Events
Summer Concert Season in the Black Church 2025
The Evangelical Church of Romania – Brașov Parish invites the public to the 73rd edition of the Organ Nights summer season, and to 15 other extraordinary concerts that will take place in the Black Church between May 13 and October 18, 2025.
The extraordinary concert season at the Black Church begins with Lights and Shadows, a concert performed by the Brașov Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Sebastian Tegzeșiu, alongside soloist Steffen Schlandt. The event also marks the opening of the International Chamber Music Festival. The concert will take place on May 13, at 7:00 p.m. The concert program brings together works by Arcangelo Corelli, Georg Friedrich Händel, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst. The price of a ticket is 40 lei for all age categories. These can be purchased from www.bilet.ro.
The public will have the opportunity to attend 14 more extraordinary concerts, which will include special works for violin, organ, lute, harp, cello, classical guitar, and choral performances, offering an attractive musical diversity for all lovers of sacred music. Tickets for the extraordinary concerts will be available for purchase one week before each event, from INSPIRATIO Gift Studio, located at Curtea Johannes Honterus no. 8 (opposite the Black Church), and online, from May 7, on the www.booktes.com platform, for any concert during the season, the price of a ticket being 50 lei, for all age categories. The exception will be the concert of the Mass in B minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, on July 12, for which tickets will be purchased at the price of 100 lei, starting with June 2 from INSPIRATIO Gift Studio and on www.booktes.com.
As part of the Organ Nights festival, the public can attend organ concerts performed by artists from Romania, Germany, the USA, Hungary, France, Austria and the Netherlands. The 21 concerts will take place every Saturday from 6:00 p.m., between May 24 and October 18, except for July 12, when the Mass in B minor by Johann Sebastian Bach will take place.
The cost of a ticket for Organ Nights is 30 lei, and for children under 18 the entry is free. Tickets can be purchased starting on Monday of the week each concert is held, at the ticket office located inside the INSPIRATIO GiftStudio, or online, for any concert during the Organ Nights season, at www.booktes.com starting on May 7. The public also has the opportunity to purchase subscriptions worth 80 lei for the Organ Nights festival. Subscriptions allow access to any 5 concerts during the Organ Nights season. These can be purchased at the INSPIRATIO GiftStudio.
After the concerts start, entry is no longer allowed.
We look forward to seeing you at the concerts!
Organ Nights 2025 Concerts (every Saturday, from May 24 to October 18, 6:00 PM)
Extraordinary concerts in the Black Church, between May and September 2025
| Date | Concert | Artists | Online Tickets |
| 13.05
7 PM |
International Chamber Music Festival (Brașov) | Brașov Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Sebastian Tegzeșiu (conductor), Steffen Schlandt (organ) Works by Arcangelo Corelli, Georg Friedrich Händel, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst |
The tickets can be purchased from the Brașov Philharmonic or online from: https://www.bilet.ro/eveniment/lumini-si-umbre-concert-in-biserica-neagra-cu-orchestra-de-camera-a-filarmonicii-brasov-si-steffen-schlandt-15787-50480 |
| 21.05
6 PM |
Organ and Violin Concert | Radu Mihai Ropotan (violin), Steffen Schlandt (organ) Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Ludwig van Beethoven |
https://booktes.com/bilet/concert-pentru-vioara-si-orga-radu-mihai-ropotan-si-steffen-schlandt |
| 25.05
6 PM |
Despre veșnicie
(About Eternity)
|
Coram Deo Choir, Andrei Vidican (conductor) Works by Dan Forrest, Seán Clancy, James Morgan, Moses Hogan |
https://booktes.com/bilet/coram-deo-despre-vesnicie |
| 30.05
6 PM |
Choir and Organ Concert | Gloucester Choral Society, Adrian Partington (conductor), Jonathan Hope (organ)
Works by William Byrd, Anton Bruckner, Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff |
https://booktes.com/bilet/gloucester-choral-society-concert-de-cor-si-orga |
| 04.06
6 PM |
Chamber Concert for Flute and Organ | Erika Klemm, Monika Robescu (flute) Steffen Schlandt (organ)Repertoriu baroc |
https://booktes.com/bilet/concert-de-camera-pentru-flauti-drepti-si-orga-la-biserica-neagra |
| 11.06
6 PM |
Choir Concert | Vokalensemble Konstanz, Markus Mackowiak (conductor) Works by Hans Leo Hassler, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Maurice Duruflé |
https://booktes.com/bilet/concert-de-cor-vokalensemble-konstanz-la-biserica-neagra |
| 18.06
7 PM |
Stradivarius International Tour – 8th Edition
Rhapsodies |
Alexandru Tomescu (violin), Dragoș Ilie (classic guitar)
Works by George Enescu, George Gershwin |
https://booktes.com/bilet/turneul-international-stradivarius-alexandru-tomescu-si-dragos-ilie |
| 19.06
6 PM |
Choir and Organ Concert | Dorking Choral Society, Daniel Mahoney (conductor), Steffen Schlandt (organ),
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem KV 626 |
https://booktes.com/bilet/dorking-choral-society-si-steffen-schlandt-la-biserica-neagra |
| 03.07
8.30 PM |
Symphonic Bach | The Brașov Philharmonic, Steffen Schlandt (conductor)
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach |
Tickets can be purchased from the Brașov Philharmonic |
| 12.07
7 PM
|
Mass in B minor – Johann Sebastian Bach
(part of the Early Music Festival, Miercurea Ciuc) |
Bach Choir of the Black Church (Brașov), Lux Aurumque Choir (Miercurea Ciuc), Baroque Orchestra of the Miercurea Ciuc Early Music Festival, Steffen Schlandt (conductor) | The tickets will be available for purchase starting 02.06.2025.
https://booktes.com/bilet/misa-in-si-minor-de-johann-sebastian-bach-la-biserica-neagra |
| 18.07
6 PM |
International choral project
Summer Choir Carpates |
Christian Ciucă (conductor), Steffen Schlandt (organ), Liliana Faraon (soloist).
Works by Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, John Rutter |
https://booktes.com/bilet/summer-choir-carpates-la-biserica-neagra-1 |
| 14.08
6 PM |
The Cathedrals of Sound | Miruna Nagy – (harp), Radu Nagy (cello), Alexandru Chiriac (baritone) | https://booktes.com/bilet/catedralele-sunetului-la-biserica-neagra |
| 04.09
6 PM |
Gregorian Music Masterclass
Choir and Organ Concert |
Schola Paris – Gregorian Choral Association of Paris
Karol Mossakowski (organist) |
https://booktes.com/bilet/concert-de-cor-si-orga-schola-paris-si-karol-mossakow-la-biserica-neagra |
End of Year Concert
The Evangelical Church of Romania A.C. – Brașov Parish invites the public to a concert of organ music and meditation performed by Steffen Schlandt, organist and conductor of the Bach Choir of the Black Church. The concert will take place on December 31, 2024, at 12:00 (noon), at the Black Church.
