Radio Romania Awards Gala
On its anniversary on November 1, Radio Romania honoured excellence in various fields
Roxana Vasile, 02.11.2023, 13:50
On November 1, Radio Romania celebrated 95 years since
its first live broadcast. It happened in 1928, at 5 pm, when the announcement Hello,
this is Radio Bucharest made by the then president of the Radio Telephonic
Broadcasting Corporation, the physicist Dragomir Hurmuzescu, was first aired.
This Wednesday, the moment of the first broadcast by
the public radio was symbolically honoured at 5 pm in the first Radio Romania
Gala, which awarded excellence in 12 fields, ranging from arts and culture,
innovation and science, education, to multiculturalism and healthcare.
In the categories Environment and Local Initiatives,
the awards went to the foundation set up by the late great athlete Ivan
Patzaichin. Coming on stage to receive the trophies was his daughter, Ivona
Patzaichin:
Ivona Patzaichin: This is a project started by my
father, and called Pathfinders of the Waters. We have recently won a Europa
Nostra award for the same project. It is one of our dearest projects, and we
aim to teach children to use what they studied in school in building
traditional canoes.
In the Romania’s Ambassadors section, the winner was
the conductor Cristian Măcelaru, while in the Arts and Culture section the
award went to Constantin Chiriac, the director of the Sibiu International
Theatre Festival:
Constantin Chiriac: This is what Radio Romania
has been doing for 95 years: saying good morning, good day, good night to all
Romanians and all our friends in the world. Happy birthday, Radio Romania!
The award for Innovation and Science went to Sergiu
Paşca, a psychiatry and behavioural sciences professor at Stanford University,
in the US. Tăşuleasa Association was honoured with an award in the
Multiculturalism section, for its project Via Transilvanica.Another association, Dăruieşte Viaţă, was awarded
twice for its efforts to build the first major child oncology hospital in
Romania, financed exclusively from private funds and donations. And in the
sports category, Radio Romania honoured David Popovici, the first Romanian
swimmer to win a world title in the 100m freestyle event, and representing a
new generation of Romanian swimming achievers.
At the end of the gala, the president and director
general of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation Răzvan Ioan Dincă introduced
the Radio Romania app:
Răzvan Ioan Dincă: Today we have launched the Radio
Romania app, and I am told by those who created it, Radio Romania’s Digital
Media team, that it has already been downloaded by over 1,000 people. So check
out the app!
The Radio Romania Gala also featured popular Romanian
artists who performed music pieces rearranged especially for this event by the
Radio Big Band. (AMP)
