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Important announcement regarding the performances at the NTB Amphitheatre! Being an outdoor space, in case of rain, the following rule shall apply:- if the rain starts before the performance time and the set-up time allows it, the performance will be moved to one of the theatre halls. If this is not possible, either the performance will be rescheduled and tickets will remain valid, or a refund will be issued.- if rain starts during the performance, the performance is suspended and cannot be rescheduled nor the ticket price refunded. Thank you for your understanding! Rockabella blends art-rock, indie pop and alternative influences into song-stories about the moments that transform us. Teodora Morosanu, Rockabella's lead singer, on the band's latest album - "[IN]vulnerabili": "We are all vulnerable. To be alive is to be vulnerable. To have relationships with people, to love! Nothing shows your weaknesses more clearly than love. We grow up with the idea that to be vulnerable is to be weak. That people have something against us and if we let them, people will hurt us. We spend our lives building walls to protect us. We spend our lives trying to become invulnerable." Leyah is the first Romanian artist and composer to bring the Cinematic Pop style to the Romanian music scene through his compositions. Schooled in classical music, Leyah started studying piano at the age of 5. Her father, Modest Cichirdan, a classical music conductor, had a defining impact on her professional development. After graduating from Music College, Leyah made a crossover to pop music and composed her own music. Her concert concept, "CINESTEZIA", has been heard on well-known theatre stages across the country as well as at the George Enescu Festival. Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu                                       

Important announcement regarding the performances at the NTB Amphitheatre! Being an outdoor space, in case of rain, the following rule shall apply:- if the rain starts before the performance time and the set-up time allows it, the performance will be moved to one of the theatre halls. If this is not possible, either the performance will be rescheduled and tickets will remain valid, or a refund will be issued.- if rain starts during the performance, the performance is suspended and cannot be rescheduled nor the ticket price refunded. Thank you for your understanding! Kadjavsi began in 2017 as a project that focused primarily on improvised ambient piano ambient soundscapes recorded by Bucharest-based musician Nikita Dembinski. Some of these albums, such as "Breaks That Friend Your Heart" and "A Bounding Situation", were released on cassette through local independent label Beach Buddies Records. Currently influenced by some of the UK's most prestigious artists such as James Blake, Squid and Black Country New Road, Dembinski set out on a journey where his lifelong exposure to music, theater and film merged into a cinematic experience through live performances. Kadjavsi's live concerts are almost always accompanied by visuals, with no shortage of the dramatic yet authentic lyricism of his debut album Second Sun. Dembinski produced the nine-track album with the band's co-producer and guitarist Luca Calaras. The album was released independently in November 2022 and marks the project's first LP album. Currently, the artist is working on his second album and performing in Romania with band members Laura Benedek on bass, Lucas Contreras on electric guitar, Horia Stanciu on drums and Constantin Musat on violin.                                          

Important announcement regarding the performances at the NTB Amphitheatre! Being an outdoor space, in case of rain, the following rule shall apply:- if the rain starts before the performance time and the set-up time allows it, the performance will be moved to one of the theatre halls. If this is not possible, either the performance will be rescheduled and tickets will remain valid, or a refund will be issued.- if rain starts during the performance, the performance is suspended and cannot be rescheduled nor the ticket price refunded. Thank you for your understanding! Starting from the classic Unplugged, Acustic means the best songs of Vita de Vie, collected during their 21 years of existence, reorchestrated in an unusual way, sometimes going as far as classical, jazz or bossa-nova. Adrian Despot on the Acustic project: "I stripped the old songs of the clothes they were wearing and tried to decant them into a form as close as possible to their original state, that of emotion. I lowered the volume and increased the intensity. From there I carefully and selflessly built the Acustic album. It came out exactly the way we wanted it, simple and intense." Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu                                   

