ţăranu” in its title is doubly meaningful\, as this song was also a favorite of Ţăranu’s daughter\, Cristina\, when she was a child. Other quotations used by the composer include Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik\, a Romanian “Happy Birthday” song\, “O Tannenbaum\,” Ţăranu’s Remembering Bartók\, and the opening rhythm of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The middle of the work is aleatoric and improvisatory in nature\, so that no two performances will ever be the same. This is the world premiere of Remembering Ţăranu. \nNichita Stanescu\nHow to invent a flower (A inventa o floare)\nPassages from the poem will be read during the performance of the Remembering Ţăranu. \nRomanian:\nDin nou mă sprijin numai de cuvinte\nNu e nici o muzică să izbucnească din osul nimănui\nȘi nici sufletul nu are în sine liniștea potrivită orelor fericite legănate în adaosul de alcool blând.\nȘi nici prietenul cel puternic și apropiat tristeților și marilor idei.\nȘi nici femeia credincioasă\ncă o bătrână vulpe gravidă și atotștiutoare\nîn amănunțitele treburi ale câmpiei.\nȘi nici îngerul tatuat cu hărți\,\nnici unul\nnu este de față.\nNumai cuvintele\, numai ele prea puțin doritele\,—\ncă niște mercenari nervoși\nîmi urmăresc gestul inimii amorțind\,\njetul privirii pulverizând\nimaginile tradiționale ale lumii mele\nalergând sub ramuri\, înotând în mare levitând în aerul plin de simunuri\nEnglish:\nAgain I rely only on words\nThere is no music erupting from anyone’s bone of the heart\nAnd neither does the soul have within itself the tranquility suitable for hours swayed in the addition of mild alcohol.\nAnd neither is the strong and close friend of sorrows and grand ideas\,\nAnd neither the faithful woman\nlike an old fox\, pregnant and all knowing\nin the detailed affairs of the field\nAnd neither the angel tattooed with maps\,\nNot one of them\nIs present.\nOnly the words\, only they the ones very little desired\,\nlike angry mercenaries\nfollow the gesture of my heart\, numbing\,\nthe jet of a gaze pulverizing\nthe traditional images of my world\nrunning under the branches\, swimming in the sea levitating in the air full of simooms[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column] URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/in-memoriam-cornel-taranu-february-24-2024/ LOCATION:Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI\, United States CATEGORIES:2024 American Romanian Festival,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/arf-2024-event-feb24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20231028T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20231028T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20230925T202145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T210338Z UID:2193-1698505200-1698505200@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:Musical Delights / October 28\, 2023 DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nChamber Concert\nSaturday\, October 28\, 2023\, 3 p.m.\nSteinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI 48390\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Tickets: $25 adults / $10 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us on Saturday\, October 28\, 2023\, at Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit for the chamber music concert “featuring compositions by Dvořák\, Crosmer\, and Dumitrescu. \n  \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nSujin Lim\, violin\nMarian Tănău\, violin\nMike Chen\, viola\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nThe Program\n  \nAntonín Dvořák (1841–1906) \nTerzetto in C Major\, Op. 74 (B. 148) \nIntroduzione: Allegro ma non troppo \nLarghetto \nScherzo: Vivace—Trio: Poco meno mosso \nTema con variazioni \n  \nJeremy Crosmer (b. 1987) \nString Quartet No. 6\, “Reflections” \nTempo I Presto \nAndante maestoso \nAllegro vivace \nAndante cantabile \nAllegretto \n  \nINTERMISSION \n  \nIon Dumitrescu (1913–1996)
 \nString Quartet No. 1 in C Major \nAllegro con brio \nAndante soave molto semplice \nAllegro scherzando giusto e rustico \nAllegro risoluto \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nProgram Notes\nAntonín Dvořák—Terzetto in C Major\, Op. 74 (B. 148)\nWritten in about two weeks\, the Terzetto in C Major was composed in January 1887 with the intention of being performed by two of Dvořák’s violinist friends and himself on viola. Such a performance never took place\, however\, as the viola part proved to be too difficult for Dvořák. The first public performance of the Terzetto took place on March 30\, 1887\, in Prague\, given by Karel Ondříček\, Jan Buchal\, and Jaroslav Šťastný. Composed in four movements\, the work is a classic\, full of beautiful themes and singing melodies contrasted with energetic moments\, dotted and rapid rhythms\, and tempo changes. \nJeremy Crosmer—String Quartet No. 6\, “Reflections”\n“Throughout my life\, my music has been inspired by the great “Americana” composers such as Copland\, Bernstein\, and Ives. With this quartet\, I wanted to reflect on what it means to be American. The special thing about being American is that it is different for everyone\, because our identity is made up of fragments that reflect the people around us. For instance\, my version of America includes a deeply rooted Asian culture. Forming a melodic throughline from these diverse fragments is the basis of the first movement. The American Dream is also a journey that differs for each individual: The second movement bubbles and echoes motifs from the first\, as if from a distant world. Finally\, being American means wandering through the unknown possibilities the future holds for each of us\, and creating our own path along the way—a path that mirrors the experiences we’ve had and the people we’ve met.” – Jeremy Crosmer \nIon Dumitrescu —String Quartet No. 1 in C Major\nIon Dumitrescu was born in 1913 in the Vâlcea region of Romania and studied composition in Bucharest with renowned composers such as Mihail Jora and Ionel Perlea. He was an important representative of the Romanian school of composition\, and his works are rooted in Romanian folklore. Dumitrescu’s String Quartet No. 1 is in the key of C major and has four movements. The first movement\, composed in sonata form\, has two melodic themes. The first one has a folk-dancing character while the second one is a singing theme. The second movement\, Andante soave molto semplice\, has the components of a lied\, reminiscent of the Romanian folk song “Doina.” The third movement has a characteristic folk-tune rhythm full of life and dynamism. The final movement is a Rondo in which the principal melody is influenced by Romanian Christmas carols called “Colinde.” A second theme is then introduced that suggests the character of bagpipes. This concert marks the Detroit debut of this work. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/musical-delights-october-28-2023/ LOCATION:Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI\, United States CATEGORIES:2023 American Romanian Festival,2023 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/arf-2023-photos-oct28.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20230408T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20230408T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20230102T130009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T230730Z UID:1996-1680966000-1680966000@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:Schumann & Enescu Piano Quartets / April 8\, 2023 DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nSchumann & Enescu Piano Quartets\nChamber Concert\nSaturday\, April 8\, 2023\, 3:00 p.m.\nSteinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI 48390[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]Admission $25 adults / $10 students[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Join us on April 8\, 2023\, at Steinway Piano Gallery for the chamber music concert “Schumann & Enescu Piano Quartets” featuring compositions by George Enescu and Robert Schumann. \n  \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nMarian Tanau\, violin\nMike Chen\, viola\nDavid LeDoux\, cello\nKazimierz Brzozowski\, piano\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nThe Program\nGeorge Enescu (1881-1955)\nPiano Quartet No. 2 in d minor\, Op. 30 (1944)\nI. Allegro moderato\nII. Andante pensieroso ed espressivo\nIII. Con moto moderato—Allegro agitato \nINTERMISSION \nRobert Schumann (1810–1856)\nPiano Quartet in E-flat Major\, Op. 47 (1842)\nI. Sostenuto assai—Allegro ma non troppo\nII. Scherzo: Molto vivace—Trio I—Trio II\nIII. Andante cantabile\nIV. Finale: Vivace \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nProgram Notes\nPiano Quartet No. 2 in d minor\, Op. 30 (1944)\nProgram Note by Marian Tănău \nEnescu completed his Piano Quartet No. 2 in May 1944 while he was at his villa near Sinaia\, Romania. At the time\, Romania was in the middle of one of the worst periods of the Second World War. In contrast with the tumultuous time\, the Piano Quartet is full of tranquility and peace. The work is dedicated to Gabriel Fauré\, who was Enescu’s composition teacher during his days at the Paris Conservatoire. \nThe composition was premiered on October 21\, 1947\, at the Library of Congress in Washington\, D.C.