Moldovan autumn cultural events

11- 14 September Etno Jazz Festival
21-28 September International Opera Festival

21 September Festival Bethovenissimo (Filarmonia)
18 October NAZARETH
4 November Georgian national ballet Suhishvili
22 November Iurii BASHMET

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Events_Etno Jazz Festival

The seventh edition of the International Ethno-Jazz Festival will take place in Chisinau, Balti and Tiraspol between September 11 and 14.

Fifteen bands from Moldova, Serbia, the Netherlands, the United States, Germany, Iran, France, Austria, Cuba, Venezuela, Spain, Switzerland, and Tunis will take part in this year’s edition of the festival Famous groups of instrumentalists such as the quartet “Pulcinella” (France), trio “Ronin” (Switzerland), “OrientXpress Trio” (Germany), duo “Amine & Hamza M`Raihi” (Tunisia), “Eldis la Rosa Trio” (Cuba, the UK, Venezuela), “Saskia Laroo Band” (the Netherlands, the U.S.), “Trio Balkan Strings” (Serbia), “Ulrich Drechsler Trio” (Austria) and others will perform alongside the organizers, the Moldovan group “Trigon”.

Among the participants will also be the Moldovan groups “Geta Burlacu Qiuntet”, “Univox” and “Dorel Burlacu & www.funky.md”. In Chisinau, the concerts will be given at the National Theater “Mihai Eminescu” (September 11-14, starting at 18.00) and at the Organ Hall (September 12 and 13, starting at 20.00). In Tiraspol, three performances will be held in the hall of the Music College (September 11-13). In Balti, one concert will be given at the Center of Culture and Youth on September 12.

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Chisinau

Chisinau is a significant administrative, political, economic, scientific, cultural and touristic centre of the Republic of Moldova.

The first historic record of the name Chisinau goes back to July 17 1436. The name derives from a word meaning “spring, pump, pipe”.

The city is located on seven hills and stretches over 120 km2. The population of Chisinau is over 752 thousand.

Chisinau is crossed by two rivers – the Bic and Isnovat.

The climate is moderate continental.

The City is divided into 5 sectors: Centre, Buiucani, Botanica, Riscani and Ciocana.

The Greater Chisinau area comprises 18 territorial administrative areas: 1 municipality, 6 towns, 8 communities and 3 villages. The local administrative state body is the City Hall of Chisinau.

Moldova

Moldova lies in the southeastern part of the European continent.

The country occupies the area of 33,76 thousand square kilometers and borders on Romania in the west and Ukraine in the east. Maximal distance from east to vest in Moldova is 150 km, maximal distance from south to north is 350 km.

The largest river is Nistru.

Time zone - GMT +02.00
Population - 4 320 000 people
Capital – Chisinau ( 800 000 inhabitants )
Form of government - parliamentary republic

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