Important announcement regarding the performances at the NTB Amphitheatre! Being an outdoor space, in case of rain, the following rule shall apply:- if the rain starts before the performance time and the set-up time allows it, the performance will be moved to one of the theatre halls. If this is not possible, either the performance will be rescheduled and tickets will remain valid, or a refund will be issued.- if rain starts during the performance, the performance is suspended and cannot be rescheduled nor the ticket price refunded. Thank you for your understanding! Al-Ehtifal Project is a musical ensemble that communicates by integrating spontaneous thoughts into musical moments. The word Al-Ehtifal comes from Arabic and means Celebration. In a musical landscape dominated by ultra-polished narratives, Al-Ehtifal Project represents a form of unapologetic authenticity, a continuous study of experimental sounds and a stance against the established norms. Al-Ehtifal Project has a flexible line-up, bringing together musicians with origins in different countries and core members from Bucharest, Romania. Ariadna Ene Iliescu - FiddleSara Eslami - TarMohamad Zatari - OudLehel Vitalyos - double bassAndrei Raicu – synth-s                                             

Independent show hosted by the National Theatre of Bucharest. The organiser is exclusively liable for the quality and content of this event! The Young Talents Summer Gala awaits you with a special performance that brings international ballet stars on stage for the first time in Romania! Exceptional guests:- Maia Makhateli - First soloist at the Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam- Cesar Corrales - First soloist at the Royal Ballet London- Maria Ilyushkina – Soloist at the Mariinski Theatre St. Petersburg Along with talented young dancers from: Romania, Spain, Portugal, Germany, United Kingdom, Moldova, Canada - winners of the most prestigious competitions in the world (Youth America Grand Prix, Tanzolymp, Dance World Cup, etc) Premiere in Romania: Young Contemporary Ensemble YTDF will present an original piece choreographed by the famous Richard Wherlock. This special event is the result of three weeks of intense preparation during the summer courses under the guidance of international teachers from Romania, France, Russia and Spain. Young Talents Dance Festival by Lorelei Bari invites you to be part of a magical evening full of energy and inspiration. Come and support young dancers and enjoy the beauty of contemporary dance together! Don't miss the chance to witness a performance that combines classical elegance with modern vibes. Book your ticket now and be part of an unforgettable experience! Tickets here   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

Important announcement regarding the performances at the NTB Amphitheatre! Being an outdoor space, in case of rain, the following rule shall apply:- if the rain starts before the performance time and the set-up time allows it, the performance will be moved to one of the theatre halls. If this is not possible, either the performance will be rescheduled and tickets will remain valid, or a refund will be issued.- if rain starts during the performance, the performance is suspended and cannot be rescheduled nor the ticket price refunded.Thank you for your understanding! Madalina Paval is a Romanian singer based in Bucharest. Her music is performed by a live acoustic ensemble that explores the fusion of modern grooves with classical and traditional instruments. Her voice and lyrics are inspired by old Romanian roots and traditions, with the structure and sensibility typical of cinematic soundscapes and world music. Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu                                       

