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        <title><![CDATA[If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle enters UK cinemas]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Gala screening and UK release of Florin Serban&#39;s If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle at the Curzon Renoir Cinema on 18 May. The film got great critical acclaim upon it&#39;s release in 2010, being nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and having won the Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear. &nbsp;

	Two weeks before his release, a teenage prisoner learns that his mother has returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a student working in the]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/if-i-want-to-whistle-i-whistle-enters-uk-cinemas.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/if-i-want-to-whistle-i-whistle-enters-uk-cinemas.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Our Cultural Diplomacy Programme welcomes its third recipient]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	ICR&#39;s training and coaching scheme in cultural diplomacy continues with the arrival of young journalist Ana-Maria Onisei, the third winner of the scholarship since the programme&#39;s launch in the summer of 2011.

	In the following three months, Ana-Maria will have the chance to develop skills and abilities that are crucial in cultural project management and cultural diplomacy; acquaint with the standards and practices that characterize one of the most sophisticated and competitive]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/our-cultural-diplomacy-programme-welcomes-its-third-recipient.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/our-cultural-diplomacy-programme-welcomes-its-third-recipient.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Meet “the ROlympians”]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Produced and curated by the Romanian Cultural Institute in London, and designed by Arnold Estefan, the exhibition opens under the patronage of HE Dr Ion Jinga, the Ambassador of Romania to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in the presence of guests of honour Mr Octavian Morariu, President of the Romanian Olympic and Sport Committee and Mr Ivan Patzaichin, multiple Olympic champion.

	&quot;The ROlympians&quot; is set up in partnership with the Embassy of Romania in]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/meet-the-rolympians.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/meet-the-rolympians.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Alexandra Dăriescu premiers Lipatti’s “Concertino” with the Orchestra of St Paul's ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Alexandra Dăriescu, the exceptionally talented and accomplished young pianist, joins the Orchestra of Saint Paul&#39;s&nbsp;at LSO St Luke&rsquo;s&nbsp;with a programme of classical and Romanian timeless pieces:&nbsp;Beethoven&rsquo;s Emperor concerto,&nbsp;&nbsp;the charming Concertino in the Classical Style by Dinu Lipatti&nbsp;&nbsp;(UK premiere),&nbsp;Romanian Folk Dances by Bart&oacute;k and  Jupiter Symphony by Mozart.&nbsp;&nbsp;

	Under the baton of conductor Ben]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/orchestra-of-st-paul-s-with-alexandra-dariescu-debut-at-lso-st-luke-s.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/orchestra-of-st-paul-s-with-alexandra-dariescu-debut-at-lso-st-luke-s.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Enescu presented at the Newbury Festival by the Văcărescu – Tsunakawa Duo ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Horia Văcărescu and Chiho Tsunakawa will perform an uplifting programme at the Newbury Festival, &nbsp;which includes masterpieces by Brahms, Debussy, Enescu, Schubert and de Falla.

	The violin-piano duo was formed at the beginning of 2010, while the two musicians were studying at the Royal College of Music in London. The duo has already had many successes and built a solid reputation internationally. In the UK, it made appearances at major venues, reaching as far as Wales and Scotland.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/vacarescu-tsunakawa-duo-perform-enescu-at-newbury-festival.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/vacarescu-tsunakawa-duo-perform-enescu-at-newbury-festival.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Glorious new sound with dazzling pianist Lucian Ban and legendary violist Mat Maneri ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Deco Heart, the musical pairing featuring&nbsp;Lucian Ban&nbsp;and&nbsp;Mat Maneri, will perform three exclusive UK shows ahead of the autumn release of their self-titled album. Working at the edge of jazz, contemporary classical and downtown NY improve, the duo present a set of jazz musings and downtown skronk, a joyously upbeat affair.

	For their show at London&rsquo;s Vortex, the first of their three-night UK run, one of the giants of improvised music, special guest]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/glorious-musical-duet-with-acclaimed-pianist-composer-lucian-ban-and-legendary-violist-mat-maneri.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/glorious-musical-duet-with-acclaimed-pianist-composer-lucian-ban-and-legendary-violist-mat-maneri.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Unsettling "Red Gloves" at the Romanian Cinematheque]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Don&#39;t miss Radu Gabrea&#39;s latest feature Red Gloves (2010), a poignant story about a young man crushed by the repressive Communist regime.&nbsp;

	Adapted from the Romanian-German writer Eginald Schlattner&rsquo;s autobiographical novel, the film dares to confront the "obsessive decade" (as the &rsquo;50s were dubbed in Romania) in all its disturbing complexity: Felix (Alexandru Mihăescu), a young student of German (Saxon) origin, finds himself arrested and tortured for]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/red-gloves-by-radu-gabrea-at-the-romanian-cinematheque.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/red-gloves-by-radu-gabrea-at-the-romanian-cinematheque.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Norman Manea: Royal Society of Literature Fellowship Ceremony and Book Launch]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	"Norman Manea is a superb writer who gives an extraordinary testimony of a rich and dramatic life under one of the most grotesque and ferocious dictatorships and, later, in a peripatetic exile full of adventures, he writes about all of it without bitterness or resentment, and with great liberty of spirit, fantasy, and even humour." 

	Mario Vargas Llosa

	The Royal Society of Literature, Yale University Press and the Romanian Cultural Institute are proud to present Norman]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/norman-manea-royal-society-of-literature-fellowship-ceremony-and-book-launch.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/norman-manea-royal-society-of-literature-fellowship-ceremony-and-book-launch.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poet and broadcaster Robert Şerban debuts in London at the British Library]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Chaired by BBC journalist Rosie Goldsmith

	We are delighted to present &nbsp;Romanian poet Robert Şerban at the prestigious European Literature Night &ndash; an international reading marathon for all lovers of literature, held simultaneously in 20 capital cities across Europe and Asia. &nbsp;&nbsp;

	Now in its fourth year, the event at the British Library in London will play host to nine groundbreaking writers from Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Montenegro, Poland,]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romanian-poetry-live-with-robert-Serban-at-the-british-library.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romanian-poetry-live-with-robert-Serban-at-the-british-library.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Luiza Borac returns to Belgravia for a rare treat of piano mastery]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The May recital of the Enescu Concert Series features Luiza Borac, winner of the coveted BBC Award 2007 for the best instrumental CD of the year. Luiza has gained international recognition through her dazzling stage presence, her passionate interpretations and her sovereign technique. Enjoy the opportunity to hear a timeless piano repertoire that includes pieces by Schubert, Debussy and of course Enescu.

	Programme:
	Franz Schubert - Songs (Transcriptions&nbsp; for Piano Solo by Franz]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/luiza-borac-returns-to-belgravia-for-a-rare-treat-of-piano-mastery.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/luiza-borac-returns-to-belgravia-for-a-rare-treat-of-piano-mastery.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Special screening and DVD launch of Tuesday, After Christmas ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	A great opportunity to meet director Radu Muntean

	We are delighted to announce a special screening for the DVD launch of Tuesday, After Christmas, released in the UK by Second Run DVD. The event will be followed by a Q&amp;A session with director Radu Muntean, "one of the Romanian New Wave&rsquo;s spikiest talents" (Tim Robey, The Telegraph).

	Tuesday, After Christmas (Marţi, după Crăciun) is an astutely observed, deeply felt and intimately frank adult drama which]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/special-screening-and-dvd-launch-of-tuesday-after-christmas-lt-br-gt-a-great-opportunity-to-meet.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/special-screening-and-dvd-launch-of-tuesday-after-christmas-lt-br-gt-a-great-opportunity-to-meet.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[East Meets East: The Romanian New Wave in the Olympic Boroughs]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Four internationally-acclaimed Romanian filmmakers are part of an exciting project dedicated to young people from London&rsquo;s East End. It is a unique and special opportunity to learn from some of the best names in recent Romanian cinema, who will bring their contribution to the community&rsquo;s development in the Olympic boroughs.

	The project entitled &lsquo;East Meets East&rsquo; is part of the Romanian Cultural Institute&rsquo;s programme during the Cultural Olympiad 2012. It]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/east-meets-east-the-romanian-new-wave-in-the-olympic-boroughs.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/east-meets-east-the-romanian-new-wave-in-the-olympic-boroughs.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Arcadie Rusu: the first artist-in-residence at Attic Arts 2012]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We welcome choreographer and director Arcadie Rusu,&nbsp; our first artist-in-residence within the Attic Arts programme this year. 

	Arcadie Rusu is based in Bucharest. His most recent projects are Midsummer Night Dream at the Small Theatre, Bucharest; No Sleep (Nesomn) at the National Centre of Dance in Bucharest; and Crazy Stories in the City at the Small Theatre, Bucharest. He also took part in the "A-Corps" Dance Festival in Poitiers, France; the Contemporary Dance]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/arcadie-rusu-the-first-artist-in-residence-at-attic-arts-2012.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/arcadie-rusu-the-first-artist-in-residence-at-attic-arts-2012.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Romanians at Poet in the City: the Anthology]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The bilingual anthology Contemporary Romanian Poetry is the fruit of the very successful mirror readings with Romanian and British poets, initiated and developed in 2011 by the Institute and Poet in the City. The soir&eacute;es proved magnetic for their audience, and this is how the works of Andrei Bodiu, Denisa Comănescu, Vasile G&acirc;rneţ, Bogdan Ghiu, Claudiu Komartin and Miruna Vlada were compiled in an elegant, minimalist-design anthology. Translated by the distinguished Christopher]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romanians-at-poet-in-the-city-the-anthology.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romanians-at-poet-in-the-city-the-anthology.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Romanian Highlights at the London Book Fair 2012]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Romania has been a constant presence at the London Book Fair during the last few years. In 2012, we are delighted to announce the highlights celebrating Romanian letters at one of the world&rsquo;s biggest publishing events. From social poetry inspired by Transylvanian legends, to a quirky anthology of stories and poems revisiting Bucharest, from the launch of a new Romanian literary series, to two British writers exploring the Romanian Wonderland.

	The Book of Transylvanian Legends and]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romanian-highlights-at-the-london-book-fair-2012.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romanian-highlights-at-the-london-book-fair-2012.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[After the New Man: Photographic Exhibition by Dana Popa]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Opening: Thursday 26 April 6.30pm

	Fascinated with her homeland, photographer Dana Popa returns to Romania and looks at the generation born here just before or after the fall of the Communist regime. After the New Man is an intimate portrayal of a society that is slowly healing, of&nbsp; youth and fleeting memories of a bygone era that still permeates the selves and the landscapes. The exhibition is organised in association with Foto8 Gallery.

	Traces of Popa&rsquo;s own childhood]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/after-the-new-man-photographic-exhibition-by-dana-popa-262.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/after-the-new-man-photographic-exhibition-by-dana-popa-262.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fairytale Images and Books]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Opening: Wednesday 18 April, 6.30 - 9.30pm

	Join us for celebrating Romania&rsquo;s presence at the London Book Fair, with a special exhibition of book illustrations created by the Romanian Illustrators&rsquo; Club, which reaches its 7-year anniversary since they started to concoct &nbsp;"images that tell stories" &ndash; as was the title of their first exhibition in Bucharest in 2005.

	"The Club has over 50 members, but it is not an institution; at the heart of the]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/fairytale-images-and-books.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/fairytale-images-and-books.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Composer Dan Dediu at the Royal Academy of Music]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The Romanian Cultural Institute in London continues the collaboration with the Royal Academy of Music with a number of masterclasses and creative workshops coordinated by composer and professor Dan Dediu. The programme concludes with a selection of Dan Dediu&#39;s chamber works, performed by RAM professors and students.

	Dan Dediu (b.1967) studied composition in Bucharest and Vienna with Stefan Niculescu and Dan Constantinescu and Francis Burt. He composed over 130 opossums for different]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/musician-in-residence-dan-dediu-at-royal-academy-of-music.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/musician-in-residence-dan-dediu-at-royal-academy-of-music.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Alexandrina and the Miracles of Everyday Life]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Silky-voiced Alexandrina, the elusive diva of arthouse pop, premiers in London in a rare performance on the occasion of Romania&#39;s presence at the London Book Fair. If you are tired of browsing books or listening to readings, join us for the concert of multi-talented Alexandrina, poet, painter and singer-songwriter.

	Alexandrina will grace the Institute&#39;s stage with&nbsp;her best tracks from the album entitled&nbsp;Clay Man. Born in a family of artists in Chişinău, Moldova,]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/live-jazz-with-singer-songwriter-alexandrina-hristov.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/live-jazz-with-singer-songwriter-alexandrina-hristov.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Devil in Paradise: Forest Fruit at the Romanian Cinematheque]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We invite you to the screening of Alexandru Tatos&rsquo; realist film Forest Fruit (1983), which tells a story of deceit and betrayal set up against a background of arcadic beauty.

	The 17-year-old Amalia (Manuela Boboc), the daughter of a widower lumberjack with many children, falls in love with a soldier. An irresponsible young man, the soldier refuses to admit that he is the father of the child to be born, as Amalia was just a fling in his eyes. Amalia decides to raise the kid all by]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/forest-fruit-by-alexandru-tatos-at-the-romanian-cinemateque.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/forest-fruit-by-alexandru-tatos-at-the-romanian-cinemateque.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Romanian Traditions at the Horniman Museum]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We herald the coming of Easter in London through some of the most beautiful objects of Romanian traditional world.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Horniman Museum, in association with the Romanian Cultural Institute in London and the Bucovina Museum in Suceava will display over 60 uniquely&nbsp;decorated Easter eggs, as part of the museum&#39;s Object in Focus series. If you want to learn how these wonderful objects are made, join the&nbsp;Romanian Painted Eggs&nbsp;masterclasses&nbsp;offered by two]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/object-in-focus-romanian-easter-eggs-at-horniman-museum.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/object-in-focus-romanian-easter-eggs-at-horniman-museum.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Regale of Youth and Musical Excellence ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	In April, youth reigns at Enescu Concerts Series. Join us in a celebration of virtuosity and dedication as outstanding young Romanian and British musicians team up for a memorable evening. In the programme: Enescu, Schumann and Bach. Protagonists: Jinah Shim &ndash; piano (Winner of the 2011-2012 Enescu Scholarship); Konrad Elias-Trostmann &ndash; violin (Winner of the 2011-2012 Enescu Scholarship); Bogdan Costache &ndash; violin; Mina-Maria Beldimănescu &ndash; pinao; Francesco Ionaşcu]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/a-regale-of-youth-and-musical-excellence.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/a-regale-of-youth-and-musical-excellence.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bucharest Calling! Ioana Paun presents new work in London]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Our former artist-in-residence, theatre director and performance artist Ioana Păun, will work across all areas within the Theatre Royal Stratford East, being inspired by the theatre&#39;s life, its artists and its community. She will create new work to be presented in June 2012. 

	Ioana Păun, born in 1984, is a theatre director and performance artist based in Bucharest and a member of the r&eacute;altympanica site-specific collective and Romanian based tangaProject theatre group. She]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/bucharest-calling-ioana-paun-presents-new-work-in-london.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/bucharest-calling-ioana-paun-presents-new-work-in-london.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Body Adorned: Folk Romanian Costume, Inspired by Queen Maria’s Style, Exhibited in London]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	One of the attractions of the&nbsp;The Body Adorned: Dressing London&nbsp;Exhibition at the Horniman Museum is a superb&nbsp;Romanian traditional costume, with a lavish pattern favoured by the rich peasant families at the beginning of the 20th century. The Queen Maria of Romania herself used to wear similar costumes at some public events, as a sign of her attachment to her adopted country.&nbsp;

	The Body Adorned: Dressing London exhibition reveals how a diverse population clothe and]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-body-adorned-folk-romanian-costume-inspired-by-queen-maria-s-style-exhibited-in-london.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-body-adorned-folk-romanian-costume-inspired-by-queen-maria-s-style-exhibited-in-london.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ancestral Roots and Modern Vibes in One Jazzy Trumpet: Sebastian Burneci]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Best described as an "amazing player with an original and wide range of sound" (Alex Sipiagin), Sebastian Burneci will dazzle the legendary 606 Club&rsquo;s audience, one of the oldest and most prestigious London jazz venues, within our ongoing partnership.

	Having a thorough training in both classical and jazz music, Sebastian is widely recognised as one of the finest trumpet players of his generation. He delivers rhythmic and compelling sounds and startling originals, full]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/ancestral-roots-and-modern-vibes-in-one-jazzy-trumpet-sebastian-burneci.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/ancestral-roots-and-modern-vibes-in-one-jazzy-trumpet-sebastian-burneci.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Romanian Silent Classic at the Barbican]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	A silent love story meets reinterpreted retro music at the famous Barbican Cinema. The silent Romanian masterpiece Manasse comes to London in a delightful event, with live musical accompaniment by the spellbinding and refined Minima, as a result of the ongoing partnership between the Romanian Cultural Institute in London and the Barbican.
	The project was previously presented in April 2011, part of the East End Film Festival. 

