Introducing myself

Hello ! My name is Cucu Alexandru-Nicu, but you can call me Alex.

I’m almost 17 and I live in Bacau, a beautiful town with beautiful people.

I live with my family in a house situated in a neighborhood called

Serbanesti.

I study at National College ―Vasile Alecsandri‖ which, in my opinion,

is the best highschool in town.

As you can see I love sports, all kind of sports. But mainly motor-

sports, hunting, fishing and boxing are my favorite. Once a year my

father and I take part in a Enduro European Championship.

If you want to know the best place to fish or hunt you can ask me

and I’ll say that Danube Delta is the perfect place. As my uncle owns a

pension, I spend almost 4 months per year there.

My family consists of my father (Nicu), my mother (Mihaela) and

my brother (Radu). I can say that we are very close and my father is

one of my best friends.

Bacău

Bacău is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. It covers a

land surface of 43 km², and, as of January 1, 2009, has an estimated

population of 177,087. The city is situated in the historical region of

Moldavia, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, and on the

Bistriţa River (which meets the Siret River about 8 km (5.0 mi) to the

south of Bacău). The Ghimeş Pass links Bacău to Transylvania.

It has a public university and several colleges. Two major Romanian

poets, George Bacovia and Vasile Alecsandri were born here.

The "Mihail Jora" Athenaeum and a Philharmonic Orchestra are located

here, as well as the "G. Bacovia" Dramatic Theater and a Puppet

Theater. Around Christmas every year, a Festival of Moldavian Winter

Traditions takes place, reuniting folk artists from all the surrounding

regions. The exhibition "Saloanele Moldovei" and the International

Painting Camp at Tescani, near Bacău, reunite important plastic artists

from Romania and from abroad. The local History Museum, part of the

Museum Complex "Iulian Antonescu" has an important collection of

antique objects from ancient Dacia.

Personalities

Aaron Aaronsohn, agronomist, botanist and Zionist activist

Vasile Alecsandri, poet

Angela Alupei, rower

George Apostu (1934–1986), sculptor

George Bacovia, poet

Ovidiu Balan, conductor

Ilie Boca, painter

Petru Cimpoeşu (1952, born in Vaslui), writer

Radu Cosaşu, writer and activist

Nicu Enea, painter

Mariana Zavati Gardner, poet

Narcisa Lecuşanu, handball player

Solomon Marcus, mathematician

Doina Melinte, athlete, Olympic gold medalist

Mihaela Melinte, athlete

Teodor Negoiţă, polar explorer

Costel Pantilimon, footballer

Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Marxist intellectual and politician

Gabriela Potorac, gymnast

Andrei Pricope, cellist

Monica Roşu, gymnast

Alexandru Şafran, Rabbi

Nicolae Vermont, painter

Gheorghe Vranceanu (1900–1979), mathematician

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George Enescu

George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist,

conductor and teacher. Enescu was born in the village of Livieni (later

renamed "George Enescu" in his honor), Dorohoy County at the time,

today Bitosany County. He showed musical talent from early in his

childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical composition

at the age of five. Shortly thereafter, his father presented him to the

professor and composer Eduard Caudella. At the age of seven, he

entered the Vienna Conservatory, where he studied with Joseph

Hellmesberger, Jr., Robert Fuchs, and Sigismund Bachrich. He

graduated before his 13th birthday, earning the silver medal. In his

Viennese concerts young Enescu played works by Brahms, Sarasate and

Mendelssohn. In 1895 he went to Paris to continue his studies. He

studied violin with Martin Pierre Marsick, harmony with André Gedalge,

and composition with Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré.

Many of Enescu's works were influenced by Romanian folk music,

his most popular compositions being the two Romanian Rhapsodies

(1901–2), the opera Œdipe (1936), and the suites for orchestra. He

also wrote five symphonies (two of them unfinished), a symphonic poem

Vox maris, and much chamber music (three sonatas for violin and piano,

two for cello and piano, a piano trio, two string quartets and two piano

quartets, a wind decet (French, "dixtuor"), an octet for strings, a piano

quintet, and a chamber symphony for twelve solo instruments). A young

Ravi Shankar recalled in the 1960s how Enescu, who had developed a

deep interest in Oriental music, rehearsed with Shankar's brother

Uday Shankar and his musicians. Around the same time, Enescu took

the young Yehudi Menuhin to the Colonial Exhibition in Paris, where he

introduced him to the Gamelan Orchestra from Indonesia.

On 8 January 1923 he made his American debut as a conductor in a

concert given by the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New

York City, and he subsequently made frequent returns to the United

States. It was in America, in the 1920s, that Enescu was first

persuaded to make recordings as a violinist. He also appeared as a

conductor with many American orchestras, and in 1936 he was one of

the candidates considered to replace Arturo Toscanini as permanent

conductor of the New York Philharmonic.[3] In 1935, he conducted the

Orchestre Symphonique de Paris and Yehudi Menuhin (who had been his

pupil for several years starting in 1927) in Mozart's Violin Concerto No.

