September 17, 2009, 4–5:30 p.m. 1636 International Institute/SSWB, 1080 S. University, Ann Arbor, MI Conversations on Europe Lecture: 1989: A Twenty-Year Balance Sheet of that Annus Mirabilis. Andrei S. Markovits, Arthur F. Thurnau and Karl W. Deutsch Professor of German and Political Science, U-M. Sponsor CES-EUC – Center for European Studies-European Union Center
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 7:00 p.m. University of Michigan Museum of Art Free Admission Possible discussions between movies to be facilitated by U of M Film Department faculty or students. Screenings BELA LUGOSI THE FALLEN VAMPIRE 52 min, Florin Iepan, narrated in English A documentary about the life of the Hollywood film legend Bela Lugosi…
Sunday, October 11, 2009, 7:30 p.m. Alexander Recital Hall, Eastern Michigan University Free Admission Artists American Romanian Festival Quartet Penny Kruse, violin Marian Tanau, violin Eva Stern, viola Paul Wingert, cello Concert Program Samuel Barber (1906–1975) String Quartet op. 11 Molto allegro e appassionato Molto adagio – attaca: Molto allegro (come prima) Bedrich Smetana (1824–1884)…
Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 7:30 p.m. Schaver Recital Hall, Wayne State University Free Admission Artists Vasile Beluska, violin Penny Kruse, violin Laura Roelofs, violin Marian Tanau, violin Eva Stern, viola Megan Fergusson, viola Alan Smith, cello Paul Wingert, cello Concert Program Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) String Octet op. 11 Prelude Scherzo Thomas L. Read Octet for…
Saturday, October 17, 2009 VisTaTech, Schoolcraft College, Livonia 5:00 p.m. Art Opening Visiting Romanian Artist Lia Popescu Free Admission 6:00 p.m. Romanian Food Cooked by the Master Chefs at Schoolcraft College Authentic Romanian cuisine will be offered in a small plate format, permitting guests to sample a number of dishes. sold out 8 p.m. Chamber…
Sunday, October 18, 2009, 3:00 p.m. Schaver Recital Hall, Old Main, Wayne State University Free Admission Artists Laura Roelofs, violin Judith Vander Weg, cello Robert Conway, piano Concert Program Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935) Partita for Violin and Piano (1930) Intrada Sarabande: Variations on a theme by Johann Mattheson Divertissement Finale des tendres Adieux - INTERMISSION…
Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 12 pm College of Musical Arts, Bowling Green, Ohio Free Admission Artists Penny Kruse, violin Vasile Beluska, violin Laura Roelofs, violin Marian Tanau, violin Eva Stern, viola Megan Ferguson, viola Alan Smith, cello Paul Wingert, cello Concert Program Theodor Grigoriu (b. 1926) String Quartet “On the River Arges” Ballade: Moderato poco…
Thursday, October 22, 2009, 4–5:30 p.m. 1636 International Institute/SSWB, 1080 S. University, Ann Arbor, MI Purity and Danger in Romania’s ‘Transitional Justice’: Purging Enemies through the Securitate Files. Katherine Verdery, Julien J. Studley Faculty Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, City University of New York Graduate Center. Sponsors CES-EUC – Center for European Studies-European Union…
Thursday, October 22, 2009, 8 p.m. Kerrytown Concert House $25, $15, $10, tickets at the door admission Artists Laura Roelofs, violin Robert Conway, piano Judith Vander Weg, cello Concert Program Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935) Partita for Violin and Piano (1930) Intrada Sarabande: Variations on a theme by Johann Mattheson Divertissement Finale des tendres Adieux Laura…
Friday, October 23, 2009, 8 p.m. Kerrytown Concert House $25, $15, $10, tickets at the door admission Photography Exhibit and Lecture Uniquely Detroit Donald Jones Presentation by James Hartway Chamber Music Concert Program James Hartway City Sketches for Violin, Cello and Piano (1987) Assembly Line Holy Cathedral Marble Fountain Abandoned House Festival Weekend Vasile Beluska,…
Saturday October 24, 2009, 7:00 p.m. University of Michigan Museum of Art Free Admission Possible discussions between movies to be facilitated by U of M Film Department faculty or students. Screenings BRAN CASTLE, VLAD TEPES VS DRACULA, RASNOV STRONGHOLD 2005, Nicolae Margineanu, 60 min, narrated in English The Castle owes its fame to the legendary…
Sunday, October 25, 2009, 7:30 p.m. University of Michigan Museum of Art $10 at the door Admission Artists Penny Kruse, violin Vasile Beluska, violin Laura Leigh Roelofs, violin Marian Tanau, violin Megan Fergusson, viola Eva Stern, viola Alan Smith, cello Paul Wingert, cello Concert Program Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) String Octet op. 11 Prelude Scherzo Thomas…
October 28, 2009, 12-1:30 p.m. 1636 International Institute/SSWB, 1080 S. University Ann Arbor, MI “Grounding Socialism: Architecture, Archeology, and Conflicting Materialities in Bucharest’s Old Court Area (1953-1967).” Emanuela Grama, doctoral candidate in anthropology, U-M. Sponsors: CREES, CES-EUC Sponsor Acronym Key CES-EUC – Center for European Studies-European Union Center CREES – Center for Russian and East…
Thursday, October 29, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit Free Admission Screening ARCHITECTURE AND POWER 1994, Nicolae Margineanu, 52 min narrated in English Political power always betrays its intentions through architecture. This is a history of Bucharest seen through the eyes of totalitarian architecture. BRAN CASTLE, VLAD TEPES VS DRACULA, RASNOV STRONGHOLD 2005,…
November 3–7, 2009 Piata Victoriei, Timisoara, Romania visit blog and view photos Installation of an inflatable monument commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Romanian revolution, workshop and lecture for the architecture students of Timisoara Polytechnic University. Anca Trandafirescu, assistant professor of architecture, U-M. Sponsors: U-M’s WCED, TCAUP, CREES, CES-EUC
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 7:00 p.m. ORPHEUM RECITAL HALL, FACULTATEA DE MUZICA TIMISOARA, ROMANIA Artists Vasile Beluska, violin Laura Roelofs, violin Alan Smith, cello Robert Conway, piano Concert Program CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER PARTITA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO Intrada Sarabande: Variations on a theme by Johann Mattheson Divertissement Finale des tendres Adieux JAMES HARTWAY CITY SKETCHES…
November 4, 2009, 7:00 p.m. CAPITOL HALL, TIMISOARA, ROMANIA Artists Vasile Beluska, violin Penny Thompson Kruse, violin Laura Roelofs, violin Marian Tanau, violin Megan Fergusson, viola Eva Stern, viola Alan Smith, cello Paul Wingert, cello Robert Conway, piano Concert Program BÉLA BARTÓK PIANO QUINTET Andante Vivace (Scherzando) Adagio Poco a poco piu vivace VASILE BELUSKA,…
Recital de Cvartete Joi, Noiembrie 5, 2009, 19:00 Sala Filarmonicii sau Sala Perian American Romanian Festival Quartet Penny Kruse, vioara Marian Tanau, vioara Eva Stern, viola Paul Wingert, violoncel Cvartet de Coarde op. 11 Samuel Barber (1906-1975) Molto allegro e appassionato Molto adagio – attaca: Molto allegro (come prima) Cvartet de Coarde in Mi minor…
Symphonic Concert: Timisoara Philharmonic November 6, 2009 Romania
Recital de Muzica de Camera Sambata, Noiembrie 7, 2009, 17:00 Muzeul Bartok, Sannicolaul Mare Aria pe Coarda Sol de Johann Sebastian Bach Cvartet de Coarde “Pe Arges In Sus” Theodor Grigoriu (1926-) Balada: Moderato poco rubato Dans cu fluier La izvoare: Lento soave Salcioara: Allegro molto Penny Kruse, viori Marian Tanau, viori Eva Stern, viola…
Lecture with Andrei Codrescu December 9, 2009, 7–8:30 p.m. Rackham Auditorium, 915 E Washington St, Ann Arbor, MI Politics of Writing Lecture How to Make a Revolution: A Guide to Romania’s Fin-de-Siècle Media Spectacle as Performed by a Dying Regime, a Willing Populace, and the International Press Corps. Sponsors CREES, Avant Garde Interest Group, CES-EUC,…
December 10, 2009, 4–5:30 p.m. 1636 International Institute/SSWB 1080 S. University, Ann Arbor, MI Conversations on Europe/CREES Lecture: Plus ça change? The Romanian Revolution of 1989 and its Aftermath. Grigore Pop-Eleches, assistant professor of politics and public and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. Sponsors CES-EUC, CREES, WCED. Sponsor…
Romanian Film Series: Installment III Sunday, December 13, 2009, 3:00 p.m. University of Michigan Museum of Art Free and open to the public 3:00 p.m. CHILDREN OF THE DECREE (2004, 68 min, narrated in English) Florin Iepan A fascinating documentary, taking a trip through twenty-five years of Ceausescu's rule in Romania during which he tried…
Friday, September 17, 2010, 7:15 p.m., Pre-screening Talk, 7:00 p.m. Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor 48109 Free Admission Please join American Romanian Festival Executive Director Marian Tanau and Ramona Uritescu-Lombard, film scholar and Lecturer in the German and Comparative Literature departments at the University of Michigan, for a discussion before the…
