In can be noticed in the latest period that the degree of relevance of a field of science is directly proportional to its usefulness, an aspect which is, many times, dictated by society. Thus, the concern for the welfare of people and for creating group affiliation becomes an element of interest for many sectors, including the artistic one. In this context, the 20th century has brought to light a new socio-cultural movement, the “community music”, a concept that aims to reduce the barriers between the artists and the audience. Art, seen in general as a form in itself, receives in this framework new connotations and become a means through which communities are connected. This article wishes to present the definitions and the evolution of this concept, as well as the impact it has in integration, inclusion, and the dialogue with the large audience. ...

However, comparing the beginnings of jazz, where several established performers could stand out for each style, we now reach the stage where there are only a multitude of variations and not directly indisputably represented of a style, current, or a new direction of creativity! The purpose of this study is to present a few world contemporary pianists, through their own interpretive manner, a particularly high level, regarding the technical, harmonic, inventive-interpretive, expressive aspect, etc., but suddenly none of them can be listed as a promoter of a new style namely, of a new era in the history of jazz! It would certainly be a mistake to list a single performer, as superior to his other peers, decisive for the tie-breaker, in this case, it is certainly the degree of popularity, due to record sales, live or multimedia appearances, essentially this aspect having absolutely nothing in common with the value, musical, artistic substance, of the act issued (on stage)! ...

In an ever-changing world, acting pedagogy can no longer remain anchored in the traditional "master-apprentice" model. Today's generations of theater students are different—raised in the digital age, shaped by the accelerated pace of information and an unprecedented emotional fragility. In this context, teachers can no longer be mere transmitters of artistic dogma but must become creators of spaces where young actors can discover their own voices. How can students find their artistic individuality in an educational system that has long emphasized conformity? In an increasingly crowded academic landscape, pedagogical methods must evolve. Acting cannot be learned mechanically; teachers must be as flexible and open to change as their students. ...

Ukrainian children and adolescent refugees meet a diverse range of challenges during the migration process due to the war crisis in their country. Analyzing qualitative data from interviews with professionals working with these people brings into focus a few main points for good practices. According to collected data, the most important factors for enhancing the well-being of refugee children and adolescents are: the aimed interventions for developing language tools, providing social support (instrumental and emotional) for individuals and families, facilitating psychological counseling or personal development intervention (e.g., through artistic activities) and participating in multicultural activities, both in formal and informal educational settings. The main implication of this study is for the professionals working with Ukrainian children and adolescents in Romania, as it brings relevant data regarding this population's struggles and potential solutions for facilitating their well-being, through the transition and adjustment process to a new country and culture. ...

Positioned at the intersection of technique and interpretation, instrumental fingering plays a pivotal yet often overlooked role in the artistic and pedagogical thought of Romanian concert pianist Corneliu Gheorghiu. A disciple of Florica Musicescu and contemporary and piano class camarade of Dinu Lipatti, Corneliu Gheorghiu also represents the Romanian piano school, renowned for its emphasis on clarity, expressiveness, and structural understanding. Grounded primarily in his pedagogical writings — „On Piano Performance” [Despre Pianistică], and contextualized within the aesthetic legacy of his mentor Florica Musicescu, this study approaches piano fingering in performance not merely as a technical device, but as a deliberate and expressive tool. It reveals how the pianist Corneliu Gheorghiu conceptualized piano fingering as integral to phrasing, articulation, and interpretive depth, promoting a flexible, context-sensitive approach prioritizing musical logic and expressiveness over mechanical convenience. ...

This article addresses the issue of vocal warm-up for actors from a comprehensive perspective, emphasizing the importance of vocal training as an integral part of professional development. Vocal warm-up is not merely a preparatory stage for rehearsals or performances but also a means of protecting vocal health and enhancing interpretive expressiveness. The paper explores key aspects such as diaphragmatic breathing, diction, intonation, emotional expressiveness, and types of vocal emission, and is complemented by a substantial section of practical exercises. The conclusions highlight the necessity of systematically integrating these techniques into the actor's educational process. ...