The event, now in its 25th edition, is a unique moment in the year, held in the solemn atmosphere of the Black Church. Organ music, along with spiritual words, creates a framework of reflection and hope, where the public finds gratitude for the year that has ended and looks with optimism to the future.
Since its first edition, organized in 1999, the concert has been held continuously at the Black Church, becoming a beloved and cherished tradition by the community and the Brașov public. Year after year, this event that combines organ music and spirituality brings spectators a moment of peace and introspection.
Tickets for this concert can be purchased starting December 20th from the Black Church’s gift shop, INSPIRATIO Gift Studio, located in the Johannes Honterus courtyard no. 8 (opposite the Black Church), or online on the booktes.com platform: https://booktes.com/bilet/concert-la-cumpana-dintre-ani-5 . The price of a ticket is 50 lei. For children under 18 years of age, the entry tickets are free. The free tickets can be picked up at INSPIRATIO.
Black Church Visiting Schedule
During the winter holidays, the Black Church can be visited during the regular schedule: Tuesday-Saturday, between 10.00 and 18:00, and Sunday and Monday between 12:00 and 18:00, except for certain days.
On December 19, the visiting schedule will be between 13:00 and 18:00.
On December 24, the public will be able to visit the church between 10:00 and 16:00, with the evening dedicated to the Christmas Eve services. From 17:00, the community religios service will take place in German, and from 18:30 there will be a service in Romanian, to which the community warmly invites you to participate.
On the last day of the year, December 31, the Black Church will be open for visits both before and after the “End of Year” concert, with a short visiting program in the time intervals 10:00 – 11:30 and 13:00 – 14:00. On the first day of Christmas, December 25, and on the first day of the new year, the place of worship will be closed for visits.
The Black Church gift shop, INSPIRATIO, will be open daily between 10:00 and 19:00, except on December 25 and January 1, when it will be closed. On days with shorter visiting hours, the church will be open as follows: on December 24, between 10:00 and 16:00, and on December 31, between 10:00 and 14:00.
Listen to the Angels’ Carol – Christmas Charity Concert
The Foundation for Culture and Heritage, Forum ARTE, is organizing on December 20, from 7:30 p.m., along with the A.C. Evangelical Church of Romania – Brașov Parish, the charity concert Listen to the Angels’ Carol, a children’s concert for children, now in its 8th edition.
The partners of this project are the “Tudor Ciortea” Music High School, the “Grigore Antipa” Secondary School and the “Emil Racoviță” College of Sciences, and the hosts – the Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul, 19 Mureșenilor Street, Brașov.
Musical coordinator: prof. Steffen Schlandt, along with teachers Izabella Brașoveanu, Laura Greavu (Tudor Ciortea Vocational Music High School), Annegret Feder (Gimnasial School no. 12), Gizella Benedek (Grigore Antipa College of Sciences and Emil Racoviță College of Natural Sciences) and Gabriela Schlandt (A.C. Evangelical Church of Romania – Brașov Parish)
This project was created with the aim of bringing children closer to music and, at the same time, to authentic, multicultural traditions and the emotion of Christmas, which they want to transmit to the public, while making a small contribution to the community, by supporting other children. Over 150 children come together for this concert to sing Christmas songs in eight different languages.
Tickets can be purchased starting December 6th at INSPIRATIO Gift Studio, located at: Curtea Johannes Honterus no. 8 or online at booktes.com:
https://booktes.com/bilet/concert-de-craciun-ascultati-colindul-ingerilor-1
The price of a ticket is 50 lei for all age categories.
The money obtained from the tickets will be donated, as every year, to the Emergency Children’s Hospital, Brașov.
If you would like to support this charitable cause, you can do so in the account of our foundation:
IBAN RO91 BTRL RONC RT05 4544 9001, opened at Banca Transilvania Brașov, Modarom Agency, Bd. Eroilor, no.17
Organizers:
Foundation for Culture and Heritage Forum ARTE
Evangelical Church of Romania – Parish of Brașov
Partners:
Vocational High School of Music “Tudor Ciortea”
Gymnasium School no. 12
College of Sciences “Grigore Antipa”
College of Natural Sciences “Emil Racoviță”
Roman Catholic Parish “St. Peter and Paul” Brașov
Main sponsor: Sennheiser International Manufacturing GmbH,
Sponsors: Sika Romania SRL, Selgros Cash & Carry SRL, Divine Atelier
More information about the projects of the Forum ARTE Foundation:
https://www.facebook.com/fundatiaforumarte/
https://www.youtube.com/@ForumArteBrasov
We look forward to seeing you at the concert!
Christmas Concert – Bach Choir of the Black Church and Capella Coronensis
The Black Church Community invites the public to a Christmas concert hosted by the Roman Catholic Church “St. Peter and Paul”, located on Mureșenilor Street no. 19. The event will take place on December 13, 2024, at 8:00 p.m.
The “Bach” Choir of the Black Church, accompanied by the chamber orchestra “Capella Coronensis”, along with soloists Georgiana Simonov, Gabriela Schlandt, Török Orsolya, organist Ursula Philippi and oboist Emin Curtgeafar, will perform sacred works during the period of waiting for the Nativity of the Lord, under the musical direction of conductor Steffen Schlandt. The pieces, from different musical eras and cultural spaces, encourage the audience present to enter the Christmas atmosphere.
The concert program is composed of works by composers Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Juan García de Zéspedes, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Max Reger, Léon Boëllmann, Michel Corrette, Jehan Alain, Gheorghe Cucu.
Tickets for this concert can be purchased starting November 29th from the Black Church gift shop, INSPIRATIO Gift Studio, located in the courtyard of Johannes Honterus no. 8 (opposite the Black Church), or online on the booktes.com platform. The price of a ticket is 50 lei for all age categories.
Concert program:
„Gaudete, Christus est natus”
Andreas Hammerschmidt – „Machet die Tore weit”
Michel Corrette – „Noël”
Antonio Vivaldi – „Magnificat”
Max Reger – „Weihnacht”
Jehan Alain – „Noël nouvelet chantons ici”
Gheorghe Cucu – „Domnuleț și Domn din cer”
Léon Boëllmann – Prière à Notre Dame
J.G.Zespedes – Convinando esta la noche
The price of a ticket is 50 lei for all age categories.
We look forward to seeing you at the concert!
Concert of choral music and organ at the Black Church
Evangelical Church C.A. from Romania – Brașov Parish is hosting, at the Black Church, a concert of choral music and organ, on September 25th, from 6:00 p.m. The concert will be performed by the Choir of the Faculty of Church Music from Halle.
During this event, the public will have the opportunity to listen to choral works from five centuries, belonging to German composers (Gallus Dressler, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Heinrich Schütz, Samuel Scheidt, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Franz, Volker Bräutigam, Johann Sebastian Bach), Romania (Hans Peter Türk, Georg Ostermayer, Paul Richter) and Belgium (Orlando di Lasso). The selected musical pieces occupy a place of honor in church musical practice. The choir will be conducted by Professor Peter Kopp, and the organ music will be performed by Professor Anna-Victoria Baltrusch and Matthias Warmuth. The same concert will also be held at St. Margaret’s Church in Mediaș, on September 27, from 7:00 p.m.
The Church Music Faculty in Halle is the oldest educational institution and the largest of the six church music faculties under the tutelage of the Evangelical Church in Germany, having been founded in 1926. Choral education is a main element in the educational concept of the institution. The choir is often invited to perform in church music centers in Germany, its repertoire covering a wide range of vocal-symphonic works, from the baroque to the contemporary period.
Tickets for this concert can be purchased at the gift shop of the Black Church, INSPIRATIO Gift Studio, located in Johannes Honterus courtyard no. 8 (opposite the Black Church), or online from the platform https://booktes.com/bilet/concert-de-muzica-corala-si-orga-la-biserica-neagra. The price of a ticket is 50 lei and the entry for children under 18 is free.
Concert program:
Orlando di Lasso – Domine Dominus noster
Gallus Dressler – Ein tugendsam Weib
Hans Peter Türk – Lebt als Kinder des Lichts
Georg Ostermayer – Si bona suscepimus
Paul Richter – Satz 1 (aus: Sonate für Orgel d-Moll op. 36)
Andreas Hammerschmidt – Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott (aus: Musicalische Andachten, Teil 2)
Heinrich Schütz – So fahr ich hin SWV 379 (aus: Geistliche Chormusik)
Samuel Scheidt – Satz 1 – Con moto maestoso (aus: Sonate A-Dur op. 65 Nr. 3 W 58 für Orgel)
Robert Franz – Die beste Zeit op. 24,3
Volker Bräutigam – Gott ist unsre Zuversicht
Johann Sebastian Bach – Der aber die Herzen forschet (aus: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf BWV 226)
MUSICA KRONSTADT at The Black Church
The C.A Evangelical Church in Romania – Brașov Parish invites the public to a musical event dedicated to wind instruments, wood and brass, supported by the teachers of the “MUSICA KRONSTADT” Summer Academy, which is currently in its 7th edition. The concert will take place at the Black Church, on August 7th, from 6 p.m.
The “MUSICA KRONSTADT” Summer Academy is dedicated to artists who want to deepen their study of wind instruments. Through workshops and concerts, the approximately 75 students, Romanians and foreigners, have the opportunity to perfect themselves, for a week, under the guidance of teachers from Romania and abroad: Adrian Petrescu, Sorin Loren Crudu, Aurelian Băcan, George Hariton, Julian Lupu, Bianca Fiorito, Teodor Tîrlea, Ionuț Podgoreanu, Florin Pane, Gödri Orbàn, Laurentiu Sima, César Altur, Tibor Reman, Gabriel Posdărescu, Alexandru Marc and Cătălin Porumb. “MUSICA KRONSTADT” is a project created with the aim of enriching and promoting Romanian and international cultural heritage through musical education.
On August 7th, the teachers of the “MUSICA KRONSTADT” Summer Academy will give a concert, in the form of an engaging musical dialogue, in an emblematic space of Brașov – the Black Church. The public will have the opportunity to hear composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Henri Tomasi, Vincenzo Bellini, Mark Wolfram, Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Georg Philipp Telemann, Eithne Ní Bhraonáin. The artists will perform pieces on the organ and wind instruments, both wood (flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon) and brass (trumpet, horn, trombone and tuba). Organ music will be performed by Steffen Schlandt, organist and conductor of the Black Church Bach Choir. The piece Only Time, composed by Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (Enya), will unite, at the end of the concert, all wind instruments, under the baton of the first oboist and conductor, Adrian Petrescu.
Tickets for the August 7th concert can be purchased at the Black Church gift shop, INSPIRATIO Gift Studio, located in Johannes Honterus courtyard no. 8 (opposite the Black Church), or online from the platform https://booktes.com/bilet/musica-kronstadt-profesorii-academei-in-concert-la-biserica-neagra. The price of a ticket is 50 lei and for children under the age of 18, the entry is free.
Vocal Pur at The Black Church
The Black Church is hosting a choral music concert by Vocal Pur on August 1st, from 6:00 p.m. During this event, the public has the opportunity to listen to a varied musical program that will include pieces in English, German and Latin, from various musical periods – baroque, romantic and contemporary.
Vocal Pur was founded in 1996 as the Junger Chor of the German Singers’ Association Eintracht Wißmar. Initially, the choir’s repertoire included religious and spiritual pieces. Over time, other musical genres were also adopted, such as pop, jazz, rock, but also songs from movies or musicals. The choir, consisting of approximately 48 artists between the ages of 20 and 65, sings a cappella, on 4-8 voices, sometimes accompanied by piano music.
Currently, the conductor of the choir is the mezzo-soprano Gabriela Tasnadi who, in 2024, will celebrate 40 years of activity on the musical stage. She took part in her first opera production at the age of 17, in “Bastien and Bastienne” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at the Romanian State Opera in Cluj. The artist studied in Cluj at the Music Conservatory, with professor Vasile Boldor, and at the “Carl Maria von Weber” University of Music in Dresden, with professor Helga Köhler-Wellner. In 1990, she began her career as an independent artist, performing in major European cities – Vienna, Como, Berlin, Marseille, Busetto, Hamburg. She participated with great success in numerous singing competitions in Germany. Since 2000, Gabriela Tasnadi has dedicated herself to conducting choirs of various genres: children’s, youth or senior choirs, mixed or women’s choirs, pop choirs.
