(story to be published in tomorrow’s issue, March 27)
Music Critics Awards will be granted on April 15 during a ceremony to take place at the headquarters of the Romanian Broadcasting Company. The most important trophy, Premium Magnum, will go to conductor Emanuel Elenescu, while the award for “glory in lyrical art” will go to baritone Eduard Tumagian. “A life dedicated to music” award will be granted to pianist Suzana Szorenyii, and the award for “Best Performance in the art of Dance” will go to ballet dancer Corina Dumitrescu for the parts in “Anna Karenina,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “Japanese Engravings” and “Don Quixote” at the Romanian National Opera. The event of the musical season is “Chopin Festival” organised by Romania Musical channel. The award for founding the independent lyrical company Comical Opera and a decade since Melos magazine was issued will go to critic Smaranda Oteanu Bunea, while for contributions to rock and pop music the awards will go to Daniela Caraman-Fotea and Cristian Nicolau. “Bucuresti” chamber orchestra will get the Anniversary award for three decades of activity and Despina Petecel Theodoru will get the award for “Mirrors” radio series. The awards for the best young interpreters will go to pianist Petre Pandelescu, violinist Iulian Garnet, who contributed to the international promotion of Romanian music to pianists Dana Protopopescu and Anda Anastasescu, and to violinist aerban Lupu. The prize for Originality in musical and poetic expression will be granted to Alexandru Andries.