When Romanian singer Maria Tanase died in 1963, almost a million people flooded onto the streets of Bucharest for her funeral. A brief, grainy archival snippet on the internet reveals a sea of ...

When Romanian singer Maria Tanase died in 1963, almost a million people flooded onto the streets of Bucharest for her funeral. A brief archival snippet on the internet reveals a sea of mourners ...

The violinist and composer Alexander Balanescu has never visited the North-East before but he is looking forward to introducing us to Maria Tanase, a "national icon" in his native Romania. The singer, ...

Although composer Alexander Balanescu and his quartet may have touched on his Eastern European roots on earlier albums like Luminitza, here he wholeheartedly embraces it through a personal tribute to ...

Passion will fill this evening’s air: genuine Paris’ charming chansonettes, alluring songs of old Bucharest. Édith Piaf, “the Sparrow”, a legend, an unforgettable voice. Revered as a French national ...