\, by the Albeneri Piano Trio and guest violist Milton Katimus. \nThe quartet is written in three movements: Allegretto moderato\, Andante pensieroso ed espressivo\, and Con moto moderato—Allegro agitato. \nThe first movement is in the key of d minor and has the structure of a sonata form. The second movement is composed in E Major and has the form of a three-part song. The last movement is an agitated fast movement in free sonata form. It is composed in d minor but ends with a change to D Major in the coda. \nEnescu liked to compose cyclical works\, and this piece is no exception. The idea presented in the opening of the first movement gets developed in the thematic content of the entire quartet\, with the initial idea recurring and incorporated in various other sections of the work. \nPiano Quartet in E-flat Major\, Op. 47 (1842)\nProgram Note by Jonathan Blumhofer \nSchumann’s Piano Quartet dates from the “chamber music year” of 1842\, which also saw the completion of the three string quartets and the Piano Quintet. If the latter is\, perhaps\, the more brilliant of the two works for keyboard and strings\, there’s at least no faulting the sweeping lyricism\, deep reservoirs of emotion\, and spectacular technique to be found on nearly every page of the Quartet. \nIts first movement opens with a noble\, chorale-like theme in the strings punctuated by tolling octaves in the piano. This flows directly into the main body of the movement\, a brisk Allegro marked by a snappy opening figure that transforms into a rather lyrical tune played by cello and violin over a chugging piano accompaniment. Its second theme falls into two parts: a rising scale\, followed by a descending arpeggio. It’s often heard in canonic textures or in the vicinity of a choral-like cantus firmus. \nThe brisk second movement channels Schumann’s friend Mendelssohn’s “elfin” style\, here\, though\, a bit darker and dourer. It’s sprightly and whimsical\, all the same\, filled with impetuous energy that’s only interrupted by the two trio sections that pop up in the middle. \nIn the third movement\, Schumann’s considerable gifts as a tunesmith are fully on display. The cello opens with a gorgeous\, expansive melody that’s passed to each member of the quartet and heard with slightly varied accompaniments in each iteration. In the middle comes a striking\, devotional passage that seems to recall late Beethoven\, but does little to dispel the music’s sense of yearning. \nThe brilliant finale offers two contrasting ideas: a lively\, extroverted fugato and a more ambiguous\, songful tune. Neither really wins out—the blazing coda pays homage to both—but perhaps that’s the point. Musical complexity and contradiction are but a reflection of the same human characteristics\, a fact of which Schumann was well aware. URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/schumann-enescu-piano-quartets-april-8-2023/ LOCATION:Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI\, United States CATEGORIES:2023 American Romanian Festival,2023 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/romerican-ag-202311.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20230407T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20230407T113000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20230102T100049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230218T213050Z UID:2016-1680867000-1680867000@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:Schumann & Enescu Piano Quartets - Selections / April 7\, 2023 DESCRIPTION:Schumann & Enescu Piano Quartets – Selections\nChamber Concert\nFriday\, April 7\, 2023\, 11:30 a.m.\nSchaver Recital Hall\, Old Main\, 4841 Cass\, Suite 1321\, Detroit\, Michigan 48201\n \nFree Admission\nJoin us on April 7\, 2023\, at Schaver Recital Hall for the chamber music concert “Schumann & Enescu Piano Quartets” featuring selections by George Enescu and Robert Schumann. \n  \n\n[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nMarian Tanau\, violin\nMike Chen\, viola\nDavid LeDoux\, cello\nKazmierz Brzozowski\, piano\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nThe Program\nSelections from: \nGeorge Enescu (1881-1955)\nPiano Quartet No. 2 in d minor\, Op. 30 (1944)\nI. Allegro moderato\nII. Andante pensieroso ed espressivo\nIII. Con moto moderato—Allegro agitato \nRobert Schumann (1810–1856)\nPiano Quartet in E-flat Major\, Op. 47 (1842)\nI. Sostenuto assai—Allegro ma non troppo\nII. Scherzo: Molto vivace—Trio I—Trio II\nIII. Andante cantabile\nIV. Finale: Vivace \n  \n\nProgram Notes\nPiano Quartet No. 2 in d minor\, Op. 30 (1944)\nProgram Note by Marian Tănău \nEnescu completed his Piano Quartet No. 2 in May 1944 while he was at his villa near Sinaia\, Romania. At the time\, Romania was in the middle of one of the worst periods of the Second World War. In contrast with the tumultuous time\, the Piano Quartet is full of tranquility and peace. The work is dedicated to Gabriel Fauré\, who was Enescu’s composition teacher during his days at the Paris Conservatoire. \nThe composition was premiered on October 21\, 1947\, at the Library of Congress in Washington\, D.C.\, by the Albeneri Piano Trio and guest violist Milton Katimus. \nThe quartet is written in three movements: Allegretto moderato\, Andante pensieroso ed espressivo\, and Con moto moderato—Allegro agitato. \nThe first movement is in the key of d minor and has the structure of a sonata form. The second movement is composed in E Major and has the form of a three-part song. The last movement is an agitated fast movement in free sonata form. It is composed in d minor but ends with a change to D Major in the coda. \nEnescu liked to compose cyclical works\, and this piece is no exception. The idea presented in the opening of the first movement gets developed in the thematic content of the entire quartet\, with the initial idea recurring and incorporated in various other sections of the work. \nPiano Quartet in E-flat Major\, Op. 47 (1842)\nProgram Note by Jonathan Blumhofer \nSchumann’s Piano Quartet dates from the “chamber music year” of 1842\, which also saw the completion of the three string quartets and the Piano Quintet. If the latter is\, perhaps\, the more brilliant of the two works for keyboard and strings\, there’s at least no faulting the sweeping lyricism\, deep reservoirs of emotion\, and spectacular technique to be found on nearly every page of the Quartet. \nIts first movement opens with a noble\, chorale-like theme in the strings punctuated by tolling octaves in the piano. This flows directly into the main body of the movement\, a brisk Allegro marked by a snappy opening figure that transforms into a rather lyrical tune played by cello and violin over a chugging piano accompaniment. Its second theme falls into two parts: a rising scale\, followed by a descending arpeggio. It’s often heard in canonic textures or in the vicinity of a choral-like cantus firmus. \nThe brisk second movement channels Schumann’s friend Mendelssohn’s “elfin” style\, here\, though\, a bit darker and dourer. It’s sprightly and whimsical\, all the same\, filled with impetuous energy that’s only interrupted by the two trio sections that pop up in the middle. \nIn the third movement\, Schumann’s considerable gifts as a tunesmith are fully on display. The cello opens with a gorgeous\, expansive melody that’s passed to each member of the quartet and heard with slightly varied accompaniments in each iteration. In the middle comes a striking\, devotional passage that seems to recall late Beethoven\, but does little to dispel the music’s sense of yearning. \nThe brilliant finale offers two contrasting ideas: a lively\, extroverted fugato and a more ambiguous\, songful tune. Neither really wins out—the blazing coda pays homage to both—but perhaps that’s the point. Musical complexity and contradiction are but a reflection of the same human characteristics\, a fact of which Schumann was well aware. \n  URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/schumann-enescu-piano-quartets-selections-april-7-2023/ LOCATION:Schaver Recital Hall\, Wayne State University\, 480 W Hancock St\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States CATEGORIES:2023 American Romanian Festival,2023 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/romerican-ag-202310.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20230305T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20230305T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20230101T090010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230218T214143Z UID:2034-1678028400-1678028400@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:Passionate Enescu & Martin String Octets / March 5\, 2023 DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nChamber Concert\nSunday\, March 5\, 2023\, 3:00 p.m.