International Festival of Mechanical Music 2007

International Festival of Mechanical Music, Iasi, Romania, 14-16 September 2007

organized by "Moldova" National Museum Complex of Iasi - "Stefan Procopiu" Science and Technique Museum, in partnership with the Administration of the National Cultural Fund Bucharest and the Direction for Culture, Religious Affairs and National Cultural Heritage Iasi

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

FRIDAY, 14 September

11.00 Official inauguration of FIMM

Exhibition Fascination of the Mechanical Music

Salon of Antiques – Lapusneanu Street

14.30 Symposium: History of Mechanical Music and Problems of the Restoration-Conservation of Music Automata

21.00 Night concert: Barbarie organ, piano, trumpet (Adrian Oswalt, Wolfgang Brommer, Aurel Manciu – Germany)

SATURDAY, 15 September

9.30-10.30 tour in vintage tramway (for the participants in the Festival)

10.30-12.00 Salon of Antiques – Street organ artists’ recital on Lapusneanu Street

Animation: theatre students of “Octav Bancila” National College of Arts

16.00-20.00 Street show

- Fanfare of the Children’s Palace

- Street organ artists’ recital

- Crèvecoeur (Pascale Barouline, Patrice Giraud, Floriane Barouline, France)

- Môssieur B… Manivelleur de poesies (Olivier Buchoux, France)

- C-J Sobeau (Jeanine Sobeau, Claude Sobeau, France)

- Vasile Cocolos, Romania

- Adrian Oswalt, Wolfgang Brommer, Aurel Manciu, Germany

- Weiss Seraphin, Hannut, Belgium

- Doster Julia, Hannut, Belgium

- Rene Dubois, Hannut, Belgium

- Eve Dubois, Hannut, Belgium

- Animation – tour with antique chariot

- Puppet theatre – “George Enescu” University of Fine Arts

21.00 Night concert: Barbarie organ, piano, trumpet (Adrian Oswalt, Wolfgang Brommer, Aurel Manciu – Germany)

SUNDAY, 16 September

11.00 Chamber music concert – “Octav Bancila” National College of Arts

“George Enescu” University of Fine Arts

15.00-20.00 Street organ artists’ recital

- Crèvecoeur, France

- Môssieur B…., Manivelleur de poesies, France

- C-J Sobeau (Jeanine Sobeau, Claude Sobeau), France