3 in G major. He also conducted the New York Philharmonic between

1937 and 1938. In 1939 he married Maria Rosetti (known as the

Princess Cantacuzino through her first husband Mihail Cantacuzino), a

good friend of the future Queen Marie of Romania. While staying in

Bucharest, Enescu lived in the Cantacuzino Palace on Calea Victoriei

(now the George Enescu Museum, dedicated to his work).

He lived in Paris and in Romania, but after World War II and the

Soviet occupation of Romania, he remained in Paris.

He was also a noted violin teacher. Yehudi Menuhin, Christian

Ferras, Ivry Gitlis, Arthur Grumiaux, Ida Haendel and Joan Field were

among his pupils. He promoted contemporary Romanian music, playing

works of Constantin Silvestri, Mihail Jora, Ionel Perlea and Marţian

Negrea.

He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international

professional music fraternity.

On his death in 1955, George Enescu was interred in the Père

Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Today, Bucharest houses a museum in his memory; likewise, the

Symphony Orchestra of Bucharest and the George Enescu Festival—

founded by his friend, musical advocate, and sometime collaborator,

the conductor George Georgescu—are named and held in his honor.

Recently, Bacau International Airport was named George Enescu

International Airport. Eugène Ysaÿe's Solo Violin Sonata No. 3

"Ballade" was dedicated to Enescu.

Tescani

Tescani is a town in the county of Bacau, Moldova, Romania.

Tescani City is located in Tazlău-Casin depression, at the

confluence of Tazlaul Sarat and Tazlăul Mare. In terms of river, the

region has, in addition to the two rivers, numerous streams and the

aquifer is low and at great depths. To the east, the village is bordered

by Tazlaul Sarat and hills west of a ridge with a maximum altitude of

about 423 m and oriented NW, hill called Apples.

Geological substratum of the region consists of the Carpathian

flysch, composed mainly of Cretaceous and Paleocene formations

arranged in canvas that goes from west to east. For the most part, the

valley is recent: Pleistocene-Quaternary, consisting of alluvial deposits.

Soils of Sub-Carpathian hills are predominantly podzolic brown soils

and alluvial soils podzolico-clay-. Podzolic soils formed under forest

fitoclimatice of oak or oak forest and beech in the mixture.

In Tescani there is also a memorial house-Tescanu Rosetti family

owned, and Maruca Cantacuzino and composer George Enescu, who lived

and wrote several works here, among them some of the opera Oedipus.

Today is known as "Center-Tescanu Rosetti culture." This takes place

annually and a classical music festival ("Moldavian Orpheus") with Mihail

Jora Philharmonic of Bacau.

Annually, the Tescani summer school takes place, with painters in

the country and abroad, especially in France and Belgium. They are

attracted by the beauty of places (places that he himself loved George

Enescu, the latter expressing his desire to be buried with his wife

here).

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Merry Christmas !

Winter is my favorite season. Not just because we have a big

holiday but because Christmas is coming. I just love it it. I behave like

a child in Christmas Eve and I have the same feeling since I was one.

Every Christmas Eve my grandmother is coming to our house and bakes

cookies and cooks delicious meal. My favorite dish is ―sarmale‖ or

―beaouf sald‖.

We usually decorate the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve but

sometimes we decorate it sooner. The sparkling globes, the tinsel and

flashy lights are always beautifully placed and to finish decorating and

make the tree look even better we put a shiny star on top of it. The

best feeling you can get in the Christmas Eve is when children come

caroling. There are a lot of Romanian carols like: ―Am plecat sa

colindam‖ ( We went caroling ) ,‖ Domn, domn, sa-naltam‖ ( Lord, Lord

to tall ) , ―Clopotei, clopotei‖ ( Gingle bells ). Also we have many

traditions like : going with the goat or with the bear.

But mainly, the Christmas symbolize the day when Jesus was born and

every year we go to the church. In conclusion Christmas is a magic and

beloved holiday that makes everyone feel good and have mercy for

everyone.

Dictionary: Romanian / English

Salut / Hello

Eu ma numesc / My name is

Ce faci? / How are you?

De unde esti? / Where are you from?

Prieten / Friend

Familie / Family

Mama / Mother

Tata / Father

Sora / Sister

Frate / Brother

Tara / Country

Oras / City

Casa / House

Scoala / School

Personalitate / Personality

Cultura / Culture

Reuniune / Reunion

Craciun / Christmas

Brad de Craciun / Christmas tree

Colinde / Carols

Mancare / Food

Traditie / Tradition

Mos Craciun / Santa Claus

Anul Nou / New year

Ajunul Craciunului / Christmas Eve

Cadouri / Gifts

Zapada / Snow

Sanie / Sledge

Om de zapada / Snowman

Ren / Raindeer

Craciun Fericit! / Merry Christmas

Un an nou fericit! / Happy New Year

Fulgi de zapada / Snowflakes

Craciun / Christmas

Brad de Craciun / Christmas Tree

Scortisoara / Cinnamon

Iarna / Winter

Copil / Child

Iisus / Jesus

Dumnezeu / God

Sclipire / Sparkle

Bucurie / Joy

Culori / Colours

Vise / Dreams

Sfintenie / Holiness

Minune / Miracle

Ganduri / Thoughts

Clopotei / Bells

Cozonac / Sponge cake