This article investigates the cultural transformations along the western shores of the Pontus Euxinus through the interpretive lens of dramatic texts and performance practices. By examining the reception and adaptation of classical drama in this historically hybrid region, the study highlights how local communities recontextualized theatrical forms to reflect shifting identities, power dynamics, and ritual traditions. Drawing on textual analysis, archaeological evidence, and performance theory, the article situates the Pontic area as a vibrant cultural interface rather than a passive periphery. It argues that the dramatic text served not only as artistic expression but also as a medium of intercultural negotiation and memory. Ultimately, the study challenges conventional narratives of classical reception, proposing a more fluid and decentralized model of cultural transmission. ...

Around 1951, after a period of artistic advancement, when Spanish composers adapted their own requirements to expressionist aesthetics, the dodecaphonic method and the serial system, they arrived simultaneously with serialist and post-serialist practices, at aleatoric techniques. They formed a new generation called The 1951 Generation. The list of representatives contains many names, including: Luis de Pablo, Carmelo Bernaola, Juan Hidalgo, Ramón Barce, Cristobal Halffter, Josep Cercós, Xavier Benguerel, Riudoms Joan Guinjoan, Josep Soler, Leonardo Balada, etc. The present study attempts a musical analysis of some scores selected from the creations based on random language authored by the first three above mentioned composers. ...

Traditional visual art, grounded in techniques such as painting, printmaking, and hand drawing, continues to inspire in the digital age. While traditional methods emphasize materiality and gesture, digital approaches offer speed and virtually limitless editing possibilities. Digital drawing has become a major means of artistic expression, preserving artistic sensitivity within a virtual environment. The pixel, as an image’s fundamental unit, underpins raster graphics by defining detail through color and light. Vectors, by contrast, construct mathematical, precise, and infinitely scalable images, widely used in contemporary illustration. In today’s digital arts, pixel and vector coexist and blend into innovative creations, allowing tradition and innovation to intertwine within a rich and complex visual language. ...

Ion Luca Caragiale is an essential author of Romanian realism, and his work fits perfectly into the context of realist literature, a particularly strong and enduring literary movement in national literature. If Ioan Slavici is a representative exponent of realism, especially in his novellas and in the novel Mara, and Liviu Rebreanu continues this tradition, Caragiale reinterprets this movement in an original manner in his prose and dramaturgy. Literary critics and historians have emphasized that Caragiale's work is a valuable document, which reflects the national specificity and revives the way in which Romanian structures and institutions functioned during certain historical periods. ...

Following my initial study in 20222, which focused on the introductory section, Fanfare, of Leoš Janáček’s Sinfonietta and was published in that year’s issue of the ICC, my in-depth examination of the Czech composer’s work continued in 2023 and 2024 with analyses of Part II3, The Castle, and Part III4, The Queens’s Monastery. As of early 2025, my research turns to Part IV of this remarkable composition, The Street. In addition to exploring Janáček’s compositional approach, I will extend the imaginative exercise initiated in previous studies, drawing upon his article Moje město (My Town), published in the Brno newspaper Lidové noviny on December 24, 1927 (JW XV/2985). ...

This paper explores how theatre stimulates the examination of morality and fairness within the scenic context. To this end, examples from various historical periods have been employed. In Sophocles' Antigone, the moral dilemma arises from the conflict between divine law and man-made state laws. Shakespeare's Hamlet presents ethical questions tormenting the Prince of Denmark as he philosophizes about revenge and death. Bertolt Brecht, through the technique of distancing (Verfremdungseffekt), proposes the idea that justice is a social construct, and in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, justice is defined and applied within a social context. Contemporary theatre continues to address themes such as discrimination and abuse of power. Furthermore, theatre serves as an important instrument in the development of empathy, critical thinking, emotion, and morality. ...

The vowels in the Italian language are usually pronounced very clearly and are not altered by the adjacent consonants, compared to other languages. The articulation of consonants is essential because it provides the rhythmic and expressive framework of the text. Good diction is important to convey the emotional content of the text. Musical pieces in the Italian language often use the expression legato in performance, which requires smooth transitions between notes while maintaining clear sounds for both vowels and consonants. Singers should practice the musical text (the musical notes assigned to the corresponding sounds) thoroughly, without compromising the clarity of pronunciation. ...

