Already a tradition, the Mărțișor Concert organized for the fifth consecutive year by SoNoRo Association and Radio România Muzical, took place on Sunday, the 3rd of March, on the stage of the Radio Hall. Our colleague Ioana Țintea was present at this event and gives us more details in the following reportage.

The traditional Mărțișor Concert at the Radio Hall took place yesterday evening in the atmosphere of a large audience, an initiative initiated five years ago by the SoNoRo Association and Radio România Muzical. This year, the event also coincided with the debut of the 12th edition of the SoNoRo Conac tour, entitled "L'heure bleue" (Blue Hour). The Mărțișor concert brought violinist Nicolas Dautricourt, violist Răzvan Popovici and pianist Shani Diluka to the stage of the Radio Hall, who delighted the audience with their performances.

The music of Max Bruch opened the first part of the evening. The musicians presented Three Pieces from the Geman composer's work in an adaptation for violin, viola and piano, with Nicolas Dautricourt's Stradivarius replacing the clarinet in the original version of the score. Next, violist Răzvan Popovici and pianist Shani Diluka performed two musical sequences: 'Morpheus' - a work composed by Rebecca Clarke, one of the most famous British violists of the 20th century, followed by a well-known piece by Gabriel Fauré - 'After a Dream'. Then, violinist Nicolas Dautricourt and the Parisian artist presented a miniature by Johannes Brahms - Scherzo from the FAE Sonata. The final moment of the first part of the Mărțișor Concert belonged to pianist Shani Diluka. The musician performed four lyrical pieces by Edvard Grieg, and after the trip to Norway, the pianist took us to the world of sound imagined by Robert Schumann and Franz Liszt.

The three artists' evolution was admired by the audience on the evening of the 3rd of March at the Sala Radio, and here are some impressions from the concert break:

"I enjoyed it very much. I liked the way the lady sang. It was really beautiful. And she had some very interesting pieces. She sings beautifully." Eveline Pârvulescu, pupil

"A fairytale atmosphere. And I also liked the stories behind the pieces. A special atmosphere. I'm passionate about everything music and beauty." - Simona Florea, analyst

"It was a trip back in time. Sometimes, I listen to these songs with my children that soothe the soul and take you, like this, into a fairytale state, perfect for this blue hour." - Alina Maria of Romania

The second part of the Mărțișor Concert brought a surprise guest to the Radio Hall: pianist Dimitris Saroglou. Originally from Greece but based in Paris for many years, he is also one of the chamber music partners of violinist Nicolas Dautricourt. The two artists will perform the "Memories of a dear place" suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Then, a moment from Bohuslav Martinu's three madrigals for violin and viola made the transition to the final part of the evening, in which jazz sounds literally delighted and enthralled those present at the Radio Hall.

The performance of the four artists was appreciated by the large audience with a round of applause, and the musicians offered as an encore a sequence from the French repertoire: "Femmes, je vous aime", in an arrangement by Nicolas Dautricourt to the tune of Julien Clerc.

At the end of the concert we gathered some more impressions from those present:

"It was a wonderful concert. The artists are absolutely extraordinary. And the repertoire also showed a lot of flexibility, versatility. It was a musical journey through different genres that delighted us." - cellist Radu Nagy

"I enjoyed it very much. I'm a visual artist and I realized that music has a very big connection with fine art and... all these subtleties, all these subtle things I try to convey through my art. I found them in this music. I liked it very much." - Iulian Moldovan, visual artist

"Absolutely wonderful, the concert! I loved Piazzolla, I loved the last piece... it was really moving for the women, especially." - Ioana Crenguța Barbu, librarian