Trajan 1900: Lights & Music Show by Dreamrec and Rochiţe
Visual arts

Trajan 1900: Lights & Music Show by Dreamrec and Rochiţe

The Romanian Cultural Institute London celebrates 1900 years from the dedication of Trajan’s Column in Rome, a timeless and crucially important monument for Romanian identity, with a modern

06/12/2013 - 17/01/2014 @ Victoria and Albert Museum, Room 111
Great Thespian Oana Pellea in Jean Cocteau’s "The Human Voice"
Theatre & Dance

Great Thespian Oana Pellea in Jean Cocteau’s "The Human Voice"

The Romanian Cultural Institute in London ends this year’s hugely successful series “Tales Told in Romanian” with another exquisite production: Oana Pellea in the touching

08/12/2013 @ The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, Marylebone, London NW8 8EH
Inspired by... Britten. Mercury Quartet Revisits the Great Composer's Work
Music

Inspired by... Britten. Mercury Quartet Revisits the Great Composer's Work

The series of musical events organised by RCI London continues with a concert that celebrates, in an ingenious manner, the personality and the work of the great composer, pianist and conductor

12/12/2013 @ Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8PH
Repression and Exile, Remembering the Fall of Communism in Romania
Literature

Repression and Exile, Remembering the Fall of Communism in Romania

On the night of 16 December 1989, Romanian history was written in blood as the first demonstrations against the dictatorial regime broke out in TimiÅŸoara. Countless protesters flooded the streets

16/12/2013 @ The Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London SW1X8PH
Highlights

Film

Film

2013’s Romanian Cinematheque series ends with the screening of an unsettling drama -“Fox-Hunter” (“Vulpe-vânător”), one of the first Romanian feature films portraying life under terror during CeauÅŸescu’s dictatorship. The screening is part of "Repression and Exile, Remembering the Fall of Communism in Romania", an event that looks back on the dark days of the Revolution of 1989.  

Literature

Literature

On the night of 16 December 1989, Romanian history was written in blood as the first protests against the dictatorial regime broke out in TimiÅŸoara. Twenty four years later, we remember the Revolution of 1989 with Mariana Gordan’s newly published book “State Property”, alongside one of the first Romanian feature films portraying life under terror, Stere Gulea’s disturbing “Fox-Hunter”(1993).

Music

Music

Four rising stars of UK's contemporary music scene, known as the Mercury Quartet, present an original interpretation of major works inspired by the great composer, pianist and conductor Benjamin Britten, 100 years after his birth. The event is organised with the support of the European Commission Representation in the UK and under the auspices of EUNIC London.

Theatre & Dance

Theatre & Dance

The Romanian Cultural Institute in London ends this year’s hugely successful series “Tales Told in Romanian” with another exquisite production: Oana Pellea in the touching one-woman show “The Human Voice”, directed by legendary director and professor Sanda Manu.  

Visual arts

Visual arts

The anniversary programme “Trajan 1900” continues with an immersive installation created by Romanian artists Dreamrec and RochiÅ£e on the astonishing screen of Trajan Column’s cast at the V&A. The carvings of the column will pulse, fold, and rupture to reveal dramatic scenes packed with figures and full of action, on the backdrop of echoing sounds of ancient harps, dragons, serpents and war drums.

Other events

Other events

The latest Romanian robotic inventions will feature, for the first time, in the Robot Safari EU festival, a showcase of scientific imagination, which will take place at one of London's landmark cultural scenes, the Science Museum. See the Romanian robots DodecaRob, Jellyfish and Piranha in action, together with 15 other European projects!      

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