Ionesco event at National Theater Festival


This year, when there are 100 years since the birth of Eugene Ionesco, the National Theater Festival (FNT) tries to rebuild the universe of his plays, present in the theaters of the whole world. Thus, the Bucharesters can choose among the three productions of his theatrical play “La cantatrice chauve.” The production of Cie Les Intempestifs from Besancon, France, directed by Jean Luc Lagarce, takes place on the opening day of the National Theater Festival. The participation of this production in FNT 2009 was possible also thanks to the Embassy of France in Bucharest and to the French Institute. The show will be hosted by Odeon Theater and will take place on Saturday, 31.10, at 19.00 h., and on Sunday, 01.11, at 16.00 h. The other two shows with the famous play “La cantatrice chauve” are productions of the National Theater from Cluj, directed by Tompa Gabor, and the German State Theater from Timisoara, directed by Alexandru Dabija. The second performance comes to Bucharest with the support of the Embassy of Germany in Bucharest, and is to be presented during the Days of the German Culture.


Pianist Dan Grigore and conductor Jin Wang open National Radio Orchestra season


The pianist Dan Grigore and conductor Jin Wang are the stars of the opening performance of the new season of the National Radio Orchestra, the concert being scheduled on Saturday, at 19.00 h., at the Romanian Athenaeum from Bucharest, the institution informs. The first part of the programme includes “Festive Overture” by Dmitry Shostakovich and Concerto no. 2 for piano and orchestra op.18 by Serguei Rachmaninov. The second part of the programme includes fragments from the three suites from the ballet “Romeo and Juliet” by Sergey Prokofiev. The tickets for the concert are sold are the booking office from 60-64, General Berthelot Street, until Friday, and on the day of the concert at the Romanian Athenaeum. The price per ticket is RON 20.


Antiques Fair at the Romanian Peasant Museum


The Romanian Peasant Museum (MTR) will host, starting on Friday until Sunday, a Fair of Romanian Antiquities, where over 50 collectors from the whole country will come with all sorts of old objects compulsory in the peasant household, representatives of the museum, quoted by Agerpres, say. Carpets, napkins, folk clothing items, wood and glass icons, crosses, ceramics, pieces of carved or painted furniture, – dowry chests, tables, stools, cupboards, wooden pots, pitch forks, spindles, reels, lanterns, clocks, chandeliers – these are just a few of the objects that the desirous persons can buy from MTR.


The fair will be open between 10.00 and 18.00 h., the price of an entry ticket being RON 4 for the adult public, the school pupils, the students and the pensioners enjoying a discount of RON 2.

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