All the activities of the Romania-Poland Cultural Season were organized in the spirit of collaboration and reciprocity, taking place either in direct partnership or in a mirror format, president of the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) Liviu Jicman told a press conference dedicated to the end of the cultural season.
"The Romanian season in Poland meant a lot of projects, over 300 events in 13 Polish cities, over 100,000 people who were able to attend or who were able to benefit from our projects and cultural offer, over 500 pieces of media coverage in the Polish press," Jicman said, agerpres reports.
For the first time, Romania organized a bilateral cultural season with Poland, featuring simultaneous events in both countries. Despite initial challenges, the initiative proved highly successful, boosting project visibility, strengthening partnerships, and enabling Romanian and Polish cultural exchanges at major festivals, he went on to remark, stressing that the organization of this season "was a model of best practices" which can be presented as an example for others.
Secretary of State with the Ministry of Culture Koppany Bulcsu Otvos appreciated that the season "was ambitious and complex", with a wide range of artistic and cultural events, to which the Ministry of Culture contributed both through subordinate institutions and by financially supporting independent cultural operators. Cultural institutions across Romania contributed by organizing Romanian projects in Poland and hosting Polish events in cities like Bucharest and Craiova. Notable participants included the National Museum of Art, the 'Marin Sorescu' and 'I.L. Caragiale' National Theaters, the Brukenthal Museum, Artexim, and the George Enescu Philharmonic, which will close the season with two concerts led by maestro Gabriel Bebeselea, the Secretary of State said.
Natalia Mosor, director of the Polish Cultural Institute in Bucharest, said that Romanian-Polish relations "have intensified and become stronger" and urged the launch of a new chapter that should continue this initiative.
The director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Warsaw, Ovidiu Dajbog-Miron opined that the season was "truly" bilateral, as Polish and Romanian artists and institutions met, worked together and created something new at the confluence of the two cultures.
He specified that although the season officially ends on December 1 in Warsaw, joint projects will still be organized.
"The official season will end on November 30 in Krakow, and on December 1 in Warsaw, on Romania National Day, with an extraordinary concert by the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra. This orchestra returns after 69 years to Warsaw - and, in general, to Poland - with a program dedicated to Enescu. But next year we will continue, because there are other projects in store: the musical collaboration will continue through jazz projects, concerts of the Polish musical group Dagadana and the band Subcarpati in Poland, visual art projects, photo exhibitions. All these things are the result of this season and we are planning to continue them in the future," said Ovidiu Dajbog-Miron.
The Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024-2025 is organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Romanian Cultural Institute through its representative office in Warsaw - for the Romanian side, and by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the 'Adam Mickiewicz' Institute, in partnership with the Polish Institute in Bucharest - for the Polish side.
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