	Manasse (directed by Jean Mihail, 1925, 54&rsquo;) presents]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/a-romanian-silent-classic-with-live-music.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/a-romanian-silent-classic-with-live-music.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[“The ABBA of Classical Music” @ the Mill Hill Music Club]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The Exuberant Contempo String Quartet will bring its unique and eclectic interpreting style to the stage of the Mill Hill Music Club. Alongside them, you will find Dermot Dunne, a versatile and accomplished accordion player who is a frequent prize winner, both at home in Dublin and abroad.&nbsp;

	Programme:

	Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 Death and the Maiden

	Astor Piazzolla - Grand Tango

	Astor Piazzolla - Six Argentinian Tangos for Accordion Quintet

	After graduating from]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-abba-of-classical-music-ready-to-shine-in-london.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-abba-of-classical-music-ready-to-shine-in-london.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Romanian Virtuosos in the Pianists of the World Series]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Romanian musicians are in the spotlight of one of London&rsquo;s most popular music programmes. The pianist Diana Ionescu will be performing at St Martin-in-the-Fields within the New Music / Young Romanian Musicians in London Series, relaunched in 2011 with the participation of &nbsp;The Mercury Quartet,&nbsp; Andrei Licăreţ, Matei Bucur Mihăiescu and Victor Nicoară. In 2012, the series hosted Dan Mărginean (piano) and Radu Ropotan (violin), with a truly breathtaking]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romanian-virtuosos-in-the-pianists-of-the-world-series.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romanian-virtuosos-in-the-pianists-of-the-world-series.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Communism, Humour and Urban Myths:  A Screening of Tales from the Golden Age]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	In his first film after winning the Palm D&rsquo;Or at Cannes for 4 Months, 3 Weeks &amp; 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu wrote the script for a quirky and engaging series of Tales from the Golden Age, screened as part of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. The title refers to the alleged &quot;Golden Age&quot; (coined by Communist propaganda) of the last fifteen years of Ceauşescu&#39;s regime, in an attempt to overcome trauma by way of humour. 

	The screening will]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/communism-humour-and-urban-myths-a-screening-of-tales-from-the-golden-age-communism-humour-and.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/communism-humour-and-urban-myths-a-screening-of-tales-from-the-golden-age-communism-humour-and.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Glory and the Limits of the Body: Bio-art Exhibition by Christian Paraschiv]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Opening: Thu 15 March, 6.30pm @ 1 Belgrave Square SW1X 8PH

	16 March-13 April, 10am-5pm

	With the London Olympics 2012 approaching fast, the human body &ndash; its performances and its limits &ndash; becomes the focus of reflection and debate this year. Christian Paraschiv, one of the most famous Romanian artists abroad, expresses his vision in a flux of works under construction since the &lsquo;90s, bearing the title Skin &amp; Body and encompassing painting, sculpture, drawing,]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-glory-and-the-limits-of-the-body-experimental-bio-art-by-christian-paraschiv.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-glory-and-the-limits-of-the-body-experimental-bio-art-by-christian-paraschiv.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Book Launch: The Tragic Romanian 50s Through the Lens of a British Novelist]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We are delighted to&nbsp;host the launch of the novel Painter of Silence, by British writer Georgina Harding, a&nbsp;story about&nbsp;a moving and utterly original friendship. Freshly released by Bloomsbury Publishing &ndash; one of the most prominent publishing houses on the London scene and our partners for the event &ndash;, the novel illuminates different angles of the dramatic Romanian 50s.

	Beautiful, spare and intense,&nbsp;Painter of Silence has gathered wide critical acclaim:]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/book-launch-the-tragic-romanian-50s-through-the-lens-of-a-british-novelist.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/book-launch-the-tragic-romanian-50s-through-the-lens-of-a-british-novelist.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[An Enescu Rarity Premieres in the UK]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	On the first day of spring, our atmospheric Enescu Concert Series brings to London one of the most outstanding and widely acclaimed contemporary trios. Praised by critics for their impeccable technique and interpretative subtlety, the "Br&acirc;ncuşi" Piano Trio will surely offer a stirring performance of showpieces by Schostakovich, Enescu (the G minor Trio, dating from 1897, will be given its premiere UK performance) and Brahms.

	Programme:

	Schostakovich:&nbsp;Piano]]></description>
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        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/enescu-s-piano-trio-no-1-in-g-minor-played-for-the-first-time-in-the-uk-by-the-brancusi.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Attic Arts 2012 Winners]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We are pleased to announce the winners of the Attic Arts 2012 residency programme: Bogdan Georgescu, Raluca Dună, Arcadie Rusu and Ştefan Rusu.

	The winners have been selected from 37 valid applications, according to the following criteria, each marked with maximum five points:

	- artistic quality relevant both for the ICR&rsquo;s and British institutions&rsquo; standards;

	- adherence to the ICR London programmes as well as to current approaches in the respective field in the]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/attic-arts-2012-winners.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/attic-arts-2012-winners.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dan Perjovschi on London 2012]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We are excited to announce that, from January 2012, the Institute&rsquo;s website and newsletter feature a drawing by world-renowned artist Dan Perjovschi. Always vigilant and sharp, stemming from an incisive and curious consciousness, Perjovschi&rsquo;s drawings capture, often in a light, humorous manner, the essence and immediacy of a wide variety of moral, social, and political subjects. The theme of this series will be, of course, the Olympics, the mega event capturing the imagination]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/dan-perjovschi-on-london-2012.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/dan-perjovschi-on-london-2012.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ready Steady Doc! festival featuring two Romanian documentaries]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	This year&#39;s EUNIC documentary festival entitled Ready, Steady, Doc! brings together 14 films about sports from 12 European countries, to coincide with the 2012 Olympic Games. Discover our inspirational proposals: Australia, directed by Claudiu Mitcu, and From Romania with Love, directed by Rene Eckert.

	The screening will be preceded by an introduction by Homeless World Cup President, Mel Young.

	Australia, by Claudiu Mitcu
	HBO Romania Original Production
	Romania, 2009, 64 min,]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/ready-steady-doc-festival-featuring-two-romanian-documentaries.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/ready-steady-doc-festival-featuring-two-romanian-documentaries.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Romania’s bid for the Oscars, Morgen by Marian Crisan, in London]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Morgen, directed by Marian Crisan, Romania&rsquo;s entry for the Oscar Awards, will be screened in Tricycle Cinema&rsquo;s International Oscar &reg; Season in London with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute. &nbsp;Andras Hathazi, the film leading actor, will join us for a Q&amp;A session.&nbsp;

	Morgen had its UK premiere in Belfast, in January 2011, when it opened the Cinema Romania Now showcase, jointly organized by Queens Film Theatre and Romanian Cultural Institute.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romania-s-bid-for-the-oscars-morgen-by-marian-crisan-at-tricycle-cinema-s-international.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romania-s-bid-for-the-oscars-morgen-by-marian-crisan-at-tricycle-cinema-s-international.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Three Romanian films at Jameson Dublin International Film Festival]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Romania has a strong presence for the second consecutive year at Ireland&rsquo;s biggest film festival as three Romanian productions have been included in the 2012 programme. The official press conference will be held on 2nd February, when the full programme will be announced. So we cannot yet disclose which films are to be shown but we assure you that they are top-notch!

	Established in 2003, the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF) has fast become Ireland&rsquo;s premiere]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/three-romanian-films-at-jameson-dublin-international-film-festival.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/three-romanian-films-at-jameson-dublin-international-film-festival.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Our Cultural Diplomacy Programme Reignites as the Year Begins  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Our training and coaching scheme in cultural diplomacy continues in 2012 with the arrival of young editor and publisher Alexandra Rusu, the second recipient of the scholarship since the Cultural Diplomacy Residency Programme was launched in the summer of 2011. &nbsp;

	In the following three months, Alexandra will have the chance to develop skills and abilities that are crucial in cultural project management and cultural diplomacy; acquaint with the standards and practices that]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/our-cultural-diplomacy-programme-reignites-as-the-year-begins.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/our-cultural-diplomacy-programme-reignites-as-the-year-begins.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[ 100 Lei @ Romanian Cinematheque]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Don&rsquo;t miss out the rare occasion to see legendary director Mircea Săucan&rsquo;s 100 Lei (1973), one of the best films in the history of Romanian cinema.&nbsp;

	Romania&nbsp;| 105 min | dir: Mircea Saucan | cast: Ion Dichiseanu, Dan Nuţu, Ileana Popovici,&nbsp;Violeta Andrei.&nbsp;In Romanian with English subtitles

	100 Lei tells the story of two brothers who fail to communicate and understand each other, ultimately with tragic consequences. The teenager Petre (Dan Nuţu)]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/-216.html</guid>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fashion Is (Not) A Mask]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	&hellip; say Romania&rsquo;s most outstanding designers in more ways than one.

	Dinu Bodiciu, Mihaela Glăvan, Irina Marinescu, Carmen Secăreanu and Dan Mihai Zarug have a flair for romance and fantasy: against the odds, they deliver beauty in its purest forms, keeping alive the hope that beyond the horizon lies a promised land.

	Drawing on themes such as choice, identity and belief, the exhibition Fashion Is (Not) a Mask speaks about current issues of social interaction, different]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/fashion-is-not-a-mask.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/fashion-is-not-a-mask.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Enescu Concerts Series: virtuosity is back in Belgrave Square]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	After a series of outstanding performances in 2011, the current Season of the &quot;Enescu Concerts&quot; continues with three internationally-acclaimed musicians and tireless promoters of George Enescu&rsquo;s work Ilian G&acirc;rneţ, Claudia Bara and Justus Grimm. Expect a rare display of virtuosity and panache.