Saturday, September 18, 2010, 4 p.m. Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor 48109 Free Admission Please join American Romanian Festival Executive Director Marian Tanau and Ramona Uritescu-Lombard, film scholar and Lecturer in the German and Comparative Literature departments at the University of Michigan, for a discussion before the film at 7:00 p.m.…
Saturday, September 18, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor 48109 Free Admission Please join American Romanian Festival Executive Director Marian Tanau, and Ramona Uritescu-Lombard, film scholar and Lecturer in the German and Comparative Literature departments at the University of Michigan, for a talk about Alexandru Tatos and Q&A after…
Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 9 a.m. Monroe High School, Monroe, Michigan Thursday, September 23, 2010, 8:15 a.m. Detroit School for the Performing Arts, Detroit, Michigan Thursday, September 30, 2010, 9:15 a.m. Tappan Middle School, Ann Arbor, Michigan WHAT IS FUSION 2010 This is a series of concerts to be presented in high school, featuring a…
Friday, September 24, 2010, 7:15 p.m., Pre-screening Talk, 7:00 p.m. Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor 48109 Free Admission Please join American Romanian Festival Executive Director Marian Tanau, Ramona Uritescu-Lombard, film scholar and Lecturer in the German and Comparative Literature departments at the University of Michigan, and Director Dan Popa for a…
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 4:00 p.m. Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor 48109 Free Admission Please join American Romanian Festival Executive Director Marian Tanau, Ramona Uritescu-Lombard, film scholar and Lecturer in the German and Comparative Literature departments at the University of Michigan, and Director Dan Popa for a discussion and Q&A after…
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor 48109 Free Admission Film Screenings US 2010 Film Premiere: La Métropolitaine by Director Dan Popa and other short movies Please join American Romanian Festival Executive Director Marian Tanau , Ramona Uritescu-Lombard, film scholar and Lecturer in the German and Comparative…
Saturday, September 26, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Apse, University of Michigan Museum of Art 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor 48109 Free Admission Artists Jennifer Goltz, soprano Larisa Simington, piano Marcy Chanteaux, cello Larisa Simington, piano Marian Tanau, violin Jim VanValkenburg, viola Marcy Chanteaux, cello Christopher Harding, piano Concert Program George Enescu (1881-1955) Trois melodies sur…
April 2011 Uniquely Detroit Get inspired! Look around! See the world around you transformed into a work of art! Artists James Hartway, composer Through his dynamic and sculptural music, composer Hartway is producing vivid images of places and things. He is one of our great contemporary composers. Donald Jones, photographer Donald is a street photographer…
April 2011 A Child’s World Remember your childhood fears of being home alone, the comforting and soothing melody you would hear before bed time, the joy and amazement of discovering the world step by step? All those memories could be captured in a work of art or music. You can do it too! Color vs…
Saturday, September 17, 2011, 3:30 p.m. University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Film Screening Crossing Dates Intilniri Incrucisate, 2009, Anca Damian, English subtitles, 100 min Each day of our lives brings us new encounters with one another: our paths cross, we…
Saturday, September 17, 2011, 7:30 p.m. University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Film Screening Wedding in Bessarabia Nunta in Basarabia, 2011, Nap Toader, English subtitles, 92 min Hoping to find an easier way to make a living, the train is taking…
Saturday, September 24, 2011, 3:30 p.m. University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Film Screening Red Apples Mere Rosii, 1976, Alexandru Tatos, English subtitles, 86 min. A young urologist is assigned to a town hospital with no urology ward, and keeps bumping…
Saturday, September 24, 2011, 7:30 p.m. University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Film Screenings Award-Winning Shorts The Box Lesson Lectia de box, 2007 Alexandru Mavrodineanu, English Subtitles, 11:45 min bric brac bric brac, 2008, Gabriel Achim, English subtitles, 15 min Derby…
