Weekend calendar: Art Safari, Balkanik, Bucharest International Dance Film Festival, Enescu Competition, Masters of Classic, TIFF Timișoara and more
Classical and world music concerts are among the going-out choices in Bucharest, while Timișoara hosts its first TIFF edition and Sibiu a guitar meeting event.
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Classical and world music concerts are among the going-out choices in Bucharest, while Timișoara hosts its first TIFF edition and Sibiu a guitar meeting event.
In Bucharest:
Art Safari
September 6 – December 15
This edition of the event celebrates women that have made a significant contribution to Romanian art and culture, among them Queen Marie and artist Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck. One show is dedicated to German photographer Sibylle Bergemann, while another features the emerging generation of women artists. More details here.
Balkanik Festival - Home of World Music
September 6 – September 8
Uranus Garden hosts the 11th edition of the event, which lines up Fanfare Ciocărlia, Shantel & Bucovina Club Sound System, Baba Zula, Dikanda, Phuripe, Collectif Medz Bazar, KermesZ a l’Est, Mădălina Pavăl Orchestra, and Rumeliko. A fair, exhibitions, debates, traditional and reinterpreted dishes, and activities for children add to the program. Further details here.
Bucharest International Dance Film Festival
September 5 – September 8
More than 30 events, ranging from screenings, VR exhibitions, performances, guided tours, and dedicated workshops, are part of a program meant to allow the public to (re)discover dance film. More here.
George Enescu International Competition
Until September 27
Six recitals and five concerts are part of the program of the event, which features four competition sections – violin, piano, cello, and composition. The public can enjoy free access to the preliminary rounds of all the instrumental sections of the competition, which will take place at the National University of Music in Bucharest between September 1 and 18, and to their semifinals, which will take place at the Romanian Athenaeum on September 8 (cello), September 14 (violin) and September 20 (piano). More here.
