Events

Each year, to celebrate Romania’s National Day, we invite a Romanian academic to take a fresh look at an aspect of Romanian history. In 2018, Dr Marius Turda of Oxford Brookes University gave the first V. V. Tilea Lecture, entitled ‘Greater Romania 1918: Some Historical

The most distinctive Romanian jazz voice, Maria Răducanubrings a free spirit to some of the most moving songs from around the world. A self-taught ethno jazz singer Maria Răducanu makes music that is deeply emotional and universally touching. Noted for her impressive vocal

Fanfare Ciocârlia, the world-renowned Romanian brass band, brings to London the lively vibes and pure joy so characteristic of them. Fanfare Ciocârlia are the kings of hot Gypsy Brass with lightning speed, sophisticated arrangements, infectious energy and raw power to

‘Limits’, a staged story inspired from real life events and characters, will have its premiere within the theatrical series at the Romanian Cultural Institute. The one-woman show starring Mihaela Rădescu is directed by Radu Apostol and produced by The Replika Educational

Pianist Daniel Ciobanu is a rising star, having performed alongside piano superstar Lang Lang at the Royal Festival Hall and winning Silver at the Rubinstein Piano Competition 2017, where his dynamic stage presence also won him the Audience Favourite prize. Ciobanu’s

A unique event marking both the 50th anniversary of Constantin Silvestri’s death and the announcement that King’s College has acquired a substantial documentary archive of his life and work. Silvestri’s Piano Suite No. 3 will receive its London Première on the occasion.

The 'EUROPALIA Romania' festival in London opens with one-of-a-kind singer Ada Mileawho joins world-renowned Balanescu Quartetto perform 'The Island'. The concept is based on the work of surrealist Gellu Naum and inspired by Robinson Crusoe, fortuitously

EUROPALIA is a biennial and international multi-arts festival based in Belgium that is celebrating its 50th anniversary, sharing the best of rooted and cutting-edge contemporary culture. Romania has the honour of being guest country at this jubilee edition. Marking this

The Romanian Cultural Institute is thrilled to partner up with the British Library in bringing to London the iconic figure of Romanian film industry, Irina Margareta Nistor. This event provides the opportunity to get acquainted first-hand with the intricacies of illegally

The Romanian Cinematheque joins forces with the Home Affairs Attaché Office within the Romanian Embassy to mark the EU Anti-trafficking Day celebrated each year on 18 October, with the screening of ‘Loverboy’, an emotional story directed by Cătălin Mitulescu. Cătălin

Thirty years ago, the communist regimes in the countries behind the Iron Curtain lost their grip on power. One by one, the monolithic structures of control and oppression succumbed, the freed citizens vacillating between disbelief and immense joy. When in December 1989,

The Romanian Cultural Institute proudly presents the next book in the series of Romanian essential literature translated into English: Mihail Sebastian’s “witty, lyrical coming-of-age novel” (Aurora Metro Books) ’The Town with Acacia Trees’. Written in 1931, the