\nThe War Memorial\, 32 Lake Shore Dr\, Grosse Pointe Farms\, MI 48236\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]Buy Tickets: $25 adults / $10 students[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us on March 5\, 2023\, at The War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms for the chamber music concert “Passionate Enescu: & Martin String Octets” featuring compositions by George Enescu as well as a commissioned work by American composer Colin Martin. \n  \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nKimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy\, violin\nHeidi Han\, violin\nSujin Lim\, violin\nMarian Tănău\, violin\nMike Chen\, viola\nWilliam Haapaniemi\, viola\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello\nCole Randolph\, cello\nColin Martin\, Commissioned Composer 2023\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nThe Program\nColin Martin (b. 1993)\nAmerikinetics for String Octet (2023) \nI. Very fast\, with country spirit\nII. Slowish\, jazzy\nIII. Fast\, with big city energy \nINTERMISSION \nGeorge Enescu (1881–1955)\nOctet for Strings\, Op. 7 (1897)             \nI. Très modéré\nII. Très fougueux\nIII. Lentement\nIV. Mouvement de valse ben rythmée \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nProgram Notes\nAmerikinetics (2023)\nProgram Note by Colin Martin \n“Amerikinetics” is a portmanteau of “American” and “kinetics\,” meaning the study of motion. It refers to the lively American rhythms that serve as the basis of the entire work and give it a sense of propulsive movement. The first movement\, “Very fast\, with country spirit\,” is largely in 10/8 time and evokes fiddle/bluegrass music of the American south. The second movement\, “Slowish\, jazzy\,” relies on a swing rhythm to produce a seductive nocturne. The third movement\, “Fast\, with big city energy\,” features a syncopated\, propulsive rhythm that evokes the energy of America’s lively major cities. A hectic\, polytonal middle section in mixed meter evokes the sometimes-chaotic nature of city life. I’d like to extend my thanks to the American Romanian Festival for this commission and for giving me the opportunity to compose this invigorating piece. \nOctet for Strings\, Op. 7 (1899–1900)\nProgram Note by David B. Levy \nRomanian composer\, violinist\, conductor\, and educator George(s) Enescu was born on August 19\, 1881\, in Liveni-Vîrnav (later renamed “George Enescu”) in the old Kingdom of Romania and died in Paris on May 4\, 1955. His first name acquired an added “s” in France. There is no disagreement that Enescu was the most gifted musician ever to emanate from his native Romania. His impact on contemporaneous Romanian musicians and subsequent generations remains strong even today\, and his ability to retain a vast repertory of music in his memory was prodigious. Enescu’s influence\, however\, was truly international in scope\, earning him praise of musicians from across the globe. As a teacher of violin\, Yehudi Menuhin\, Ivry Gitlis\, Arthur Grumiaux\, and Ida Haendel were among his most illustrious students. His activity as a conductor was widespread\, having especially been active in Paris and New York\, where he came under consideration as the successor to Arturo Toscanini as music director of the New York Philharmonic in 1936. As a composer\, Enescu is best known for his two Romanian Rhapsodies\, whose popularity have overshadowed his other compositions\, much to the composer’s annoyance. His Octet for Strings was composed between 1899 and 1900\, and its first performance took place on December 18\, 1909\, in the Salle des Agriculteurs in Paris\, as part of a festival concert of Enescu’s chamber works in the Soirées d’Art concert series. The performers were the combined members of the Géloso and Chailley Quartets. The Octet is dedicated to André Gedalge\, a composer and educator whose students included Enescu\, Charles Koechlin\, and Maurice Ravel. \nEnescu’s Octet for Strings proudly takes its place as one of the masterworks of the rich repertoire of string chamber music. According to the biographical article on the composer in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians\, “melodic line was\, for Enescu\, the vital principle of music: as he wrote in his autobiography\, ‘I’m not a person for pretty successions of chords … a piece deserves to be called a musical composition only if it has a line\, a melody\, or\, even better\, melodies superimposed on one another.’” This principle certainly applies well to the Octet\, a piece whose first movement offers the listener no fewer than six melodies\, or melodic ideas\, all of which inform the events of its vast four-movement canvas. Speaking of his year-and-a-half-long work on the 40-minute piece\, Enescu is quoted as having said\, “I wore myself out trying to make work a piece of music divided into four segments of such length that each of them was likely at any moment to break. An engineer launching his first suspension bridge over a river could not feel more anxiety than I felt when I set out to darken my paper.” \nThe most famous string octet in the repertory\, of course\, is the wonderfully exuberant Op. 20\, composed by the young Felix Mendelssohn when he was a mere 13 years old. Enescu was not too far behind his predecessor\, having finished his Octet when he was only 19. An accomplished violinist\, the Romanian master certainly knew how to exploit the full range of possibilities in writing for string instruments. The Octet certainly taxes the virtuosity of its performers. Even more\, it reveals Enescu’s considerable skill as a master of color and counterpoint. Having lived in Vienna and Paris\, he was also keenly attuned to the styles of his contemporaries\, including Gustav Mahler and Claude Debussy. While the influence of these styles is occasionally discernible by listeners familiar with those idioms\, the Octet retains its own palpable freshness and originality. The four movements are titled (in French): Très modéré\, Très fougueux (ardent)\, Lentement\, and Mouvement de Valse bien rythmée. This final movement is\, indeed\, a true fin de siècle tour de force\, whose wildly frantic final measures could be seen as a precursor to Ravel’s symphonic poem La valse. URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/passionate-enescu-an-evening-of-string-octets-march-5-2023/ LOCATION:The War Memorial\, 32 Lake Shore Dr\, Grosse Pointe Farms\, MI\, 48236\, United States CATEGORIES:2023 American Romanian Festival,2023 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/passtonate-enescu.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20230304T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20230304T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20230101T080001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230219T192952Z UID:1965-1677942000-1677942000@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:ROmerican Avant-Garde Recital & Book Signing / March 4\, 2023 DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nROmerican Avant-Garde Recital\n Piano Recital\nSaturday\, March 4\, 2023\, 3:00 p.m.\nSteinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI 48390[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Admission $20 adults / $10 students[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html el_id=”PayPal-buy-tickets”]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]The daring works proposed by ROmerican Avant-Garde explore emotional themes ranging from anger to dreams and rebelliousness\, with a whiff of nostalgia from Eastern Europe and post-war America. Echoing our 21st-century identity crisis\, this program testifies to a need for a new\, avant-garde approach. \nConceived as a “revisited” classical piano recital\, ROmerican Avant-Garde is a concert experience lasting about 50 minutes\, without applause\, and almost without interruption\, between the works. This unusual musical program\, which presents American and Romanian compositions written mainly during the first half of the 20th century and dedicated to the piano\, is centered around a work never performed in Europe until now\, since its premiere in Paris in 1955: The Seven Deadly Sins by Jacob Druckman. \nJoin us for a classical piano recital featuring Dinu Mihailescu and special guest book signing by author Andrei S. Markovits. \n  \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nDinu Mihailescu\, piano \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nTeaser Trailer\n\n \n  \n\nThe Program\nJohn Cage (1912–1992)\nIn a Landscape (1948) \nRemus Georgescu (1932–2021)\nThree Miniatures for Piano (2004)\nI. Berceuse\nII. Sicilienne\nIII. Marche \nJacob Druckman (1928–1996)\nThe Seven Deadly Sins (1955)\nI. Pride\nII. Envy\nIII. Anger\nIV. Sloth\nV. Avarice\nVI. Gluttony\nVII. Carnality \nLeonard Bernstein (1918–1990)\n“For Aaron Copland” from Seven Anniversaries (1943) \nAaron Copland (1900–1990)\nFour Piano Blues (1926–1948)\nI. Freely Poetic\nII. Soft and Languid\nIII. Muted and Sensuous\nIV. With Bounce \nGeorge Enescu (1881–1955)\n“Carillon Nocturne” from Pièces Impromptues (1916) \n  \n\nProgram Notes\nProgram Note by Dinu Mihailescu \nThe daring works proposed by ROmerican Avant-Garde explore emotional themes ranging from anger to dreams and rebelliousness\, with a whiff of nostalgia from Eastern Europe and post-war America. Echoing our 21st-century identity crisis\, this program testifies to a need for a new\, avant-garde approach. \nJacob Druckman\, one of the principal composers of the American musical avant-garde\, is also considered one of the greatest orchestrators of his generation. The Seven Deadly Sins is his only known piece for solo piano. Composed in Europe—more specifically in Paris—this work might represent an “experimental plane” for the composer\, who continued to try out new forms\, techniques\, and styles of composition upon his return to the United States. \nAdept in the atonal style\, all the while including reminiscences of tonality that are magistrally “hidden” in his musical discourse\, Druckman finds his principal sources of inspiration in the music of Igor Stravinsky and Aaron Copland—with whom he