	Programme:

	Enescu:

	Trio &lsquo;S&eacute;r&eacute;nade lointaine&rsquo; in E minor

	Nocturne et Saltarello for cello and piano

	"Pavane" from Suite in]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/ilian-garnet-claudia-bara-and-justus-grimm-in-the-enescu-concerts-series.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/ilian-garnet-claudia-bara-and-justus-grimm-in-the-enescu-concerts-series.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Central London, ready to swing by the music of Radu Ropotan and Dan Marginean]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Romanian musicians are back in one of the capital&rsquo;s most popular music programmes. Dan Marginean (piano) and Radu Ropotan (violin) will be performing at&nbsp;St Martin-in-the-Fields&nbsp;within the Young Romanian Musicians in London Series relaunched in 2011 when the programme hosted musicians like: Mercury Quartet, Matei Bucur Mihăiescu and Victor Nicoară.

	Programme:

	Grieg - Sonata No 3 in C minor

	Ravel - Tzigane

	Wieniawski - Pollanaise brilliante

	Radu Ropotan]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/radu-ropotan-and-dan-marginean-at-st-martin-in-the-fields.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/radu-ropotan-and-dan-marginean-at-st-martin-in-the-fields.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[The maverick of Romanian composition opens our 2012 programme ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We cordially invite you to the opening event of our 2012 Programme with an evening of chamber music by the revelation of&nbsp; Romanian contemporary music, composer and violinist Vlad Maistorovici, on Friday 20 January. The line-up of performers includes award-winning young musicians such as violist Daniel Palmizio, pianist Diana Ionescu, soprano Eliana Pretorian and members of the Finzi Quartet, Mercury Quartet and Consortium5.

	Programme:

	Cadence En Espace for viola and piano (UK]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/night-music-an-evening-of-chamber-works-by-vlad-maistorovici.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/night-music-an-evening-of-chamber-works-by-vlad-maistorovici.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[The winners of the Cultural Diplomacy residency for 2012 ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We are happy to announce the winners of our Cultural Diplomacy Residency programme: Alexandra Rusu (for January-April), Ana-Maria Onisei (for April-July) and Ghenadie Sontu (for September-December).

	Click here for the full list of candidates.
	&nbsp;

	A big thank you to all applicants for their interest!
	&nbsp;

	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	The main objectives of this]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-winners-of-the-cultural-diplomacy-residency-for-2012.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-winners-of-the-cultural-diplomacy-residency-for-2012.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Victor Nicoară @ St Martin in the Fields ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Victor Nicoară is the fourth young Romanian musician to appear in the popular New Music Series. Pianist and composer, Victor has distinguished himself as a versatile and accomplished performer through appearances in Europe and beyond the continent.

	Programme:
	
	F. Liszt - Nuages Gris
	V. Nicoara - 4 Pieces for Piano
	F. Busoni - Sonatina no. 2
	V. Nicoara - Something that may or may not be about Prometheus
	G. Ligeti - VI, VIII &amp; III from Musica Ricercata
	G. Enescu -]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/victor-nicoara-st-martin-in-the-fields.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/victor-nicoara-st-martin-in-the-fields.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Way I Spent the End of the World @ Romanian Cinematheque]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The screening will be followed by a Skype Q&amp;A session with award-winning director Cătălin Mitulescu and film journalist&nbsp;Edward Lawrenson

	Set during Ceauşescu&#39;s final year of reign in Romania, The Way I Spent the End of the World is a charmingly told story about a 17-year-old girl Eva and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceauşescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-way-i-spent-the-end-of-the-world-romanian-cinematheque.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-way-i-spent-the-end-of-the-world-romanian-cinematheque.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Award-winning artist Mircea Cantor talks about his work  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Romanian artist Mircea Cantor, the winner of Marcel Duchamp Prize 2011, will discuss his work and practice at the Hepworth Wakefield, with support from the Romanian Cultural Institute in London.

	The event is organised in collaboration with Pavilion Leeds, as part of a series of talks with three exceptional contemporary artists: Lucy Skaer, Stephen Sutcliffe and Mircea Cantor.

	Mircea Cantor (born 1977) makes films and sculptural installations that often elaborate on uncertainty and]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/talk-with-award-winning-artist-mircea-cantor.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/talk-with-award-winning-artist-mircea-cantor.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gala recital on the National Day of Romania with soprano Alexandra Coman &amp; pianist Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	This year, on the occasion of the National Day of Romania, we invite you to a gala recital given by Alexandra Coman, the successful and well-known Romanian soprano, together with composer Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea. They will offer the audience an outstanding programme that includes great operatic arias and songs by Enescu, Puccini, Debussy Brediceanu and Chopin, among others.

	The concert will be followed by a reception with traditional Romanian food and drinks.

	Alexandra Coman is]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/gala-recital-on-the-national-day-of-romania-with-soprano-alexandra-coman-amp-pianist-livia.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/gala-recital-on-the-national-day-of-romania-with-soprano-alexandra-coman-amp-pianist-livia.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Open Call Attic Arts 2012 ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	
		Attic Arts is a residency programme at the Romanian Cultural Institute in London offering time (two months) and space (the cosy studio of the Institute) for Romanian and Moldovan artists to develop and achieve a new project to be integrated within the Institute&#39;s programme. The applicants have to propose a project that will subsequently be presented at the ICR London or external premises as appropriate. The successful applicants will acknowledge the Attic Arts programme in any public]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/attic-arts-2012.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/attic-arts-2012.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Claudiu Komartin, back in London with a new project ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Award-winning poet, literary critic and translator Claudiu Komartin is our current artist-in-residence c/o the Attic Arts programme. Claudiu works on a poetry translation project to be published later this year.

	Claudiu Komartin (b. 1983) is a poet, literary critic and translator. He has written three poetry collections to date, including Domestic Circus (2005) which won the prominent Romanian Academy Poetry Prize. Claudiu is also editor-in-chief of "Poesis International" and]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/-195.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/-195.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Romanians in Britain: A Chronicle of Joy]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We invite you to discover photographer Inno Brezeanu, the tireless chronicler of the Romanian diaspora in Britain, and his passion: the life of the community away from home and against stereotype. 

	For almost ten years, Inno has captured thousands of snapshots, documenting unforgettable events: weddings, concerts, football matches, religious celebrations and birthday parties.&nbsp;

	The exhibition &lsquo;Romanians in Britain: A Chronicle of Joy&rsquo; presents a selection from this]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romanians-in-britain-a-chronicle-of-joy.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romanians-in-britain-a-chronicle-of-joy.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vlad Massaci’s Festen at Barbican Centre London - appreciated by UK press]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The UK press acknowledged with greetings the Romanian play Festen, directed by Vlad Massaci and put on stage at Barbican Centre. The tour is part of a greater project initialized by the Romanian Cultural Institute in London, with the support of&nbsp; prestigious British organizations.

	The theatre journalists and press editors have underlined the extraordinary acting skills and the incredible set prepared by Nottara Theatre for the London audience.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

	The Telegraph,]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/vlad-massaci-s-festen-at-barbican-centre-london-appreciated-by-uk-press.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/vlad-massaci-s-festen-at-barbican-centre-london-appreciated-by-uk-press.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cork Film Festival in Ireland focuses on Romanian Cinema]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Between 7 - 13 November 2011, the audience with an interest in Romanian cinema can check on Corona Cork Film festival, one of Ireland&rsquo;s premier cultural events established in 1956. The festival has enjoyed a steady growth in scale, in numbers of admissions and guests, in reputation, or media coverage, and has developed an ever-increasing audience of general public, film lovers and film-makers.

	This year, the festival is &lsquo;delighted to announce a very special focus on the]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/cork-film-festival-in-ireland-focuses-on-romanian-cinema.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/cork-film-festival-in-ireland-focuses-on-romanian-cinema.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iulia Rugina and her thought-provoking ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Although it&#39;s not Christmas yet, director Iulia Rugina will attend the 2011 European Psychoanalytic Film Festival with her&nbsp;Stuck on Christmas, a film about small gestures, big stories and ordinary people.&nbsp;The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Iulia Rugina and Helen Taylor Robinson, chaired by Laura Manu.

	The festival is organized by the Institute of Psychoanalysis and is talking place between 3-6 November 2011 at BAFTA.

	Romania&nbsp;| 2010 | 38 min |]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/stuck-on-christmas-6th-european-psychoanalytic-film-festival.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/stuck-on-christmas-6th-european-psychoanalytic-film-festival.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Contest by Dan Piţa @ Romanian Cinemateque]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We invite you to the screening of Dan Piţa&#39;s iconic film The&nbsp;Contest, which tells the story of an outdoor competition that gradually turns into a perilous expedition through the labyrinths of conscience.

	Introduced by film journalist Edward Lawrenson

	Leading Romanian director Dan Piţa turns an orientation contest in a forest into an ordeal of psychological suspense and, ultimately, an ironic allegory. What starts out as a simple expedition becomes complicated when the]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/contest-romanian-cinemateque.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/contest-romanian-cinemateque.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poetic Voices in Conversation: Vasile Garnet and Mario Petrucci]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Vasile Garnet will conclude the 2011 series&nbsp;Contemporary Romanian Poets&nbsp;organised in partnership with&nbsp;Poet in the City, which over the course of 2011 has presented six of Romania&rsquo;s most accomplished poets: Denisa Comănescu, Claudiu Komartin, Bogdan Ghiu, Miruna Vlada, Andrei Bodiu and Vasile G&acirc;rneţ.&nbsp;Mario Petrucci will join the Romanian poet as special guest.

	Vasile G&acirc;rneţ (b. 1958) is considered a remarkable cultural personality and one of the]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/vasile-garnet-poet-in-the-city.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/vasile-garnet-poet-in-the-city.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Anca Benera reveals unseen London]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Join us for the opening of Anca Benera&#39;s exhibition revealing London&#39;s lost rivers, latent social tensions and hidden codes of behaviour.&nbsp; The works on display have been made during&nbsp; the artist&#39;s joint residency at Camden Arts Centre and the Romanian Cultural Institute.&nbsp;

	Benera&rsquo;s work incorporates a range of media including video, performance and sculpture; her practice focuses on story telling, re-construction, performance and in particular, how these]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/anca-benera-residency-exhibition-camden-arts-centre.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/anca-benera-residency-exhibition-camden-arts-centre.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Artist Talk: Anca Benera]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Our artist-in-residence Anca Benera will discuss the insidious energies of London and the progress on her new work at Camden Arts Centre. 

	Benera&rsquo;s work incorporates a range of media including video, performance and sculpture; her practice focuses on story telling, re-construction, performance and in particular, how these things can occur in the public sphere. For her residency, she is developing a research project begun in 2008, re-reading sculptural occurrences and interventions]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/anca-benera-artist-s-talk-camden-arts-centre.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/anca-benera-artist-s-talk-camden-arts-centre.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Festen Post Show Talk with director Vlad Massaci]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Director Vlad Massaci will explain why truth needs to be repeated over and over again in order to be taken into consideration, in life as well as on stage. Meet him in conversation with John O&rsquo;Mahony, Guardian journalist, and Anca Ionita, theatre critic and editor in chief of Time Out Bucharest.&nbsp;The event is part of the Nottara Theatre&rsquo;s tour in London with Festen&nbsp;by Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov. Book tickets here&nbsp;.

	Based on the first, multi-award-winning]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/festen-post-show-talk-barbican-centre.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/festen-post-show-talk-barbican-centre.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lucian Ban and his fabulous octet invited to perform at London Jazz Festival]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Acclaimed pianist Lucian Ban, accompanied by an exceptional group of musicians, will perform&nbsp;Enescu Re-Imagined&nbsp;at London Jazz Festival.

	Conceived by Lucian Ban and John Hebert, the Enescu Re-Imagined project was inspired by the work of the great Romanian composer George Enescu. The project premiered in 2009 at the "George Enescu" International Festival in Bucharest. Since then, it has been presented in numerous concerts and venues, being considered one of the best]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/lucian-ban-and-his-fabulous-octet-london-jazz-festival.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/lucian-ban-and-his-fabulous-octet-london-jazz-festival.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lia Perjovschi's first exhibition in Ireland]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Lia Perjovschi, one of Romania&rsquo;s leading contemporary artists, opens her first exhibition in Ireland with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute London, as part of the TULCA Art Festival in Galway.

	For nearly twenty years, Lia has embarked on a project-as-an-institution, employing the recent history of art as material for building up relations and dialogue. The CAA (Contemporary Art Archive) is a "context in motion", a "museum in files", based on]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/lia-perjovschi-tulca-art-festival-galway-ireland.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/lia-perjovschi-tulca-art-festival-galway-ireland.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Maria Raducanu reinterprets Romania's musical heritage]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Following her 2010 memorable performance in 1 Belgrave Square, charismatic singer Maria Raducanu is back in London with an explosive mingling of Romanian ethos and nowadays music (blues, jazz, avant-garde).

	At Kings Place, Maria will be accompanied by the acclaimed percussionist Michael Griener and bass player Chris Dahlgren. The event is part of the London International Festival of Exploratory Music and is organised in collaboration with the RCI London.

	A rebel soul, Maria Răducanu]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/inspiring-jazz-night-with-maria-raducanu-kings-place.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/inspiring-jazz-night-with-maria-raducanu-kings-place.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Cătălin Ilea &amp; Michael Abramovich in the Enescu Concerts Series]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	After an original and successful opening of the 2011/2012 season with Contraste Trio, we invite you to a recital of two of the most accomplished specialists of Enescu&#39;s music: cellist Catalin Ilea and pianist Michael Abramovich. Join us again at one of the most beautiful Enescu concerts of 2011&rsquo;s fall!

	&nbsp;

	

	Programme:

	

	&nbsp;

	

	Bach: Sonata no.3 in G minor, BWV 1029 for viola da gamba and piano (cello version)

	

	Enescu: Cello Sonata No.2 in C]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/catalin-ilea-amp-michael-abramovich-icr-londra.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/catalin-ilea-amp-michael-abramovich-icr-londra.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Konrad Elias-Trostmann and Jinah Shim are the winners of the 2011/12 Enescu Scholarship]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Violinist Konrad Elias-Trostmann and pianist Jinah Shim are the winners of the 2011/12 Enescu Scholarship, granted by the Romanian Cultural Institute in partnership with the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) and Guildhall School of Music and Drama (GSMD).
	&nbsp;

	The Enescu Scholarship is part of the Romanian Cultural Institute&rsquo;s programme to develop awareness in the UK of George Enescu&#39;s outstanding music heritage. Launched in December 2008, the scholarship was offered annually to]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/konrad-elias-trostmann-and-jinah-shim-are-the-winners-of-the-2011-12-enescu-scholarship.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/konrad-elias-trostmann-and-jinah-shim-are-the-winners-of-the-2011-12-enescu-scholarship.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sesiune de concurs 2012: Rezidenţa în Diplomaţie Culturală]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Institutul Cultural Rom&acirc;n anunţă concursul pentru acordarea rezidenţelor in cadrul programului de Diplomaţie Culturală.

	In urma concursului pentru anul 2012 se vor acorda trei rezidenţe cetăţenilor rom&acirc;ni şi moldoveni.

	Rezidenţa in diplomaţie culturală este un program de instruire practică şi coaching cu durata de 3 luni, derulat in cadrul ICR Londra şi al unei instituţii britanice partenere, ce are in vedere următoarele]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/rezidenta-in-diplomatie-culturala-icr-london.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/rezidenta-in-diplomatie-culturala-icr-london.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nottara Theatre Tour in London ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Nottara Theatre from Bucharest showcases, at Barbican Centre, Vlad Massaci&#39;s stage version of&nbsp;Festen&nbsp;by Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov. The production is a sample of world class directing and performance and marks the come back of the Romanian theatre on the London stage after more than 13 years of absence.

	Based on the first, multi-award-winning Danish film that emerged from the Dogme 95 movement, this movingly realised stage version blends nuanced performances from]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-romanian-theatre-revival-barbican-centre.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-romanian-theatre-revival-barbican-centre.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Film of A Generation: Boogie @ Romanian Cinematheque]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Do not miss Radu Muntean&rsquo;s Boogie, one of the best films of the young generation of Romanian directors! Boogie is a film about people in their 30&#39;s who try to reconcile marriage and partying, freedom and responsibilities, teenage and adulthood. &nbsp;

	The screening will be followed by a Q&amp;A session with acclaimed actress Anamaria Marinca and film journalist Edward Lawrenson

	On his spring break at the seaside, with his wife and his four year old son, Bogdan runs into his]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/great-actors-awesome-experience-boogie-romanian-cinemateque.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/great-actors-awesome-experience-boogie-romanian-cinemateque.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Four Faces of Modernity: Bitzan, Maitec, Mitroi, Nicodim]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Opening: Wednesday 19 October, 6.30 &ndash; 8.30pm

	Ion Bitzan, Ovidiu Maitec, Florin Mitroi and Ion Nicodim are four of Romania&rsquo;s most celebrated artists for their original ideas and resourceful works that built up an artistic typology of the 1970 / 90s, during the turbulent years of the Communist regime. 

	This major exhibition, organised in association with the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest (MNAC), reveals facets of their work that delve into the subjects at]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/bitzan-maitec-mitroi-nicodim-four-faces-of-modernity.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/bitzan-maitec-mitroi-nicodim-four-faces-of-modernity.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Matei Bucur Mihăescu @ St Martin in the Fields]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The Wunderkind of Romanian contemporary classical music, the prodigious pianist and composer, Matei Bucur Mihăescu will appear for the first time this autumn in London in a recital organised in partnership between Romanian Cultural Institute and St Martin in the Fields as part of New Music Series. Matei will play some of his most recent compositions.

