Friday 20 Jan 2012

19:30, Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London SW1X8PH
Admission is free, but places are limited. Early booking is well recommended. Please reserve your seats on Tel. 020 7752 0134, e-mail office@icr-london.co.uk .

The Romanian Cultural Institute‘s 2012 Programme opens with an evening of chamber music by the revelation of Romanian contemporary music, composer and violinist Vlad Maistorovici, on Friday 20 January. The line-up of performers includes award-winning young musicians such as violist Daniel Palmizio, pianist Diana Ionescu, soprano Eliana Pretorian and members of the Finzi Quartet, Mercury Quartet and Consortium5.

Programme

Cadence En Espace for viola and piano (UK premiere)
Night Music for string quartet
Monument for violin and piano
transScent for piano
Khadina for 8 soloists

The programme features a selection of Maistorovici’s chamber works spanning over 10 years that revolve around a nocturnal theme – inspired by the urban night, night in nature, the cosmic darkness, as well as the abstract or imaginative idea of night, in which darkness becomes light. The title of the evening’s concert is taken from his awarded string quartet Night Music which was composed in the winter of 2002 when the composer was just 16.

Maistorovici’s music features “vivid contrasts” (London Financial Times) and was praised for its “clarity of expression” (Actualitatea Muzicală Bucharest). His works Halo and Microkosmos were recently commissioned and premiered by the London Symphony Orchestra. Other notable champions of his music have been the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Britten-Pears Orchestra, European Union Chamber Orchestra and Profil Sinfonietta.

While studying in the UK, Vlad Maistorovici was supported by the Ratiu Foundation