On Friday, May 23rd, 2025, in the campus of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, violinist Alexandru Tomescu will perform a charity recital for the benefit the Romanian Ornithological Society, which celebrates 35 years of activity. On this occasion, Alexandru Tomescu spoke to Ioana Țintea.

To begin with, what does it mean to you to be the voice of a good cause through music?

It is a great pleasure for me to be able to support a noble cause through the art that I love, that I serve every day. I've always loved nature, I've always felt like coming back home when I'm in the middle of a forest, in the middle of the mountains, and obviously, anybody who thinks about it, right, about nature, tranquility, these things cannot exist without birds. I have known about the activities of the Romanian Ornithological Society for many years. I'm very happy that there are people so passionate, so devoted to this cause. We don't even realize how important birds are, primarily, for the ecosystem, for everything that this very fine balance that nature builds around us really means. And we, simply as lovers of beauty, can always enjoy their songs. Those who really get to know and study the song of every bird become great connoisseurs indeed. There have even been quite many composers of contemporary music, for example Olivier Messiaen, who have been directly inspired by the songs of the birds and have been amazed by their incredible creativity.

What drew you to their mission and why do you feel that your engagement in this project is necessary and important?

I'm happy every time when the music I play can help a noble cause, a social, humanitarian, ecological cause. I have never hesitated to join actions I believe in, over the years. I strongly believe in the need to preserve and protect the heritage of biodiversity that surrounds us. Romania still has a very good reservoir that should be nurtured more carefully. I would like their actions to be better known, to reach as many people as possible, because what could be nicer than being able to help these miraculous creatures.

This event also emphasizes education and the link between generations. What role do you think music can play in shaping a generation that is more conscious, more aware and perhaps more empathetic to nature?

Music has this great gift of bringing people together, because it manages to make everyone who listens to it, vibrate to the same emotions. Of course, everyone resonates in their own way, but we are all brought there together by the exact same music. I spent some time thinking what kind of music would be the most appropriate for this meeting and I stopped at my favorite composer, well, beyond favorite, the composer I love the most, namely Johann Sebastian Bach, because I felt that his music, in its purity, could be the closest to the purity of nature's songs.

What is the most important message that you hope this event, entitled The Night of the Nightingaleswill transmit?

I hope that The Night of the Nightingales will shed light into our souls and open our hearts, our eyes, our ears to the needs of those who are weaker than we are and to the needs of those who need protection.