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Private event hosted by the National Theatre in Bucharest. The responsibility for the quality and content of this event lies solely with the organizer! A new edition of the JTI Meetings - Rotterdam's Scapino Ballet, for the first time in Romania The Scapino Ballet Company from Rotterdam is coming for the first time in Romania, at the 26th edition of the JTI Meetings, the JTI Romania's corporate event, with the performance “Anima Obscura”, on June 19 and 20, 2025, at 7.30 pm, at the National Theatre Bucharest Anima Obscura investigates the desire for immortality and is the first major production for Scapino by Artistic Director Nanine Linning. "I wanted to tell a story about our desire for immortality. In the past there were occult practices of alchemists, now there are biohackers experimenting with our human nature. As an artist, I ask critical questions about the future of humanity and that's how my idea for Anima Obscura was born," Linning explains The performance is a monumental work for a large ensemble of dancers, in which choreography, video performance, animation, holograms, costume design and live music come together in an immersive experience. “Set in motion and accompanied by music and dance, a comprehensive work of art has emerged that arouses strong emotions and captivates the audience”, writes Die Glocke about Anima Obscura Scapino Ballet Rotterdam is a prestigious dance company founded in 1945 and known for its innovative productions. Scapino has played a pivotal role in the development of modern dance and, in addition to performing in theaters in the Netherlands, it has also presented performances at numerous international festivals and theaters. "JTI is one of the few supporters of contemporary dance in Romania and we are glad that we were able to bring a prestigious company to the public again this year, with two recently realized performances in 2025. Lovers of this artistic genre can say that they are thus up to date with the latest productions presented on the world's great stages", said Antonio Vencesla, Director Corporate Affairs and Communications JTI Romania, Moldova and Bulgaria. Join us for the 26th edition of the JTI Meetings! Tickets are available at the ticket office of the Bucharest National Theater and online at Eventim.ro and Bilet.ro. The JTI Meetings were inaugurated in 2000 by the famous ballet company Bejart Ballet Lausanne, and have been held every year since. More details on www.intalnirilejti.com and JTI Meetings | Facebook Produced by: Art Production Foundation Media partners: Radio Romania Cultural, Radio France Internationale Romania, BlitzTV, AmosNews, WebCultura, Money.ro   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu

Private event hosted by the National Theatre in Bucharest. The responsibility for the quality and content of this event lies solely with the organizer! A new edition of the JTI Meetings - Rotterdam's Scapino Ballet, for the first time in Romania The Scapino Ballet Company from Rotterdam is coming for the first time in Romania, at the 26th edition of the JTI Meetings, the JTI Romania's corporate event, with the performance “Anima Obscura”, on June 19 and 20, 2025, at 7.30 pm, at the National Theatre Bucharest Anima Obscura investigates the desire for immortality and is the first major production for Scapino by Artistic Director Nanine Linning. "I wanted to tell a story about our desire for immortality. In the past there were occult practices of alchemists, now there are biohackers experimenting with our human nature. As an artist, I ask critical questions about the future of humanity and that's how my idea for Anima Obscura was born," Linning explains The performance is a monumental work for a large ensemble of dancers, in which choreography, video performance, animation, holograms, costume design and live music come together in an immersive experience. “Set in motion and accompanied by music and dance, a comprehensive work of art has emerged that arouses strong emotions and captivates the audience”, writes Die Glocke about Anima Obscura Scapino Ballet Rotterdam is a prestigious dance company founded in 1945 and known for its innovative productions. Scapino has played a pivotal role in the development of modern dance and, in addition to performing in theaters in the Netherlands, it has also presented performances at numerous international festivals and theaters. "JTI is one of the few supporters of contemporary dance in Romania and we are glad that we were able to bring a prestigious company to the public again this year, with two recently realized performances in 2025. Lovers of this artistic genre can say that they are thus up to date with the latest productions presented on the world's great stages", said Antonio Vencesla, Director Corporate Affairs and Communications JTI Romania, Moldova and Bulgaria. Join us for the 26th edition of the JTI Meetings! Tickets are available at the ticket office of the Bucharest National Theater and online at Eventim.ro and Bilet.ro. The JTI Meetings were inaugurated in 2000 by the famous ballet company Bejart Ballet Lausanne, and have been held every year since. More details on www.intalnirilejti.com and JTI Meetings | Facebook Produced by: Art Production Foundation Media partners: Radio Romania Cultural, Radio France Internationale Romania, BlitzTV, AmosNews, WebCultura, Money.ro   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu

Private event hosted by the National Theatre in Bucharest. The responsibility for the quality and content of this event lies solely with the organizer! Dear lovers of good music, Concordia Theater Company and the Art-Music A.T. Association, once again offers you a unique concert, both by the elegance of the organization and the music chosen, but also by the fact that it is dedicated to one of the most prolific and beloved Romanian artists from the past 40 years. Shortly after he passed away, we decided that the songs sung by Gabi, will once again be in the public's attention, sung in equal measure, both by the musicians on stage and by the large audience in the hall, lovers of Gabriel Cotabita's music. Having Andrei Tudor, another very good friend of Gabi's, at the baton, in the company of the ''Cardinal Show Orchestra'' rhythm section, conducted by Vlad Popescu, on April 28, 2025, at the ''Ion Caramitru'' Hall of the National Theatre in Bucharest, the artist Aurelian Temisan, will sing, along with surprise guests, some of the most beautiful songs from the repertoire of the one who was and will remain in our souls, of Romanians... Gabriel Cotabita. Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

Maria Khoreva, the idol of young ballerinas is coming to Romania for the Stars Gala on April 14, 2025 at the Bucharest National Theatre. For the first time in Romania, the extraordinary Maria Khoreva, First Soloist of the Mariinsky Theater will dance on the main stage of the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theater in Bucharest, in the Stars Gala performance on the occasion of Easter holidays. In a first for Romanian audiences, the star of this year's Stars Gala will dance in a suite from the classical ballet Don Quixote with the newly invested Principal Soloist, Philipp Stepin from the Mariinsky Theater. Maria Khoreva is the idol of many ballerinas. She is already an international star of the highest caliber at only 23 years of age and was co-opted by the theater right out of school. Multi-awarded internationally, with millions of fans, invited to the world's most important ballet galas, Maria will come to Bucharest and dance alongside her colleague Philipp Stepin, the most recently appointed to the highest rank of Principal Soloist. Maria will offer the opportunity to work with young people in a workshop open to anyone who wants to make ballet a profession. The Stars Gala performance will include some very important moments for the young talents from Romania! Apart from the privilege of dancing on the same stage and in the same choreography with world superstars, this kind of events greatly increase the notoriety of those just starting out, being a very important launching pad with international visibility. So every spectator is practically a supporter of the performances of some of the most talented professional dancers just starting out! Their value is already confirmed by the schools where they are studying, the companies where they are already working or by the audience that is already loyal to them on their own social media channels. Our Young Ambassadors will dance in this gala dedicated to the Easter celebrations: Rebecca Rudolf (soloist at Bayerisches Junior Ballet, Munich), Horia Bucur (soloist at the Bucharest National Opera), Alecsia Lazarescu and Martha Savin (students at the Royal Ballet school, London), Rebecca Zamfir (student at the European School of Ballet, Amsterdam), Ariana Sitaru (student at Stuttgart Ballet) and many others who are yet to confirm their participation, who will prepare unique dances that will surely move your senses, that will create emotion. Another important area is supporting those who will represent Romania at the world finals of the world's biggest ballet competition, the Youth America Grand Prix in Tampa. Finalists from all over the country, winners of the European semi-finals, will take part. The Stars Gala stage gives them the opportunity to present their prepared numbers to the public, but it will also be an important rehearsal before they leave for the grand final. Through this event, we strive to raise funds to support some of the participants. About Stars Gala Stars Gala is an innovative cultural event in Romania, because it brings together on the same stage and in the same choreography, professional dancers who have reached the highest level and young talents from Romania and abroad, helping them to become the next stars of the dance scene. Stars Gala will last 2h with intermission, and will have three parts: *Don Quijote, a suite realized with young dancers with Maria Khoreva and Philipp Stepin. Solo numbers and duets performed by Revolve Dance 2025 Ambassadors, young people who have extraordinary international results and who have been supported by us over the years: Rebecca Rudolf and Horia Bucur, 21 years old, winners of many national and international awards and already launched as professional dancers, Alecsia Lazarescu - 17 years old ( scholar at the Royal Ballet - London, winner of the Pix de Lausanne "Jeune espoire", "Hope award" Youth America Grand Prix, Barcelona 2020), Rebeca Zamfir - 13 years old (winner of the "Hope Award" at the Youth America Grand Prix Final, Tampa 2023) and many other talented young people, awarded intentionally, that we will announce gradually! *YAGP finalists The performance, of high professional level in class, emotion and style, will be very complex, from choreography to music, scenography and costumes. We invite you to attend the most awaited dance event of the spring, Stars Gala, where you will support the fresh Romanian talents! The Stars Gala event is organized by Mapamond Association.   Tickets available on www.iabilet.ro Parteners: Youth America Grand Prix, Grishko Media partners: Radio Guerrilla Details about participation in the workshop for young ballet performers on www.revolvedance.ro FB & Instagram: revolvedancefestival contact@revolvedance.ro   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

