Chamber music festival SoNoRo readies Wagner-inspired edition in Bucharest, Cluj

The useful part

Eighteen concerts and two talks are part of this year's program of chamber music festival SoNoRo, in an edition inspired by Richard Wagner. Under the headline 'Endless Melody,' the program draws on Wagner's concept of music in which the phrase never comes to a stop, and in which every sound carries meaning, the organizers explained. The festival will open on October 30 at the National Museum of Art of Romania, with the concert Lord of the Strings.

How it works

• The program will feature works by Richard Wagner, Ernst Chausson, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and William Walton, performed by violinists Mi-Sa Yang and Erik Schumann, violist Răzvan Popovici, cellist Justus...
• On October 31, audiences are invited to Bragadiru Palace for the concert Colors:
• This year, we will encounter the spirit of Richard Wagner, a multifaceted and controversial figure, as it often happens with those who change the course of history.
• "You are already familiar with our unconventional approach, lateral thinking, and the different perspectives we propose through the theme...

Details worth keeping

Jazz in Motion, delivered by Ksenia Parkhatskaya and her band. In Cluj-Napoca, concerts will take place at Casino – Urban Culture Centre, Casa Boema, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Auditorium Lounge at Oberjin Club, Casa NUMAÀ, the Franciscan Monastery in Cluj-Napoca, and Auditorium Maximum at Babeș-Bolyai University.