	Programme

	Matei Bucur Mih&atilde;escu: Piano Sonata No 1 in A minor
	Matei Bucur Mih&atilde;escu: from Concerti di anno series:]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/musical-prodigy-matei-bucur-mihaescu-st-martin-in-the-fields.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/musical-prodigy-matei-bucur-mihaescu-st-martin-in-the-fields.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Contraste Trio opens the 2011/2012 Enescu Concerts Series]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	For the first time in London, Contraste Trio opens the 2011/2012 season of the Enescu Concerts Series with an original and outstanding programme. The trio is a unique combination of three different instruments: flute, piano and percussion. Ion Bogdan Stefanescu, Sorin Petrescu and Doru Roman will offer the audience a display of the best classical contemporary music written in Romania in the 20th and 21st centuries.&nbsp;

	Programme:

	George Enescu: Three scenes from]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/contraste-trio-opens-the-2011-2012-season-of-the-enescu-concerts-series-icr-londra.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/contraste-trio-opens-the-2011-2012-season-of-the-enescu-concerts-series-icr-londra.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[BFI London Film Festival featuring Romanian animated documentary]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We are proud to support director Anca Damian&rsquo;s presence at the 55th edition of the BFI London Film Festival and her British premiere of&nbsp;Crulic &ndash; The Path to Beyond,&nbsp;an animated feature highly praised for its beautiful artwork and powerful story.

	Narrated from beyond the grave by its main protagonist, Crulic - The Path to Beyond is an unusual animated feature telling the story of a 33-year-old Romanian, who died in a Polish prison while on hunger strike. The film]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/bfi-london-film-festival-featuring-romanian-animated-documentary.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/bfi-london-film-festival-featuring-romanian-animated-documentary.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Alexandra Dăriescu, a Rising Star of Astonishing Virtuosity ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Charismatic pianist Alexandra Dariescu is back this autumn on London&rsquo;s musical scene. She will open her 2011/2012 musical season at Southbank Centre with a Orchestra of&nbsp;Saint Paul&rsquo;s concert. Acclaimed young Romanian artist performs Shostakovich&#39;s First Piano Concerto and the programme also includes Prokofiev&#39;s Overture on Hebrew Themes, Septet No.2 by Hanns Eisler and the complete ballet Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland. 

	Able to transmit the most subtle]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/alexandra-dariescu-a-rising-star-of-romanian-piano-virtuosity.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/alexandra-dariescu-a-rising-star-of-romanian-piano-virtuosity.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[This month's programme]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	
		
			
				&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MAY 2012 
		
		
		
	



	

&nbsp;

&nbsp;
&nbsp;Tue 1 May&nbsp;Royal Academy of Music, London
&nbsp;Mainly New: The Music of Dan Dediu
The Romanian Cultural Institute in London continues the collaboration with the Royal Academy of Music with a number of masterclasses and creative workshops coordinated by composer and professor Dan Dediu. The programme concludes with a selection of Dan Dediu's chamber works, performed by RAM professors and]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/this-month-s-programme.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/this-month-s-programme.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Apparatus 22 @ The Glasgow School of Art]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The Romanian art collective Apparatus 22 will provide the first international presence in the Wednesday Night Open Forum Events at the Glasgow School of Art, with support from the Romanian Cultural Institute London.

	The group will present their last five years of projects, as add, liste noir, Rozalb de Mura and the shift they made to Apparatus 22. The event is part of the series of interdisciplinary programmes in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre, which include talks, screenings and panel]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/apparatus-22-the-glasgow-school-of-art.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/apparatus-22-the-glasgow-school-of-art.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Andreiana Mihail Gallery @ Frieze Art Fair]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We are pleased to support Andreiana Mihail Gallery&rsquo;s first participation in the main section of the prestigious Frieze Art Fair,&nbsp; featuring over 170 galleries from around the world that present work by new and established artists to an international audience.

	Andreiana Mihail Gallery from Bucharest will present a selection of Romanian artists (with one exception) who have made a worldwide career in the recent years. The display will be built around notions of]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/andreiana-mihail-gallery-frieze-art-fair-142.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/andreiana-mihail-gallery-frieze-art-fair-142.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Anca Benera: Artist-in-Residence @ Attic Arts and Camden Arts Centre]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Romanian artist Anca Benera is the third holder of the Attic Arts Residency at the Romanian Cultural Institute, organised this autumn in collaboration with Camden Arts Centre. 

	Benera&rsquo;s work incorporates a range of media including video, performance and sculpture; her practice focuses on story telling, re-construction, performance and in particular how these things can occur in the public sphere.

	For her residency she will be developing a research project begun in 2008,]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/anca-benera-artist-in-rezidenta-attic-arts-si-camden-arts-centre.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/anca-benera-artist-in-rezidenta-attic-arts-si-camden-arts-centre.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Andrei Bodiu @ Poet in the City]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Special Guest: George Szirtes 

	Join us for a new evening of inspiring verse and sparkling conversation with Romanian poet Andrei Bodiu and special guest George Szirtes, part of the Contemporary Romanian Poets series organised in collaboration with Poet in the City. 

	Andrei Bodiu is a poet, literary historian and professor born in 1965. From his earliest publication Breathing Pause (1991), to the more recent Patriotic Poems (1995), The Direction of the 1980s in Romanian Poetry (2000)]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/andrei-bodiu-poet-in-the-city.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/andrei-bodiu-poet-in-the-city.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fashion exhibition: Madame de … by Dinu Bodiciu]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	After Lady Gaga wore his famous red suit before the taping of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Romanian designer Dinu Bodiciu reveals the unexpected and secret beauty of Madame de&hellip; in a spectacular one-off exhibition of his Spring-Summer 2012 collection.

	"Madame de&hellip; is one of the most intriguing characters I have ever met."

	"I wonder if she has any friends at all".

	"I guess she never likes to be taken by surprise, yet she likes to]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/fashion-exhibition-madame-de-by-dinu-bodiciu-124.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/fashion-exhibition-madame-de-by-dinu-bodiciu-124.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[The House of Romania @ Open House, London]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;

	17 &ndash; 18 September, London

	The Romanian Cultural Institute took part, for the first time, in the Open House event, London&rsquo;s greatest architectural showcase that celebrates all that is best about the capital&rsquo;s buildings, places and neighbourhoods. &nbsp;For two days, over 800 buildings of all kinds opened their doors to the hundreds of thousands of people for free.

	The House of Romania, situated in the prestigious Belgrave Square, one of the grandest and]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-house-of-romania-open-house-london-122.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-house-of-romania-open-house-london-122.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[More cultural events]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Check out other Romanian cultural events organised in the UK under different banners:

	
		
			
				
					Charitable Concert for Victims of Human Trafficking
					Organized by: The United Strings of Europe Orchestra and The International Organization for Migration
					March 15, 2012; 7.30 pm
					St. John, Smith&rsquo;s Square,&nbsp;London, SW1P 3HA
					More details.
			
		
		
			
				
					Harp Recital in Knightsbridge
					Monday, February 13, 2012; 10.30 a.m.-11.30]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/more-cultural-events.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/more-cultural-events.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Subjective Portraits: photography exhibition by Alex Galmeanu in Reykjavik]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Alex Galmeanu, one of the most celebrated young Romanian photographers, will open Subjective Portraits, his latest exhibition featuring well-known Romanian actors and directors. This special event is part of the Romania in Focus programme @ Reykjavik International Film Festival, alongside a concert and many screenings.

	The photographs present some of Romania&rsquo;s film &amp; theatre industry professionals such as: Dorian Boguţă, Mimi Brănescu, Dragos Bucur, Mihai Călin, Tudor]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/subjective-portraits-photography-exhibition-by-alex-galmeanu-in-reykjavik.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/subjective-portraits-photography-exhibition-by-alex-galmeanu-in-reykjavik.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sherban Lupu: Concert &amp; CD Launch]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The Romanian Cultural Institute is delighted to organise the launch of the second volume of the series Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Complete Music for Violin and Piano, recorded by Sherban Lupu &ndash; violin and Ian Hobson &ndash; piano and published in the UK by Toccata Classics.

	The event will start with an introductory talk by Martin Anderson, music journalist, writer and critic, founder of Toccata Press and Toccata Classics. Celebrated Romanian-born violinist Sherban Lupu will]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/sherban-lupu-cd-launch-heinrich-wilhelm-ernst-complete-music-for-violin-and-piano-116.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/sherban-lupu-cd-launch-heinrich-wilhelm-ernst-complete-music-for-violin-and-piano-116.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Romanian Brass @ The Mayor's Thames Festival ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	
		For the fourth consecutive Romanian participation, the powerful orchestra Romanian Brass and a traditional potter&rsquo;s wheel, handled with great skill by two craftsmen from Baia Mare, made an impression at the 15th edition of The Mayor&#39;s Thames Festival, the most spectacular open-air event that celebrates London and its river.&nbsp;
	Romanian Stand @ New European Village: Sat 10 &amp; Sun 11 September, 12 noon &ndash; 9.30 pm, Southbank Centre, Riverside Walkway.
	
		Romanian]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romanian-brass-the-mayor-s-thames-festival.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romanian-brass-the-mayor-s-thames-festival.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cultural Diplomacy Residency]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	C&acirc;ştigătorii sesiunii de concurs 2012.
	&nbsp;

	ICR Londra lanseaza Rezidenţa in diplomaţie culturală, acordată cetăţenilor rom&acirc;ni şi moldoveni prin concurs.

