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Private event hosted by the National Theatre of Bucharest. The organiser is exclusively liable for the quality and content of this event!

You are kindly invited on the evening of 7th May 2018, from 7:00 p.m., to the NTB Studio Hall, to the I Love Tchaikovsky Gala Concert, dedicated to the greatest Russian composer, the magician of sounds and creator of fantastic worlds: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. This event, organised by the Calea Victoriei Foundation is the third concert from the series I love Classics, after I love Mozart (2016) and I love Verdi (2017). In this edition, conductor Tiberiu Soare and Symphactory Orchestra, a remarkable independent orchestra, have the young and gifted Mihai Diaconescu as a guest.

„I feel I shall live a long time”, said Tchaikovsky, and this came true: his music is performed worldwide; the pieces composed by him belong to the most well-known works from the history of classical music, adored by the audience of all ages.

For our journey into the musical universe imagined by Tchaikovsky, we have chosen three different destinations, full of expressiveness and memorable surprises.

In the first part, we shall be enveloped by the Concert for Piano and Orchestra no. 1, one of the most famous symphonic concerts. 130 years since the completion of this spectacular composition, the concert surprises us through its freshness and robustness: a balanced creation, but filled with contrasts, through the alternance of suave, romantic moments with the majestic, forceful ones.

The second halt shall be in the world of Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet brought to life through the passionate score, like a movie soundtrack, written in a classical, rigorous form of a sonata, but enriched by Tchaikovsky with a personal vision on the story.

The last stop in the musical universe created by the brilliant Russian composer reveals to us the suites from Swan Lake, the apotheosis of romantic ballet, the most frequently performed ballet in the world. The suites include character dances and represent a journey through several musical genres, several types of European dances: Neapolitan dance, Spanish dance, mazurka, Hungarian dance, Russian dance.

The evening shall conclude with joy, applauses, embraces, photographs with musicians and friends, plus autographs offered warm-heartedly.

The I Love Tchaikovsky Gala Concert is organised with the support of the Bondoc and Associates SCA Legal Practitioners, SLooP and The National University of Music Bucharest.

Media partners: Radio Romania Muzical, Radio Romania Cultural, RFI Romania, Romania Libera, Forbes Life, Agerpres, 100delocuri.ro, Bookblog, Bookhub, Bucurestii Vechi si Noi, Kudika, 9AM, Metropolis newspaper

Tickets to the I love Tchaikovsky Gala Concert can only be purchased through the Eventim network: the stores Vodafone, Orange, Germanos, Carrefour, the Cărturești and Humanitas bookshops, the OMV gas stations or online.

The poster is created by illustrator Maria Surducan.                  

The Calea Victoriei Foundation is the only place in Bucharest where one can develop with the aid of art and culture through a great diversity of trainings and cultural and interactive events. For over 10 years, we have been inspiring through art and culture and supporting gifted young people. We have succeeded in pioneering in the way cultural events are organised and, in time, we have proven that we have become an academy within which over 100 researchers, artists and trainers have evolved as lecturers.

We pride ourselves on over 50 000 trainees who have participated in our projects and on over 2000 young people who received scholarships (free participation in the favourite courses). We thank all those who have supported us during all these years: the National Military Circle, Grand Hotel Continental, the National University of Music Bucharest, the National Bank of Romania, the Odeon Theatre and the Cotroceni Museum.

Translated by Simona Nichiteanu