Radio Romania’s Charming Flute<\/em>
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This year’s
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The Charming Flute<\/em> performances are scheduled for March 18, 6.30 pm, at the Romanian
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Flautist Ion Bogdan Stefanescu has participated in many
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Pianist Horia
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\nproject featuring flautist Ion Bogdan Stefanescu and pianist Horia Mihail goes
\non a US tour, with performances in Washington, DC and New York. <\/p>\n
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\nperformance in New York marks the 25th anniversary of a partnership
\nbetween the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Metropolitan Opera and
\nfollows EBU’s positive response to a collaboration project between the Romanian
\nCultural Institute in New York, Radio Romania and EBU that included a
\nperformance organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York jointly
\nwith Radio Romania as part of the MET Broadcasters’ Day in New York in 2014 and
\n2015. <\/p>\n
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\nEmbassy in Washington, DC and for March 20, 12 pm, at the Victor Borge Hall -
\nScandinavia House in New York (58 Park Ave.). The all-Romanian programme
\nfeatures works by Anton Pann, George Enescu, Tudor Ciortea, Paul Constantinescu,
\nPetre Elinescu, Ciprian Porumbescu, Vasile Jianu, Ioan Dobrinescu and Tiberiu
\nBrediceanu. <\/p>\n
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\nnational and international festivals, including the George Enescu Festival
\n(Bucharest, Romania), the National Flute Association (Kansas, USA), the
\nInternational Flute Association (Munich, Germany) and Wien Modern (Steingreber
\nFestival). He has won numerous awards, such as the First Prize in the National
\nFlute Competition (1985), the George Dima Award of the Academy of Music (Cluj
\nNapoca, 1987) and the Composers’ Union Award for Best Soloist (2007). In 2011,
\nhe was awarded by the Romanian President with the Cultural Order of Merit
\nmedal, the Class of Chevalier, for cultural excellence. Ion Bogdan Stefanescu
\nis a member of three leading Romanian contemporary music groups, Trio Contrast,
\nProContemporania and Profil, and of the National Flute Association of America
\n(NFA). <\/p>\n
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\nMihail studied at the University of Illinois under Ian Hobson and graduated in
\n1995. In 1999, he also received the Artist Diploma from the Boston University,
\nwhere he studied under Anthony di Bonaventura. He is a concerto soloist of the
\nRadio Romania Music Orchestras and Choirs and the Brasov Philharmonics. As arts
\nmanager of the Accendo Cultural Association, Horia Mihail has organised five
\nMusicOn tours with the Romanian Piano Trio and three Stradivarius tours, as
\nwell as two projects in collaboration with Radio Romania: The Travelling Piano<\/em> and The Duel
\nin Violins: Stradivarius vs. Guarnieri<\/em>.<\/p>\n