The National Tourist Information and Promotion Center of Arad County will be present with a touristic stand between April 10th and April 13th, 2025 at the Spring Fair organized at Expo Arad, on Calea Aurel Vlaicu, no. 300.

Arad Museum Complex

1. The exhibition Medicinal Plants from the Museum’s Collections (Museum of Natural Sciences – Arad Cultural Palace, entrance from the Children’s Park), opens on April 2nd, 2025. During the exhibition, the “Tomis” Cultural Association, Arad branch will hold a thematic workshop called “Dacian Pharmacy” during which details about Dacian treatments will be presented.
2. The exhibition Traditions, Easter Holidays and Educational Workshops – Traditional Easter Doughs. (Arad Cultural Palace, entrance from the Children’s Park), April 7th -11th 2025

Exhibition visiting schedule: Tuesday-Sunday: 9 A.M. -17 P.M.  (last entry: 16.30).

Arad County Cultural Center

1. Gendarmerie Day in the municipality and county of Arad

The event will take place on April 3rd 2025, in public spaces, in the schools in the county and municipality of Arad, as well as other established locations. The event will include a presentation of the specific activities and demonstrative exercises of the Gendarmerie through I.J.J.Arad, simultaneously with the participation of the institutions and structures of the National Security and Public Order within the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the County Level of Arad, in sports competitions and competitions in specialized activities regarding personnel training.

2. Dry Salami Festival in Nădlac

The Dry Salami Festival in Nădlac, which this year will take place on April 26th 2025, was initiated in 2017, but the traditions related to the preparation and consumption of this delicacy are deep and old in the history of the Slovak community in the area.

Since its first editions, the festival has evolved into a vibrant and colorful event, where local artists, craftsmen and traders come together to celebrate not only gastronomy, but also Slovak culture. The festival program includes, in addition to tasting specialties, craft exhibitions, workshops and folklore performances, strengthening ties between generations and between different communities. The Nădlac Dry Salami Festival is more than just a culinary event; it is a symbol of unity, tradition and cultural heritage of the Slovak community in Romania. The annual celebration is a testament to the residents’ desire to preserve and transmit the cultural and gastronomic values ​​inherited over time.

Arad Philharmonic

Thursday, April 3rd 2025, 7:00 P.M., Cultural Palace Hall – SYMPHONIC CONCERT

Conductor: Junping Qian – China

Soloist: Cătălin Oprițoiu

Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven Coriolanus Overture op.62;

Carl Reinecke Flute Concerto in D major op.283;

Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor op.98;

We begin the month of April under the auspices of musical romanticism, with Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms and, for the first time, Carl Reinecke, influential and very popular scores, chosen by the guests of this symphonic week, conductor Junping Qian and flutist Cătălin Oprițoiu.

Sunday, April 6th 2025, 6:00 P.M., Pinacotheca from the Arad Museum Complex – Jazz’n’Tonic concert

We are delighted to invite you on Sunday, April 6, starting at 6:00 P.M. at the Pinacotheca of the Arad Cultural Palace, to a musical tasting of our jazz cocktail. “Jazz’n’ Tonic” has no contraindications, although we aim to intoxicate the souls of our audience.

We look forward to seeing you!

Artist support: 30 lei

Entrance to the Pinacotheca hall: 15.5 lei adults, 8 lei pensioners, 3.5 lei children and students

Thursday, April 10, 2025, 7:00 p.m., Palatului Cultural Hall – Symphonic vocal concert

Conductor: József Horváth

Soloists: Diana Țugui – soprano, Alexandru Catău – organ,

Choir conductor: Robert Daniel Rădoiaș

Program:

César Franck Psalm 150 for choir, organ and orchestra;

Alexandre Guilmant Symphony no. 1 with organ op.42;

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Psalm 42 for solo soprano, choir and orchestra;

The spiritual charge of Psalm 150 by César Franck, as well as Psalm 42 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy entitles us to join them in the week preceding that of the Passion, as a confirmation of the need for meditation and connection to the time we live in. In particular, a circumstantial work (Psalm 150), written in 1883 for the inauguration of the great Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Institute for Blind Young People in Paris, and a religious wedding gift (Psalm 42), offered by the composer to his young wife in March 1837.

Thursday,  April 16th 2025, 7:00 P.M., Cultural Palace Hall – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: STABAT MATER

Georg Friedrich Händel, selections from the operas Xerxes, Rinaldo and Giulio Cesare

Conductor: Andrei Stănculescu

Soloists: Cristina Fieraru, Victoria Ghirvu

Archilăute: Olivia Iancu, Claudiu Lobonț

A sound medallion from the 18th century, outlined by the use of period timbres and instruments, fragments from Baroque works, joined by one of the most powerful meditations on the suffering of the Virgin Mary at the feet of her crucified Son, argues for our presence on the concert stage on Holy Wednesday, on the evening of April 16th, 2025, at 7:00 PM.

Thursday, April 24th 2025, 7:00 P.M., Cultural Palace Hall – ROYAL BAROQUE

Conductor: CRISTIAN NEAGU

Soloist: COSTIN SOARE

Antonio Vivaldi

Sinfonia in G major fo

r string orchestra RV 146;

Sinfonia in C major for string orchestra RV 112;

Concerto in D major for guitar and string orchestra RV 93;

Concerto in C major for guitar and string orchestra RV 425;

Johann Sebastian Bach

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048

Georg Friedrich Händel

Concerto grosso op.6 no. 1 in G major HWV 319

“Royal Baroque”, a wonderful combination of creative styles and schools, masterpieces, instrumental techniques, fascinating acoustic effects.

Monday, April 28th 2025, 7:00 P.M., Cultural Palace Hall – Romanticism on violin strings – Chamber recital

Florin Gherghel – violin

Monia Chiriac – violin

Adriana Dogariu – piano

With a predominantly Pablo de Sarasate repertoire, the evening of April 28, 2025 is a tribute to 19th-century violinists, to the highly popular literature that conquered the salons of the time, to the large number of dance themes from Spanish folklore, materialized in recital opuses, loved and appreciated in wide circles of musicians and music lovers. Navarra, Jota de Pamplona, ​​Jota Aragonesa, Adios Montanas Mias (Danse espagnole) are some of the best known, those that also stand out in the program of violinists Florin Gherghel, Monia Chiriac and the accompanying pianist, Adriana Dogariu.

Thursday, April 30th 2025 at 7:00 P.M., Cultural Palace Hall – MOZARTists and ROSSINImi – Overtures, arias and duets

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte

Gioachino Rossini

The Italian Woman in Algiers, The Barber of Seville, Cinderella

Conductor: Hermann Szabolcs

Soloists: Mihaela Ișpan mezzo-soprano

Ludovic Kendi baritone

The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte, the Dapontine operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, along with the most popular lyrical scores of Gioachino Rossini – The Italian Woman in Algiers, The Barber of Seville and Cinderella, are found in the lyrical marathon, which mezzo-soprano Mihaela Ișpan, baritone Ludovic Kendi and conductor Hermann Szabolcs, proposed on a very special evening in April.

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/