The project - DIMITRIE CANTEMIR - Romanian sound of the Orient - in Bucharest
"Dimitrie Cantemir - Romanian sound of the Orient" cultural project took place, consisting of a Dimitrie Cantemir photo-documentary exhibition and a concert by the Chamber Ensemble of Old Music "Anton Pann", which was organized in partnership with the Bucharest National Opera.
On the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the birth of the great man of culture and prince of Moldova, Dimitrie Cantemir (1673-1723), the Anton Pann Culture and Tradition Association organized the Cultural Project financed by the Ministry of Culture, with the support of Computerland Romania à "Dimitrie Cantemir - Romanian sound of the Orient".
At the opening of the event, over 900 people visited with visible interest the photo-documentary exhibition with images from documents and artifacts from the period of Dimitrie Cantemir's life, more precisely from the 17th-18th centuries, organized by the National Archives of Romania, in partnership with the Academy Romanian, the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and the National Museum of Romanian Literature , which was presented by Mrs. Codruta Mihailovici - the curator of the Exhibition "Dimitrie Cantemir - Romanian sound of the Orient" .
The exhibition included reproductions of the main Cantemirian works, literary writings, including musical manuscripts, map reproductions, stamps and validation marks (seals) covering both the period of Prince Cantemir's stay in Istanbul, the years of his reign on the Moldavian throne, as well as the period of refuge in Russia.
In the second part of the event, the "Anton Pann" Early Music Chamber Ensemble delighted the audience with 7 musical compositions, which are known with certainty to have been created by Dimitrie Cantemir. The compositions are taken from his work "Book of the Science of Music according to the shape of the letters" and are sonically contextualized with the help of the musician-researchers from the "Anton Pann" Ensemble and guest musicians from Turkey, Greece and Lebanon.
The uniqueness of the show was given by the use of period-specific instruments and interpretation, along with the holographic projection of Prince Dimitrie Cantemir , who "personally" presented his musical creations. The great surprise of the evening was generated by the unexpected appearance of the ruler Dimitrie Cantemir on the stage of the National Opera in Bucharest , the great scholar being played by the actor Silviu Man.
At the end of the concert, the 8 musicians were applauded for whole minutes at the open stage by the more than 900 people present at the event.
Project Partners: National Opera Bucharest, National Archives of Romania, Romanian Academy, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, National Museum of Romanian Literature, Romanian Television Society, Radio Romania, Trinitas TV, Software Imagination & Vision (SIMAVI), BAUMIT, Continental Hotels , Prodal 94 and Carpatina.
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