Charitable concert in aid of struggling young artists at Romanian Athenaeum

Newsroom 08/10/2010 | 14:21

On the occasion of King Michael’s 89th birthday, on October 25, the Principesa Margareta Foundation will organize the third edition of a charitable concert held to raise funds to support young artists of limited means.

Soprano Nelly Mirincioiu (in picture) and baritone Yuryi Tsiple, together with Orchestra Romana de Tineret (the Romanian Youth Orchestra), conducted by Horia Andreescu, will stage this year’s royal concert, which also marks 20 years since the birth of the foundation created by Princess Margarita. The evening’s program will include pieces from operas by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Florin Comisel, Ludwig van Beethoven, Mikhail Glinka and Gioachino Rossini.

Ticket, which cost between RON 150 and 300, are available in the Eventim store chain, as well as online at www.eventim.ro. The funds raised from the concert will go on instruments, courses and contest fees for young Romanian artists. Nelly Mirincioiu, Yuryi Tsiple and Horia Alexandrescu will donate their concert fees for the purpose.