The concert of the Vocal Pur choir at The Black Church is part of a series of musical trips. This project is supported by the Rotary Club of Gießen, in collaboration with its partner in Romania. Tickets for the August 1st concert can be purchased at The Black Church gift shop, INSPIRATIO Gift Studio, located in Johannes Honterus courtyard no. 8 (opposite the Black Church), or online from the platform https://booktes.com/bilet/vocal-pur-la-biserica-neagra. The price of a ticket is 25 lei, and for children under the age of 18 the entry is free.
Summer Choir at The Black Church
On July 19th, the Summer Choir returns to the Black Church in a concert dedicated to the composers Anton Bruckner and Gabriel Fauré. Summer Choir is an international choral internship where participants from Romania and Europe have the opportunity to improve under the guidance of internationally renowned musicians: conductor Christian Ciucă, organist Steffen Schlandt and soprano Liliana Faraon.
At the end of the rehearsals, two concerts will take place, at the Black Church in Brașov, on July 19th at 6 p.m., and at the Roman Athenaeum in Bucharest, on July 20th at 7 p.m. The audience will have the opportunity to listen to two works by Anton Bruckner, Psalm 146 and Virga Jesse, and two works by Gabriel Fauré, Requiem and Tantum Ergo.
Tickets for the concert in Brașov, July 19th, can be purchased online on the platform https://booktes.com/bilet/summer-choir-la-biserica-neagra. Tickets in physical format will be on sale from July 12th at the INSPIRATIO Gift Studio store, located in Johannes Honterus courtyard no. 8 (opposite the Black Church). The price of a ticket is 50 lei for adults, and for children under the age of 18 the entry is free.
Musical events in July 2024 at The Black Church
The Evangelical Church C.A. – Brașov Parish invites the music-loving public to the cultural events that will take place in the Black Church during the month of July 2024. Along with the concerts of the Organ Nights festival, three extraordinary concerts will be held on July 4th, 11th and 19th.
On July 4th, from 8:30 p.m., there will be a concert performed by the Brașov Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Steffen Schlandt, the organist of the Black Church. 100 years ago, in Brașov, the centenary of the birth of Anton Bruckner was celebrated with the works TE DEUM and Symphony no. 7. In 2024, 200 years after the composer’s birth, a work recognized for its sensitivity and emotion will be performed – Symphony no. 6. This memorable musical event is a collaboration between the Brașov Philharmonic and the Black Church community. The historic setting of the church, along with the architectural dimensions, gives Bruckner’s composition a perfect space for the elements of brilliance and depth. The audience is invited to discover the atmosphere of Symphony no. 6 in a space of deep emotion. Anton Bruckner’s music, like Richard Wagner’s compositions, stands out both for its rich orchestrations and for itinerant harmonies and moments of subtlety interwoven with sudden modulations. Tickets for this concert are available at the ticket office of the Brașov Philharmonic, online on the bilet.ro platform, as well as at the venue, before the concert. The price of a ticket is 60 lei for all age groups.
On July 11th, from 7:00 p.m., the violinist Alexandru Tomescu will perform the Metamorfoze concert at the Black Church. The 75-minute musical program is an integral part of this year’s International Stradivarius Tour dedicated to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Alexandru Tomescu will perform, on the violin, six suites by J.S. Bach originally composed for cello. The artist continues to bring music, attitude and authentic values to all categories of public, from all regions of the country, through the STRADIVARIUS Elder-Voicu violin, an object of National Heritage, the Treasury category, which will be part of this project until 2029. The music will be accompanied by ambient lighting specially designed by director Sergiu Ardelean. Tickets can be purchased at the INSPIRATIO Gift Studio, located in Johannes Honterus courtyard no. 8 (opposite the Black Church), or online from the platform https://booktes.com/bilet/turneul-international-stradivarius-alexandru-tomescu-la-biserica-neagra. The price of a ticket is 50 lei for all age categories.
On July 19th, the Summer Choir returns to the Black Church in a concert dedicated to the composers Anton Bruckner and Gabriel Fauré. Summer Choir is an international choral internship where participants from Romania and Europe have the opportunity to improve under the guidance of internationally renowned musicians: conductor Christian Ciucă, organist Steffen Schlandt and soprano Liliana Faraon. At the end of the rehearsals, two concerts will take place, at the Black Church in Brașov, on July 19th at 6 p.m., and at the Roman Athenaeum in Bucharest, on July 20th at 7 p.m. The audience will have the opportunity to listen to two works by Anton Bruckner, Psalm 146 and Virga Jesse, and two works by Gabriel Fauré, Requiem and Tantum Ergo. Tickets for the concert in Brașov, July 19th, can be purchased online on the platform https://booktes.com/bilet/summer-choir-la-biserica-neagra. Tickets in physical format will be on sale from July 12th at the INSPIRATIO Gift Studio store, located in Johannes Honterus courtyard no. 8 (opposite the Black Church). The price of a ticket is 50 lei for adults, and for children under the age of 18 the entry is free.
Organ Nights 2024
The Black Church Community invites all organ music lovers to the 72nd annual Organ Nights summer season. Artists from Romania, Germany, the USA, Hungary, Switzerland and Austria will delight the public during the 23 concerts that will take place every Saturday fro6 PM, starting from May 18th to October 19th. The duration of a show is approximately 60 minutes.
In 2024, 185 years will be celebrated since the inauguration of the famous instrument in the Black Church: the Buchholz organ – which since April 17th, 1839 has been an important instrument on a European level. It enriches the religious services of the evangelical community, being at the same time a fascinating instrument for the public who can enjoy, during the concerts, its unmistakable timbre.
The cost of a ticket is 25 lei, and children under 18 benefit from free admission. Tickets can be purchased from the Monday of the week in which each concert is held, from the ticket office inside the INSPIRATIO Gift Studio store, located at Curtea Johannes Honterus no. 8 (opposite the Black Church), or online, for any concert during the season, from www.booktes.com from May 15th. The public also has the opportunity to purchase subscriptions worth 80 lei for the Organ Nights festival. Subscriptions allow access to any 5 concerts during the season. These can be purchased from the INSPIRATIO Gift Studio store. Entry is not allowed after the concert has started.
We look forward to seeing you at the concerts!
Johannes-Passion by J.S.Bach – 300 years since the first audition
Evangelical Church A.C. from Romania – Brașov Parish organizes a concert of sacred music, Johannes-Passion (Passion of the Christ, after John), on the occasion of the Easter holidays. This concert will be held in two Romanian cities – Sibiu and Brașov. In Sibiu, the concert will take place on March 23rd, from 6 p.m., at the Lutheran Cathedral of St. Mary in Huet Square, and in Brașov it will take place on March 24th, from 8 p.m., at the Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul from Mureșenilor street.
