18-03-2010

Belgium, Brussels
Rue Joseph II straat 120, 1000 Brussels

Posted by: citizensofculture

Category: Other

Field: Other

18.30 - 19.30 INFORMAL DEBATE

European Art Now and Then
Is there a common ground for different generations?

Main Speakers:
Miruna Vlada (poet, member of Romania Youth Council)
Andra Rotaru (poet)
Cosmin Perta (poet)
Nora Iuga (poet)
Moderators: Miruna Vlada and a representative of the European Youth Forum

19.30-19.45 – JAZZ SESSION by Liviu Butoi

19.45-20.00 – POETRY READING by Valeriu Mircea Popa and Octavian Soviany

20.00-20.15 – JAZZ SESSION by Liviu Butoi

20.15-21.00 – ROMANIAN WINES TASTING AND FREE DISCUSSION


2010 has been declared by the United Nations as International Year of Youth. In this context it is important to discuss the role of creativity as a tool of youth world development and the way culture can help young people express freely and get more involved in society. Moreover, at the core of European Youth Forum's policy are the rights of young people. The European Youth Forum works to involve young people in the process of policy making, as it promotes the participation of young people at the local, regional, national, European and global levels to shape social, economic, cultural and environmental life.

During this event, we will discuss why the creativity of young people must be fostered, not as clients, but as actors and contributors to the dynamic process of decision making and how much freedom of expression do young Romanian artists have in the larger European context.


NORA IUGA (b. 1934) poet, prose writer and translator, member of the Romanian Writers' Union and of the Romanian Pen Club. She has published twelve volumes of poetry, four novels and she is a recipient of the prize of the Writers' Union of Romania. Nora Iuga has translated into Romanian the works of over ten renowned German author and in 2009, she received the most prestigious German grant awarded to foreign writers - DAAD.

VALERIU MIRCEA POPA (b. 1947) poet, university professor, member of the Romanian Writers' Union and of the Romanian Pen Club, with a Ph. D. in psychology (specialization: psychology of art). He has published five poetry volumes and has received twice the Bucharest Writers' Association Prize.

OCTAVIAN SOVIANY (b. 1954) poet, prose writer, playwright, essayist, member of the Romanian Writers' Union. He holds a Ph. D. in philology (specialization: Romanian literature). In 2004 he was given the distinction the Order of the Cultural Merit (in the Grade of Knight) by the president of Romania (2004).

ANDRA ROTARU (b. 1980) poet, journalist. She received the Mihai Eminescu/opera prima National Prize, the Tudor Arghezi National Prize, the Iustin Panţa National Prize (of the Writers' Union branch in Sibiu) and the Bucharest Writers' Association Prize for the volume "Într-un pat sub cearşaful alb" (In a bed under a white sheet)

COSMIN PERŢA (b. 1982) poet, prose writer and journalist. He is currently a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest. He has published five volumes of poetry and a novel for which he has received several literary awards and positive reviews having also benefitted from a residence grant in Paris in 2009, offered by the Cultural Romanian Institute.

MIRUNA VLADA (b. 1986) poet, cultural manager. She has published two poetry volumes. She received the Debut Prize of the the Bucharest Writers' Association, the Debut Prize of Luceafărul magazine, the Horaţiu Ioan Lascu Debut Prize (of the Writers' Union branch in Iaşi), the Third Prized at the international short-story competition PIJA - Prix Internationales des Jeunes Auteurs, Liege, 2005.

ALINA-OLIMPIA MIRON (b. 1984) translator, teacher of English and French. She has published various poetry and prose translations in Timpul, Diagonale, The Measure, Egophobia, the bilingual anthologies Mi-ar trebui un şir de ani/It might take me years (Romanian PEN Club) and aproape.atat de departe/close.so far away written by Lucian Vasilescu.

LIVIU BUTOI has been described as one the most outstanding jazz musician of his generation. Liviu has made his reputation with a combination of jazz performances and compositions. His music can be categorized as "a blend of Modal Jazz, Sound Exploring and Instant Composition ". For the past seven years, Liviu Butoi tours intensively in France, Austria, Poland, Germany, Spain and Sweden. Participates at The Jazzy Colors Festival, Paris, Friday Night Fever, Vienna, Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Poland and plays with Burton Greene, John Betsch , Jan Roder, Michael Griener and Maurice de Martin.

The evening will conclude with a tasting of Romanian wines.

The event is organized by the Romanian Information Centre in Brussels in partnership with the European Youth Forum and the Romania Youth Council.

Info & Reserv : +32 2 230 64 90; press@youthforum.org or office@roumanieamb.be

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