Corneliu Porumboiu, a man from Vaslui in Basque Country: “When will you make your next film?”
photo: Bogdan Iordache/ Cultura la dubă He has been living for four years in the French part of the Basque Country, right on the Atlantic…
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Gigi Căciuleanu, a life dedicated to dance: “Dance is not just dance. It’s a visceral necessity.”
photo: Bogdan Iordache, Cultura la dubă The name Gigi Căciuleanu is synonymous with contemporary dance, both in Romania and worldwide. Alongside his teacher, Miriam Răducanu,…
From Dărmănești to the Paris National Opera, the voice of mezzo-soprano Cornelia Oncioiu is the cry of a generation
photo: Bogdan Iordache, Cultura la dubă Who would have thought that 35 years after the fall of communism, Romanians would still be seeking healing? Cornelia…
Daniel Pop, Romanian-French dancer and choreographer: “When we communicate with the body, we overcome many barriers.”
foto: Bogdan Iordache, Cultura la dubă He left Romania for Argentina at 19, and dance opened his horizons to a new world, full of possibilities,…
Mircea Arapu, Illustrator of Pif and Hercule: “Drawing has always kept me on the surface.”
In 1959, a 4 year old boy from Bucharest, living in a part of the city with nice houses, between Popa Nan and Hala Traian, decided to leave home and go searching for Pif, the famous comic book dog.
He had discovered the Pif universe in the Vaillant magazines, that an aunt had given to his older brother. From that moment on, he has dedicated his life to his passion for comics.
Mădălina Constantin, actress: “In Paris I learned to wash away all preconceptions.”
We met Mădălina Constantin in the foyer of the La Colline Theater in Paris, one of the 5 national theaters in France. She was greeting the people working in the theater and she led us through the back rooms of the theater as if it was her home.
Ami Barak, curator: “Contemporary art has gone from maximum confidentiality to a mass phenomenon.”
Ami Barak is an important figure in the world of contemporary art. Few know that he is, originally, from Romania.
For 6 years He was in charge of the department dedicated to the Art of the City of Paris and coordinated the first editions of Parisian White Nights.
Ramona Horvath, pianist: „A musician is a universal citizen. It doesn’t matter where you’re from.”
În inima Parisului, lângă Catedrala Notre-Dame, pe malul Senei, ne întâlnim cu Ramona Horvath, cea mai apreciată pianistă română de jazz a momentului, stabilită în capitala Franței de aproape 15 ani.
Cristinel Șirli, the sound engineer in charge of one of the top studios in France: „I didn’t come to France to do sound, it was a matter of life and death.”
Born in Oravița and going to high-school in Bucharest, young Cristinel Șirli was dreaming in the ‘80s of becoming a cinematographer. At the age of 20, a horrifying diagnosis that gave him only a few months to live, would change his destiny.
Today he is one of the most important film sound engineers in France, owning his own studios, at the highest level, in the center of Paris.