Johannes-Passion is one of the most appreciated compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach, being his first oratorio work. On Good Friday 1724, Bach presented for the first time to the Lutheran community in Leipzig this oratorio which recounts the last days of Jesus on Earth, through a combination of dramatic and meditative elements.
The concerts will be performed by the artists of the Capella Coronensis ensemble, the Bach Choir of the Black Church, soloists Renáta Gebe-Fügi, Török Orsolya, Şerban Dinu, Nicolae Simonov, Dominic Felts and Farkas András, conducted by Steffen Schlandt.
Tickets for the concert held in Sibiu can be purchased online from the Booktes.com platform, by accessing the following link https://booktes.com/bilet/bach-la-sibiu. For the concert in Brașov, tickets can be purchased from Booktes.com, by accessing the link https://booktes.com/bilet/bach-la-brasov, or from the gift shop of The Black Church, INSPIRATIO, located in Curtea Johannes Honterus no. 9. The cost of a ticket is 50 lei for all age categories.
We are looking forword to seeing you at the concert!
Listen to the Carol of the Angels
The Foundation for Culture and Heritage Forum ARTE organizes on December 15th, from 7:30 p.m., along with the Evangelical Church C.A. from Romania – Brașov Parish, the charity concert Listen to the Carol of the Angels. In 2023 this event reached its 7th edition.
Partners of this project are “Tudor Ciortea” High School of Music, Secondary School no. 12 and the “Grigore Antipa” College of Sciences. The event will be hosted by the Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul, on Mureșenilor street, no. 19.
The musical coordinator is Steffen Schlandt together with teachers Izabella Brașoveanu, Laura Greavu (Vocational Music High School “Tudor Ciortea”), Annegret Feder (High School No. 12), Gizella Benedek (College of Sciences “Grigore Antipa”) and Gabriela Schlandt (Church Evangelical CA from Romania – Brașov Parish).
This project was created with the aim of bringing children closer to music and, at the same time, to the emotion of the winter holidays that the students want to convey to the public. About 150 children come together in this concert to sing Christmas carols. For some students it is a first experience of singing in a choir and taking part in a large-scale show.
Tickets can be purchased starting on November 29th at the Black Church store, INSPIRATIO Gift Studio, located at Curtea Johannes Honterus, no. 8, or online from booktes.com. The price of a ticket is 50 lei for all age categories.
The money gathered from the sold tickets will be donated, as every year, to the Clinical Emergency Hospital for Children, Brașov.
We are looking forword to seeing you at the concert!
Holiday Concerts
During the month of December, the Black Church community organizes concerts dedicated to spiritual preparation for the Christmas Eve and the New Year, inviting all music lovers to participate to these cultural and religious events.
The Christmas concert takes place at the Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul, located on Mureșenilor street, on Sunday, December 10th, from 8:00 p.m. The repertoire consists of pieces composed by Bach, Brahms, Distler, Sartorius and Reger, which will be performed by the Bach Choir of the Black Church alongside the Capella Coronensis ensemble, conducted by Steffen Schlandt. Tickets for this concert can be purchased starting November 24th, the cost of a ticket being 50 lei.
Another long-awaited event is ”The Concert at the End of the Year”, December 31st, at 12:00 in the afternoon. Now in its 24th edition, the concert of organ music and meditation encourages the audience to reflect on the past year and look forward to the new year with hope. The words of the priest, along with the organ music, guide the spectators to a moment of contemplation and peace of mind. The concert takes place in the Black Church, without interruption since 1999. Tickets will be on sale from December 16th, the cost of one ticket being 25 lei.
Tickets for both concerts can be purchased online at booktes.com or at the gift shop, INSPIRATIO, located at Curtea Johannes Honterus, Nr. 8.
We are looking forword to seeing you at the concerts!
Panpipe and Organ Concert – Cornel Pană and Steffen Schlandt at the Black Church
The Black Church hosts a concert of baroque music performed on two related instruments, on Wednesday, September 13 2023, from 6 p.m. The panpipe and the organ will dialogue through the music of Georg Friedrich Händel. The performers will be the panpipe musician Cornel Pană (Switzerland) and the organist Steffen Schlandt (Brașov).
The works performed are originally composed for flute and harpsichord, but can come to life in other arrangements, such as this one, in which the focus is on wind instruments.
The Black Church community invites all music lovers to discover the special sonority of the sonatas. Tickets can be purchased at the box office inside the INSPIRATIO Gift Studio store, located at Curtea Johannes Honterus no. 8, or online at www.booktes.com. The cost of a ticket is 25 lei, and for children under 18 the entrance is free.
We are waiting for you at the concert!
The concert of organist Paul Cristian rescheduled to September, 8
The Black Church Community announces that the next organ concert of the Organ Nights festival, performed by the artist Paul Cristian, originally scheduled for September 9, 6:00 p.m., will take place on September 8, 6:00 p.m.
Organ Nights concerts at the Black Church usually take place every Saturday from 27 May to 21 October, from 18.00, lasting approximately 60 minutes. Paul Cristian’s concert had to be rescheduled to avoid an overlap with an event that will take place in the Central Square.
The festival program can be consulted on the Black Church website (https://bisericaneagra.ro/concerte-orga/), on the INSPIRATIO website (https://inspiratio.ro/concerte/) or on the Facebook and Instagram pages of the Black Church.
The cost of a ticket is 25 lei, for children under 18 the entrance is free. Tickets can be purchased at the INSPIRATIO Gift Studio store, located at Curtea Johannes Honterus no. 8, or online at www.booktes.com.
We are waiting for you at the concert!
Extraordinary concerts at the Black Church
The Black Church community is hosting two extraordinary choral concerts on July 19th and 21st at 6 p.m. The first event will take place on July 19th and will be supported by an ecumenical choir of the Catholic and Protestant parishes of Frankfurt an der Oder – the Frankfurt Children and Youth Choir. On July 21st, during the second concert, the Summer Choir choral project, along with the organist of the Black Church, Steffen Schlandt, will present to the public the version for soloists, choir and organ of Antonín Dvořák’s Mass in D Major.
The Frankfurt Children and Youth Choir consists of around 50 young people between the ages of 10 and 19. Along with young people who belong to the Protestant and Catholic churches, this choir also includes young people who are not religiously bound. A major role in the choir community is the cultivation of church music culture from the past to the present. Each year, members prepare an oratorio and repertoire for the tour, receiving a solid musical education through free vocal training. They gave concerts not only in the churches of Frankfurt, but also in Brandenburg, Saarland, France, Harz Mountains, Thuringia, Lüneburg, Austria, Czech Republic, USA, Sweden, Wales and England, Poland and Romania.
