Well-known American poet and Pullitzer prize winner W. D. Snodgrass produced one of the most celebrated versions of the Romanian pastoral ballad Miorita.
A more inclusive future for the music industry
A journey outward and within
Some of the world’s greatest musicians talk about their connection to Romanian composer George Enescu and his lasting musical legacy.
A new piano-based therapy programme for children with autism spectrum disorder
Young jazz singer and composer Ana Dubyk's debut album is called Halcyon, the name of a Greek mythical bird said to be charming the sea wind and waves into calm
An interview with David Irle, independent eco-advisor and co-author of the volume "Décarboner la culture"
Raj Kapoor, India’s iconic actor and film maker, was also immensely popular in Romania in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1958, he was invited to visit the country to attend the screening of his latest work, Shree 420.
Jack of All Trades: "Whatever you do and however popular your song gets, at some point you really need to go back to zero and start over, like you're just an apprentice."
Far Away From Earth: We're not rushing our second album, we just want to enjoy the process
Christiaan Barnard, the South-African surgeon who made the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant, travelled to communist Romania in 1972. He enjoyed great popularity here, having performed a much-publicised life-saving operation on a Romanian teenager a year earlier.
Urban rock, as they describe their sound, is rooted in the idea of arriving in a new city and discovering it--and yourself in the process
A pioneer of abstract sculpture, Romanian-born sculptor Constantin Brâncuși was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. British sculptor Henry Moore, MoMa and Metropolitan Museum museum curator William Lieberman and American writer Helen Kay speak about Brâncuși’s lasting legacy in old recordings from RRI's archives.
The hip-hop collective "Har de Golan"
Former child star Shirley Temple travelled to communist Romania in 1970. Her Hollywood days long since over, she was serving at the time as a United States representative to the United Nations.
A chat with journalist and DJ Paul Breazu, ahead of his participation in the "Longueur d'ondes" Festival (France).
L.O.S.T. bassist Vlad Busca speaks up the band's latest album, "Scars of Tomorrow"
Legendary Peter Brook staging of King Lear is performed in Bucharest as part of Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1964 tour.
A dark wave, post-punk, new wave duo from Ukraine, currently based in Romania
As part of our foray into Radio Romania’s audio archives, today we look at the 1971 visit to Romania by that most formidable of British politicians: the Iron Lady herself, Margaret Thatcher.