	Rezidenţa in diplomaţie culturală este un program de instruire practică şi coaching cu durata de 3 luni, derulat in cadrul ICR Londra şi al unei instituţii britanice partenere, ce are in vedere următoarele obiective:

	
		să dezvolte cunoştinţe, aptitudini şi]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/rezidenta-icr-in-diplomatie-culturala-113.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/rezidenta-icr-in-diplomatie-culturala-113.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Attic Arts]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Attic Arts is a residency programme at the Romanian Cultural Institute in London offering time (two months) and space (the cosy studio of the Institute) for Romanian and Moldovan artists to develop and achieve a new project to be integrated within the Institute&#39;s programme. The applicants have to propose a project that will subsequently be presented at the ICR London or external premises as appropriate. The successful applicants will acknowledge the Attic Arts programme in any public]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/attic-arts.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/attic-arts.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Enescu Concerts Series]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The Enescu Concerts Series, jointly organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute and the Enescu Society, aims to promote the music of the greatest Romanian composer to British audiences. The Institute and the Society also award a one-year scholarship to a music student of outstanding talent. 

	The concerts are given by outstanding Romanian and international musicians and usually take place on the first Thursday of the month, from February to December (but not August and September) in the]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-enescu-concerts-series-108.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-enescu-concerts-series-108.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sunday at Six @ Romanian Cinematheque]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Romania&nbsp;| 1965 | 76 min | dir: Lucian Pintilie | cast:&nbsp;Irina Petrescu, Dan Nutu, Gratiela Albini, Eugenia Bosanceanu. In Romanian with English subtitles.

	A rare chance to see Lucian Pintilie&#39;s debut film Sunday at Six (1965), set in the 1940s, during the buildup of the Romanian People&rsquo;s Republic.

	Sunday at Six follows the romance between two communist revolutionaries who find their mutual affection at cross-purposes with the interests of the Party. Love seems to]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/sunday-at-six-romanian-cinematheque.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/sunday-at-six-romanian-cinematheque.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Romania @ The Mayor's Thames Festival ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	For the fourth consecutive Romanian participation, the powerful orchestra Romanian Brass and a traditional potter&rsquo;s wheel, handled with great skill by two craftsmen from Baia Mare and Vlădeşti, made an impression at the 15th edition of The Mayor&#39;s Thames Festival, the most spectacular open-air event that celebrates London and its river.&nbsp;

	The Romanian Cultural Institute together with the prestigious Romanian Peasant Museum presented pottery workshops for all ages and a]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romania-the-mayor-s-thames-festival.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/romania-the-mayor-s-thames-festival.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Miruna Vlada @ Poet in the City]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Special guest: Jo Shapcott

	Following three inspiring evenings with Denisa Comănescu, Claudiu Komartin and Bogdan Ghiu, we&nbsp; continued the Contemporary Romanian Poets series with the young and provocative Miruna Vlada. Publishing her first anthology Ectopic Poems (2004) at just 18, Miruna famously provoked a public debate about &lsquo;feminine&rsquo; writing. Her most recent collection, Break Between Veins, was published in 2007. She has been included in anthologies of the most]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/miruna-vlada-poet-in-the-city.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/miruna-vlada-poet-in-the-city.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Art Embodied: Romanian artists from the 80s]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Curated by Petru Lucaci
	Opening: Thursday 15 September, 6.30-8.30pm @ ICR London, 1 Belgrave Square

	Come along and enjoy a rich array of painting, sculpture, film, photography and installation from a famous artistic generation that dared to affirm a new type of sensibility during the last years of a regime that asked for none.&nbsp; &nbsp;

	Instead of the academic modernism from before, these young artists, who made their debut at the beginning of the darkest decade of the communist]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/art-embodied-romanian-artists-from-the-80s-99.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/art-embodied-romanian-artists-from-the-80s-99.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Luiza Zan featuring Sorin Romanescu &amp; Alex Man]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	One of the most distinct voices of Romanian jazz, Luiza Zan opens our new jazz programme developed in partnership with 606 Club. She will be accompanied by renowned guitarists Sorin Romanescu and Alex Man.&nbsp; The concert is presented in one of the oldest and most prestigious London jazz venue, within the club&rsquo;s European Exchange initiative.

	Hugely popular in Romania, Luiza Zan is renowned for her rich jazz vocals and lovely arrangements of jazz standards, as well as her own]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/luiza-zan-featuring-guest-guitarists-sorin-romanescu-amp-alex-man-606-jazz-club.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/luiza-zan-featuring-guest-guitarists-sorin-romanescu-amp-alex-man-606-jazz-club.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Enescu’s Farewell – A Symphony for Twelve @ King’s Place ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The Romanian Cultural Institute and London Schubert Players have the pleasure to invite you to a celebration of George Enescu&rsquo;s musical genius: Enescu&rsquo;s Farewell &ndash; A Symphony for Twelve.

	The concert is preceded by a talk by Noel Malcolm, distinguished scholar and journalist, author of George Enescu&rsquo;s much acclaimed biography. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

	Enescu&rsquo;s last, most intimate and possibly greatest]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/enescu-s-farewell-a-symphony-for-twelve-king-s-place-93.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/enescu-s-farewell-a-symphony-for-twelve-king-s-place-93.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ştefan Constantinescu: An Infinite Blue ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We are pleased to support &nbsp;Stefan Constantinescu&rsquo;s first solo exhibition in a London gallery &ndash; join us to view new and existing works at Galerie8.

	Taking the title from an emblematic song of the 1980s in Romania, Constantinescu presents a showcase of oil paintings, drawings and tracing overlays made from 2009 to 2011, when the artist has returned to these mediums after more than a decade working as an established filmmaker and director. He approaches the act of painting]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/Stefan-constantinescu-an-infinite-blue.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/Stefan-constantinescu-an-infinite-blue.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[The New Romanian Cinema arrives in Iceland ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Focus on Romania @ Reykjavik International Film Festival 
	24 September - 2 October 2011

	&nbsp;

	After Belfast, Dublin and London, Reykjavik is our next stop in 2011!

	Be prepared to alight in the world of New Romanian Cinema as Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) has a focus on Romania this year. This is a project organised by RIFF in partnership with the Romanian Cultural Institute in London and includes screenings, exhibition and concert, among others.

	This special]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/filmul-romanesc-e-invitatul-special-al-festivalului-de-la-reykjavik.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/filmul-romanesc-e-invitatul-special-al-festivalului-de-la-reykjavik.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[The first Cultural Diplomacy residency starts in London ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Our Cultural Diplomacy Residency programmes kicks off in September with the arrival of the fist recipient: Claudia Cirlig.

	The main objectives of this innovative&nbsp; programme of training and coaching in cultural management are:

	- To develop skills and abilities that are crucial for the cultural projects management and in cultural diplomacy.

	- To acquaint with the standards and practices that characterize one of the most sophisticated and competitive cultural markets in the]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-first-cultural-diplomacy-residency-starts-in-london.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-first-cultural-diplomacy-residency-starts-in-london.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Staging the horror: the real story behind "M House" ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The Romanian Cultural Institute together with Scottish Women&#39;s Aid are pleased to invite you to a debate about domestic violence. You will have the chance to interact with the stars of "M House" who will reveal some of the most painful experiences they had while learning about the lives of the women portrayed in the show. &nbsp;

	
		Fri 26 August, 5.30pm
	
		Scottish Women&#39;s Aid Head Office, 2nd Floor, 132 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3JD
	Free entry.&nbsp;Bookings]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/m-house-performance-related-event-open-forum-on-domestic-violence.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/m-house-performance-related-event-open-forum-on-domestic-violence.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA["M House" @ Edinburgh Fringe]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Romanian Cultural Institute in association with Coliseum Arts Centre present the Moldavian production &quot;M House&quot; in Edinburgh Fringe Festival. &quot;M House&quot; delivers a candid, powerful account of domestic violence through a story of raw disturbing realism.&nbsp;It is a genuine unconscious feminist cry against one of the most horrible crimes: the violence of the person who is supposed to love and protect you the most.

	Four young and talented performers under the direction]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/m-house-edinburgh-fringe-82.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/m-house-edinburgh-fringe-82.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lucian Dan Teodorovici @ Edinburgh Book Festival]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Lucian Dan Teodorovici will represent Romania at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2011 (http://www.edbookfest.co.uk), within the section Best of European Fiction. The Romanian writer will be joined by the Irish writer Kevin Barry (author of the newly-published &quot;City of Bohane&quot;) and by the award-winning Dutch novelist Manon Uphoff (author of &quot;The Players&quot;) in a conversation chaired by Stuart Kelly.

	A versatile writer, Teodorovici has made a name for himself as]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/lucian-dan-teodorovici-edinburgh-book-festival.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/lucian-dan-teodorovici-edinburgh-book-festival.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Attic Arts Second Round Winners]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The winners of the second round of the Attic Arts 2011 residency programme are: artist Anca Benera and poet Claudiu Komartin.

