In Bucharest this weekend

This weekend, Bucharest feels the vibe of international music with two highly-waited concerts: Pink Martini and Jose Carreras. Check out several highlights from this weekend’s arts and culture program here.

MUSIC

Jose Carreras

May 25, Sala Palatului, starting 20.00

Spanish tenor Jose Carreras is particularly known for his performances in operas of Verdi and Puccini. He made his debut on the opera stage at the age of 11 as Trujamán in Manuel de Falla’s El retablo de Maese Pedro. His career encompassed over 60 roles on the stages of the world’s leading opera houses and in the recording studio.

He gained fame with a wider audience as one of The Three Tenors along with Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. He is also known for his humanitarian work as the president of the José Carreras International Leukemia Foundation (La Fundacio Internacional Jose Carreras per a la Lluita contra la Leucemia), which he established following his own recovery from the disease in 1988.

Tickets are available at Sala Palatului, Unirea Shopping Center, Adevarul, Diverta and Eminescu bookstores, Flanco stores, Victoria store, myticket.ro, biletoo.ro, blt.ro, bilet.ro.

Pink Martini

May 26, Sala Palatului, starting 20.00

Pink Martini returns toBucharestfor new show in order to promote their newest album A Retrospective. Their sound combines Cuban Jazz with chamber music, Brazilian marches and film soundtracks, the 12-piece orchestra has also a multi-linguistic repertoire that takes you from the great metropolis to the ports ofIstanbulor the Brazilian beaches.

The latest musical effort of the band, A Retrospective, is an overview of the band’s 16- year- career and comprises some of their best rated songs such as Una Notte a Napoli, Hang On Little Tomato, Donde Estas Yolanda?, Hey Eugene, Sympathique (Je ne veux pas travailler), Lilly, Que Sera Sera or Amado Mio.

Tickets are on sale in the Eventim network and can be acquired at prices of RON 110, RON 140, RON 170 or RON 200.

EXHIBITIONS

The White Night of the Galleries

May 25, NAG Info Point (5 Piata Amzei St.)

Exhibitions, performances, auditions, concerts, street-art exhibitions and an after-party taking place in well-known galleries or in newly-founded ones, alternative spaces or temporarily transformed institutions are all on the to-visit list for this year’s edition of The White Night of the Galleries (NAG), happening on May 25.

At the end of NAG#6 tour, all art lovers are invited at the Atelierul de Productie / The Production Workshop for the official after-party of the White Night of theArtGalleries.

The sixth edition of the White Night of the Galleries is organized by Ephemair and supported by the Ministry of Culture. More information on the event is available at http://noapteagaleriilor.ro/2012/en/Bucuresti/ , Facebook:Noaptea Alba a Galeriilor or Twitter: NAG_RO.

FlowerShow

Until May 27, Herastrau Park (Expoflora zone) and University of Agronomic Science and Veterinary Medicine

The exhibition presents flowers and ornamental plants, gardening accessories, handicraft products and also traditional Romanian food. The public can participate to free workshops of floral composition and arrangement techniques. More details about the program here.

Bucharest International Biennale of Contemporary Art

Until July 22, PAVILION (Info Point of Bucharest Biennale)

The fifth edition for Bucharest Biennale (BB5), an event promoting awareness and dissemination of culture, opens today. The main exhibition is curated by Anne Barlow (UK/USA), executive director of Art in General, New York, with the theme “Tactics for the here and now”.

The exhibition is installed in seven venues in Bucharest, and a considerable part of the exhibited works was created especially for this event. You can find the exhibits at PAVILION (Info Point of Bucharest Biennale), Casa Presei Libere/ The House of the Free Press, The Institute for Political Research, ALERT STUDIO, MAKE A POINT, Nana Restaurant and CINEMA UNION.

FILM

PREMIERS

Man in Black III

Opens May 25

Agent J star Will Smith travels in time to MIB’s early years in the 1960s, to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones

On at: Movieplex Cinema Plaza, Samsung IMAX, Hollywood Multiplex,CinemaCityCotroceni,CinemaCitySunPlaza,CinemaCityCotroceni VIP, Patria Cinema

Street Dance 2

Opens May 25

A group of breakdancers from acrossEuropelearn the secrets of latin dance in order to win a dance-off against the world champion crew, Invincible.

Director: Max Giwa, Falk Hentschel, George Sampson, Sofia Boutella, Stephanie Nguyen

Starring: Tom Conti

On at: Movieplex Cinema Plaza, The Light Cinema, Hollywood Multiplex, CinemaPRO, Cinema City Cotroceni, Cinema City Sun Plaza, Glendale Studio, Scala Cinema, Cinema City Cotroceni VIP

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