Cultural events from Arad in October 2025
ARAD COUNTY CULTURAL CENTRE
- Commemoration of the 13 martyred generals of Arad, 1-6 October
- Autumn Festival, Arad, 10-12 October
- Hungarian Folklore Festival in Zerind, 11 October
- Hungarian Diaspora Day, Arad, 15 October
- Foto Pro Arad International Photographic Art Salon, Arad, 15 October
- International Francophone Young Theater Festival „Amifran”, Arad, 24-30 October
- Ars Fotografica 2025 International Salon, 25th edition, Arad, 30 October ARAD MUSEUM COMPLEX
- Permanent exhibitions (all permanent exhibitions are open in the Arad Cultural Palace):
- Museum of Natural Sciences (Arad Cultural Palace, entrance from the Children’s Park)
- Archaeology (Arad Cultural Palace, entrance from Dragalina Boulevard)
- Art Gallery, the 1848-1849 Treasure exhibition, the Arad – December 1989 Revolution exhibition (Arad Cultural Palace, 2nd floor, entrance from the Children’s Park)
The Art Museum is closed for building rehabilitation works.
- Temporary exhibitions open in the Arad Cultural Palace
- Exhibition „Medicinal Plants from the Museum’s Collections” (Museum of Natural Sciences – Arad Cultural Palace, entrance from the Children’s Park)
- Exhibition „History and Theology of Arad. In Memoriam Pr. Dr. Pavel Vesa (1955-2013)” (temporary exhibition hall – Arad Cultural Palace, entrance from the Children’s Park), during October 2-26
Visiting hours of the permanent and temporary exhibitions:
Tuesday-Sunday: 09.00-17.00 (last entry: 16.30) ARAD PHILHARMONIC
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025, 7:00 p.m., Cultural Palace Hall – Opening of the 2025-2026 season- CARL ORFF: CARMINA BURANA, Conductor: Neil Thomson, Mariana Bulicanu soprano, Ștefan von Korch tenor, Ludovic Kendi baritone, Choir conductor: Robert Daniel Rădoiaș; Children’s Choir of the Sabin Drăgoi College of Arts- Conductor: Corina Teuca
Friday, October 3rd, 2025, 7:00 p.m., Cultural Palace Hall – Opening of the 2025-2026 season- CARL ORFF: CARMINA BURANA, Conductor: Neil Thomson, Mariana Bulicanu soprano, Ștefan von Korch tenor, Ludovic Kendi baritone, Choir conductor: Robert Daniel Rădoiaș; Children’s Choir of the Sabin Drăgoi College of Arts- Conductor: Corina Teuca
Thursday, October 9, 2025 7:00 p.m., Cultural Palace Hall – Romanticism on Slavic Strings Conductor: Horváth József, Soloist: Remus Azoiței; Program: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Concerto in D major for violin and orchestra op.35; Vasily Kalinnikov Symphony No. 1;
Thursday, October 16, 2025 7:00 p.m., Cultural Palace Hall – Dance, song, poem… Conductor: Chih Yuan Michael Chang (Taiwan), Choir conductor: Robert Daniel Rădoiaș; Program: Zoltán
Kodály Dances from Galánta; Claude Debussy Nocturne, symphonic triptych with women’s choir; Johannes Brahms Song of Destiny, op. 54; Franz Liszt Symphonic poem preludes, S.97;
Thursday, October 23, 2025, 7:00 p.m., Cultural Palace Hall – Under the sign of the Moldavian Orpheus, Conductor: Cristian Neagu, Soloist: Daniel Goiți, Program: Maurice Ravel Ma mère l’Oye; George Enescu Suite I for orchestra, op.9; Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto no. 3 in C minor for piano and orchestra, op.37;
Monday, October 27, 2025, 7:00 p.m., Cultural Palace Hall – Through bygone eras… – Chamber recital – Valentin Șerban – violin, Mihai Diaconescu – piano, Program: Tomaso Antonio Vitali Chaconne in G minor Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for piano and violin in D major, op. 12 no. 1 Antonín Dvořák Romance in F minor, op. 11 Sergei Prokofiev Sonata for violin and piano no. 2 in D major, op. 94a Henryk Wieniawski Scherzo – Tarantella in G minor, op. 16
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 7:00 p.m., Cultural Palace Hall – Arad Musical Autumn International Festival – A Spanish Journey, Conductor: Vicente Chulià, Soloist: Josu de Solaun Salvador Chulià Naskigo symphonic poem Vicente Chulià La Reconquista symphonic poem Joaquín Turina Sevillan Symphony Lorenzo Palomo Nocturnos de Andalucía for piano and orchestra
Tickets for these events can be purchased at the Arad Philharmonic box office and online, on the page https://www.bilete.ro/cauta/?q=Filarmonica+arad/ .