Our collaboration with Vibrate!, one of Romania’s most original and forward looking musical festivals, continues with a second installment featuring a first-rate group of classical musicians comprised of violinist and composer Vlad Maistorovici and pianist Diana Ionescu, the Festival’s founders, American musician Sarah Vienna, cellist Andreea Țimiraș, Adrian Vasile, principal viola of the Romanian National Opera House Orchestra in Bucharest, pianist Ioan Dragoș Dimitriu, the director of the Brașov Philharmonic Orchestra, guitarist Costin Soare, as well as TranSimfonia Ensemble. Alongside works by Beethoven, Schubert, and de Falla, the program features Vlad Maistorovici's "Lockdown Symphony", a momentous piece in tune with the times.
PROGRAM:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 3, op. 55, chamber arranged by F. Ries
II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai
Vlad Maistorovici, violin
Adrian Vasile, viola
Andreea Țimiraș, cello
Ioan Dragoș Dimitriu, piano
Manuel de Falla - "Seven Popular Spanish Songs"
3. Asturiana
Vlad Maistorovici, violin
Costin Soare, guitar
Franz Schubert - "Der Wanderer", arrangement by Costin Soare
Vlad Maistorovici, violin
Costin Soare, guitar
Vlad Maistorovici - "Lockdown Symphony" after "My Home Brașov" by Sarah Vienna
Sarah Vienna, voice
Diana Ionescu, piano
TranSimfonia Ensemble: Andreea Vătui, percution; Ovidiu Nauncef, percuție; Steffen Schlandt, organ; Roxana Bârsan, violin
Alexandra Enache, violoncel
Vlad Maistorovici, conductor
Established in 2015 by two of the most talented and intrepid Romanian classical musicians, violinist and composer Vlad Maistorovici and pianist Diana Ionescu, Vibrate! Festival's scope was to present classical music beyond conventions and to bring it closer to public. The 2020 edition, despite the many challenges created by the medical crisis will present all Beethoven's symphonies arranged in historical chamber transcriptions at 250 years since his birth. Vibrate! Festival is organized with the support of The Administration of the National Cultural Fund and The Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation.
More about Vibrate! HERE