studied composition at Tanglewood. Beginning in the 1960s\, this American composer became impassioned with electronic music and by opera\, two elements that will contribute to the originality of his future musical creations. \nJohn Cage\, an emblematic composer of American experimental music\, adept in the dissonant style\, and in particular of the prepared instrument\, is represented in the program by an early work\, rarely played in public and very surprising in its melodicity: In a Landscape. This piece\, written in 1948\, is reminiscent of a meditation; it was composed during a period of profound questioning in the composer’s life\, a period during which he became involved in Zen culture and wrote another work in the same style: Dream. In this program\, In a Landscape symbolizes the opening toward an imaginary world that is sometimes burlesque—at once grotesque and sweetly nostalgic. \nRemus Georgescu\, renowned Romanian conductor and composer is represented in this context of musical avant-garde by Three Miniatures for Piano\, compositions that are close to Béla Bartók and Igor Stravinsky’s music\, dissonant and very rhythmically dynamic music\, which expresses a great inner freedom. \nConsequently\, the respective atmospheres proposed by these short pieces are diverse\, passing through the mystery of nocturnal life and the ambiguity of dreams/nightmares (Berceuse)\, postromantic nostalgia (Sicilienne) and caricature (Marche). The association with Druckman’s work is therefore obvious. These three miniatures\, which follow the opening work (Cage’s In a Landscape)\, play the role of preparing the listener’s ear\, and gradually lead them toward the fantastical reality of the post-war world (1955). \nThe third American composer\, who completes the program\, Aaron Copland\, nicknamed “the Dean of American Composers\,” is one of the most original and influential composers of the 20th century. Having studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris for three years\, his vast musical creation is interwoven with surprising mixtures of the artistic currents of the moment (such as as jazz\, Postimpressionism\, and neoclassicism) as well as the new musical languages with which the most “rebellious” composers experimented at the beginning of the 20th century: serial music\, atonality\, new sounds and effects produced on traditional instruments\, etc. \nAs if in an avant-garde poem\, almost out of context and in a fleeting manner\, Leonard Bernstein “intervenes” and pays tribute to his teacher and friend\, Aaron Copland\, with the miniature titled “For Aaron Copland.” This work is taken from the collection Seven Anniversaries\, which includes seven works for solo piano written between 1942 and 1943. These short pieces represent a musical gift for the birthday of each friend of the composer. The “miniature” character is again used to prepare for the entrance\, this time\, of Copland’s Four Piano Blues. \nThe last piece in this musical “collage” is “Carillon Nocturne\,” by the renowned Romanian composer George Enescu. Inspired by Romanian folk music\, the impressionist movement and\, later\, by Asian music\, Enescu creates his own language by finding the perfect balance between his sources of inspiration and his own musical intuition. \nThrough this original representation of chimes\, Enescu’s work suggests an atmosphere of tranquility and stability at the end of the program\, which allows the audience to gently reconnect with itself. The dissonances are no longer the real harmonic conflicts of The Seven Deadly Sins\, but rather a faithful representation of the natural resonances of the bells\, at once high and at the same time deep\, produced this time by the piano. \nThe Project\n“The two years of the Covid-19 pandemic put a brutal halt to face-to-face cultural events: in particular\, to live performances. Even after health restrictions were eased\, audiences were reluctant to return for a quite some time; some never returned to concerts at all\, which speaks to the fragility and fluidity of audiences. During this period\, the following thought came to me: ‘In view of the habits that have radically changed since the beginning of the pandemic\, I see here an opportunity to rethink classical concerts in order to make them accessible to a new audience beyond the habitual traditional music lovers.’ This thought was the impetus for the concept of ROmerican Avant-Garde. The choice to bring an American repertoire linked to Romanian works allows us to highlight the cultural links that exist through music of all times\, despite wars\, distance and social upheaval. If George Enescu’s nocturnal nostalgia in Romania at the dawn of World War I resonates with John Cage’s post-war imaginary landscapes in New York in 1948\, American Jacob Druckman’s 1955 atonal “rebellion” in Paris can resonate with a young 21st century audience going through a period of profound transformation; an audience that is more and more concerned about the current dramatic global situation that humanity is facing\, and that participates actively in its improvement.” \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nBook Signing\nSpecial Guest & Book Signing\nSaturday\, March 4\, 2023\, 3:00 p.m.\nSteinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI 48390 \nAndrei S. Markovits\, author \nAndrei S. Markovits was born in late 1948 as the only child of a Hungarian-speaking\, middle-class Jewish family in Timișoara\, where he spent the first nine years of his life. He then emigrated first to Vienna\, Austria\, and then to New York City\, where he went to Columbia University\, receiving five degrees there. The first 25 years as a university professor included stints at Harvard University\, Boston University\, Wesleyan University\, and many universities in Germany\, Austria\, Switzerland and Israel. He then joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 1999\, where he spent the next 25 years in his academic career. His many books\, articles\, essays\, and reviews have appeared in 15 languages. In 2012\, the Federal Republic of Germany bestowed on him the Order of Merit\, First Class\, which is the highest honor awarded to any civilian\, German and foreign. \nHis most recent book is a memoir titled The Passport as Home: Comfort in Rootlessness published by the Central European University Press in Budapest and Vienna. A Romanian translation will be published by Editura Hasefer in Bucharest in April of this year. \nThe Passport as Home: Comfort in Rootlessness\nBook Summary \nThis is the story of an illustrious Romanian-born\, Hungarian-speaking\, Vienna-schooled\, Columbia-educated and Harvard-formed\, middle-class Jewish professor of politics and other subjects. Markovits revels in a rootlessness that offers him comfort\, succor\, and the inspiration for his life’s work. As we follow his quest to find a home\, we encounter his engagement with the important political\, social\, and cultural developments of five decades on two continents. We also learn about his musical preferences\, from classical to rock; his love of team sports such as soccer\, baseball\, basketball\, and American football; and his devotion to dogs and their rescue. Above all\, the book analyzes the travails of emigration the author experienced twice\, moving from Romania to Vienna and then from Vienna to New York. \nMarkovits’s Candide-like travels through the ups and downs of post-1945 Europe and America offer a panoramic view of key currents that shaped the second half of the twentieth century. By shedding light on the cultural similarities and differences between both continents\, the book shows why America fascinated Europeans like Markovits and offered them a home that Europe never did: academic excellence\, intellectual openness\, cultural diversity and religious tolerance. America for Markovits was indeed the “beacon on the hill\,” despite the ugliness of its racism\, the prominence of its everyday bigotry\, the severity of its growing economic inequality\, and the presence of other aspects that mar this worthy experiment’s daily existence. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/romerican-march-4-2023/ LOCATION:Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI\, United States CATEGORIES:2023 American Romanian Festival,2023 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/romerican-ag-20238.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230303T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230303T193000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20230101T070011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230218T214315Z UID:2059-1677871800-1677871800@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:Black Angels / March 3\, 2023 DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nChamber Music Concert\nFriday\, March 3\, 2023\, 7:30 p.m.