About the Festival
The first edition of the “ Sergiu Celibidache” Festival
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great conductor
2012 UNESCO Aniversary “Sergiu Celibidache”
We have joined other countries that organize festivities on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Romanian conductor. The “Sergiu Celibidache 100” Festival is a biannual event and takes place in Bucharest during May 3rd – July 7th 2012.
The main events of the “Sergiu Celibidache 100” Festival:
- Masterclasses in May:
- Photography Exhibition: “ Fragments from the life of the Maestro Sergiu Celibidache”
- Movie Projections
- Book Launches
- Concerts
- World Premiere of the composition “Haz de necaz” by Sergiu Celibidache
“Teaching is the noblest human activity”.This was the credo of Sergiu Celibidache, to which he dedicated his entire spirit and which he inspired also into exceptional instrumentalists as well as into all the students who wanted to assimilate the wonderful conducting techniques of the Maestro. Some of them are the guests of this year’s Festival: Ida Haendel, Helmut Nicolai, Dorin Marc, Michael Martin Kofler, Wolgang Gaag, Rony Rogoff and Enrique Garcia Asensio.
A series of photographs depicting in chronological order the life of the Maestro
Will be taking place in the Grand Cinema Digiplex from Baneasa Shopping City.
“On Music Phenomenology”, by Sergiu Celibidache
“Celibidache: Encounters with an Exceptional Man”, by Patrick Lang and Stéphane Müller
Held at the Romanian Atheneum with famous international artists, former students of Celibidache and first class orchestras of Romania.
Among the countries which will celebrate through festivals the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Maestro, Romania is the only one that benefits from this wonderful and unique event – the unveiling of the composer side of the world’s greatest conductor. This event will remain in the music history of the world and will live on for the future generations. Romania will thus impose itself on the world cultural map in a unique way.
May 3, Press Conference
May 4, Film premiere “The Garden of Celibidache”
May 7, Book Release
May 9, Emmision and launching of numismatic commemorative coins