Important announcement regarding the performances at the NTB Amphitheatre! Being an outdoor space, in case of rain, the following rule shall apply:- if the rain starts before the performance time and the set-up time allows it, the performance will be moved to one of the theatre halls. If this is not possible, either the performance will be rescheduled and tickets will remain valid, or a refund will be issued.- if rain starts during the performance, the performance is suspended and cannot be rescheduled nor the ticket price refunded.Thank you for your understanding!  Byron plays rock with diverse influences, they were founded in 2006 and have since released 8 studio albums, three filmed concerts and three vinyl discs. They are used to playing both electric on big festival stages in front of thousands of spectators and acoustically or with string quartet or symphony orchestra. Their latest album, "efemeride", released at the end of 2023 on a national promotional tour, is a collection of conversations we don't have, a direct look into the eyes of the man in the mirror. Over the course of 10 tracks, Byron takes you on a journey through a complex universe of recurring thoughts and experiences, anxieties and existential questions, all subtly interwoven with a thread of hope and a thread of distortion. 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!   The B. Dance Company is coming to Romania for the first time, at the 25th edition of the JTI Meetings, with the performance Alice, on June 20 and 21, 2024, at 7:30 pm, at the National Theatre from Bucharest and on June 24 and 25, 2024, at 8:00 pm, at the Ion Besoiu Cultural Centre, within the Sibiu International Theatre Festival (FITS). Alice came about as a result of the collaboration between B. Dance Company in Taipei, led by choreographer Po-Cheng Tsai, with Tanz Luzerner Theater, led by Kathleen McNurney. The performance reimagines the classical literary work by placing it in a fantasy world at the confluence of Zen master. According to the official website of the B. Dance Company, the show entices with breathtaking choreography, haute couture costumes and an elegant set design, in a "wonderland" with an ethereal and deeply psychological atmosphere. A labyrinth of mirrors, artistic projections and black-and-white ink drawings unite poetry and fairy tale, as well as Western and Eastern culture. "Po-Cheng Tsai's dancing is very dynamic. It combines East Asian dance styles with Western contemporary dance, ballet, hip hop, jazz, tai chi, martial arts, kung fu, Chinese folk dance. [...] The acrobatics complete the performance: the legs move like sharp razors, then again like flowing waves", writes Luzerner Zeitung about "Alice". Choreographer Po-Cheng Tsai graduated from the National Taipei University of Arts in 2009 and founded B. Dance and found his own choreographic language and aesthetic. The artist combines traditional Asian movements, martial arts and contemporary dance, pushing boundaries to bring together Eastern mysticism and fantasy in exciting, accessible performances. Po-Cheng Tsai has been named Choreographer of the Year 2018 by the German magazine Tanz. In 2019, B. Dance received the Mervyn Stutter "Spirit of the Fringe" award at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. Awarded several times in international choreographic competitions, Po-Cheng Tsai has also created choreography for renowned dance companies such as Introdans, Tanz Luzerner Theatre, Gauthier Dance, Cloud Gate 2, Bern Tanzcompagnie and La Veronal. "We are delighted that the JTI Meetings are celebrating a quarter of a century. As the respected critic Dumitru Avakian says, the series of events under the Meetings has brought 'consistency to our artistic life'. Together with our long-term collaborators, Valerian Mares, president of the Art Production Foundation, and Silvia Ghiata, an undisputed authority in the world of dance, we have managed to be among the few supporters of this artistic genre and to bring to the country, year after year, premiere performances or companies that would not otherwise be seen by dance-loving audiences in Romania. Please join us for this 25th edition of the JTI Meetings!", said Gilda Lazar, Director of Corporate Affairs and Communications at JTI Romania, Moldova and Bulgaria. Tickets are available at the Bucharest National Theatre Box Office and online at Eventim.ro and tnb.ro. Inaugurated in 2000 by the famous ballet company Bejart Ballet Lausanne, the JTI Meetings have been dedicated to dance, hosting famous choreographers and companies, including Nacho Duato and the Compania Nacional De Danza, Joaquin Cortes, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Tango Pasion, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant, Gigi Caciuleanu and the National Ballet of Chile, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Vortice Dance Company, Maria Pagés and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Akram Khan Company, Gala-Mats Ek Quartet, Ana Laguna, Susanne Linke and Dominique Mercy. In 2017, Noism, the most important contemporary dance company in Japan, came to Romania, in 2018 the Martha Graham Dance Company, and in 2019 the IT Dansa Company from the Barcelona Theatre Institute. The 2020 and 2021 JTI Meetings have been postponed due to the pandemic taking place with a one-year delay. The 2020 edition, held in 2021, featured Wynton Marsalis, the greatest contemporary trumpeter, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. In 2022, Jean-Claude Gallotta presented My Ladies Rock in Bucharest and at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, and Aterballetto, Italy's largest dance company performed Don Juan. Last year we invited Ballets Jazz de Montreal with Dance Me, set to the music of Leonard Cohen.  