\nThe War Memorial\, 32 Lake Shore Dr\, Grosse Pointe Farms\, MI 48236\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]Buy Tickets: $25 adults / $10 students[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us on March 3\, 2023\, at The War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms for the chamber music concert “Black Angels” featuring compositions by George Crumb and Constantin Silvestri. \n  \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nSujin Lim\, violin\nMarian Tănău\, violin\nWill Haapaniemi\, viola\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \n\nConcert Program\nConstantin Silvestri (1913–1969)\nString Quartet No. 2\, Op. 27 (c. 1944)\nI. Con passione—disperato; Agitato e molto espressivo\nII. Brillante giocoso\nIII. Nostalgico\nIV. Con virtuosità\, ma leggiero \nSujin Lim\, violin; Marian Tănău\, violin; Will Haapaniemi\, viola; Jeremy Crosmer\, cello \n– INTERMISSION – \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 \nMarian Tănău\, violin; Sujin Lim\, violin; Will Haapaniemi\, viola; Jeremy Crosmer\, cello \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nProgram Notes\nString Quartet No. 2\, Op. 27 (c. 1944)\nProgram Note by David B. Levy \nRomanian composer and conductor Constantin-Nicolae Silvestri was born in Bucharest on May 31\, 1913\, and died in London on February 23\, 1969. By age 6\, he was already starting to play piano and organ\, and he gave his first public performance at age 10. His studies led him to the Târgu Mureş and Bucharest Conservatories. Despite any formal training in conducting\, he made his debut in this capacity in his teens. In 1930\, he made his debut with the Bucharest Radio Symphony Orchestra\, and five years later was associated with the Romanian Opera and the “George Enescu” Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1948 to 1956\, Silvestri taught at the Bucharest Conservatory\, where among his best-known students was Sergiu Comissiona\, a conductor who enjoyed considerable success in the United States. As a composer\, he produced works for piano\, orchestra\, and chamber music\, including the String Quartet No. 2\, Op. 27\, composed in the 1940s. \nSilvestri’s music is not well-known outside of his native Romania and Eastern Europe. His reputation was built primarily on his activities as a conductor. According to the biographical article in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians\, Silvestri’s style blended “neoclassical constructivism\, with occasional shades of expressionism.” His String Quartet No. 2\, Op. 27\, is cast in a chromatically embellished key of a minor\, and is in four movements marked “Con passione—agitato e molto espressivo\,” “Brillante\, giocoso\,” “Nostalgico\,” and “Con virtuosità\, ma leggiero.” Despite its mild level of dissonance and thematic angularity\, the work displays elements of folklorism\, but without the citation of actual folk music. \nBlack Angels for Electric String Quartet (1970)\nProgram Note by David B. Levy \nAmerican composer George [Henry] Crumb [Jr.] was born on October 24\, 1929\, in Charleston\, West Virginia\, and died in Media\, Pennsylvania\, on February 6\, 2022. The son of musicians (both parents were members of the West Virginia Symphony)\, Crumb grew up in an environment filled with classical and romantic music\, as well as music composed by early twentieth-century masters. He received training in composition at the Mason College of Music and Fine Arts (University of Charleston)\, the University of Illinois\, and the University of Michigan. His favorite composers included Mahler\, Debussy\, and Bartók\, but his own music frequently quoted music by Bach\, Chopin\, Schubert\, and Richard Strauss\, and others\, always with a specific dramatic or programmatic goal in mind. His Black Angels for Electric String Quartet (1970\, published 1971) is one such piece\, quoting a part of Schubert’s lied “Tod und das Mädchen” (“Death and the Maiden”). Schubert himself used this theme in the variation movement of his String Quartet in d minor. Crumb was the recipient of several prestigious grants\, as well as the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Music (1968). Black Angels is Crumb’s reaction to the horrors of the Vietnam War. It was commissioned by the University of Michigan and was first performed by the Stanley Quartet in October 1970. An inscription in the score reads “Finished on Friday the Thirteenth\, March 1970 (in tempore belli).” In addition to their amplified instruments\, the performers are required to play crystal glasses\, maracas\, suspended tam-tam\, and gong\, as well as using their voices to produce phonemes and reciting numbers in a variety of languages. \nGeorge Crumb was a composer who was at once conscious of the tradition of concert music to which he belonged\, as well as the social issues of his day. Many of his works made use of texts by the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca\, most notably Ancient Voices of Children (1970). This work\, and many others\, makes use of theatrical effects and lighting. According to Crumb’s own program notes\, Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land) is a “parable on our troubled contemporary world.” The work is rife with multiple layers of symbolism\, part of which is numerological (7 and 13). The interval of the tritone\, known as “the devil in music” (diabolus in musica) in the Middle Ages\, plays an important role throughout the piece. In addition to the Schubert quotation\, Crumb also alludes to the medieval Latin chant Dies irae that is the sequence in the Catholic Mass for the Dead. This tune was also used to great effect by Berlioz in his Symphonie fantastique and by Rachmaninoff in several of his works. Crumb also opens the work with a movement titled “Night of the Electric Insects”—a clear reference to a (non-electric) effect found in some music by Bartók. \nWhile Black Angels is linked specifically to the composer’s response to the Vietnam War\, its dramatic message is timeless. In writing the words in tempore belli (in time of war)\, for example\, Crumb was doubtlessly aware of the title of Joseph Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli (Mass in Time of War) of 1796. Crumb described the structure of Black Angels as a “huge arch-like design” portraying “a voyage of the soul [in three stages]” being “Departure (fall from grace)\, Absence (spiritual annihilation) and Return (redemption).” Even here\, Crumb was surely thinking of the three movements of Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano\, Op. 81a (“Lebewohl” or “Les Adieux”)\, whose three movements are labeled Departure\, Absence\, and Return. While much of Black Angels is harsh and angular\, the use of tonal quotations provides a helpful anchor for the listener. URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/black-angels-march-3-2023/ LOCATION:The War Memorial\, 32 Lake Shore Dr\, Grosse Pointe Farms\, MI\, 48236\, United States CATEGORIES:2023 American Romanian Festival,2023 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/black-angels-chamber-concert-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20230302T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20230302T193000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20230101T060036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230219T193027Z UID:1985-1677785400-1677785400@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:ROmerican Avant-Garde / March 2\, 2023 DESCRIPTION:ROmerican Avant-Garde\n Piano Recital\nThursday\, March 2\, 2023\, 7:30 p.m.\nCook Recital Hall\, 333 W Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, MI 48824\n \nFree Admission\nThe daring works proposed by ROmerican Avant-Garde explore emotional themes ranging from anger to dreams and rebelliousness\, with a whiff of nostalgia from Eastern Europe and post-war America. Echoing our 21st-century identity crisis\, this program testifies to a need for a new\, avant-garde approach. \nConceived as a “revisited” classical piano recital\, ROmerican Avant-Garde is a concert experience lasting about 50 minutes\, without applause\, and almost without interruption\, between the works. This unusual musical program\, which presents American and Romanian compositions written mainly during the first half of the 20th century and dedicated to the piano\, is centered around a work never performed in Europe until now\, since its premiere in Paris in 1955: The Seven Deadly Sins by Jacob Druckman. \n  \n\n[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nDinu Mihailescu\, piano \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]\n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nTeaser Trailer\n\n \n  \n\nThe Program\nJohn Cage (1912–1992)\nIn a Landscape (1948) \nRemus Georgescu (1932–2021)\nThree Miniatures for Piano (2004)\nI. Berceuse\nII. Sicilienne\nIII. Marche \nJacob Druckman (1928–1996)\nThe Seven Deadly Sins (1955)\nI. Pride\nII. Envy\nIII. Anger\nIV. Sloth\nV. Avarice\nVI. Gluttony\nVII. Carnality \nLeonard Bernstein (1918–1990)\n“For Aaron Copland” from Seven Anniversaries (1943) \nAaron Copland (1900–1990)\nFour Piano Blues (1926–1948)\nI. Freely Poetic\nII. Soft and Languid\nIII. Muted and Sensuous\nIV. With Bounce \nGeorge Enescu (1881–1955)\n“Carillon Nocturne” from Pièces Impromptues (1916) \n  \n\nProgram Notes\nProgram Note by Dinu Mihailescu \nThe daring works proposed by ROmerican Avant-Garde explore emotional themes ranging from anger to dreams and rebelliousness\, with a whiff of nostalgia from Eastern Europe and post-war America. Echoing our 21st-century identity crisis\, this program testifies to a need for a new\, avant-garde approach. \nJacob Druckman\, one of the principal composers of the American musical avant-garde\, is also considered one of the greatest orchestrators of his generation. The Seven Deadly Sins is his only known piece for solo piano. Composed in Europe—more specifically in Paris—this work might represent an “experimental plane” for the