About the venue:

Established in 1850, today the school educates boys and girls aged between 11 (grade 5) and 19 years old (grade 12). With its motto “Litteris et Virtuti”, Andrei Șaguna school is one of the best in Romania. Since its founding, the school has had a number important Romanian personalities either study or teach there, including the 19th century composers Ciprian Porumbescu and Gheorghe Dima, the poets Lucian Blaga and Octavian Goga, and the literary critic Titu Maiorescu.

Performers:

Harry Cameron Penny | clarinet

Diana Ionescu | piano

Francesco Sica | violin

Robin Green | piano

Shiry Rashkovsky | viola

About the venue:

Patria Hall – One of the newest venues devoted to classical music in Brașov, Patria Hall was opened in 2013, to host Brașov’s Philarmonic. It was built by the former communist regime under the name “The Red Partisan” as the leading cinema hall in the town. In 2004, the cinema was closed. The new venue consists of a concert hall for a large audience (450 seats) and a cinema hall that sits 70 persons.

Performers:

Valeriy Sokolov | violin

Vlad Maistorovici | violin

Dana Zemtsov | viola

Pau Codina | cello

Colin Alexander | cello

Robin Green | piano

The Mercury Quartet:

Vlad Maistorovici | violin

Harry Cameron Penny | clarinet

Colin Alexander | cello

Antoine Françoise | piano