Private event hosted by the National Theatre in Bucharest. The responsibility for the quality and content of this event lies solely with the organizer!   What could be more appropriate in the most beautiful month of the year, when the snowdrops are in full bloom and nature is beginning to come alive, than a musical journey to "Bella Italia" to the rhythms of Neapolitan cantatas and the most famous arias from Italian operas, but also with thoughts of the shores of the seas that bathe the "homeland of music", the Adriatic on one side and the Mediterranean, Tyrrhenian and Ligurian on the other! And all this happens in the month when we celebrate the Woman - mother, wife, lover! And who could be more appropriate to take us through this musical story of Women's Day than the three Italian tenors who grew up listening to and singing these famous songs and arias as children? Who would feel them, experience them and sing them better than them? That's why we thought that famous arias like "Nessun dorma", "La donna e mobile" or cantatas like: "Mamma", "O sole mio", "Santa Lucia", "Funiculi, Funicula" or "Caruso", just to mention a few of the ones you will hear, will make you step optimistically into the coming spring! The performance 3 Italian Tenors is a tribute to the great tenors José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, three legendary artists who conquered the whole world with their voices and performances, and the exceptional voices of the three guest tenors, Federico Veltri, Fabio Serani and Angelo Forte, voices in the purest style of Italian belcanto, will remind the audience of the beautiful voices of those who founded this concept. The other guests who will complete our event will be no less! The Opera in Rome, the Scala Theatre in Milan, the Regio Theatre in Parma or the Mozarteum in Salzburg are the opera theatres from where the other special guests, famous baritones and sopranos, will come to try to stand up to the 3 Italian tenors! The performance will be an interactive one, the musical direction being provided, following the model of Johann Strauss or, more recently, André Rieu, "with violin in hand", by the young conductor and violin soloist Bogdan Costache, a name already known in all philharmonics and opera houses in Europe. He will conduct the famous Orchestra di Teatro D'Opera Italiana and the Vox Opera Orchestra, making it easy for you to meet famous instrumentalists from Europe and the world once again! Audiences will be humming the famous choruses of the cantatas with our beautiful chorus girls and keeping the beat with our dancers, so everyone will be thrilled and experiencing art at its best! Are you still looking for a gift for your loved one or the person who gave you life? An invitation to such a show could be the perfect gift! Won't you be coming to the great opera houses of Italy in the near future to hear the beautiful voices of famous Italian tenors in the purest style of Italian belcanto? You have the chance to do it in your city! They will come to us! In the Women's Month!   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu

Independent show hosted by the National Theatre of Bucharest. The organiser is exclusively liable for the quality and content of this event! Artists from two famous European orchestras Orchestra Di Teatro D’Opera Italiana, one of Europe's most famous orchestras has been applauded on major opera and philharmonic stages all over the world. Just to mention a few traditional stages: Brucknerhaus Linz, Bregenz Festspielhaus, Brunnenhof der Residenz Munich, Stadthalle Vienna, Meistersingershalle Nurnberg, Kasemattenbuehne Graz, etc. The orchestra is also renowned for its collaborations with great names in world opera, soloists and conductors from the Arena in Verona, the Scala Theatre in Milan, the Opera Theatre in Rome, the Vienna State Opera, etc. The members of the Orchestra di Teatro D'opera Italiana will be joined by instrumentalists from the VOX Opera Orchestra, nationally and internationally known and appreciated. This is the first time in Romania that instrumentalists from two of Europe's leading orchestras join hands to offer their audiences memorable evenings and unique musical experiences. In fact, the two orchestras have been invited this year to the biggest opera festival in Asia, the Borneo Opera Festival, as official orchestras by the Malaysian government itself. Romanian conductor with international recognition and violin soloist invited on all the world's major stages. The young conductor and violin soloist Bogdan Costache will conduct the performance and, thus, Viennese, Italian and German soloists and instrumentalists will perform under the baton of one of the most talented conductors of the young generation, born in Romania! The presence of Bogdan Costache in the program of this year's Viennese Regale is due to you, the audience, who, after the performance of "Three Italian Tenors", were impressed by his performance and wished to see him again as soon as possible. The performance will be an interactive one, conducted "with the violin in the hand" after the model of Johann Strauss or, more recently, Andrè Rieu. The performance will be accompanied by the VOX Opera choir and ballet. The orchestra is joined by the VOX Opera Ballet Ensemble, with the long-awaited moments of waltzes, polkas, can-can, in an effervescent and exciting choreography, so that you will be invited to dance by our orchestras and our ballet dancers themselves, with the famous "Alles Walzer!" Beautiful Carols and Christmas songs will also shine through the voices of the VOX Opera Chorus. The Viennese atmosphere and spirit will captivate you from the moment you enter the concert hall and will remain in your heart as a vivid memory for Christmas and New Year to come. If you can't make it to the Christmas and New Year concerts in Vienna, we bring the Viennese spirit to your city with the most beautiful Viennese musical masterpieces of the Strauss dynasty, Franz Lehar, Emerich Kalman and many, many other musical and choreographic surprises. Invited soloists from Austria, Italy and Switzerland will be previewed in the coming weeks, so the surprises are sure to keep on coming! Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

Independent show hosted by the National Theatre of Bucharest. The organiser is exclusively liable for the quality and content of this event! Artists from two famous European orchestras Orchestra Di Teatro D’Opera Italiana, one of Europe's most famous orchestras has been applauded on major opera and philharmonic stages all over the world. Just to mention a few traditional stages: Brucknerhaus Linz, Bregenz Festspielhaus, Brunnenhof der Residenz Munich, Stadthalle Vienna, Meistersingershalle Nurnberg, Kasemattenbuehne Graz, etc. The orchestra is also renowned for its collaborations with great names in world opera, soloists and conductors from the Arena in Verona, the Scala Theatre in Milan, the Opera Theatre in Rome, the Vienna State Opera, etc. The members of the Orchestra di Teatro D'opera Italiana will be joined by instrumentalists from the VOX Opera Orchestra, nationally and internationally known and appreciated. This is the first time in Romania that instrumentalists from two of Europe's leading orchestras join hands to offer their audiences memorable evenings and unique musical experiences. In fact, the two orchestras have been invited this year to the biggest opera festival in Asia, the Borneo Opera Festival, as official orchestras by the Malaysian government itself. Romanian conductor with international recognition and violin soloist invited on all the world's major stages. The young conductor and violin soloist Bogdan Costache will conduct the performance and, thus, Viennese, Italian and German soloists and instrumentalists will perform under the baton of one of the most talented conductors of the young generation, born in Romania! The presence of Bogdan Costache in the program of this year's Viennese Regale is due to you, the audience, who, after the performance of "Three Italian Tenors", were impressed by his performance and wished to see him again as soon as possible. The performance will be an interactive one, conducted "with the violin in the hand" after the model of Johann Strauss or, more recently, Andrè Rieu. The performance will be accompanied by the VOX Opera choir and ballet. The orchestra is joined by the VOX Opera Ballet Ensemble, with the long-awaited moments of waltzes, polkas, can-can, in an effervescent and exciting choreography, so that you will be invited to dance by our orchestras and our ballet dancers themselves, with the famous "Alles Walzer!" Beautiful Carols and Christmas songs will also shine through the voices of the VOX Opera Chorus. The Viennese atmosphere and spirit will captivate you from the moment you enter the concert hall and will remain in your heart as a vivid memory for Christmas and New Year to come. If you can't make it to the Christmas and New Year concerts in Vienna, we bring the Viennese spirit to your city with the most beautiful Viennese musical masterpieces of the Strauss dynasty, Franz Lehar, Emerich Kalman and many, many other musical and choreographic surprises. Invited soloists from Austria, Italy and Switzerland will be previewed in the coming weeks, so the surprises are sure to keep on coming! Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