Summer Choir – Carpates is a choral seminar that takes place in Brașov between July 17th and 22nd, 2023. At the end of the rehearsals, the choir directed by Christian Ciucă, along with Steffen Schlandt who will play the organ music, will perform a work by Antonín Dvořák, Misa in D Major, which the composer said could be called Faith, Hope and Love for God. Following this project, two concerts will take place, in Brașov on July 21st at the Black Church, and in Bucharest on July 22nd at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph.
Tickets for the concerts on July 19th and 21st can be purchased from July 7th at the ticket office inside the INSPIRATIO Gift Studio, located at Curtea Johannes Honterus no. 8, or online at www.booktes.com. The cost of a ticket is 25 lei, and children under 18 years old can enter for free.
We are waiting for you at the concerts!
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
The International Stradivarius Tour, now at its 16th edition, presented Music, Attitude, Values and, above all, closeness and openness to the youngest and most inexperienced audience. Every year, Violinist Alexandru TOMESCU,
the leader of this project, travels to all regions of the country with the sound of the best music. Accompanied by STRADIVARIUS Violin Elder-Voicu-Object of National Heritage, Thesaurus Category, brings the most beautiful stories, especially to young people and children and, at the same time, he believes in long-term commitments, in meetings that stand the test of time and develop their true value, too
the music.
Adela Liculescu started studying the piano at the age of four and at the age of eight already debuted at the Gasteig Philharmonic in Munich. Meanwhile, Adela Liculescu a became known as one of the most active pianists of her generation, both in the soloist field, as well as in that of chamber music.
“IN MOOD FOR LOVE” is a 70-minute musical program, which
inspires the audience to meditation, reflection and love. A harmony of
sounds between violin and piano, to the music of universal composers and
nationals:
JULES Massenet- Meditation from Opera Thais
FRITZ Kreisler – Liebesleid
FRITZ Kreisler – Liebesfreud
EDWARD Elgar – Hello D’Amor
CESAR Franck – Sonata in A Major (excerpt)
MIRCEA Chiriac – Serenade
CONSTANTIN I. Nottara – Siciliana
CAMILLE Saint-Saens – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
We are waiting for you at the concert!
Organ Nights 2023
The opening of the Organ Nights 2023 festival at the Black Church will take place on Saturday, May 27, starting at 6 p.m. The tradition of organ concerts will continue with the 71st edition, during which the public will have the opportunity to listen to internationally renowned artists.
The concerts take place every Saturday, between May 27 and October 21, from 6 p.m., with a duration of approximately 60 minutes. The festival schedule can be consulted both in the table below, as well as on the INSPIRATION Gift Studio website and on the Facebook and Instagram pages of the Black Church.
Tickets can be purchased starting on the Monday of the week in which each concert is held, at the ticket office inside the INSPIRTIATIO Gift Studio, located at Curtea Johannes Honterus no. 8, or online at www.booktes.com (links also go live on Mondays).
Contest – Create a mascot!
INSPIRATIO Gift Studio along with the Parish of the Black Church and the German Forum in Brașov, invites all German-speaking children and young people, between the ages of 6 and 18 to think and imagine a mascot for the Black Church – and draw it, craft it or bring it to life with a story written by themselves!
For more information, please visit the following link:
https://fdgrbv.ro/concurs-proiectati-mascota/
Easter Concert Johannes-Passion
We invite you to a concert of sacred music on April 1ˢᵗ, at 8:30 p.m., at the Roman Catholic Church of Peter and Paul in Brașov.
Following the tradition of accompanying the various religious holidays through music, during the Holy Week of 2023, the Capella Coronensis ensemble, various singers and the Bach Choir of the Black Church in Brașov, under the guidance of Steffen Schlandt, will bring to the public one of the most appreciated compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach: Passions according to John.
Tickets can be purchased from the Black Church’s giftshop, INSPIRATIO, or online by accessing the following link: https://booktes.com/bilet/concert-pascal
We are waiting for you at the concert! 🎼
Do you want to be a volunteer guide at the Black Church?
WE ARE RECRUITING AND TRAINING SPEAKERS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES WHO WANT TO BE VOLUNTEER GUIDES DURING THE SUMMER SEASON.
• MEET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
• IMPROVE YOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS
• LEARN ABOUT HISTORY, ART AND RELIGION
• MAKE FRIENDS
Training period:
APRIL – JUNE (1-2 COURSES/WEEK)
Info: 0772253781
Send a short cover letter to:
guide@biserica-neagra.ro
Entries until 10.03.2023
PLACES ARE LIMITED
*Minimum age 15 years old
DA PACEM DOMINE
The concert, co-produced by the Bach Choir of the Black Church and the Korinnya vocal ensemble (members of the Odesa Opera), brings lesser-known works of the Ukrainian choral repertoire to Brasov for the first time. You will be able to listen to composers such as Berezovsky, Leontovich, Bortnjansky, Diletsky, Verbistky, Stetsenko, Shuch, Stravinsky. The charity concert aims to raise funds for the people suffering because of the war.
Tickets can be purchased at the Black Church gift shop, INSPIRATION Gift Studio, or online at Booktes.com: https://booktes.com/bilet/da-pacem-domine
We look forward to seeing you at the concert!
Concert at the end of the year
“Concert at the end of the year”, now in its 23rd edition, is an event that takes place on the last day of the year, December 31. Through the organ music and the words of the priest, the spectators can meditate on the year that has passed and the year to come.
Tickets can be purchased at the Black Church gift shop, INSPIRATION Gift Studio, or online at Booktes.com, accessing the following link: https://booktes.com/bilet/concert-la-cumpana-dintre-ani
We look forward to seeing you at the concert! 🎼
Christmas concert in the Black Church
Sunday, December 11, 7.30pm
Christmas Concert
Bach Choir of the Black Church + Capella Coronensis
Conductor Steffen Schlandt
St. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church,
str. Mureșenilor, Brașov
We look forward to seeing you at the concert.
Good news: 2022 concert season approaching in the Black Church
What could be more beautiful than listening to the music of great composers in a unique architectural monument? Concerts at the Black Church are unforgettable experiences. This year, we are offering both organ concerts as part of the ORGAN NIGHTS summer season and extraordinary concerts featuring choirs and soloists from home and abroad.
The 70th edition of the organ concert summer season
Organ Nights concerts return to the Black Church from 4 June until the end of September. The summer organ season has enjoyed an unbroken tradition since 1953. Since then more than 4000 organ concerts have been held in the Black Church.
This year, the concerts will take place on Saturdays from 6 pm, lasting about 60 minutes, with guest artists from the USA, Croatia and Romania. In the repertoire of the 17 concerts we will find composers from all eras – a repertoire tailored to the possibilities offered by the 4 instruments of the Black Church.
These concerts are an integral part of INSPIRATIO by History & Music, a concept launched in 2020 by the parish of the Black Church, whose mission is to preserve and promote the heritage of this monument. With each participation, our public contributes to the preservation of the valuable heritage, including the restoration and conservation of special objects, repairs, tuning and maintenance of the organs, as well as increasing the cultural-historical offers for the wider public.
The cost of a ticket for the summer season organ concerts is 20 lei, with children under 18 years of age free of charge. An exception is the children’s concert on 11.6., where the ticket costs 20 lei for adults and children. The cost of tickets for the special concerts varies between 30 and 50 lei, and children get a discount in the case of the 30 lei tickets.
For extraordinary concerts, ticket sales will start 10 days before the event, and for ORGAN NIGHTS Festival concerts, tickets can be purchased from the Monday of the week of each concert at the ticket office located in the INSPIRATIO Gift Studio.
You can purchase tickets online for each concert of the season HERE.
We look forward to seeing you at the concert.
The Citrus Singers perform in the Black Church
There will be an extraordinary concert at the Black Church on Sunday 5 June from 6pm – the Citrus Singers conducted by Douglas Austin and Marius Beltran.
You can purchase tickets in advance here – https://booktes.com/cumpara/concert-citrus-singers#2022-05-30
The Citrus Singers
conducted by Douglas Austin and Marius Beltran
The Citrus Singers, the vocal ensemble of the college of the same name in Glendora, California, was founded in 1968 and quickly gained international renown. This top ensemble has won numerous choral competitions, including the prestigious Internationale Chorwettbewerb in Spittal, Austria. Previous venues where it has performed include the Glinka Capella in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the Vienna Symposium for Outstanding International Choirs, the Riebeld Festival in Denmark, the Midnight Sun Choral Festival in Tromso, Norway, and the International Choral Festival in the People’s Republic of China. It has also performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, opened the Rose Parade, and performed live from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles each year on the PBS Christmas Eve special. The Citrus Singers Choir has delighted presidents and foreign dignitaries and represented the United States around the world, performing in France, Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Japan, Spain, China, Denmark, Norway, Germany, South America and the United Kingdom.
The programme includes excerpts from the following creations:
All That Hath Life and Breath Praise Ye the Lord! René Clausen
Sing Me to Heaven Daniel Gawthrop
Let the Life I’ve Lived Speak for Me Gwyneth Walker
How Can I Keep from Singing Robert Lowry/arr. Sarah Quartel
Sanctus Craig Courtney
Prayer for a New Day Jonathan Reid
Gloria (from “Missa Kenya”) Paul Basler
There Will Be Rest Frank Ticheli
The Word Was God Rosephanye Powell
Ubi Caritas Ola Gjeilo
Psalm 96 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
O Magnum Mysterium Morten Lauridsen
Northern Lights Ola Gjeilo
Baba Yetu (Swahili adaptation of “The Lord’s Prayer”) Christopher Tin
The Heavens’ Flock Ēriks Ešenvalds
Panunumpa Jessel Gerard Gonzalez/arr. Christopher Borela
Lord, Listen to Your Children Ken Medema/arr. Kenneth Dake
O Shenandoah Traditional/ar. Greg Gilpin
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho Traditional/arr. Jonathan Rathbone
Prayer of the Children Kurt Bastor/arr. Andrea S. Klouse
Douglas Austin, conductor of the renowned Citrus College Singers, began teaching in the fall of 1985 and has dedicated thirty-five years to the students of the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Citrus College, using his impressive musical experience to enhance the academic performance of his students. Douglas Austin, who studied music at California State University, Los Angeles, has a solid professional career as a composer, arranger, singer and performer. He has taught courses in vocal and choral technique, musical theatre and solo singing. Professor Austin is a sought-after choral expert and evaluator, frequently conducting vocal workshops and guest lecturing at prestigious festival conferences.
Marius Beltran, associate conductor of the Citrus Singers, has more than ten years of teaching experience. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Composition and a Master’s degree in Choral Conducting. Marius Beltran began his formal music education at Citrus College as an undergraduate and eventually became a faculty member in 2017, where he teaches courses in music theory, music history, and voice. In addition to his work at Citrus, Beltran teaches other age groups, from children’s choirs to professional theatre productions. He also works as a performer, choreographer, private voice teacher, composer/arranger, and adjudicator for choral festivals in Southern California.
The Citrus Singers, Arturo Alvarez, Grace Bernard, Emma Castillo, Jaalene DeLeon, Rachel Fisher, Lorenzo Flores, Mario Garcia, Quinn Gearheart, Jacob Gonzalez, Maren Hamilton, Alexis Herrera, Jillian Hurte, Michael Keleshian, Kaelyn Kilpatrick, Anthony Legans, Andrew Limon, Berlynn Milliken, Christopher Nevarez, Harmony Nichols, Jack Nisbet, Christian Ontiveros, Emilio Pichardo, Reagan Slomback, Dylan Smith, Joanna Tan, Hannah Valenzuela, Aidan Ramirez, Jake Rushing, Hannah Weisman, April Williams, Luis Zano.
Citrus College is the oldest community college in Los Angeles County and the fifth oldest in California. Founded in 1915, the college has grown and expanded so much that it now offers transferable associate degrees and/or certificates in over 54 fields, as well as highly rated career and technical programs. Citrus College is regularly ranked as one of the best community colleges in the country. The Citrus College Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1966 to support the educational goals of all students, including those in the Citrus Singer program. We are grateful for their continued support.
The Citrus Singers thank you for supporting the arts and sharing this wonderful musical experience with us.
Extraordinary concert on Europe Day in the Black Church
On the eve of Europe Day, the Black Church invites you to an exceptional concert in which the Bach Choir of the Black Church and the Ensemble Crescendo from Paris, under the musical direction of maestro Christian Ciucă, will perform compositions by Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Gabriel Fauré and Marțian Negrea. Soloists of this French-Romanian concert are the soprano Melinda Samson (Sibiu) and the baritone Dmytro Rusyniak (Odessa), and Steffen Schlandt plays the organ.
The proceeds of the concert will go to the Centre for War Refugees, which is run by the city of Brasov together with a number of NGO’s experienced in working with refugees.
