Iași, 24th of February 2025

The sixth edition of Classix Festival debuted last night in Iași with a sold-out concert and over 1,000 spectators in the audience and 50,000 online viewers who watched the live broadcast.

The In Reverentia concert took place at the “Holy Virgin Mary, Queen” Roman Catholic Cathedral in Iași, featuring the Arcadia Quartet and cellist Octavian Lup as guests.

During the press conference held on the morning of February 24, the organizers announced the full program of the edition, as well as the news and premieres that will welcome classical music lovers in Iași during the festival.

Classix Festival 2025 takes place in Iași for eight days, between February 23 and March 2, and during this period, 9 concerts are organized in 7 emblematic locations, 3 exhibitions and 3 openings, a short film screening, 3 discussion panels, a book launch, a lecture and a presentation. Over 95 invited artists from 14 countries will take to the concert stages, and 24 speakers are invited to the Classix in Focus events who will share with the audience the experience, perspectives and know-how acquired in their professional careers.

Dragoș Cantea, the artistic director of Classix Festival, mentions: “This sixth contemporary adventure of Classix Festival will be an edition of Revelations. The main revelation is that music is for everyone and surrounds us permanently. At the same time, music does not come only from collectors of conservatory or music academies diplomas, but from all those who invest time, energy, passion and acquire the necessary knowledge to disseminate a musical work to a wider and more curious audience. This is the testament of this edition, with a violin concerto and an opera in concert commissioned by Classix Festival.

We expect a record audience participation this year, especially in terms of international cultural tourism in Iași. The diversity between innovative productions, traditional chamber concerts and those dedicated to the whole family, as well as the debates and visual art events from the Classix-in-focus series, make this edition’s program one that has aroused interest at a regional-continental level and we can’t wait to make the most of it together.“

The 9 concerts that make up the program of Classix Festival 2025 are:

23rd of February| 19:30 | In Reverentia
24th of February | 19:00 | Reverie D’Amour
25th of February| 19:00 | Heroin Chic
26th of February | 19:00 | Classic Express
27th of February| 19:00 | The Rest is Silence
28th of February| 19:00 | Bach in Movement
1st of March | 11:00 | Un Compozitor la Carnaval
1st of March | 19:00 | Baroque Royale
2nd of Mach | 19:00 | Il Dolce Finale

Classix in Focus events schedule:

24th of February – 20th of March| Vernissage 24th of February · 16:00 | APPARATUM
25th of February| 16:00 | Talk | VOCES Quartet: Scenes, backstage and stories
26th of February | 11:00 | Panel | Art and imposter syndrome
26th of February – 20th of March | Vernissage 26th of February · 16:00 | Dead City
26th of February | 20:00 | Screening | Ars Electronica Animation Festival 2024 On Tour
27th of February| 11:00 | Panel | Cultural Crossroads: Empowering Artists
27th of February – 15th of March | Vernissage 27th of February · 16:00 | Exhibit: Only the violins remained
28th of February| 11:00 | Book launch | Creative Concert Production and Entrepreneurship
28th of February | 14:00 | Lecture | What music tells us about joy and sadness
2nd of March| 14:00 | Panel | Culture Under Construction

Admission to Classix in Focus events is free.

The Classix in Art artistic creation scholarship program was carried out with the support of the main partner of the 2025 edition, BRD – Groupe Société Générale. For this edition, 3 scholarships x 1000 euros gross were awarded, and their winners are: Daniel Sascau (Bacău) – Visual Arts, Andrei Virgil Popescu (Iași) – Performing Arts and Patricia Marchiș (Cluj) – Music. The completed projects will be presented during the Classix Festival 2025.

Also within Classix in Art, 37 masterclass sessions will take place on February 25, held by 9 professional musicians from Denmark, France, Finland, Norway, Italy, Bulgaria and the United Kingdom. The specializations for which the sessions are organized are: violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano.

Subscriptions and concert tickets are available for purchase on the official festival website. To encourage the participation of young people, students and pupils benefit from a 50% discount. Also, those who pay with a BRD card can benefit from a 15% discount, which is automatically applied when selecting “BRD” as a payment method on the platform. In the spirit of accessibility, people with disabilities and their companions benefit from free access by completing the form available online on the festival website, in the FAQ section.

To stay up to date with the latest news from the festival, classical music lovers can subscribe to the dedicated newsletter available on classix.ro and follow Classix’s official social media channels.

Organisers: Asociația Industrii Creative, Showberry
Main partner: BRD Groupe Société Générale
Cultural partners: Centrul Cultural German, Institutul Francez din România la Iași, Forumul Cultural Austriac, Institutul Italian de Cultură din București, Institutul Polonez, Institutul Adam Mickiewicz
Institutional partners: Episcopia Romano-Catolică Iași, Biblioteca Centrală Universitară „Mihai Eminescu” Iași, Opera Națională Română Iași, Filarmonica de Stat „Moldova” Iași, Complexul Muzeal Național „Moldova” – Palatul Culturii Iași, Muzeul Național al Literaturii Române Iași, Muzeul Municipal „Regina Maria” Iași, Universitatea Națională de Arte „George Enescu” Iași, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași
Strategic partner: DAC Music Performance
Diplomatic partner: Ambasada Regatului Danemarcei în România

Sponsor: Basware
Hospitality partners: Vitamin Aqua, Aqua Carpatica, Gramma, Soft & Grace, Noir Coffee Roasters, Hotel Unirea, Hotel Bellaria, Volvo Iași – Premium Nordic Cars, Oddity, Acaju, Iași.Travel, indus, Pizza Di Napo, Andalu, Campari

Promotion partners: WINK Public Multimedia, Printco, Aeroportul Internațional Iași, Fab Lab Iași
Lifestyle partners: Chotronette, Tudor Tailor, Studio Estetique, Serenity Head Spa
Media partners: Aici a stat, Bookhub, Cărturești, Ercis FM, Fashion Premium Magazine, Happ.ro, IQads, Life.ro, Modernism, Observator Cultural, Radio Clasic FM, Radio France Internațional România, Radio România Iași, Radio România Cultural, Radio România Muzical, Revista Golan, Spotmedia, Scena9, Suplimentul de Cultură, Iași în Oraș, Viva FM, Ziarul de Iași, Ziarul Metropolis, Zile și Nopți.

Cultural project co-financed by the National Cultural Fund Administration.

The project does not necessarily represent the position of the National Cultural Fund Administration. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or how the project results may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the funding recipient.

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Asociația Industrii Creative is the organizer of the Rocanotherworld and Classix festivals in Iași, aiming at the cultural revitalization of the city, engaging creative communities and involving society in civil life through actions that promote a proactive, contributory and participatory spirit.

Showberry, member of AROC (Romanian Association of Concert and Cultural Event Organizers), is a startup winner of the Invest in People program! Since 2015, it has been developing cultural and creative projects, being one of the main promoters of public concerts and thematic events in the northeastern region of Romania. Since 2016, it has been a co-organizer of the Rocanotherworld festival, and since 2020 of the Classix Festival, together with the Creative Industries Association.