"The debut of Radio Romania Muzical on a new frequency has a symbolic meaning, and comes at a time when national consumption of culture is at its lowest point in Europe.In this context, in the strategic expansion of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company's frequencies, the inclusion of a niche station such as Radio Romania Muzical appeared as a necessary way to serve our public mission and, by using the tools and status at our disposal, to get involved in solvinga pressing problem: that of generating as many contexts as possible to bring audiences closer to the cultural products, in general or that Radio România develops, supports and promotes."- said Răzvan Ioan Dincă, President and CEO of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company.

In order to celebrate with the people of Iași, Radio Romania Muzical has prepared, together with the main musical institutions of Iași, a festival that brings together leading names in contemporary performing arts, artists from Iași, but also artists representing Radio Romania. All the events will be streamed live on Radio România Muzical.

On Wednesday, March 22nd, at 7 PM, pianist Raluca Știrbăț will officially open the Radio Romania Muzical broadcast in Iasi, with the recital "From Vienna to Iasi", which will take place in the Balș House. Composers symbolic for Vienna - Mozart, Schubert, Berg - join the music of Franz Liszt - who arrived in Iasi in 1847 and played in the building that today is the Balș House - and the music of George Enescu, quintessence of Moldavian talent. Raluca Știrbăț was born and began studying piano in Iasi; she continued her studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, which has become her beloved city. Raluca Știrbăț is internationally renowned, both for her refined interpretative art, and for her decisive role in the knowledge and preservation of George Enescu's legacy.

On Thursday, March 23rd, at 7 PM, violinist Alexandru Tomescu, soloist performer of the Romanian Radio Orchestra, will be on stage with pianist Iulia Toma, in a recital entitled "Salut d'amour". It is Radio România's greeting to Iasi through one of their most representative artists, but also a greeting from Timisoara, European cultural capital in 2023, to Iasi, through pianist Iulia Toma, PhD lecturer at the Faculty of Music and Theater of the West University of Timisoara. An eminently romantic repertoire is proposed at the Balș House in Iasi, broadcast live on Radio România Muzical. Alexandru Tomescu, one of the most relevant and beloved Romanian musicians of the moment, has an impressive career in which Stradivarius tours,with the famous Stradivarius Elder-Voicu instrument, concerts with top orchestras and involvement in humanitarian causes are intertwined. Since 2018, Alexandru Tomescu is the protagonist of a bi-monthly column on Radio Romania Muzical, entitled "Obiectiv-emotiv".

The recitals at Balș House are organized in partnership with the "George Enescu" National University of Arts in Iasi, with the support of Vasile Deleanu Law Firm and Dedeman.

On Friday, March 24, at 7 PM, Radio România Muzical live broadcasts the concert of the "Moldova" Philharmonic Orchestra from Iași, with pianist Alexandra Dariescu as soloist. Conductor: Tiberiu Soare. On the programme: prelude to the 3rd act of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, Concerto op. 16 in A minor for Piano and Orchestra by Edvard Grieg, and Symphony No. 9, From the New World by Antonin Dvorak.Alexandra Dariescu, born in Iasi, where she also began studying piano, is currently one of the most relevant Romanian names at international level; a friend of the only Romanian station dedicated to cultured music, she has performed several times on the Radio Hall stage in Bucharest, the first time, on March 24th, 2017, during a concert with which Radio România Muzical celebrated its 20th anniversary. Alexandra Dariescu's appearance in Iasi is supported by the Rotary Club Pipera in Bucharest.

On Saturday, March 25th, from 6.30 PM, live from the "Vasile Alecsandri" National Theatre in Iași, you can listento the premiere performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera The troubadour, presented by the National Opera of Iași. An illustrious gallery of soloists - soprano Cellia Costea, baritone Alexandru Constantin, tenor Florin Guzgă, mezzo-soprano Carmen Topciu, the National Radio Opera Choir and Orchestra perform under the direction of conductor David Crescenzi, in a performance by director Matteo Mazzoni.

Radio Romania Muzical, the only Romanian station dedicated to cultured music, celebrates its 26th anniversary on March 24th, 2023. Their broadcasts serve the station's motto, "Classical music for all": the best music of all times, presented in a friendly and accessible way for a wide audience. Covering a very broad spectrum of topics, specific to a station dedicated to cultural music and related genres, Radio România Muzical is also unique in its live international broadcasts, taken from the EBU network, and is ranked first in the world in terms of number of broadcasts. Opera performances from the Metropolitan Theatre in New York, La Scala in Milan or the Vienna State Opera, concerts by major European orchestras, from current seasons or from top festivals, such as the BBC Proms or the Salzburg Festival, are part of the current Radio România Muzical editorial offer. Moreover, the most important national musical events can be listened to live on Radio România Muzical: for example, the George Enescu International Festival.

At the same time, Radio România Muzical has created impactful projects. Since 2010, it has brought "Listen to 5 minutes of Classical Music" to unconventional spaces, a project that has been a national program in Romanian schools since 2014. Since 2018, the project "Musical Romania's Heirs" has been running, a promotion program for young performers,which received the award for musical projects at the MUSICRIT 2023 Gala, organized by the Union of Music Critics, Editors and Producers in Romania.

Radio România Muzical can be listened to in Bucharest, on 104.8 FM, on the regional frequency Coștila 97.6 FM, and, from March 22nd, 2023, on local frequency 95.4 FM in Iași. The station's broadcasts are also available on the www.romania-muzical.ro website, which hosts an extensive archive of broadcasts, materials on current affairs, and an area dedicated to Romanian composers and performers.

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