Independent show hosted by the National Theatre of Bucharest. The organiser is exclusively liable for the quality and content of this event!   The Scent of Christmas - a performance in its 4th consecutive edition, supported by TVA (Value Added Company - Teo Boar, Vladi Cnejevici, Dorin Andone and Adrian Vascu) and prominent guests. This year's special guests are: Fara Zahar and the Symphonic Orchestra Bucharest. As every year, the Armonia Choir from Targu Lapus Maramures will participate and, as a surprise, also from the same city are invited the folk music soloists from the group The Girls from Lapus. We invite you to an evening of excitement, joy and surprises in the Ion Caramitru Hall of the National Theater in Bucharest, Tuesday, December 17, 2024 starting at 20.00. Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu

Independent show hosted by the National Theatre of Bucharest. The organiser is exclusively liable for the quality and content of this event! A brand new Christmas, a new magical story brought by the unmistakable voice of Stefan Hrusca. As every year, the artist who has become the symbol of Romanian carols invites us to meet again under the warm light of his songs, in a soulful tour that continues a tradition that has been unbroken for more than three decades. For Hrusca, each carol is a testimony to our spiritual roots, a link between past and present that unites us through faith and love of our nation. Each of his performances becomes a moment of introspection and rediscovery, an oasis of tranquility in the midst of modern bustle. This year, Hrusca surprises us with a special selection of carols, some well known and loved by everyone, others less heard, but just as full of meaning and charm. His deep and vibrant voice, along with the harmonies of traditional carols, bring back to our hearts that pure atmosphere of the holidays of yesteryear. With each concert, Stefan Hrusca reminds us that, beyond gifts and pomp, Christmas is about warmth in our hearts, about family and faith, and above all about communion with our loved ones, regardless of the distances that separate us. Over the years, his carols have become a true ritual of the winter holidays, without which many Romanians would not be able to fully feel the Christmas spirit. With each performance, Hrusca renews our hope, brings us together and makes us feel that, wherever we are, Christmas is in the heart of each one of us. We invite you again this year to experience the magic of Christmas carols with Stefan Hrusca, to let yourself be carried away by the story of his songs and enjoy the unaltered beauty of our ancestral traditions! Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

Independent show hosted by the National Theatre of Bucharest. The organiser is exclusively liable for the quality and content of this event! And there will be another story, which will begin with the same as it once was... For another year has snowed upon me, upon you, upon our dreams and our lives, and evenings among friends, like beautiful stories, are hard to forget and are deeply carried in the soul. For those who didn't find out and didn't get tickets this year, for those who would like to see the performance one more time, for those who love me and have loved me for 50 years, and finally for those who are curious by nature, I thought I would meet you in 2024 even healthier and more cheerful, to chat, to step, once again, into the world of stories and the magic of the stage. Hugs and kisses to you, Saint Nicholas! Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu