Music

  Emy Drăgoi & TVA & Horațiu Mălăele & Mircea BaniciuAn evening of music and poetry supported by TVA (The Value Added Band) and their special guests.Well-known musicians, like Teo Boar (guitarist, composer, member of the bands Pacifica, Mircea Baniciu Band, The Blue Workers) and Vladi Cnejevici (keyboards, composer, member of the bands Compact, Pasărea Colibri, Mircea Baniciu Band, The Blue Workers) joined by Dorin Andone, actor of the National Theater in Bucharest, composer, lyricist and Adrian Vascu, a business consultant, but also composer and lyricist, founded in 2021 - TVA (The Value Added Band).The synergy between the four led to a genre of music rooted in folk music and accents from the rock area, sprinkled with recitations, a bouquet of songs and poetry with a message specific for the life experience of the band members.The Storytelling Show will feature the first album of the band, titled "I am turned back by time", with the participation of the Emy Drăgoi Orchestra and Jazz Hot Club, well known for the virtuosity and uniqueness of Emy Drăgoi along with the professional musicians composing the band.Folk Story, People's Story and Easter Story are some of the songs that will build the value-added evening in April 21, 2022 starting at 19.00.The special guests, Horațiu Mălăele and Mircea Baniciu, will add even more value to this magic evening, due to their moments integrated in the Story.The host will be the television man Constantin Trofin.We invite you to an evening of excitement, joy and surprises, during the Holy Week, in the Ion Caramitru hall of the National Theater in Bucharest.This hall has a special meaning for us, as the late master Ion Caramitru is and will always remain a part of our Value Added Story. Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

Spectators are kindly asked to arrive at the theatre at least 30 minutes before the start of the show, in order to comply with the access rules. ATTENTION! Please read the access regulation! NTB Amphitheatre is a project supported by   Cineacordeon Emy Drăgoi & Medeea Marinescu - from Silent Film to Musical Cineacordeon is a new project by the well-known accordionist Emy Drăgoi, who proposes to the audience, within a complex show, a musical journey begun in the silent film era and the brilliant actor Charlie Chaplin, then reaching scores from famous modern film creations. Emy Drăgoi and his accordion are joined by the well-known actress of the National, Medeea Marinescu - one of the "wonder children" of Romanian film -, who has meanwhile become one of the most cherished theatre and film actresses of her generation. From this moment, the curtain rises symbolically to the world of film soundtrack and musical themes, signed by famous composers, from Charlie Chaplin to Michel Legrand or Francis Lai. You will recognize tunes from the films Casablanca or Smile, but also from the Romanian films Freckled or Maria Mirabela. Cineacordeon reveals to the spectators a conquering musical universe, as it happens with each of the musical incursions that bear the artistic signature of performer and composer Emy Drăgoi.   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu

Spectators are kindly asked to arrive at the theatre at least 30 minutes before the start of the show, in order to comply with the access rules. ATTENTION! Please read the access regulation! NTB Amphitheatre is a project supported by   Emy Drăgoi and Aylin Cadîr - Manouche Jazz The concert of Aylin Cadîr and Emy Drăgoi will bring manouche jazz on the NTB roof again. Emy Drăgoi, a graduate of the "Bill Evans" Academy in Paris where in 2005 he received the title of "Accordionist of the Year" is a musical continuator of the style of Django Reinhart and Stephane Grappelli, these giants of the manouche swing that marked the years of interwar Paris. Over time, Emy has performed countless manouche concerts with David Reinhart, Django's nephew, as a tribute to his music. Aylin Cadîr will accompany him vocally in her own sensitive and playful manner, deep and light, like a relaxed summer evening. Flirting with music from an early age, Aylin was once directed towards the theatre. And the study of acting brought her even closer to her musical vocation, and thus reached people's hearts, by means of word and music.   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

The project White Accordion Nights International Festival, at its 10th edition in the Romanian musical life, pertaining to the field of "Performing Arts" - cultural diversity of the programme, proposes the organisation of an anniversary concert, given by world-class instrumentalists in accordion music, with inserts from Romanian folklore, international folklore, classical or contemporary jazz. The "White Accordion Nights" international festival, at the tenth edition, is a project by artist Emy Dragoi, whose musical career debuted and was perfected under the sign of the accordion. Moreover, he ensures not only the organisation and the artistic direction of the festival, but evolves within each edition in extensive recitals, both as a performer and as a composer. The main purpose of the festival - which has aroused the interest of the audience, artists and field critics throughout all the nine editions so far - is to promote the accordion and the attempt - which has turned into a success every time - to argue in front of the general public that this instrument is one of the most complex, which can performmanifold musical genres, ranging from traditional music, fiddler music, classical music and even jazz. Presentation of the 10th edition In line with tradition, the next edition of the festival will take place in November, at the Bucharest National Theatre. This time, the festival programme will have jazz music as a central theme, along with Emy Dragoi - considered the best jazz accordionist of the moment, both in terms of interpretation, re-orchestration of famous songs, belonging to other musical genres, but also composition - to be accompanied by renowned artists from France, Italy, Russia, Belgium, Argentina, Romania, etc. There will also be an interesting exhibition of accordions, many of the exhibits being part of artist Emy Dragoi’sprivate collection. Emy Dragoi and his guests are the precursors to the accordion's emancipation towards the freedoms offered by this musical genre. The accordion festival will present to the public a varied program, which includes both classical music, vaudeville, cafe concert, as well as jazz, tango or even fiddler music. The anniversary concert will take place at the National Theatre of Bucharest, on November 12th, 2019, at 8 pm. The "White Accordion Nights" international festival in Romania joins hundreds of other established international events of the genre, such as Festival des "Nuits de nacre", Festival d'accordéon Le Grand Soufflet.   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

Friday, 19th September, 8.00 p.m. NTB, Studio Hall   Celebrations of The Spirit is a project that gathers on the same stage, for the first time in the world, Teodora Enache-Aisha, one of the most appreciated voices of Romania, and the exceptional American bass player Benny Rietveld with his Quintet. An NTB event / Paratheatrical – Music and Green Hours Itinerant, with the support of the United States Embassy in Romania. Traditional Romanian music, standard jazz and the original works of the two protagonists, in the artistic view and musical direction of Benny Rietveld. Teodora Enache - Aisha • rated as one of the best Romanian jazz singers with a career in music of over 20 years, held concerts with world-renowned musicians such as Curtis Fuller, Les Paul, Stanley Jordan, Lars Danielsson, Xavier Desandre Navarre, Ricardo Scale, Darius Brubeck, Johnny Răducanu, Burton Greene or Theodosii Spassov, in Romania, USA, Canada and all over Europe. • winner of the Excellency Award for the most important international contribution of a Romanian jazz musician given by the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company. • 2013 (a year of concerts ended by Teodora with a tour in Germany and Romania along with Syanley Jordan) brought her the meeting with Benny Rietveld – one of the most prolific bass players of the modern international music culture, having won many awards, as Miles Davis' former bass player and Carlos Santana's present bass player and music director – meeting that put the grounds of today's collaboration. Benny Rietveld - renowned musician, music film composer and music producer, holder of many Grammy Awards, as Carlos Santana's bass player and music director, he performed and recorded along with Miles Davis, Michel Legrand, Marilyn Mazur, Sheila E., John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton and so on. - the Quintet he will introduce to Romania has excellent musicians such as Manu Koch, active on the New York jazz stage, the fickle saxophonist Allen Won, the percussionist Ray Yslas (he collaborated, amongst many, with Chris Isaak and Luz Casal) and the young violist Ren Martin-Doike, a revelation on the American music stage. Teodora Enache - Aisha – voice Benny Rietveld – bass & musical direction Manu Koch – keyboards Allen Won – saxophone Ren Martin-Doike – viola Ray Yslas – percussion   Translated by: Ioana-Alexandra Dumitrescu MTTLC, the University of Bucharest

Following the recitals of Nik Bärtsch, Vassilis Tsabropoulos and Bugge Wesseltoft from the event series Modern Solo Piano, JAZZ.RO proposes another important name of modern pianistic: Leszek Możdżer. Możdżer will present Sunday, 4th March 2012, at 20:00, within Modern Solo Piano 4, his last album ‘Komeda’, edited at the prestigious German record label ACT MUSIC. Leszek Możdżer is an excellent pianist, composer and producer, being considered one of the biggest revelations in Polish jazz in the last decade. The album ‘Komeda’ is a tribute to the most famous exponent of Polish jazz and film music from the 20th century, the incomparable Krzysztof Komeda. Passed away at only 38 years, Komeda managed to compose all the soundtracks to Roman Polański’s movies – among which we mention ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ (1968) or ‘Knife in the water’ (1962) – in that the suspense and the terror are amplified by the tension from the music composed by Komeda. The album ‘Komeda’ was distinguished last year with a double platinum record in Poland, for 20.000 sold units. Even if Komeda is seen as a mentor for many Polish musicians, remarkable at this project is that it belongs to the most important successor of the tradition and the recognition of Polish jazz, Możdżer! ‘Komeda is one of my idols’, affirms Możdżer. ‘I still remember the moment when I first heard his music, it was incredible, the wisdom and the profundity he was transmitting… […] The listeners will feel that the Możdżer - Komeda project has passed through a long period of maturation. The producer of the album, Paweł Potoroczyn, tried to convince me for 6 months to enter a studio. Only now he succeeded, because before I was just not feeling prepared.’ In the opening of Leszek Możdżer’s recital, Iulian Ochescu – one of the most promising young pianist from Romania – will hold a minirecital. An event realized in collaboration with the Polish Cultural Institute and NTB (within the program NTB – Paratheatral – music), with the help of Andante Music and Green Hours 22 Jazz Café. The tickets can be bought on www.eventim.ro, in the Germanos, Orange, Vodafone, Domo shops, and in the Humanitas and Cărtureşti libraries. The price of a ticket is 60 lei. If you buy it up to the 20th February, you will have a reduced price of 50 lei.   Translated by: Izabella Feher MTTLC, Bucharest University      