Victor Rebengiuc (b. 1933) is one of the most renowned Romanian theatre and film actors. During his 68-year-long acting career, he contributed decisively to the success of remarkable films directed, among others, by Liviu Ciulei (1923-2011), Dan Pița (b. 1938), Stere Gulea (b. 1943), and Lucian Pintilie (1933-2018). Rebengiuc played Apostol Bologa in Ciulei’s Forest of the Hanged (Pădurea spânzuraţilor, 1965), Tănase Scatiu in Pița’s Tănase Scatiu (1976), Ilie Moromete in Gulea’s The Moromete Family (Moromeții, 1987), and Niki Ardelean in Pintilie’s Niki and Flo (Niki Ardelean, colonel în rezervă, 2003). All of these portrayals became iconic roles in the history of Romanian cinema. The research paper investigates how Victor Rebengiuc managed to masterfully embody four extremely different protagonists, under the guidance of four directors with distinctive styles, in an attempt to understand how the art of acting can be integrated into the film’s aesthetics. ...

Abstract art is a form of visual expression that distances itself from figurative representations of the world, exploring colors, shapes, and compositions in a non-representational manner. It does not seek to imitate nature, but to convey emotions, ideas, and concepts through pure visual means. Beyond the constraints of objective representation, abstract art has represented for many artists a way of exploring spirituality and the essence of the universe. Overcoming the limitations of the visible world, abstraction has offered a visual language capable of evoking emotions, ideas, and inner states that are difficult to express through figurative means. This paper aims to analyze the way in which spirituality and the search for the essence of the universe have motivated and shaped the development of abstract art, highlighting the contributions of representative artists and relevant philosophical and spiritual influences. ...

The development of Chinese opera in the 20th century profoundly reflects the revolutionary transformation of Chinese society from a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society to a socialist society with Chinese characteristics, embodying modernistic, national, and global artistic appeal. „The White-Haired Girl” and „The Red Guards on Honghu Lake” are classic operas that emerged during this process. This paper focuses on the history of Chinese opera in the 20th century. Previous research in both Chinese and English academic circles either lacked the necessary depth due to researchers' lack of understanding of politics and history or lacked professional depth due to their unfamiliarity with music. Using literature review and case analysis methods, this paper traces the development of Chinese opera in the 20th century, examining aspects such as musical composition, dramatic structure, and performance forms. It argues that Chinese opera has achieved a fusion of Chinese excellent traditional music and Western modern opera techniques artistically, and its themes deeply reflect the revolutionary journey of the Communist Party of China leading the Chinese people toward independence, freedom, democracy, and national rejuvenation. This has accumulated rich creative experience for the future development of Chinese opera, provided valuable references for the development of operas in other countries, and offered strong spiritual impetus for contemporary China's efforts to build a world-class socialist modernized power. ...

This article explores material-discursive practices in contemporary cinema through a diffractive reading of The Eclipse(2022) by Nataša Urban and the films of Trinh T. Minh-ha. Drawing on Karen Barad’s agential realism, it examines film as a site of co-emergence for bodies, histories, and technologies. Rather than a passive medium, cinema is approached as an intra-active apparatus of world-making. Urban’s analog techniques—expired Super 8 film, hand-developed footage—dialogue with Minh-ha’s layered, reflexive aesthetics. Both disrupt representational norms through materiality, rhythm, and affective temporality. Mistakes, textures, and sensory traces are not flaws but agents of meaning. The analysis highlights how memory, sound, and image co-compose film’s epistemological force. Film becomes a dispositif of thought, resisting binary logic and fixed subject positions. The article contributes to feminist film theory, new materialisms, and post-truth epistemologies. ...

Children's theater is a complex and sensitive means of education. It represents fantasy, creativity, and play for children. The young spectator learns here, alongside the characters, a certain way of life, with the characters positively influencing the feelings and character traits still being formed. A children's theater performance cultivates a taste for beauty, teaches them what is good and what is bad, provides role models, and contributes to their intellectual development. It also opens the universe of imagination to children, with stories evoking feelings toward the noble and good heroes on stage. Friendship takes on meaning, and truth and goodness are always victorious. Children's theater opens young spectators to the world of culture, enriches their imagination, serves as a means of personality development, teaches them a positive behavior model, and is a means of communication. ...