JTI's Meetings with B. DANCE are organised, as usual, by the Art Production Foundation, with the artistic advice of Silvia Ghiata. General Producer: Art Production Foundation   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!   The B. Dance Company is coming to Romania for the first time, at the 25th edition of the JTI Meetings, with the performance Alice, on June 20 and 21, 2024, at 7:30 pm, at the National Theatre from Bucharest and on June 24 and 25, 2024, at 8:00 pm, at the Ion Besoiu Cultural Centre, within the Sibiu International Theatre Festival (FITS). Alice came about as a result of the collaboration between B. Dance Company in Taipei, led by choreographer Po-Cheng Tsai, with Tanz Luzerner Theater, led by Kathleen McNurney. The performance reimagines the classical literary work by placing it in a fantasy world at the confluence of Zen master. According to the official website of the B. Dance Company, the show entices with breathtaking choreography, haute couture costumes and an elegant set design, in a "wonderland" with an ethereal and deeply psychological atmosphere. A labyrinth of mirrors, artistic projections and black-and-white ink drawings unite poetry and fairy tale, as well as Western and Eastern culture. "Po-Cheng Tsai's dancing is very dynamic. It combines East Asian dance styles with Western contemporary dance, ballet, hip hop, jazz, tai chi, martial arts, kung fu, Chinese folk dance. [...] The acrobatics complete the performance: the legs move like sharp razors, then again like flowing waves", writes Luzerner Zeitung about "Alice". Choreographer Po-Cheng Tsai graduated from the National Taipei University of Arts in 2009 and founded B. Dance and found his own choreographic language and aesthetic. The artist combines traditional Asian movements, martial arts and contemporary dance, pushing boundaries to bring together Eastern mysticism and fantasy in exciting, accessible performances. Po-Cheng Tsai has been named Choreographer of the Year 2018 by the German magazine Tanz. In 2019, B. Dance received the Mervyn Stutter "Spirit of the Fringe" award at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. Awarded several times in international choreographic competitions, Po-Cheng Tsai has also created choreography for renowned dance companies such as Introdans, Tanz Luzerner Theatre, Gauthier Dance, Cloud Gate 2, Bern Tanzcompagnie and La Veronal. "We are delighted that the JTI Meetings are celebrating a quarter of a century. As the respected critic Dumitru Avakian says, the series of events under the Meetings has brought 'consistency to our artistic life'. Together with our long-term collaborators, Valerian Mares, president of the Art Production Foundation, and Silvia Ghiata, an undisputed authority in the world of dance, we have managed to be among the few supporters of this artistic genre and to bring to the country, year after year, premiere performances or companies that would not otherwise be seen by dance-loving audiences in Romania. Please join us for this 25th edition of the JTI Meetings!", said Gilda Lazar, Director of Corporate Affairs and Communications at JTI Romania, Moldova and Bulgaria. Tickets are available at the Bucharest National Theatre Box Office and online at Eventim.ro and tnb.ro. Inaugurated in 2000 by the famous ballet company Bejart Ballet Lausanne, the JTI Meetings have been dedicated to dance, hosting famous choreographers and companies, including Nacho Duato and the Compania Nacional De Danza, Joaquin Cortes, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Tango Pasion, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant, Gigi Caciuleanu and the National Ballet of Chile, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Vortice Dance Company, Maria Pagés and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Akram Khan Company, Gala-Mats Ek Quartet, Ana Laguna, Susanne Linke and Dominique Mercy. In 2017, Noism, the most important contemporary dance company in Japan, came to Romania, in 2018 the Martha Graham Dance Company, and in 2019 the IT Dansa Company from the Barcelona Theatre Institute. The 2020 and 2021 JTI Meetings have been postponed due to the pandemic taking place with a one-year delay. The 2020 edition, held in 2021, featured Wynton Marsalis, the greatest contemporary trumpeter, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. In 2022, Jean-Claude Gallotta presented My Ladies Rock in Bucharest and at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, and Aterballetto, Italy's largest dance company performed Don Juan. Last year we invited Ballets Jazz de Montreal with Dance Me, set to the music of Leonard Cohen.  JTI's Meetings with B. DANCE are organised, as usual, by the Art Production Foundation, with the artistic advice of Silvia Ghiata. General Producer: Art Production Foundation   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

Private event hosted by the National Theatre in Bucharest. The responsibility for the quality and content of this event belongs exclusively to the organizer!   Registration for "Korean K-POP & K-Drama Music Night in Bucharest" is now open! On Friday, May 31, 2024, a K-POP & K-Drama concert will take place at the National Theatre in Bucharest, where young and promising artists from Korea will delight the audience with K-POP songs and songs from the soundtrack of Korean TV series (K-Drama), famous among the Romanian audience. We will also have a special guest, Leyah - pianist, composer and singer, who will also perform at our event! A Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) tourism promotion booth is also waiting for you! Admission is free and registration requires scanning the QR code on the poster or click on the link below. Get your free tickets here: https://erg.t-g.cc/p/eeVv If you are unable to register via QR code, please send an email to "embrokromania@gmail.com"   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu