Join 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.
Join a string quartet of Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians for the chamber music concert "Crossroads" at Steinway Piano Gallery for the music of Bartók, Barber, and Glass all took a different tack in their works with a very distinct personal voice. Their styles are at crossroads.
Join a string quartet of Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians for the chamber music concert "Crossroads" at Sala Perian, Colegiul National de Art “Ion Vidu” in Timisoara, Romania performing the music of Bartók, Barber, and Terényi. All composers took a different tack in their works with a very distinct personal voice. Their styles are at crossroads.
Join a string octet of musicians for the chamber music concert "Opposites" performed at Sala Capitol, Filarmonica Banatul in Timisoara, Romania. This concert is given as part of the Romanian concerts as part of this season’s American Romanian Festival.
The Romanian Cultural Institute's popular online music series will feature one of the most important Romanian-American collaborative projects, the American Romanian Festival String Quartet (ARF Quartet), featuring: Sujin Lim - violin, Marian Tănău - violin, Michael Chen - viola, and Jeremy Crosmer - cello. The program features a rarely played piece, “On the River Argeș” by Theodor Grigoriu (1926–2014), an important composer and a musicologist in Romanian of the second half of the 20th century. Watch on Romanian Cultural Institute's FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM and WEBSITE from Thursday, March 11, 2 p.m. EST or anytime later!
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.
Join us on Saturday, October 28, 2023, at Steinway Piano Gallery Detroit for the chamber music concert “featuring compositions by Dvořák, Crosmer, and Dumitrescu.
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. 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.
The 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.”
The 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.”
Join the American Romanian Festival for Romanian Musical Colors, an intimate chamber music concert with Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians. The program features Ionica Pop’s Impresii din România, Theodor Grigoriu’s On the River Argeș, Ciprian Porumbescu’s Ballad, and Ion Dumitrescu’s String Quartet in C Major No.1.
Join the American Romanian Festival for an intimate chamber music evening featuring Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians. From Afar: Quartets by Grigoriu, Smetana, and More offers a unique blend of tradition and innovation, including Ionica Pop’s new commission Impresii din România, Theodor Grigoriu’s folk-inspired On the River Argeș, Ciprian Porumbescu’s Ballad arranged for string quartet, and Bedřich Smetana’s evocative String Quartet in E Minor, “From My Life.” Experience music that bridges cultures with heartfelt nostalgia and bold expression.