Tickets at 50.- lei are available in the INSPIRATIO gift studio of the Black Church or online via BookTes – https://booktes.com/
Guided tours of the Black Church
We offer unforgettable guided tours of the Black Church.
You can request a private guided tour of the Black Church at guide@biserica-neagra.ro.
Together we will agree on the details of the meeting: the day, the time, the language and the payment modalities, according to your availability and that of our church guides.
Reservation price: 50 lei/group + entrance fee/person
Adults – 20,00 lei
Pensioners – 15,00 lei (pensioner’s card required)
Students – 15,00 lei (student card required)
Pupils – 10,00 lei (up to 18 years, pupil’s card or gradebook required)
The church guide is exclusively available to your group.
Guided tours outside the opening hours published on our website can be arranged on request: Groups must be a minimum of 15 people and the price is RON 25/person plus the church guide booking fee of RON 50. In these cases, no discounts are granted (for children or pupils, students or pensioners).
For groups of maximum 30 persons organ concerts are offered, separately or in combination with a church tour. Please place your written request: guide@biserica-neagra.ro. The cost of the organ concert is 750 lei per group.
For groups of more than 30 people, details of organization and payment will be given on request via the same email address guide@biserica-neagra.ro.
Further Information:
Phone – 0268 511 824 (Monday – Friday between 8.00 am and 2.00 pm).
Mobile – 0772 253 781 (Monday – Friday between 8.00 and 16.00)
E-mail – guide@biserica-neagra.ro
The award ceremony for the Annual Cultural Prizes in Brașov will take place on February 25th
We are delighted about the four nominations this year: for the series “Organ Nights”, for the concert played by Steffen Schlandt at the organ from the Lutheran church in Rupea, featuring, among other creations, the Metallica song “Nothing else matters”, and for the nomination in the category “Cultural Institution of the Year” as well as for the co-organisation of the festival “Musica Barcensis” together with the foundation “Forum ARTE”
You can vote for us again this year here – https://bit.ly/PremiileAnuluiÎnCulturăBrașov
We are pleased that our events have found favour with the public, even though we were forced to rethink them in an experimental way due to the pandemic.
Whatever the outcome of the competition, we are looking forward to the award gala on February 25th at 7 p.m. in the “Astra” cinema, because then, together with the other cultural institutions of Brașov, we can look back on two not exactly easy, but culturally rich years; we will also be able to anticipate the upcoming cultural year and look forward to it.
See you at the gala!
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Good news: Organ Nights concerts are starting again in the Black Church
From 26 June to the end of September the Organ Nights concerts are back in the Black Church, a festival that has continued even in 2020 the beloved tradition of the summer organ season, uninterrupted since 1953. After a year in the open air, the festival returns to the Black Church, retaining the charm of a summer evening festival achieved last year: it will take place once a week on Saturdays from 6.00 pm, with an extended duration of 60 minutes, during which the audience will enjoy the sounds of the organs and the special acoustics of the monument.
This year, the protagonists will be guest artists from the USA, France and Romania, and the program of the 14 concerts will be attractive and varied, accompanied by the Buchholz organ or the other three organs in the Black Church, with works by famous composers.
A novelty of this season is the addition of solo instruments such as the clarinet or brass to the organ music, live projection on an indoor screen, online broadcasting and small historical incursions about organs in Romania – enough reasons to arouse the interest of music, history and heritage lovers.
These concerts are an integral part of the INSPIRATIO by history & music concept, a concept launched last year by the Black Church, whose mission is to preserve and enhance the heritage of this monument. With each participation, the public contributes to the preservation of the valuable heritage, including the restoration and conservation of special objects, repairs, tuning and maintenance of the organs, as well as increasing the cultural-historical offers for the general public.
In the years to come, this new approach and new perspective will strengthen through inspiring cultural actions the best known Brasov brand – the Black Church – and will open new ways for the general public to understand heritage.
The cost of a ticket is 20 lei, with children under 18 free of charge. Tickets can be purchased from the Monday of the week of each concert at the ticket office in the INSPIRATIO gift studio.
All legal requirements will be respected. If concerts are not allowed inside, they will be screened live in the courtyard in the specially designed area.
Program:
26 June 2021 – Renée Anne Louprette (USA)
3 July 2021 – Ursula Philippi (Prejmer)
10 July 2021 – Ciprian Dancu (Sibiu) – clarinet, Steffen Schlandt (Brasov) – organ
17 July 2021 – Students of the organ class of the Music Academy “Gheorghe Dima” from Cluj, coordinator Prof. Amalia Erdős
24 July 2021 – Steffen Schlandt (Brasov)
31 July 2021 – Miklós Noémi (Cluj)
7 August 2021 – Neumarkt Brass Quintet – brass (Tg. Mureș), Steffen Schlandt – organ
14 August 2021 – Erich Türk (Cluj)
21 August 2021 – Antal Eduard (Bucharest)
28 August 2021 – Paul Cristian (Brasov)
4 September 2021 – Eckart Schlandt (Brasov)
11 September 2021 – Organ Class of the Faculty of Music Brasov
coordinator Steffen Schlandt – Geanina Sălăgean (Bucharest) – Iulia Reitu (Ploiești)
18 September 2021 – Domenico Severin (France)
25 September 2021 – Brita & Jürg Falch-Leutert (Sibiu)
The Organ Nights Festival is financially supported by the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania.
The daily life of the Transylvanian Saxons in the 20th century in family photos
This charming documentary exhibition presents the everyday life of the Transylvanian Saxons in historical photographs.
It will be on display at the Honterus-Hof for one month from Sunday, 20 June, inviting you all to linger, learn, remember and enjoy with a glimpse into our history.
Anniversary concert
On April 17th, 1839, the inauguration of the organ created by Carl August Buchholz took place in the presence of our congregation and the master himself.
On April 17th, 2021 we will broadcast an online concert from the Black Church, where we will bring the history of this instrument and its contribution to the praise of God to our eyes and ears with music and words.
Link to the concert:
The traditional Organ Summer will take place again
The traditional organ summer will take place again in 2021. The festival has been taking place continuously since 1953. In addition to the large Buchholz organ, the three smaller instruments located in the Black Church will also sound. The musicians have prepared a rich program. Short video presentations of valuable historical organs from Romania will be again part of the program. Depending on the external conditions, the concerts will either take place as an open-air event on the Honterus-Hof or as an indoor event in the Black Church.
The program of the organ summer, but also other details, will be announced on our website www.bisericaneagra.ro and on our Facebook page Biserica Neagră – History&Music.
