Events

On 5 December 2016, in the Studio Hall of the ”I.L. Caragiale” National Theatre of Bucharest, Grigore Leșe shall perform the festive concert At Heaven’s Gates, starting with 7:00 p.m.

In the evening of St. Nicholas, Grigore Leșe and his guests: Olga Podobinschi-pian, Maria Chifu - bassoon, Mihaela Pletea - voice, Amir Heidarkhodaee – chord instruments, pulsatile instruments and vocal, shall enchant people with Christmas carols, star songs and other melodies from the traditional, but also classical repertoire, carefully chosen for the evening when ” heavens are opening” to be really felt as a holiday. ”Holiday means having a good time, clean place and purified soul”, says Grigore Leșe. The weather shall be good, the venue is the freshly renovated hall, newly redeemed to the audience, in the new building of the National Theatre of Bucharest, and the unique and special voice of Grigore Leșe shall certainly turn this concert into an unforgettable moment for everyone present.

The event shall facilitate the audience the encounter not only with the music of Grigore Leșe, but also with his books Now I Know Who I Am and Singing From the Throat. Guardian Angel and Temptation, as well as an autograph session after the concert, in the Studio Hall foyer. There, spectators shall be able to also find a few of the DVDs launched lately by the artist, under the Humanitas publishing house.

Grigore Leșe assumed, almost by himself, the calling of discoverer of the current and authentic folklore, travelling the country and seeking voices heard nowadays in the Romanian villages, “on the quest for profound Romania”, as he likes to say.

”I have always wondered: what were the songs like in times of yore in the Romanian villages? What was the music like in the areas relying on sheep farming, what were the fiddlers like and what did they represent for the community? What is left from this music? The answer came to me after many years, observing the phenomenon closely, getting to know people, talking with the fiddlers, listening to them in their homes. There is a profound Romania and there is music in these communities and this music must be mainstreamed and introduced at international level. It is a different kind of world. And this world has never been promoted". Grigore Leșe

Tickets are available at the box office of the National Theatre of Bucharest and on mystage.ro

Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

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