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…
Sunday, November 18, 2012 4 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, Q&A The Phantom Father Tatal Fantoma, 2011; dir. Lucian Georgescu, English Subtitles, 90 min Join us for the final screening of the Fourth Annual Romanian Film…
Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 12:00 p.m. Vista Tech Presentation Room, Schoolcraft College 18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152 Free Admission Artists Daniel Goiti, piano Concert Program Franz Liszt “Vallée D’Obermann” from Première année: Suisse, Suite No. 1 Liebesträume, No. 3 Sergei Rachmaninoff Romance in F sharp minor Etude op. 33, No. 2 in C Major…
Friday, September 27, 2013, 11:45 a.m. Schaver Recital Hall, Old Main, Wayne State University 480 W Hancock St, Detroit, MI 48201 Free Admission Artists Daniel Goiti, piano Concert Program Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, op. 27, "Moonlight" Sonata Sergei Rachmaninoff Romance in f-sharp minor Sergei Rachmaninoff Etude op. 33, No.…
Saturday, September 28, 2013 6:00 p.m., Dinner: American Harvest Restaurant 9:00 p.m., Concert: Vista Tech Presentation Room Schoolcraft College 18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152 $100 Dinner & Concert ($70 tax-deductible) $20 Concert Only Dinner Authentic Romanian cuisine will be offered in a small plate format, permitting guests to sample a number of dishes at…
Saturday, September 28, 2013, 9:00 p.m. Vista Tech Presentation Room, Schoolcraft College 18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152 Tickets $20, Students $10 Artists Daniel Goiti Concert Program Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, op. 27, "Moonlight" Sonata George Enescu Suite No. 1, op. 3 Prelude Adagio George Enescu Suite No. 2,…
Thursday, October 3, 2013, 7:30 p.m. Schaver Recital Hall, Old Main, Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48201 Free Admission Artists Rachel Harding Klaus, violin Marian Tanau, violin James Van Valkenburg, viola David LeDoux, cello Daniel Goiti, piano Concert Program Maurice Ravel String Quartet Allegro Moderato Assez vif – Très rythmé Très lent Vif et agité…
Friday, October 18, 2013, 4:00 p.m. 1636 International Institute, University of Michigan 1080 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Special Documentary Film Screening The World According to Ion B Lumea vazuta de Ion B, 2009, Alexandru Nanau, Documentary, English Subtitles, 60 min Q&A The film follows in real life the dream…
Sunday, October, 20, 2013, 2:00 p.m. Helmut Stern Auditorium, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Screening Reconstruction Reconstituirea, 1968, Lucian Pintilie, English Subtitles, 100 min Q&A with Ramona Uritescu-Lombard A prosecutor, policemen, and teacher bring the students Vuica and Nicu to a restaurant to…
Sunday, October, 20, 2013, 4:00 p.m. Helmut Stern Auditorium, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Screening The Way I Spent the End of the World Cum mi-am petrecut sfarsitul lumii, 2006, Catalin Mitulescu, English Subtitles, 106 min Q&A with Ramona Uritescu-Lombard Bucharest 1989 — the…
Sunday, October, 20, 2013, 6:00 p.m. Helmut Stern Auditorium, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Screening Loverboy Loverboy, 2011, Catalin Mitulescu, English Subtitles, 99 min Q&A with Ramona Uritescu-Lombard and Marian Tanau The victims of an economic system where money is scarce, but temptations to spend it…
Sunday, October 27, 2013, 1:00 p.m. Helmut Stern Auditorium, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Screening Morgen Morgen, 2010, Marian Crisan, English Subtitles, 100 min Q&A with Ramona Uritescu-Lombard Nelu, a man in his forties, works as a security guard at a supermarket in Salonta, a…
Sunday, October, 27, 2013, 3:00 p.m. Helmut Stern Auditorium, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Screening Summer Holiday Boogie, 2008, Radu Muntean, English Subtitles, 102 min On his spring break at the seaside with his wife and four-year-old son, Bogdan Ciocazanu runs into his…
Sunday, October, 27, 2013, 5:00 p.m. Helmut Stern Auditorium, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Free Admission Screening Beyond the Hills Dupa Dealuri, 2012, Cristian Mungiu, English Subtitles, 101 min Beyond the Hills is the third feature from Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, and his first since winning…
Friday, November 8, 2013, 11:45 a.m. Schaver Recital Hall, Old Main, Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48201 Free Admission Artists Marian Tanau, violin Judith Vander Weg, cello Robert Conway piano Concert Program Jon Anderson “Cascade” Piano Trio I. A steep usually small fall of water; esp : one of a series II. A: Something arranged…
Sunday, November 10, 2013, 3:00 p.m. Schaver Recital Hall, Old Main, Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48201 Free Admission Artists Marian Tanau, violin Judith Vander Weg, cello Robert Conway piano Mark V. Flegg, trumpet Concert Program Jon Anderson “Cascade” Piano Trio I. A steep usually small fall of water; esp : one of a series…
Join DSO Musicians and Romanian/Peruvian guest artist Laszlo Benedek Tuesday, October 12, 2014, 7 p.m., at Kerrytown Concert Hall, to enjoy performances of Romanian, American and Peruvian works by Ligeti, Garrido-Lecca, Piazzolla and Mellits.
Join DSO Musicians and Romanian/Peruvian guest artist Laszlo Benedek Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 7 p.m., at the Lorenzo Center on Macomb County Community College Campus, to enjoy performances of Romanian, American and Peruvian works by Ligeti, Porumbescu, Ochoa and Mellits.
Free Admission
Visiting American Romanian Festival violinist Laszlo Benedek will conduct a masterclass on Friday, October 17, 2014, 3:00 p.m. at Wayne State University’s Shaver Music Recital Hall. The Master Class is open to violin students from Wayne State University.
Free Admission
Join Romanian/Peruvian guest artist Laszlo Benedek Friday, October 17, 2014, 7 p.m., at the Shaver Music Recital Hall, to enjoy performances of Brahms, Dvořák, Sarasate, and more!
Join DSO Musicians and Romanian/Peruvian guest artist Laszlo Benedek Sunday, October 19, 2014, 3 p.m., at the Shaver Music Recital Hall, to enjoy performances of Romanian, American and Peruvian works by Ligeti, Ochoa, Piazzolla and Mellits.