An emblematic figure of the Romanian lyrical art, conductor Gheorghe Stanciu is known mostly for his vocation and professional rigour. Born to a family with musical interests, young Gheorghe Stanciu initiates himself in the musical art in his home town, Galați, continuing his training, after a severe entrance exam, at the Conservatory in Iași. He makes his debut as conductor at the Lyrical Theatre in Constanța, in1976,where he begins an exceptional artistic career. The repertoire approached by the maestro includes over 60 titles of opera, operetta and ballet, symphonic or vocal-symphonic, being particularly appreciated for his interpretations from Puccini’s and Verdi’s operas. His international career includes long time collaborations in Italy, Great Britain, France, Ucraine, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, but, sporadically, also in other countries, along his life conducting in prestigios institutions of the kind and also in tours, with national and international opera companies. A different side of his professional life is represented byhis management activity, for, between 1997-1998 he occupied the position of general manager in two institutionswhere he puthismark: The Musical Theatre Nae Leonard from Galați and The Opera of Constanța. He also sustains numerous Masterclasses and international classes, where he shapes whole generations of musicians. Through his vast and dedicated activity, Gheorghe Stanciu remains a true role model of artistic and pedagogic excellence. ...

The Sonata for viola solo composed by György Ligeti between 1991 and 1994 is a piece that encompasses the musical knowledge gained by the Hungarian composer in approximately fourty years. This piece explores a large amount of technical and sound possibilities on the viola in the six movements that comprises. The movements are: Hora lungă, Loop, Facsar, Prestissimo con sordino, Lamento, Chaccone chromatique. In this article we will present a bit of biographical informations, in the first chapter, and in the second chapter we will explore in depth the piece. ...

This study focuses on the development of rhythmic skills in third-grade students through the use of rhythmic ostinato as an educational tool. In the modern context, children are increasingly distanced from traditional activities such as singing and social games, while the frequent use of electronic devices limits their harmonious development on motor, rhythmic, intellectual, and social levels. Traditional music education systems place significant emphasis on cultivating a sense of rhythm, employing a wide range of strategies, methods, and teaching resources aimed at achieving both individual and group performance in the acquisition of rhythmic and motor competencies. Third-grade music textbooks include exercises that encourage rhythmic improvisation, yet they do not utilize ostinato as a didactic instrument. The ostinato models proposed in this study are closely aligned with the content recommended by the national curriculum and aim to offer an alternative approach to rhythm education for young learners. ...

German and Austrian fin-de-siècle art was influenced by oriental and exotic arts, as proven by the visual arts of the late 19th and early 20th century, as well as by the philosophical perspectives and literary products of the period. This cultural atmosphere had a significant impact on the compositions of Gustav Mahler, whose exoticist outlook was inspired by this cultural background, as well as his Jewish heritage and philosophical beliefs. Although different in sound from French musical orientalism, where composers strive to create distinct exotic sounds through various compositional practices, the exoticism that reveals itself in the works of Gustav Mahler is often rather subtle, than clearly discernible. Mahler’s exoticism is strongly connected to the idea of otherness: the juxtaposition of contrasting styles and themes, from the tragic or sublime to the ironic and grotesque, create a novel and perplexing sound. The present research focuses mainly on Mahler’s vocal works, such as the Rückert-Lieder and the Kindertotenlieder, but also refers to the exotic features discernible in his First symphony. ...

Sacred geometry is the science of geometric archetypes through which the visible forms of the known universe can be symbolized and synthesized. The combination of simple geometric forms that are studied and used in sacred geometry are the basis for the generation of all creation, including even the invisible, spiritual planes, the worlds of spirits, beings of light and Angels. Symbols such as the rhombus and the cross are often found in Romanian folk art, architecture, and folk decorations. In sacred geometry, these shapes symbolize balance, order, and harmony. From a mathematical point of view, they are regular shapes with specific properties (for example, the rhombus has all equal sides and all equal angles). In popular culture, triangles or crosses are often used for protection against negative energies or to bring good luck. In mathematics, these shapes have precise properties and relationships between sides and angles, but in popular tradition, they are also symbols of spiritual power or symbolize cosmic balance. This paper is a modest testimony of the rich symbolism of Romanian Folk Art, the huge amount of visual representations being the proof of an old culture and legacy. ...