photo: cosmin bumbut

Bucharest AV
Project's name: Bucharest AV
Project's authors: Vlaicu Golcea & Oana Maris

Description
Bucharest AV is an innovative project through which the initiators aim to create through a show a whole new
sound universe: works by great composers transposed for a classic quartet (oboe, violin, viola, cello) and
traditional percussion gain a new tonal and rhythmic dimension with the aid of a new musical instrument,
the personal computer. In the same time, the music is accompanied by a visual commentary formed of a mix
of static, pre-filmed, and live images; this is a video material similar to a musical improvisation. The
innovation also comes from the fact that the subject of the images comes from the urban setting of
Bucharest, the city where the nine artists involved in this project live and work. The discourse that connects
music to image aims to create a new perception of contemporary music and to create opening through areas
which the audience has not explored yet, through lack of information or available programs.

The nine artists taking part in this program are:

Vlaicu Golcea - jazz musician, composer, sound designer and producer. One of the most appreciated names
of his generation. He is the one who transforms the PC in a live music instrument; Vlaicu believes that one
cannot speak about music history without taking into consideration electronic music, given its presence and
importance in the musical contemporary landscape.

Oana Maris (oboe), Oana Ropotan (violin), Eugen Bobeico (viola), Stefania Amarinei (cello) and Daniel
Ivascu (percussion), are the five musicians of Allegria Quintet, formed in 2004. The quintet is well-known to
audiences in Bucharest and the whole of Romania through their live performances.

Marius Sireteanu - arranger and conductor. He adapted repertory works for the classic quartet formula.

The visual commentary is ensured by Cosmin Bumbut - photo artist - and by Casa Gontz - video artist. They
are two of the most valorous artists of the new generation. Their art combines in a discourse that
complements music, thus offering the audience the opportunity to create their own metaphorical
connections that spring from the music.
 photo: casa gontz

Aims
The aim of the project is to promote two new concepts: multi-art and fusion music - by putting together
video art and a new contemporary music style.

Objectives
• We aim to familiarize the audiences young or old, cultured or not quite, with new methods of making
music. Also, we want to familiarize audiences with the combination of the different arts - music and image
in this case - and, we aim especially to create familiarity with a classical and contemporary quality
repertoire, and also with the values of Romanian folklore.
• We aim to free the audience from their prejudices, from opinions which are too conservative, and we
would like to create a liking for the alternative arts, as well as for a free, original interpretation of the
artistic act.
• We also aim to preserve Romanian cultural identity by promoting Romanian works, created by the great
names of classical and modern music, as well as those with folkloric and traditional elements. We also aim to
translate these in a audio-visual language which is contemporary and universally valid.
• Another objective is to create a stronger visibility and access for the Romanian musical avant-garde, both
on the Romanian and European markets, perfectly synchronized with the latest European cultural trends.
Repertoire
Cantec valah (traditional)
Mirel junelui bunu (traditional)
Trei crai de la rasarit (traditional)
Dan Voiculescu - Byzantium Song
Dan Voiculescu - Joc de feciori
Dan Voiculescu - Transylvanian Song
George Enescu - 3rd Suite
George Enescu - Dixtuor
Mihail Jora - Adio Valse
Mihail Jora - Problema Grea
Mihail Jora - Val-Vartej
Sigismund Todutza - Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1st & 2nd part)
Bela Bartok - Romanian Dances
J.S. Bach - Two voices Inventions - no. 4
J.S. Bach - Choral
Claude Debussy - Reverie
Claude Debussy - Girl with the Golden Hair
Claude Debussy - Moon Light
Claude Debussy - Canope
Erik Satie - Gymnopedie no. 2
Erik Satie - Gnossienne no. 1
Gabriel Faure - After a Dream (op. 7 no. 1)
Maurice Ravel - Introduction & Allegro

Bucharest AV
Vlaicu Golcea - electronics
Oana Maris - oboe
Oana Ropotan - violin
Eugen Bobeico - viola
Stefania Amarinei - cello
Daniel Ivascu - percussion
Marius Sireteanu - orchestral arrangements
Casa Gontz - video
Cosmin Bumbut - photo

Bucharest AV can perform even in small spaces where acoustic instruments don’t need amplification.
For any details please contact us at vlaicu@vlaicugolcea.ro