Byzantine music

“A chanter’s work does not end when the church service is over,” Bp Nichifor says at Romanian Chanters’ Days

The Byzantine chant is a unique adornment of the service to the Lord. Still, the work of the chanter does not end after the service officiated in the church, Assistant Bishop Nichifor of Botoșani said at the opening ceremony of the second edition of the Days of Romanian Chanters. On Friday, May 13, the assistant…

May 20, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Lebanese Female Chanter Ribale Wehbé: There is nothing more beautiful than to know how to praise God

She is 22. She comes from a country where Orthodox Christians are a minority and travels worldwide praising God in the millennia-old musical tradition known as Byzantine music. She invites young men and women to start learning Byzantine chant. “I don’t think that there is something more beautiful than to know how to praise God,”…

Oct 31, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Tronos Byzantine Choir to sing in America | Tour dates

At the invitation of HE Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas, five members of the Byzantine Choir Tronos from the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest will offer concerts of Byzantine music in several parishes of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the United States of America. The tour is scheduled for September 7-19.   Here are the tour dates: “SAINTS…

Sep 2, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian archdeacon teaches Byzantine music in London

Archdeacon Paul Loghin is teaching Byzantine music lessons in London at the Romanian Music School AB Music Academy. “The Byzantine music course was born from the desire of lovers of this kind of music from Great Britain, especially those from London, and aims to initiate those interested in the secrets of Byzantine chanting by getting…

Sep 30, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Women in the Byzantine music – Exclusive interview with presbytera Paula Cautis, conductor of Filomelos choir

For almost 13 years, Filomelos Byzantine Women’s choir from Borzeşti has occupied a special place in the hearts of Byzantine music lovers. Presbytera Paula Cautiş, the conductor of the Byzantine choir, told the story of the Filomelos Choir in an interview with Basilica.ro. How it all started? How they overcame obstacles? But also, what are…

Jun 18, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Divine Liturgy, Hymns on Lazarus Saturday chanted by Tronos Choir available on Spotify

Selected hymns from the Divine Liturgy and Lazarus Saturday chanted by the famous Tronos Choir of the Romanian Patriarchate are now available on Spotify. The Lazarus Saturday album includes two hymns in Arabic: ‘Having secretly received the command’ (Akathist to the Theotokos), and ‘My soul, my soul’ (kondakion in the Great Canon). The hymns chanted…

Mar 5, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Academy launches facsimile edition of 18th-century Romanian Byzantine Music Book

The Library of the Romanian Academy launched a facsimile transcription of the manuscripts written in 1713 by Filothei sin Agai Jipei, a renowned Romanian protopsaltes. Filothei sin Agai Jipei the Athonite was a church chanter close to Saint Anthimos the Iberian, Metropolitan of Wallachia, and had a major contribution to the adapting of the Byzantine…

Nov 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

First Symposium of Orthodox Women Chanters to take place in Volos this November

The first ever International Symposium of Orthodox Women Chanters will take place at the end of November at the Thessalia Conference Centre of the Metropolis of Demetrias and Almyros in Volos, Greece. The Symposium agenda includes the presentation of academic papers on Byzantine music, workshops, concerts, church services and visits to local ecclesiastical monuments. The…

Nov 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian priest to sing at International Concert of Byzantine Music in Lebanon

A member of the Byzantion choir and priest within the Archdiocese of Bacau and Roman, Father Alexandru Grigoraş will perform during an International Concert of Byzantine Music that will take place on Friday, April 19, 2019, in Beirut, Lebanon. Church chanters from seven different countries will sing Lenten hymns in the capital of Lebanon during…

Apr 15, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Tronos Byzantine Choir to perform at European Parliament in April

The Tronos Byzantine Choir of the Romanian Patriarchate will perform at the European Parliament on April 11 as part of a three-day series of cultural events organized in the context of Romania’s Presidency of the EU Council. ExpoRomania Bruxelles will take place on April 10-12, 2019, and will include a display of paintings by Horia…

Mar 22, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu