Weekend calendar: Mărțișor fairs, Japanese animation film fest, concerts, exhibitions
This is the weekend to pick and gift mărțișoare, with plenty of options in Bucharest, where the public can also attend a film festival focused on Japanese animation.<o:p></o:p>
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This is the weekend to pick and gift mărțișoare, with plenty of options in Bucharest, where the public can also attend a film festival focused on Japanese animation.
In Bucharest:
Concerts @ George Enescu Philharmonic
February 26, 27
Paul Daniel conducts the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra performing, alongside pianist Lucas Debargue, a program of works by Gershwin, Walton, and Rachmaninoff. Baritone Joshua Hopkins is the soloist. More details here.
Romeo and Juliet @ Ion Dacian Operetta Theater
February 28, March 1
Gérard Presgurvic’s musical, with Tomer Weissbuch as Romeo and Cristina Popa as Juliet. More here.
La Traviata @ Bucharest National Opera
February 22
Marta Sandu Ofrim is Violetta, Alin Stoica is Alfredo, and Adrian Mărcan is Germont in Verdi’s opera in three acts. More here.
RomanIa- Identity Representation of Traditional Dress in Art
Until March 15
The exhibition showcases various depictions of the traditional Romanian blouse ia as captured in painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, installation, film, music, posters, and more.
Flying Carpets - Thomas Ruff & Transylvania & Anatolia
Until February 28
The exhibition “reveals the collision between tradition and modernity, between local and global, the fusion of seemingly irreconcilable values, so relevant to our hybrid present.” More details