	The winners have been selected from a number of &nbsp;24 applications, according to the following criteria, each marked with maximum five points:

	
		- artistic quality relevant both for the ICR&rsquo;s and British institutions&rsquo; standards;
	
		-&nbsp;adherence to the ICR London programmes as well as to current approaches in the respective field in the]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/attic-arts-winners-second-round.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/attic-arts-winners-second-round.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pianist Andrei Licaret @ St Martin in the Fields]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Our long-term partnership with St Martin in the Fields continues its with a lunchtime concert as part of the Pianists of the World Series. Prize-winning Romanian pianist Andrei Licaret will perform for the first time in front of the London audience.

	Programme
	Scarlatti - Sonatas (K 9; K 107)
	Beethoven - Sonata Op.26
	Enescu - Toccata and Pavana from Suite Op.10 in D
	Chopin - Polonaise-Fantaisie Op.61

	Andrei Licaret was born 11 September 1982 in Bucharest, and made his]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/pianistul-andrei-licaret-st-martin-in-the-fields-70.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/pianistul-andrei-licaret-st-martin-in-the-fields-70.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Active Witness – EUNIC exhibition of photography]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	To celebrate the European Year of Volunteering, the exhibition Active Witness, held at Europe House in Smith Square, brings together 26 works by photographers representing 26 participating countries, whose work either engages directly with the voluntary sector, or with closely related social issues.

	The photographers participating in the exhibition come from a range of backgrounds, including photojournalism, fine art and documentary practice, and the selected works cover subjects ranging]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/active-witness-eunic-exhibition-of-photography.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/active-witness-eunic-exhibition-of-photography.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Song That Never Ends: Constantin Silvestri Celebration]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The Song That Never Ends is a special evening dedicated to Romanian composer and conductor Constantin Silvestri (1913-1969). The event is part of Invitation to Composers, an unique, two-year project, co-funded by the European Cultural Fund, that encourages modern-day composers to write new works, inspired by celebrated musical ideas of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and enhanced by cultural elements from the composers&#39; own indigenous heritage. The Romanian Cultural Institute is proud]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-song-that-never-ends-a-constantin-silvestri-celebration.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/the-song-that-never-ends-a-constantin-silvestri-celebration.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vera Ion &amp; Sorin Poama @ Attic Arts]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Vera Ion - theatre director and playwright, graduated from the MA Cross Sectoral and Community Arts, Goldsmiths College London and BA Theatre Directing, National University of Drama and Film &quot;I.L. Caragiale&quot; in Bucharest.

	At the RCI London she will work on the project Busk for Your Life! together with actor and playwright Sorin Poama. The project aims to document Romanian immigrants who work as street artists on Southbank and in Covent Garden. The results of the interviews and]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/vera-ion-amp-sorin-poama-attic-arts-61.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/vera-ion-amp-sorin-poama-attic-arts-61.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Call for applications for the second round of Attic Arts 2011]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	2 May - 30 June 2011

	Attic Arts is a residency programme at the Romanian Cultural Institute in London offering time (two months) and space (the cosy studio of the Institute) for Romanian and Moldovan artists to develop and achieve a new project to be integrated within the Institute&#39;s programme. The applicants have to propose a project that will subsequently be presented at the ICR London or external premises as appropriate. The successful applicants will acknowledge the Attic Arts]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/sesiunea-a-doua-attic-arts-2011-60.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/sesiunea-a-doua-attic-arts-2011-60.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[News]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	
		6 July 2011: The Romanian Cultural Institute in London launches a new website!
	
		&nbsp;
]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/news.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/news.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Contemporary Romanian Poets: Bogdan Ghiu]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Special guest: David Harsent
	Thursday 23 June 2011, 7pm

	Listen to live poetry and join in the conversation with award-winning poet, translator, cultural critic and theorist Bogdan Ghiu, the third guest of the Contemporary Romanian Poets series organised in association with Poet in the City. Taking place at the Romanian Cultural Institute until November, this year&#39;s series includes six exciting poetry events exploring contemporary Romanian culture through the eyes of its most]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/contemporary-romanian-poets-bogdan-ghiu.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/contemporary-romanian-poets-bogdan-ghiu.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Press]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Press releases

	2011


	
		
			
				
					3 June 2011
			
			
				
					Ooberfuse: Live at The Leicester Square Theatre 
			
		
		
			
				
					1 June 2011
			
			
				
					In The Light Of Utopia Exhibition 
			
		
		
			
				
					6 May 2011
			
			
				
					The Celluloid Curtain - Europe&#39;s Cold War In Film
			
		
		
			
				
					18 March 2011
			
			
				
					Romanian Pianist and YCAT Artist Alexandra Dariescu wins the Guildhall Wigmore]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/press.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/press.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dinu Lipatti Trio @ ICR London]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The final recital of the Enescu Concerts Series&#39; 2010-2011 season features one of the best known chamber ensembles in Berlin, The &quot;Dinu Lipatti&quot; Trio. Cristian Niculescu (piano), Friedemann Amadeus Treiber (violin) and Helmut Menzler (cello) are set to play a rarely performed version of Enescu&#39;s Piano Trio in A Minor that was revised by the great Romanian musicologist and composer Pascal Bentoiu.

	The recital was made possible by the generous support of Mrs. Doina]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/dinu-lipatti-trio-icr-london-22.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/dinu-lipatti-trio-icr-london-22.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Our network]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Every single day, somewhere in the world there is an event organized by one of the Romanian cultural institutes and their local partners. Find out what&rsquo;s happening now!

	The Romanian Cultural Institute in Bucharest (www.icr.ro)

	Our branches in:

	BERLIN | BRUSSELS | BUDAPEST | CHISINAU | ISTANBUL | LISBON | MADRID | NEW YORK | PARIS | PRAGUE | ROME | STOCKHOLM | SZEGED | TEL AVIV | VENICE | VIENNA | WARSAW
	&nbsp;]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/our-network.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/our-network.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Internship]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	You can join the team of the Romanian Cultural Institute in London and become a part of our stimulating and career-boosting internship programme.&nbsp; While working on the Institute&rsquo;s various projects and initiatives, you will acquire an insight perspective on cultural diplomacy and will learn how to make a difference in the most competitive cultural market in the world.

	Our internship programme will help you develop crucial skills and abilities in project management, cultural]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/internship.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/internship.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Contact us]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	Address:

	Romanian Cultural Institute
	Institutul Cultural Roman Londra
	1 Belgrave Square
	London, SW1X 8PH
	United Kingdom

	How to find us (the nearest tube station is Hyde Park Corner)

	Contact details:

	T: + 44 (0) 207 752 0134
	F: + 44 (0) 207 235 0383
	M: + 44 (0) 7919 022 796
	E: office@icr-london.co.uk&nbsp; |&nbsp; www.icr-london.co.uk
]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/contact-us.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/contact-us.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Silent Strike @ Attic Arts ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	We welcome music composer and sound designer Ioan Titu (aka Silent Strike) who takes up residency at RCI London c/o the Attic Arts programme

	Ioan Titu (aka Silent Strike) - music composer and sound designer, has performed in over 20 national and international music festivals. He has already released three albums: Silent Strike (2005), 3AM featuring Lucian Ban and Alex Harding (2008) and White (2009). His music is considered highly versatile, twisting jazz, hip hop, electro and film]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/silent-strike-attic-arts.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/silent-strike-attic-arts.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cornel Sorian &amp; Ooberfuse live @ Leicester Square Theatre ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The Romanian Cultural Institute and Leicester Square Theatre present Cornel Sorian and OOBERFUSE in their first public show after having transformed Heart&#39;s Cry into the official youth anthem for the Papal visit to the UK. Together with visual artist Dan Basu and Percival Quartet, the London-based band that brings together the very best of Western and Filipino musical tradition is ready to rock the house with a programme of original songs plus covers from famous pieces by Portishead,]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/cornel-sorian-amp-ooberfuse-live-leicester-square-theatre.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/cornel-sorian-amp-ooberfuse-live-leicester-square-theatre.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Library]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	The Library provides an excellent introduction to Romanian literature, from the classics to the most famous contemporary authors. Romanian cultural magazines are also available. You are warmly invited to read them in the cosy, welcoming space at the Institute or take advantage of our free borrowing system.

	The Romanian Library houses over 1,000 volumes in Romanian and English of fiction and non-fiction, art albums, dictionaries, textbooks for learning the Romanian language, guidebooks]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/library.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/library.html</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[About us]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[
	History

	The Romanian Cultural Institute in London, or ICR/RCI London, is part of a global network of cultural institutes and together we make up Romania&rsquo;s main arm of cultural diplomacy. We act on several levels: as a diplomatic mission, cultural management unit, artistic and PR agency and as a centre for research and documentation.

	These four principal functions are executed in a whole series of activities. As a diplomatic mission, we are in charge of cultural and public]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/about-us.html</guid>
        <link>http://www.icr-london.co.uk/about-us.html</link>
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