Sunday, September 25, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Kerrytown Concert House 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI $25 Assigned Rows 1-2 $15 Assigned Rows 3-5 $10 General Admission $5 Student This concert will open the 2011-2012 American Romanian Festival concert season. Visiting Romanian Composer Cornel Țăranu will participate in the performance of his work. University of…
Friday, October 7, 2011, 7:30 p.m. Schaver Recital Hall, Old Main, Wayne State University 4841 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI Free Admission Artists Cornel Țăranu, piano + visiting composer Laurence Liberson, clarinet Jennifer Goltz, soprano Logan Skelton, piano Marian Tănău, violin Laura Roelofs, violin Jim VanValkenburg, viola Judith Vander Weg, cello Robert Conway piano Artists Cornel…
Wedneday, October 26, 2011, 12:00 p.m. VisTaTech Presentation Room, Schoolcraft College 18600 Haggerty, Livonia, MI Free Admission Artists Daniel Goiți, piano Concert Program Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827) Sonata op 10 nr 3 in D Major Presto Largo e Maesto Menuetto: Allegro Rondo: Allegro Alexander Scriabin (1872—1915) Sonata nr 2 in g sharp minor Andante Presto…
Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Schaver Recital Hall, Old Main, Wayne State University 4841 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI Free Admission Artists Daniel Goiți, piano
Thursday, October 27, 2011, 7:30 p.m. Schaver Recital Hall, Old Main, Wayne State University 4841 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI Free Admission Artists Daniel Goiți, piano Concert Program Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827) Sonata op 10 nr 3 in D Major Presto Largo e Maesto Menuetto: Allegro Rondo: Allegro Alexander Scriabin (1872—1915) Sonata nr 2 in g…
Friday, October 28, 2011, 8:00 p.m. Lady Star of the Sea Church 467 Fairford, Grosse Pointe, MI $20 Admission Artists Daniel Goiți, visiting Romanian pianist Marian Tănău, violin Amanda Gates Armstrong, violin Jim VanValkenburg, viola Úna O’Riordan, cello Concert Program George Enescu (1881-1955) Suite nr. 3 selections Melodie Burlesque Carillon Nocturne George Enescu Suite nr.…
Friday, October 29, 2011, 5:30 p.m., Dinner, 8:00 p.m. Concert VisTaTech Presentation Room, Schoolcraft College 18600 Haggerty, Livonia, MI $90 Admission: includes food, wine, and admission to the concert $20 Admission: Concert only Artists Daniel Goiți, piano Concert Program Sigismund Toduță (1908—1991) Passacaglia Marțian Negrea (1893—1973) Nocturne George Enescu (1881—1955) Suite nr. 2 selections Toccata…
Sunday, November 6, 2011, 3:00 p.m. Schaver Recital Hall, Old Main, Wayne State University 4841 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI Free Admission Artists Marian Tănău, violin Robert Conway piano Béla Bartók (1881—1945) Rhapsody Nr. 1 for Violin and Piano Prima Parte, Moderato Seconda Parte, Allegretto moderato Felicia Donceanu (1931) Sonata in d minor for Violin and…
Friday, November 11, 2011, 8:00 p.m. Kirk in the Hills 1340 West Long Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI $20 Admission Artists Vocal Arts Ensemble of Ann Arbor Ben Cohen, conductor Anné-Marie Condacse, soprano Ronald Perera (1941) Why I Wake Early Settings of Eight Poems of Mary Oliver - INTERMISSION - Selections of Romanian Choral Works…
Friday, November 18, 2011, 8:00 p.m. Lady Star of the Sea Church 467 Fairford, Grosse Pointe, MI $20 Admission Artists Karl Pituch, horn Marian Tănău, violin Steve Wogaman, piano Concert Program Timothy Jackson Etude - Don't Make It Bad for Solo Horn Ciprian Porumbescu (1853–1883) Ballade for Violin and Piano Gerard Schwarz (b.1947) Trio for…
November 3, 2012 4 p.m. Lecture 5 p.m. Screening, Q&A Helmut Stern Auditorium, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Bogdan George Apetri, director Ramona Uritescu, lecturer The Fourth Annual Romanian Film Series at UMMA kicks off with a 4 pm talk by visiting director…
November 4, 2012 4 p.m. Lecture 5 p.m. Screening Helmut Stern Auditorium, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Screening Tuesday after Christmas Marti, dupa Craciun, 2010; dir. Radu Munteanu, English Subtitles, 99 min Paul Hanganu loves two women: Adriana his wife and the mother…
Saturday, November 17, 2012 4 p.m. Lecture 5 p.m. Screening, Q&A Helmut Stern Auditorium, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Screening Philanthropy Filantropica, 2002; dir. Nae Caranfil, English Subtitles, 110 min A tragi-comedy about a poor sod chasing a dream (and a woman) in…