Brukenthal Museum gets special
EU heritage award


The “Europa Nostra” European Union Cultural Heritage Award was granted, for the first time in Romania, to the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu. The Sibiu museum won this award in the education section, for the museum pedagogy programme titled “Discovering the Museum,” a programme dedicated to school pupils, first to 12th grade, run by the institution in Sibiu since 2008. The award ceremony took place in Istanbul, the 2010 European Cultural Capital. According to the “Europa Nostra” award protocol, the European ceremony is followed by a local festivity, which is to be attended by an official representative of Europa Nostra. The Brukenthal National Museum will propose, for the local ceremony, the date of September 13, the beginning of the 2010/2011 school year, Agerpres informs.


Radio Orchestra concludes season
with nocturnal concert


The National Radio Orchestra reaches out to the wider public by an original initiative for a symphonic orchestra: that of prolonging the season by an open-air concert. Symphonic music-lovers will be able to enjoy genuine classical music hits: from Ciprian Porumbescu’s ‘Ballad’ to Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ or Enescu’s ‘Rhapsody no. 1,’ played by the National Radio Orchestra. The concert will take place on June 25, after nightfall, starting 21:30, at the Herastrau Summer Theatre. The soloists will be two young and charismatic musicians, true stars of the genre: Alexandru Tomescu and Horia Mihail, under the baton of conductor Tiberiu Soare. The venue for the concert is a special one, as the Herastrau Summer Theatre boasts a huge stage, covered by a black canopy, and 2,500 seats for the spectators. The programme which will be presented on June 25 in Bucharest features popular pieces in Romanian and world classical music: Rossini – the Overture to ‘The Thieving Magpie,’ Bizet – the Farandole in ‘L’Arlesienne’ suite, C. Porumbescu – the ‘Ballad,’ Saint Saëns – ‘Introduction’ and ‘Rondo capriccioso,’ Mozart – the Overture to the ‘Marriage of Figaro,’ Gershwin – ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ Strauss – ‘Kaiser Waltz,’ Enescu – ‘Rhapsody no. 1,’ and coincides with the one to be presented on June 29 in Shanghai, on the occasion of the most important Romanian cultural event in EXPO 2010, the National Radio Orchestra concert.

The diplomatic daily newspaper Nine O’Clock does not assume responsibility for the information received and published on the public website. The responsibility for the content lies solely with the issuer of the press release. The diplomatic daily newspaper Nine O’Clock cannot be held accountable for false information transmitted by the...