For the first time in Romania, the famous Norwegian pianist Bugge Wesseltoft will hold a concert at The Black Box of the National Theatre, Saturday, June 11 2011, at 7 P.M.. An event powered by JAZZ.ro in partnership with NTB Hypertheatre. After the concert of Swiss jazz musician NikBärtsch held in November 2010 and the recital of Greek pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos organized in March 2011, the Modern Solo Piano series of recitals, part of the programme NTB Hypertheatre - Music, continues with another important name of modern contemporary pianistic. The Norwegian pianist Bugge Wesseltoft is one of the most important figures of the contemporary jazz scene in Europe and will perform for the first time ever in Romania. He comes from the best European Jazz School at the present, The Norwegian School, from where, at the beginning of the ‘70s, true legends of the genre emerged: Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen, Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen. In the first part of his career, Bugge worked extremelly well with these ones, Arild Andersen's album Sagn and Jan Garbarek's I Took Up The Runes becoming a collector's piece for every jazz lover. In 1994, Bugge launches New Conception Of Jazz, an exquisite blend of jazz, house, techno, ambient, free improvisation, a combination that bears the Bugge trademark. All the albums released under the formula New Conception Of Jazz were acclaimed by the critics and, basically, these recordings gathered all the important Norwegians artists: Nils Peter Molvaer, Sidsel Endresen, Eivind Aarset, Rune Anersen, Ingebrit Flaten, Vidar Johansen. He starts exceptional collaborations with other great names such as Paolo Vinaccia, Dhafer Yousseff and Joshua Redman. In 1996, he creates his own record label Jazzland, one of the most important ones in Europe at the moment. His solo piano album It's Snowing On My Piano, edited in 1998 at Act Music in more than 100.000 copies, becomes the best-selling album in the history of the renowned German label. Bugge's collaboration with singer Sidsel Endresen (one of the most important European voices) resulted in two Grammy awarded albums. Since 2004, Bugge Wesseltoft has focused more on solo and duo formulas, working together with young artists all over the world, an initiative that brought him even more notoriety and visibility among the young audience. Grand Piano, Fender Rhodes, Keyboards, percussion instruments, samplers, programming devices and vocal effects are used simultaneously in a perfect harmony by the hands of Bugge Wesseltoft and his music was called FUTURE JAZZ. Awards 2004: Buddy Award 2002: Norwegian Grammy Award (Spellemannsprisen) with Sidsel Endresen in open category for: Out Here. In There 1998: Norwegian Grammy Award with Sidsel Endresen for: Duplex Ride 1997: Vital Award from Kongsberg Jazz Festival 1996: Norwegian Grammy Award in jazz category for: New Conception Of Jazz Young pianist Cadmiel Botac, aged 14, will play in the opening of the Bugge Wesseltoft recital. Cadmiel (foto 3) is one of the most promising pianists in Romania, and has been granted numerous national and international awards. JAZZ.ro and TNB continue to offer young talents in Romania a chance to be known to the wide Romanian audience.   Tickets cost 50 lei and are available at the Ticket Agency of the National Theatre.

The Bucharest National Theatre in partnership with Green Hours Club presents under the NTB Paratheatral program - Music the Modern Solo Piano 2 recital with Vassilis Tsabropoulos (Greece). The event will take place on Saturday, March 26th, 19:00 hours, at The Black Box. The tickets (single price: 50 RON) can be bought starting with the 19th of February from the NTB Ticket Agency. The series of recitals "solo-piano" with musicians of great international value conducted under the NTB Paratheatral program, which debuted in November 2010 with the concert of the extraordinary Swiss jazz musician Nik Bärtsch, continues with the Greek pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos's concert, another reference name of the contemporary musical universe. On his classic piano player reputation (with studies at the National Conservatory in Athens and Onassis fellow at the Conservatory of Paris, the Salzburg Academy and the Julliard School), Tsabropoulos added in the last years an international recognition for his virtuosity in piano improvisation and composition. Since the year 2000 he is under contract with ECM Records label company. The artist will perform a musical programme with songs from his latest album called The Promise edited by the famous ECM Records label. The Promise features 11 original musical miniatures that express a profound sensitivity and poetic feel.     Both as a performer and as a listener, I am trying to discover the beauty within the things around me, in details and shades... (Vassilis Tsabropoulos) The opening act of the Greek guest's concert will be the short recital of a promising Romanian pianist only 13 years old, Daria Ioana Tudor. Through this first initiative, The National Theatre wishes to offer young talented people in Romania an extra chance to be known by the Romanian public.