composer\, who continued to try out new forms\, techniques\, and styles of composition upon his return to the United States. \nAdept in the atonal style\, all the while including reminiscences of tonality that are magistrally “hidden” in his musical discourse\, Druckman finds his principal sources of inspiration in the music of Igor Stravinsky and Aaron Copland—with whom he studied composition at Tanglewood. Beginning in the 1960s\, this American composer became impassioned with electronic music and by opera\, two elements that will contribute to the originality of his future musical creations. \nJohn Cage\, an emblematic composer of American experimental music\, adept in the dissonant style\, and in particular of the prepared instrument\, is represented in the program by an early work\, rarely played in public and very surprising in its melodicity: In a Landscape. This piece\, written in 1948\, is reminiscent of a meditation; it was composed during a period of profound questioning in the composer’s life\, a period during which he became involved in Zen culture and wrote another work in the same style: Dream. In this program\, In a Landscape symbolizes the opening toward an imaginary world that is sometimes burlesque—at once grotesque and sweetly nostalgic. \nRemus Georgescu\, renowned Romanian conductor and composer is represented in this context of musical avant-garde by Three Miniatures for Piano\, compositions that are close to Béla Bartók and Igor Stravinsky’s music\, dissonant and very rhythmically dynamic music\, which expresses a great inner freedom. \nConsequently\, the respective atmospheres proposed by these short pieces are diverse\, passing through the mystery of nocturnal life and the ambiguity of dreams/nightmares (Berceuse)\, postromantic nostalgia (Sicilienne) and caricature (Marche). The association with Druckman’s work is therefore obvious. These three miniatures\, which follow the opening work (Cage’s In a Landscape)\, play the role of preparing the listener’s ear\, and gradually lead them toward the fantastical reality of the post-war world (1955). \nThe third American composer\, who completes the program\, Aaron Copland\, nicknamed “the Dean of American Composers\,” is one of the most original and influential composers of the 20th century. Having studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris for three years\, his vast musical creation is interwoven with surprising mixtures of the artistic currents of the moment (such as as jazz\, Postimpressionism\, and neoclassicism) as well as the new musical languages with which the most “rebellious” composers experimented at the beginning of the 20th century: serial music\, atonality\, new sounds and effects produced on traditional instruments\, etc. \nAs if in an avant-garde poem\, almost out of context and in a fleeting manner\, Leonard Bernstein “intervenes” and pays tribute to his teacher and friend\, Aaron Copland\, with the miniature titled “For Aaron Copland.” This work is taken from the collection Seven Anniversaries\, which includes seven works for solo piano written between 1942 and 1943. These short pieces represent a musical gift for the birthday of each friend of the composer. The “miniature” character is again used to prepare for the entrance\, this time\, of Copland’s Four Piano Blues. \nThe last piece in this musical “collage” is “Carillon Nocturne\,” by the renowned Romanian composer George Enescu. Inspired by Romanian folk music\, the impressionist movement and\, later\, by Asian music\, Enescu creates his own language by finding the perfect balance between his sources of inspiration and his own musical intuition. \nThrough this original representation of chimes\, Enescu’s work suggests an atmosphere of tranquility and stability at the end of the program\, which allows the audience to gently reconnect with itself. The dissonances are no longer the real harmonic conflicts of The Seven Deadly Sins\, but rather a faithful representation of the natural resonances of the bells\, at once high and at the same time deep\, produced this time by the piano. \nThe Project\n“The two years of the Covid-19 pandemic put a brutal halt to face-to-face cultural events: in particular\, to live performances. Even after health restrictions were eased\, audiences were reluctant to return for a quite some time; some never returned to concerts at all\, which speaks to the fragility and fluidity of audiences. During this period\, the following thought came to me: ‘In view of the habits that have radically changed since the beginning of the pandemic\, I see here an opportunity to rethink classical concerts in order to make them accessible to a new audience beyond the habitual traditional music lovers.’ This thought was the impetus for the concept of ROmerican Avant-Garde. The choice to bring an American repertoire linked to Romanian works allows us to highlight the cultural links that exist through music of all times\, despite wars\, distance and social upheaval. If George Enescu’s nocturnal nostalgia in Romania at the dawn of World War I resonates with John Cage’s post-war imaginary landscapes in New York in 1948\, American Jacob Druckman’s 1955 atonal “rebellion” in Paris can resonate with a young 21st century audience going through a period of profound transformation; an audience that is more and more concerned about the current dramatic global situation that humanity is facing\, and that participates actively in its improvement.” \n  URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/romerican-march-2-2023/ LOCATION:Cook Recital Hall\, 333 W Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, MI\, 48824\, United States CATEGORIES:2023 American Romanian Festival,2023 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/romerican-ag-20237.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20200203T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20200203T193000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20200114T022701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200126T183829Z UID:1879-1580758200-1580758200@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:Chamber Orchestra Concert / February 3\, 2020 DESCRIPTION:Chamber Orchestra Concert: With Wayne State University students and faculty and guests from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra\nChamber Music Concert\nMonday\, February 3\, 2020\, 7:30 p.m.\nWayne State University\, Schaver Recital Hall\, 480 W Hancock St\, Detroit\, MI 48201 \nFree Admission\n\nThe American Romanian Festival once again presents the Wayne State University Orchestra\, joined by WSU faculty and musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra\, in an evening of music guaranteed to help you travel over plains and borders. The first part of the program features Arthur Foote’s melodious and dynamic Serenade for Strings\, followed by Exorcisme\, a work for flute and chamber orchestra by Romanian composer Remus Georgescu and featuring WSU alumnus Shantanique Moore\, currently a fellow with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The concert continues with the Almajan Suite by Remus Georgescu and selections from Old American Songs by Aaron Copland\, featuring Wayne State University’s newly appointed voice professor Jonathan Lasch. The concerts ends with Constantin Silvestri’s melodious\, playful\, and fiery Three Pieces for String Orchestra. \nThis concert is given as part of this season’s American Romanian Festival. \n\n[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nKypros Markou\, conductor\nJonathan Lasch\, baritone\nShantanique Moore\, flute\nWayne State University Orchestra  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nConcert Program\nArthur Foote (1853–1937)\nSerenade\, Op. 25\nPraeludium: Allegro comodo\nAir: Adagio\, ma non troppo\nIntermezzo: Allegretto grazioso\nRomanze: Andante con moto\nGavotte: Allegro deciso \n  \nRemus Georgescu (b. 1932)\nExorcisme for Flute and String Orchestra
 \nShantanique Moore\, flute \n  \n– INTERMISSION – \n  \nRemus Georgescu (b. 1932)\nSuita Almăjană for String Orchestra \nAllegro semplice\nLento\, un poco rubato\nAllegro moderato \n  \nAaron Copland (1900–1990)\nOld American Songs    \nSimple Gifts\nI Bought Me a Cat\nAt the River\nZion’s Walls \nJonathan Lasch\, baritone \n  \nConstantin Silvestri (1913–1969)\nThree Pieces for Strings\nPesante. Scherzoso\nCantabile\nVeloce \n  \n\n  \n  URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/chamber-orchestra-concert-february-3-2020/ LOCATION:Schaver Recital Hall\, Wayne State University\, 480 W Hancock St\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States CATEGORIES:2020 American Romanian Festival,2020 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/wsu-dso-orchestra-concert.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20191109T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20191109T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20190906T015754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190925T232237Z UID:1789-1573311600-1573311600@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:From America to the East / November 9\, 2019 DESCRIPTION:From America to the East — Piano Trios\nChamber Music Concert\nSaturday\, November 9\, 2019\, 3 p.m.\nSteinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI 48390 \n$20 Admission\nJoin us for the chamber music concert “From America to the East” performed at Steinway Piano Gallery. \nThis concert is given as part of this season’s American Romanian Festival. \n\n[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nMarian Tănău\, violin\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello\nKazimierz Brzozowski\, piano \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nConcert Program\n  \nGeorge Enescu (1881–1955)\nPiano Trio in g minor\nAllegro molto vivace\nAllegretto grazioso\nAndante\nPresto \n  \nChick Corea (b. 1940)\nAddendum \n  \n– INTERMISSION – \n  \nDimitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)\nPiano Trio No.2\, Op. 67\nAndante\nAllegro con brio\nLargo\nAllegretto  \n  \n\nSponsors\n[dt_logos columns=”5″ dividers=”true” number=”12″ orderby=”date” order=”desc” animation=”none” category=”2019-sponsors”] \n  URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/from-america-to-the-east-november-9-2019/ LOCATION:Steinway Piano Gallery\, 2700 E. West Maple Rd.\, Commerce Charter Township\, MI\, 48390\, United States CATEGORIES:2019 American Romanian Festival,2019 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/american-to-east.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20191019T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20191019T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20190906T001412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190926T232431Z UID:1784-1571497200-1571497200@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:Profane & Sacred / Saturday\, October 19\, 2019 DESCRIPTION:Profane & Sacred \nChamber Music Concert\nSaturday\, October 19\, 2019\, 3 p.m.\nSteinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI 48390 \n$20 Admission\nJoin us for the chamber music concert “Profane & Sacred” performed at Steinway Piano Gallery. \nThis concert is given as part of this season’s American Romanian Festival. \n\n[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nSujin Lim\, violin\nMarian Tănău\, violin\nMike Chen\, viola\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nConcert Program\nGabriel Malancioiu (b. 1979)\nProfane & Sacred for two violins and viola \n  \nEde Terényi (b. 1935)\nString Quartet No. 2\nTempo I Presto\nAndante Maestoso\nAllegro vivace\nAndante cantabile\nAllegretto \n  \nCiprian Porumbescu (arr. Jeremy Crosmer)\nBalad \n  \n– INTERMISSION – \n  \nTheodor Grigoriu (b. 1926)\nString Quartet “On the River Arges”\nBallade: Moderato poco rubato\nDance with flute\nA la sorce: Lento soave\nThe small willow: Allegro molto \n  \n\nSponsors\n[dt_logos columns=”5″ dividers=”true” number=”12″ orderby=”date” order=”desc” animation=”none” category=”2019-sponsors”] \n  URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/profane-sacred-saturday-october-19-2019/ LOCATION:Steinway Piano Gallery\, 2700 E. West Maple Rd.\, Commerce Charter Township\, MI\, 48390\, United States CATEGORIES:2019 American Romanian Festival,2019 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/arf-2019-photos.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20191018T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20191018T113000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20190926T001805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190926T054700Z UID:1799-1571398200-1571398200@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:From Romania: Grigoriu & Terényi String Quartets / October 18\, 2019 DESCRIPTION:From Romania: Grigoriu & Terényi String Quartets \nChamber Music Concert\nFriday\, October 18\, 2019\, 11:30 a.m.\nWayne State University\, Schaver Recital Hall\, 480 W Hancock St\, Detroit\, MI 48201 \nFree Admission\nJoin us for the chamber music concert “From Romania: Grigoriu & Terényi String Quartets” performed at Wayne State University’s Schaver Recital Hall \nThis concert is given as part of this season’s American Romanian Festival. \n\n[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nSujin Lim\, violin\nMarian Tănău\, violin\nMike Chen\, viola\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nConcert Program\nEde Terényi (b. 1935)\nString Quartet No. 2\nTempo I Presto\nAndante Maestoso\nAllegro vivace\nAndante cantabile\nAllegretto \n  \nTheodor Grigoriu (b. 1926)\nString Quartet “On the River Arges”\nBallade: Moderato poco rubato\nDance with flute\nA la sorce: Lento soave\nThe small willow: Allegro molto \n  \n\nSponsors\n[dt_logos columns=”5″ dividers=”true” number=”12″ orderby=”date” order=”desc” animation=”none” category=”2019-sponsors”] \n  URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/from-romania-grigoriu-terenyi-october-18-2019/ LOCATION:Schaver Recital Hall\, Wayne State University\, 480 W Hancock St\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States CATEGORIES:2019 American Romanian Festival,2019 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/from-romania-grigoriu-terenyi-october-18-2019.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20190927T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20190927T113000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20190904T000235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190904T002347Z UID:1767-1569583800-1569583800@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:The Power of Words & Song / September 27\, 2019 DESCRIPTION:The Power of Words & Song\nChamber Music Concert\nThe Power of Words & Song\nSeptember 27\, 2019\, 11:30 a.m. \nWayne State University\, Schaver Recital Hall\, 480 W Hancock St\, Detroit\, MI 48201 \nFree Admission\nJoin us for the chamber music concert “The Power of Words and Song” performed at Wayne State University’s Schaver Recital Hall. \nThis concert is given as part of this season’s American Romanian Festival. \n\n[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nAnné-Marie Condacse\, soprano\nMarina Ionescu\, piano \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nConcert Program\nGeorge Grigoriu (1927–1999)\nThe Music from\nThe Waves of the Danube \nTiberiu Brediceanu (1877–1968)\nUnder the flowers when I swing (Pe sub flori mă legănai)\nThe cuckoo has left (S’a dus cucul de p’aici) \nGeorge Enescu (1881–1955)\nFrom La Seceriș:\nLittle flower on the water (Floricică de pe apă)\nStanca’s Song (Doina Stăncuței) \nDiamandi Gheciu (1892–1980)\nMorning Prayer (Morgengebet)\nThe Rag (Zdreanță) \nNicolae Bretan (1887–1968)\nSleeping Little Birds (Somnoroase păsărele) \nPascal Bentoiu (b. 1927)\nAbout War (Despre război) \nFlorin Comişel (1922–1985)\nThe Fairy Tales Prince Charming (Făt Frumos)\nfrom Leonard \nFelicia Donceanu (b. 1931)\nAmărată Turturea\nTestament \n  \n\nSponsors\n[dt_logos columns=”5″ dividers=”true” number=”12″ orderby=”date” order=”desc” animation=”none” category=”2019-sponsors”] \n  URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/the-power-of-words-and-song-september-27-2019/ LOCATION:Schaver Recital Hall\, Wayne State University\, 480 W Hancock St\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States CATEGORIES:2019 American Romanian Festival,2019 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/the-power-of-words-and-song-september-27-2019.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20190420T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20190420T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20190403T003149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T014926Z UID:1694-1555786800-1555786800@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:Cvartet şi Octete: Opposites / April 20\, 2019 DESCRIPTION:Cvartet şi Octete: Opposites\nMuzica de Cameră\nCvartet şi Octete: Opposites\nSambata\, 20 Aprilie\, 2019\, ora 19:00  \nSala Capitol\, Filarmonica Banatul\, Timisoara\, Romania \nAdmission Tickets Sold At Door by Timișoara Philharmonic\nJoin us for the chamber music concert “Opposites” performed in Timisoara\, Romania. \nThis concert is given as part of the Romanian concerts as part of this season’s American Romanian Festival. \n\n[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nLucian Petrilă\, vioară\nSujin Lim\, vioară\nGabriela Petrilă\, vioară\nMarian Tănău\, violin\nMike Chen\, violă\nIuliana Ambaruș\, violă\nAlexandra Guţu\, violoncel\nJeremy Crosmer\, violoncel \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nConcert Program\nPhilip Glass (b. 1937)\nString Quartet No. 5 (1991) \nI\nII\nIII\nIV\nV \n  \n– Pauză – \n  \nMarc Mellits (b. 1966)\nOctet de Coarde (2010) \nstrong\, aggressive\, heavy\, & accented\nslow\nwith motion & funk\nindustrial\, massive \nDimitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)\nOctet de Coarde\, Op. 11 (1925) \nPrelude. Adagio\nScherzo. Allegro molto \n  \n\nSponsors\n[dt_logos columns=”5″ dividers=”true” number=”12″ orderby=”date” order=”desc” animation=”none” category=”2019-sponsors”] \n  URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/cvartet-si-octete-opposites-april-20-2019/ LOCATION:Sala Capitol\, Filarmonica Banatul\, Timișoara\, Q62G+8G\, Romania CATEGORIES:2019 American Romanian Festival,2019 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/chamber-music-opposites-romania.