Weekend calendar: Filmikon, Kirill Gerstein @George Enescu Philharmonic, Notre-Dame de Paris musical and more
Productions awarded by ecumenical juries at international film festivals and a musical based on Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame are among the options in Bucharest.
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Productions awarded by ecumenical juries at international film festivals and a musical based on Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame are among the options in Bucharest.
Filmikon
January 17 – January 24
The event showcasing productions awarded by ecumenical juries at international film festivals such as the ones in Cannes and Berlin returns with a third edition in Bucharest (January 17 – January 24), Cluj-Napoca (January 17 - January 19), Timișoara (January 19, 23 and 24), and Iași (January 24, 25). Discussions with theologians, doctors, psychologists and filmmakers are scheduled after the screenings. In Bucharest, the screenings take place at the Auditorium of the Roman-Catholic Theology Faculty, St Josef Cathedral, and Union Cinema. More details here.
Pianist Kirill Gerstein @ George Enescu Philharmonic
January 15, 16
Finnegan Downie Dear conducts the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra for a program of works by George Enescu, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Richard Strauss, and Maurice Ravel. Pianist Kirill Gerstein is the soloist. More details here.
Johann Strauss Festival
January 17
The Romanian Athenaeum hosts this concert with a program of works by Strauss II, Gounod, Lehár and others. The George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra performs alongside soprano Veronica Anușca and tenor George Vîrban as soloists. More details here.
Strauss Gala @ Ion Dacian Operetta Theater
January 17
The concert, marking 200 years since the birth of Johann Strauss II, is delivered by Tnomid Orchestra. More details here.
Notre-Dame de Paris - The Original Musical
