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 Timişoara. Countless protesters flooded the streets

16/12/2013 @ The Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London SW1X8PH
Stere Guleaâs âFox-Hunterâ at the Romanian Cinematheque
Film

Stere Gulea’s “Fox-Hunter” at the Romanian Cinematheque

2013’s Romanian Cinematheque series ends with the screening of an unsettling drama -“Fox-Hunter” (“Vulpe-vânător”), one of the first Romanian feature films

16/12/2013 @ Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PH
Music Tops Up Our 2013
Music

Music Tops Up Our 2013

Right on its last day, we end a year full of concerts, film screenings, book launching and exhibitions with a recital of contemporary classical music offered by accomplished pianist and composer

31/12/2013 @ St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
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 Ceauşescu’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 Timişoara. 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

Our theatre and dance projects aim at fostering contacts between British and Romanian artists, supporting co-productions and producing original shows. Organised in partnership with British and Romanian institutions, the events often take place at important festivals or key venues such as Barbican Centre, Edinburgh International Festival and Southbank Centre.  

Visual arts

Visual arts

The “Trajan 1900” series of events organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute and the V&A Museum continues in 1 Belgrave Square with the stereoscopic photography exhibition “Trajan’s Column” by architect Matei Filip, portraying the dramatic narrative of the great emperor’s conquest of Dacia in 3D. The exhibition is a partnership with the National Museum of Romanian History.

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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