Christmas Concert
Members of Lions Club Ploiesti, in partnership with the Municipality Hall Ploiesti and Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Constantinescu Ploiesti organized charity concert entitled A Bright Christmas, Sunday, December 16, 2012.
The concert was held by members of Paul Constantinescu Philharmonic, under the baton of Daniel Manasi, along with three young talented musicians. These young people studied at the School of Art in Ploiesti, then continued their musical studies at prestigious universities in Europe.
We were delighted with recitals:
Adela Maria Bratu, Violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto No. 3 for Violin and Orchestra in G major K. 216
Marius Birtea, Clarinet
Carl Maria von Weber - Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra in E flat major op. 74
Paul Coriolan Cartianu, Piano
Frédéric Chopin - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 in E minor op. 11
The evening was concluded by Paul Constantinescu Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Daniel Manasi, with the Viennese Musical Surprise.
A part of funds raised from ticket sales and from sponsors, were used to reward young high school students who participated in the International Olympiads in school year 2011-2012, from Prahova county.
Thus, received cash prizes totaling £ 9000, five students from classes X-XII from colleges Mihai Viteazu, Ion Luca Caragiale, Alexandru Ioan Cuza in Ploiesti, and a student of class XII from High School Nicolae Grigorescu , Campina. All these young men were honorably represent Prahova County, Romania respectively at the international stages of Informatics, Geography, Science, Romanian culture and traditions Olympiads. Some of them, obtained to this stage of competition, prizes.
At the concert were invited students awarded, with parents, teachers, mentors, high schools directors and their high schools colleagues.
Sponsors of this event, private construction companies and state companies in Ploiesti, had representatives who attended the concert.
The event enjoyed the participation of local officials which offered the awards to the students, as well as good coverage in the local press and television Valea Prahovei Ploiesti. So the concert was entirely transmitted by the TV station remembered, during the winter holiday.
It was the first edition of this event and we hope it becomes a tradition in Ploiesti, especially as concert participants- who were in big numbers- have gone very excited and pleased by the entire show.