Music

The Man and the Sounds

Since childhood, when he used to listen to the musicians in the streets or in the taverns of Bucharest, Nicolae Voiculeţ wanted to become a musician. His family invested so much in his musical education that they were almost reduced to poverty. He studied in Bucharest, at “George Enescu” Music High School - the violin, the piano and the the Pan-flute and then he continued his musical training at the Music Conservatory. In 1990 he left for America, Chicago, where he opened the first Pan flute school, whose students come from as far as Mexico and Canada. Starting 1999 worked together with Zamfir, becoming the student, assistant and even friend of the great master, with whom he performed in concerts and refined his mastery of the mystical instrument of the God Pan. The virtuosity and passion of Voiculeţ's music create feelings of freedom and oases of calmness in the frenzy of our world. Every piece played by Voiculeţ is a small prayer, part of a universal prayer for PEACE, HOPE and HARMONY on earth. The magic of Nicolae Voiculeţ’s sound has surpassed all borders, musical, as well as geographical.

"Project Romania" has been successfully developed for more than three years on the great stages of the world, in Japan, USA, Canada, Austria, Germany, France, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, UK, Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Thailand and Kuwait. It supports the concept of culture and civilisation through tradition, music, tolerance and mutual respect that are so necessary in today’s world, in search of universal values. The programme of the concert includes a presentation of old Romanian urban music, starting with Barbu Lăutarul and Anton Pan, music for Pan-flute, organ and folk-music band, together with classical and sacred pieces. This music will bring to light hidden ties between different cultures of the European space.

May 5, 2007, Karlskirche, 19:30

Gheorghe Zamfir

The foundation “Valenţe umane”, established in the year 2000, aims to help underprivileged young people, supporting the education of young talents. It also supports musical creation and interpretation through the “National Folk Orchestra” coordinated by the famous musician Gheorghe Zamfir, the author of more than 300 folk, chamber, choral, vocal, instrumental, symphonic and vocal-symphonic pieces.

By giving piano, organ or folk-band recitals on the most prestigious stages in the world, with symphony and chamber orchestras, Gheorghe Zamfir has established himself for more than five decades as one of the greatest artists in the world. His presence as a leading soloist is a guarantee for musical excellence and for success.

EXTRAORDINARY CONCERT:

GHEORGHE ZAMFIR AND “SINFONIA BUCUREŞTI” ORCHESTRA

Gheorghe Zamfir will play together with “SINFONIA BUCUREŞTI” Orchestra, that was founded in 1990 by its present conductor and director Florin Totan. It is the first private orchestra in Romania and one of the best chamber orchestras in Romania.

The Bucharest musicians will enchant the audience with their seemingly distant, yet powerfully present music, which will touch every soul creating a bond between man and Pan Flute - a bond that goes beyond the borders of this world.

In search of a universal language, preserving with sanctity the national spirit and atmosphere, Gheorghe Zamfir creates feeling and meditation.

May 14, 2007, Karlskirche, 19:30

Teodora Enache

Teodora Enache is considered by Romanian and foreign critics the great voice of today's Romanian jazz.

A graduate of the Mathematics Department in Iaşi University, she has been performing on prestigious jazz stages in Europe - Montreux, Marciac, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Geneva, Stockholm, Budapest, but also in America - New York, Washington, San Francisco, New Orleans, Montreal and Panama together with legendary musicians like Les Paul, Stanley Jordan, Curtis Fuller, Guido Manusardi, Johnny Griffin, Theodosii Spassov, Johnny Răducanu.

In 2005 and again, in 2006 she was awarded the “Prize for Excellence for the most significant international contribution of a jazz musician” by the Romanian Radio Company.

She is one of the first 10 best singers in Europe, according to “JAZZ HOT Magazine” - Paris.

Jazz CONCERT

“BACK TO MY ROOTS”

The project “Back to My Roots” was initially conceived as an homage to Maria Tănase, combining Romanian folk music with the swinging rhythms of jazz.

As a result of numerous concerts that Teodora held worldwide, together with musicians from different ethnic groups, the idea of an inter-ethnical musical exchange took shape. Thus, the project “Roots” becomes a territory where musicians from various corners of the world meet and “sing their roots”, the language of communication being JAZZ.

The starting point for every concert is the Romanian DOINA, together with gospel, blues and the klezmer doina.

Teodora Enache is accompanied by Emy Drăgoi - accordion, Puiu Pascu - piano, Oleksandr Beregovsky - percussion and Valentin Kornienco - bass.

May 14, 2007, Stadt Theater, 21:00

The band performs all over Europe, as well as in the USA.

Discography: “Sitting On Top Of The World” 1995

“ Plum Brandy Blues” 1997

“Rhythm & Bulz” 2005

Members:

Hanno Höfer - guitars, harmonica, washboard, vocals

Octavian Barila Andreescu - bass

El Lako Jimi - guitars, violin, mandolin

Ovidiu Condrea - drums, vocals

Geza Grunzo - keyboards

Nightlosers

Blues Concert

May 6, 2007, Porgy&Bess Club, 20:00

“Music of the City”

Classical music, street mini-concerts

George Enescu Music High School

Quartet “Passion”

Quartet “Gli Amici”

Quartet “Musique”

Trio “Beethoven”

Quartet “Beethoven”

Duo “Gli Amici”

Duo “I palpiti”

Quintet “Brassquintet”

Trio “Youth Trio”

Quartet “Appassionato”

“George Enescu” Music High School was founded in 1957 and has been operating at the present location since 1960. For 50 years prestigious musicians have been educated in this high school, musicians whose great names are present on international music stages. Their artistic accomplishment was guided by remarcable teachers.

Several representative music groups of “George Enescu” Music High School are performing for three days in Vienna: the duos “Passion”, “I palpiti”, “Gli Amici”, the trios “Beethoven”, “Youth Trio”, the quartets “Passion”, “Gli Amici”, “Musique”, “Appassionato” and “Brassquintet”. They are made of special young people who won prizes in many national and international competitions and performed on important musical stages, under the guidance of the teachers Ana-Maria Cretan, Raluca Stratulat, Iulia Szeckeres and Eugen Popovici. These young musicians intend to be an unforgettable presence at the heart of the international capital of music by taking part in the project “Sampling Bucharest”. The management of the high school, Horia Sabin Drăgoi - principal and Daniela Cristea - deputy principal, are happy to support the musical offering that the Romanian school of music brings to European citizens.

May 4-6, 11-17,  24-26, 2007
KarntnerSt, 16:00-22:00
Prater&Karlsplatz, 12:00-20:00

The Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra “ Bucharest” is the result of a new vision that the founders of SIA Art Management Company propose on the concepts of musical performance and symphony ensemble. The orchestra becomes a living, flexible artistic body whose role is to design and manage cultural events of great variety - both from a musical and an organizational point of view.

Chamber music concert

The concert offered by the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra “ Bucharest” aims at establishing a contact, as direct as possible, between the Romanian and Austrian (more precisely Viennese) cultures, by means of one of their most characteristic features: music. Both cultures had the chance to be represented throughout their history by major personalities and that imposed them as defining parts of the wide European cultural context.

The event is an innovative dialogue between two chamber ensembles that will alternately play musical pieces representative of the two repertoires. The Romanian will consist mostly of folklore pieces, while the Viennese will include famous pages belonging to “the Strauss Dynasty”.

May 15, 2007, Schönbrunn Palace