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20190419T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20190419T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20190403T003301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190405T024742Z UID:1699-1555700400-1555700400@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:Muzica de Cameră: Crossroads / April 19\, 2019 DESCRIPTION:Muzica de Cameră: Crossroads\nMuzica de Cameră\nVineri\, 19 Aprilie\, 2019\, ora 19:00\nSala Perian\, Colegiul National de Art “Ion Vidu”\, Timisoara\, Romania \nAdmission Tickets Sold At Door by Timișoara Philharmonic\nJoin a string quartet of Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians for the chamber music concert “Crossroads” at in Timisoara\, Romania. The classical music road evolved through the centuries with distinct styles that were characteristic during certain historical periods. The music of the 20th century\, however\, continued without a dominant style. Composers created highly diverse works in many different musical styles\, such as Modernism\, Impressionism\, post-Romanticism\, Neoclassicism\, Expressionism\, Minimalism Atonality\, Serialism\, musique concrète\, and electronic music. Bartók\, Barber\, and Terényi all took a different tack in their works with a very distinct personal voice. Their styles are at crossroads.\n\nThis concert is given as part of the Romanian concerts as part of this season’s American Romanian Festival. \n\n[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nMarian Tănău\, vioară\nSujin Lim\, vioară\nMike Chen\, violă\nJeremy Crosmer\,violoncel \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nConcert Program\nEde Terényi (b. 1935)\nCvartet de Coarde No. 1\nAdagio\nAllegro moderato\nTranquillo\nVivace\nLento assai \nSamuel Barber (1910–1981)\nCvartet de Coarde Op. 11 in si minor (1936)\nMolto allegro e appassionato\nMolto adagio [attacca]\nMolto allegro (come prima) \n– Pauză – \nBéla Bartók (1881–1945)\nCvartet de Coarde No. 5\, Sz. 102\, BB 110 (1934)\nAllegro\nAdagio molto\nScherzo: alla bulgarese\nAndante\nFinale: Allegro vivace \n  \n\nSponsors\n[dt_logos columns=”5″ dividers=”true” number=”12″ orderby=”date” order=”desc” animation=”none” category=”2019-sponsors”] \n  URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/muzica-de-camera-crossroads-i-april-19-2019/ LOCATION:Sala Perian\, Colegiul National de Art “Ion Vidu”\, Timișoara\, P6WM+PQ\, Romania CATEGORIES:2019 American Romanian Festival,2019 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/chamber-music-crossroads-romania.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20190417T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Bucharest:20190417T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20190403T003142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190406T181741Z UID:1705-1555527600-1555527600@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:Recital de Trio cu Pian: From America to the East / April 17\, 2019 DESCRIPTION:Recital de Trio cu Pian: From America to the East\nMuzica Recital\nMiercuri\, 17 Aprilie\, 2019\, ora 19:00 \nSala Capitol\, Filarmonica Banatul\, Timisoara\, Romania \nAdmission Tickets Sold At Door by Timișoara Philharmonic\nJoin us for the chamber music concert “From America to the East” in Timisoara\, Romania. \nThis concert is given as part of the Romanian concerts as part of this season’s American Romanian Festival. \n\n[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nMarian Tănău\, vioară\nAlexandra Guţu\, violoncel\nVictor Părău\, pian \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nConcert Program\nAmy Beach (1867–1944)\nTrio cu Pian\, Op. 150\nAllegro\nLento expressivo\nAllegro con brio \nWilliam Bolcom (b. 1938)\nTrio Primavara \nChick Corea (b. 1940)\nAddendum \n– Pauză – \nDimitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)\n Trio cu Pian No. 2\, Op. 67\nAndante\nAllegro con brio\nLargo\nAllegretto  \n  \n\nSponsors\n[dt_logos columns=”5″ dividers=”true” number=”12″ orderby=”date” order=”desc” animation=”none” category=”2019-sponsors”] \n  URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/recital-de-trio-cu-pian-from-america-to-the-east-april-17-2019/ LOCATION:Sala Capitol\, Filarmonica Banatul\, Timișoara\, Q62G+8G\, Romania CATEGORIES:2019 American Romanian Festival,2019 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/chamber-music-from-america-to-east-romania.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190309T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190309T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20190212T190412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190213T033906Z UID:1672-1552143600-1552143600@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:Crossroads Chamber Music Concert / March 9\, 2019 DESCRIPTION:Chamber Music: Crossroads\nChamber Concert\nSaturday\, March 9\, 2019\, 3 p.m.\nSteinway Piano Gallery Detroit\, 2700 E West Maple Rd\, Commerce Charter Twp\, MI 48390 \n$20 Admission Tickets\nJoin a string quartet of Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians for the chamber music concert “Crossroads” at Steinway Piano Gallery.\nThe classical music road evolved through the centuries with distinct styles that were characteristic during certain historical periods. The music of the 20th century\, however\, continued without a dominant style. Composers created a highly diverse works in many different musical styles\, such as Modernism\, Impressionism\, post-Romanticism\, Neoclassicism\, Expressionism\, Minimalism  Atonality\, Serialism\, musique concrète\, and electronic music. Bartók\, Barber\, and Glass all took a different tack in their works with a very distinct personal voice. Their styles are at crossroads. \nThis concert is given in preparation for the Romanian concerts as part of this season’s American Romanian Festival. \n\n[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nSujin Lim\, violin\nMarian Tănău\, violin\nMike Chen\, viola\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\nConcert Program\nBéla Bartók (1881–1945)\nString Quartet No. 5 \nAllegro\nAdagio molto\nScherzo: alla bulgarese\nAndante\nFinale: Allegro vivace \nSamuel Barber (1910–1981)\nString Quartet\, Op. 11 in b minor (1936) \nMolto allegro e appassionato\nMolto adagio [attacca]\nMolto allegro (come prima) \n– INTERMISSION – \nPhilip Glass (b. 1937)\nString Quartet No. 5 (1991) \nI\nII\nIII\nIV\nV \n  \n\nSponsors\n[dt_logos columns=”5″ dividers=”true” number=”12″ orderby=”date” order=”desc” animation=”none” category=”2019-sponsors”] \n  URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/crossroads-chamber-music-concert-march-9-2019/ LOCATION:Steinway Piano Gallery\, 2700 E. West Maple Rd.\, Commerce Charter Township\, MI\, 48390\, United States CATEGORIES:2019 American Romanian Festival,2019 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/chamber-music-crossroads.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190222T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190222T123000 DTSTAMP:20260423T121044 CREATED:20190116T020654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190212T014022Z UID:1647-1550835000-1550838600@americanromanianfestival.org SUMMARY:Music from Transylvania:  Bartók and Terényi String Quartets / February 22\, 2019 DESCRIPTION:Classical Music from Transylvania: Bartók & Terényi String Quartets\nChamber Concert\nFriday\, February 22\, 2019\, 11:30 a.m.\nWayne State University\, Schaver Recital Hall\, 480 W Hancock St\, Detroit\, MI 48201 \nFREE Admission\nJoin a string quartet of Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians in this trip through the eerie and magical classical music of Transylvania in the 20th century\, featuring Béla Bartók’s String Quartet No. 5 and Ede Terényi’s String Quartet No. 1.\nEde Terényi is a Romanian composer of Hungarian nationality. He was born in 1935 and educated in Cluj-Napoca\, Romania\, and later in Darmstad. Composed in 1974\, Terenyi’s Quartet No.1 continues the tradition of Hungarian national composers such as Bartók and Ligetti. The work is written in five movements\, and it includes unusual techniques\, eerie melodies\, and imitations of natural sounds. \nThe String Quartet No. 5 of Béla Bartók was written in 1934. It has five movements and it is conceived in an arch form with a symmetry around the middle movement\, which is a Scherzo written in the rhythmical style of  Bulgarian folk music featuring a meter of 4+2+3. The quartet was written as a result of a commission by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge who was an American pianist and patron of the music. The work was premiered in Washington\, DC\,  by the Kolisch Quartet in 1934. \n\n[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nArtists\nMarian Tănău\, violin\nSujin Lim\, violin\nMike Chen\, viola\nJeremy Crosmer\, cello \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n\n  \n\nConcert Program\nBéla Bartók (1881-1945)\nString Quartet No. 5 \nAllegro\nAdagio molto\nScherzo: alla bulgarese\nAndante\nFinale: Allegro vivace \n– INTERMISSION – \nEde Terényi (b. 1935)\nString Quartet No. 1 \nAdagio\nAllegro moderato\nTranquillo\nVivace\nLento assai \n  \n\nSponsors\n[dt_logos columns=”5″ dividers=”true” number=”12″ orderby=”date” order=”desc” animation=”none” category=”2019-sponsors”] \n  URL:https://americanromanianfestival.org/event/terenyi-music-february-22-2019-2/ LOCATION:Schaver Recital Hall\, Wayne State University\, 480 W Hancock St\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States CATEGORIES:2019 American Romanian Festival,2019 Concert Series,American Romanian Festival Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanromanianfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/music-from-transylvania-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR