Sergiu CORBU Boldor graduated from the University of Music in Oradea with specializations in Music Pedagogy and Violin Performance. In addition to the violin, Sergiu CORBU Boldor studied as secondary instruments: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion, mandolin, flute, caval, and jaw harp. Sergiu CORBU Boldor has over 15 years of experience on the big stages of the music industry. He has performed on national and international stages, playing the violin together with and alongside names such as: Phoenix, Celelalte Cuvinte, Partizan, Dirty Shirt, Semnal M, Taxi, Hara, farfarello, Haggard, Guano Apes etc. He was a founding member of the band Azepam from Oradea and violinist of the band Popa Șapcă from Timișoara.

He initiated and coordinated his own musical projects such as: AD HOC, 2 fire 2 paie, Intensitate Epic Sonoră.

Sergiu CORBU Boldor has experience in transdisciplinary education in working with young people: he was a leader in the National Organization of Romanian Scouts and a music teacher in kindergartens and schools in Bucharest. He is currently collaborating as a violinist with the band Phoenix and has been creatively active in the musical project CORBU, which he initiated in 2017.

C&B: How would you describe yourself in a single sentence, to make those who don’t know you yet curious?

Sergiu CORBU Boldor: I am a transdisciplinary artist who transforms music into an emotional and esoteric ritual, a sound prayer through which the soul rediscovers and heals itself.

C&B: If we were to look at a narrative thread of your career or business, what were the key moments that defined you?

Sergiu CORBU Boldor: Looking at the thread of my career, the moments that defined me were the encounters with remarkable people and the lessons I received from them. The first was my violin teacher, Ștefan Iorga, who made me fall irreversibly in love with music. Then came the period when I was a stage manager at Celelalte Cuvinte, where I learned what it means to have an unshakable musical personality. Later, the years when I played as a violinist in the band Phoenix, at the invitation of Nicu Covaci – a place I had never even dreamed I would reach – taught me to follow my dream at any cost. From Artan (Timpuri Noi, Partizan) I received another precious lesson: the sincerity you can have on stage and the courage to show yourself to the audience in your purest form. However, the most important decision was to start on my own path and perform under my own name – Corbu.

C&B: What were the biggest challenges you faced in developing Ad Hoc?

Sergiu CORBU Boldor: Ad Hoc was a project born from student enthusiasm, from the young and explosive energy I had at that time. Moving intuitively, I discovered what teamwork means, how egos manifest, when to give in and how good or bad that can be. I pushed hard for people to continue playing, believing that this was how they needed to be encouraged, but along the way I realized that some of them had other interests and passions outside of music, which made collaboration increasingly difficult to manage. It was a huge challenge: convincing people to follow what I thought was their passion. From this experience I learned one of the greatest lessons: the direction of a group is set by the leader, whether it is built collectively or comes from his individual initiative.

When you follow your passion and give your life to it, the exhaustion of long tours, sleepless nights, thousands of kilometers traveled, endless carrying and setting up of instruments and stages become just details – you live them with joy, without feeling them as obstacles. The real challenges arise when you deal with people’s egos, because those are incomparably harder than any physical effort.

C&B: Is there a dream or ambition that has always guided you, regardless of obstacles?

Sergiu CORBU Boldor: All my life my dreams have come true. I wanted to sing and make a living from it – and it came true. I dreamed of meeting my idols, and life offered me even more: I got to play alongside them. I met important people from whom I learned enormously. At one point I even wanted to test the ‘law of attraction’ and set myself the goal of crossing paths with Roger Waters from Pink Floyd. The meeting came in an unexpected way: after I uploaded to YouTube a concert that included a Pink Floyd piece at the end, the video was blocked due to copyright, but our manager managed to get in touch with Roger Waters, who approved the broadcast. Beyond these spectacular moments, what makes me happiest is that I have everything I need to sing, to travel, and above all, that I am healthy. And my greatest wish is to remain healthy in mind, heart, and body, so that I can serve this art as best and as long as possible. As I like to say: to be an Artist in the Royal Art, to build the Great Work.

C&B: What did you look like at the beginning of your journey and how do you feel you have transformed until now?

Sergiu CORBU Boldor: At the beginning of my journey I had a backpack on my back and a violin under my arm and traveled all over the world, from Romania to Europe. The first tour of my project, Ad Hoc, we did with the whole band hitchhiking, with instruments and all. Then came the trains. Today, after all this experience, the essence remains the same: I still travel with my backpack and violin, only now I have the privilege of owning my own van, which I manage to fill by myself with my luggage and instruments – more than at the beginning.

The difference is that then I was driven by the enthusiasm of youth and an unstoppable energy. Now I know I have a mission: to take music into the world for all the souls who can hear it, even for those who don’t realize how much they need art. If at the beginning I had a thick veil over my vision, today I try to do everything, as much as possible, in harmony with the plans of the Great Director. I started, unconsciously, on the road like the Fool in the tarot, I travel like the Hermit, and I want to reach the balance of the World – from unconscious to conscious.

C&B: If we were to meet with your team or collaborators, what do you think they would say about you?

Sergiu CORBU Boldor: I think reactions in a group are generally the usual ones: some are pro, others against; some understand, others don’t; some are loyal, others may betray you – as in any collective.

However, there are reactions that stayed in my mind: “I don’t understand Sergiu, he’s too absurd,” or “Your music won’t reach anyone.” At the same time, I also heard things that brought me great joy: “My God, how much courage you have!”, “I appreciate you enormously,” “For me, you are a model.”

I receive all these reactions and try to treat them without being influenced by them, neither the positive nor the negative ones, so that I can continue my path as close as possible to my spirit, and not to how I am perceived from the outside.

C&B: What is the most important decision you have made that changed your trajectory?

Sergiu CORBU Boldor: The most important decision I made was to continue on my own: to close the Ad Hoc chapter and start the Corbu project. This fundamentally changed my way of working. In Ad Hoc, decisions were made collectively – everyone had the right to vote and, even if there was an apparent hierarchy, I could not just do what I wanted, but what the whole group wanted. In the 8 years of existence, we released an album and a few singles.

In the Corbu project, I took full responsibility and decision-making, and by collaborating with people and their opinions, I managed in a few years to release 10 albums, plus an album from the Ad Hoc period. Maybe it would have been easier to learn group management at school, but practical experience shaped me just as well and I am glad about how things turned out. The decision to start on my own path – the Way of the Raven – among contrasts, black and white, good and evil, turning contradictions into unity, achieving the miracle of a single thing.

C&B: What valuable lessons have you learned from the experience of building and managing Ad Hoc?

Sergiu CORBU Boldor: I can’t limit myself only to the Ad Hoc experience; it is essential to also include the Corbu stage, in which I am now. The most valuable lesson I have learned is that only through love can we make things work in harmony. Only through friendship can we build something with soul, that resonates within us and becomes nourishment for it. Only by loving each other can we fulfill the Royal Art.

If brotherly love is missing, everything turns into something else, which I no longer resonate with and which I avoid. Some play very actively, have entire tours, and make a lot of money from it, but I consider that there is something much more valuable than money – something that works in our hearts, and for that it is worth all the effort. Money is just a result, a reward for good behavior. If you do good things spiritually, the material reward comes naturally.

C&B: Can you give an example of a successful project that reflects Ad Hoc’s impact?

Sergiu CORBU Boldor: The Ad Hoc project was a trailblazer. Of course, we were also inspired by others, but we always tried to be different. It seemed completely ridiculous to me to do something that already exists and, most of the time, is done better by others. That’s how we avoided playing medieval music, because there are bands that do it excellently, and we ended up developing our own style, which we called medieval folk acoustic punk. More technically, I would define Ad Hoc as a Romanian fantasy with medieval influences.

After our debut, I noticed that bands appeared in Romania that looked strikingly similar to what we were doing, especially in the way of playing. It’s interesting to see how other groups using the same instruments created a similar musical approach; I hope they also find their own identity.

On the other hand, in the Corbu project, where I placed immense emphasis on my intimate senses related to sound, my style seems impossible to copy. Technically, someone could imitate certain sound effects or violin playing, but the way I build a show, often in real time, has a unique impact: it inspires people to be who they truly are, or at least to seek that, not to reproduce.

As an example, listen to the album Dezleganie – Ritualul and imagine how you could reproduce that. Or take the album AIN: what impact could it have on someone? And especially, what impact does it have on you?

C&B: What does a typical day look like for you now and what moments of the day bring you the greatest satisfaction?

Sergiu CORBU Boldor: One of the most important decisions in my life, which you asked me about earlier, was to move to the countryside, a year before the pandemic. For several years now, my life has been shaped as much as possible, literally and figuratively, by the rhythm of nature.

When I am at home, I spend my time either working around the house – building and setting up a new studio and event space –, or in the garden, taking care of household chores. I don’t go to the gym, but I really enjoy physical effort, especially if it is also useful. I also love handmade art: I create linocut prints, I do photography. Even the constructions for myself become works of art. When you come to my studio, I will show you.

The other half of the day I dedicate to study: reading, playing, or exploring new ideas to develop in music.

In addition to this, there is also the other half of life – the one during concerts –, when the day is divided between driving, unloading and setting up the stage, playing, packing up, and driving back. There are also other very beautiful activities that I will tell you about on another occasion.

C&B: What values or principles guide you in what you do and how do you apply them daily?

Sergiu CORBU Boldor: There are several values that I pursue and try to apply in my life. Sometimes I succeed better, sometimes less, but the important thing is that from a good man I become even better, through the constant refining of mind, heart, and body.

Tolerance is essential, because in front of the Great Director we are all brothers and sisters, regardless of sexual orientation, religion, politics, sports, or the music we listen to. Another virtue I respect is generosity and passing it on: I have received the gift of music, and that obliges me to give, regardless of the situation, everything I can, unconditionally.

Self-knowledge and personal development are just as important, because I couldn’t pass something on if I didn’t have from what. Sincerity and truth are fundamental: I must be honest with myself and always seek the truth, so that my artistic act is authentic. Otherwise, it turns into something that deceives people and no longer corresponds to the purposes I seek.

C&B: How did the idea of founding Ad Hoc come about and what inspired you to start this project?

Sergiu CORBU Boldor: Almost all my career has been intuitive. I have always guided myself by what my heart told me. Whenever my mind intervened, things changed and turned into something else. The same happened at the beginning of Ad Hoc. I simply wanted to play, so I asked an old college friend, David Pusta, if he wanted to start a band. He said “yes.” And, since everything happened Ad Hoc, that’s what we named our new duo.

From the same pure desire to play all my projects started, including Corbu. Probably nothing is accidental: after 17 years, in the most recent Corbu album, AIN, I collaborated again with David Pusta, the one with whom I started. The way I started projects has always been a mix of unconscious and conscious, intuitive and planned, but the center of all remained the simple desire to play.

C&B: What are Ad Hoc’s development plans for the coming years?

Sergiu CORBU Boldor: Ad Hoc has not existed for many years; Corbu appeared precisely to continue the musical expression once Ad Hoc’s activity began to stop. Plans for the future are grand. What I most want is to be able to fully enjoy both live concerts and studio production.

This year I have published several albums online, including the most recent, AIN – a very beautiful album, which I want us to release also in physical format for those who appreciate the art object: CD, cassette, vinyl record, and even an unusual medium, something I have never seen in the music industry, which I will talk about at the right time. Follow our pages, we will post. As an idea, we released the album Dezleganie – Ritualul in bookmark format, like a puzzle.

Here you can listen to all our music:
https://corbuproject.bandcamp.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@proiectulCORBU

Here we connect:
https://linktr.ee/CORBU

Our narrative CV:
https://panacorbului.ro/cv/

Sergiu CORBU Boldor blends art, music, and experimentation in a journey that inspires and opens new cultural horizons. His story proves that passion and courage can turn life into a true work of art.

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C&B: How would you describe yourself in one sentence?
Ioana Gamen: “I am Ioana Gamen, an event organizer who loves to create moments that stay in people’s hearts — beautiful, authentic, and meaningful for each person who experiences them.”

C&B: Key moments that defined you:
Ioana Gamen:

• In 2013, when I organized my first large independent event — I felt that I could do this, that there are people who come to enjoy what I prepare.
• The concert “Argentinissimo – Roots: Analia Selis”, when I saw Latin American repertoire and folklore connect with the audience’s emotion, and people left talking about what they had felt.
• “A Musical Story of Yesteryear” – the nostalgic show in Iași – taught me how much the connection between audience and memory matters, between music and local identity.

C&B: The first challenges at the beginning:
Ioana Gamen: It was difficult to find sponsors who believed that a small but heartfelt cultural project could have an impact. Many times, I had to handle logistics, décor, sound, PR — everything myself, because the team was small. You balance emotion and ideals with the reality that every piece of décor, every invitation matters.

C&B: A dream/ambition that has always guided you:
Ioana Gamen: Not to create just “events,” but experiences where participants, at the end, feel “it was worth coming,” “I lived something beautiful and wouldn’t change it.” To leave my city richer culturally, to bring in people who never went to a classic show and make them curious.

C&B: How I looked at the beginning and how I have transformed:
Ioana Gamen: At the beginning I was pure enthusiasm, energy, big ideas and not always the resources to carry them out exactly as I imagined. Now I feel I’ve become more balanced: I know what I want, I know what it involves, I know how to protect my energy and choose projects that honor me and help me grow – not just in numbers, but in impact and quality.

C&B: What would your collaborators say about you?
Ioana Gamen: That I don’t give up, that I notice details others might overlook, that I put my heart into what I do. That I am demanding, but also grateful – when someone on the team brings a good idea or achieves something, I truly rejoice and make sure to say it.

C&B: The most important decision:
Ioana Gamen: Not to accept major compromises in quality and to constantly invest in professionalism – from venues, stage design, sound, to promotion. This decision made the audience trust me and return to my shows.

C&B: Types of events that represent you best:
Ioana Gamen: Concerts with a clear theme (folklore, interwar music, crossover), cultural performances with powerful voices, recitals, but also community events like PET EVENT – because I feel at home there, when I bring together on stage and beyond people who connect, who come with an open heart.

C&B: Unique value for clients:
Ioana Gamen: Every event I organize is not just a show, but a carefully crafted story: with details that matter (a relevant venue, suitable décor, surprise moments), with respect for the audience and artists. People say that at an Event by Ioana Gamen, they feel that everything is done with care.

C&B: What does an ordinary day / moments of satisfaction look like?
Ioana Gamen:
Morning: checking emails, talking to the team, planning.
Afternoon: visiting the venue, meetings with artists or suppliers, technical details, décor, sound.
Evening: maybe event preparations or workshops.
The greatest satisfaction? When I open the door to a decorated hall and see that the atmosphere I had envisioned comes to life — light, emotion, laughter, joyful tears…

C&B: The values that guide you:
Ioana Gamen:

• Professionalism – to deliver what you promise so you don’t disappoint;
• Authenticity – each project to reflect who I am;
• Respect – for artists, audience, and team;
• Emotion – because without emotion, an event is just logistics;
• Sustainability – I think about long-term impact, not just one-off.

C&B: How did the idea appear and what drew you toward event organizing?
Ioana Gamen: I started from the desire to see what happens when someone puts passion into every detail. I loved music, community, the connection created when people come to an event not just to listen, but to experience something. Seeing the potential in Iași, in its community, I thought “why not?”, and I began with small projects that grew step by step.

C&B: How do you handle unforeseen moments?
Ioana Gamen: I prefer to have a plan B for almost everything — two sound scenarios, backup décor, a team that knows what it’s doing. When something comes up, I breathe, communicate immediately, adapt what’s needed. The audience rarely sees what happens behind the scenes, but I know that calm and quick response matter a lot there.

C&B: The most memorable event and why:
Ioana Gamen: “The most memorable was the Ad Libitum Voices & orchestra concert in February 2023. It was my first symphonic concert, the one that basically launched me in this direction and showed me that I want to organize large concerts. The full hall, the orchestra’s energy, the audience’s emotion, and the artists’ joy on stage made me feel this is my mission: to bring such experiences to Iași and create bridges between audience and music. That was the moment I told myself: yes, this is my path.”

The interview with Ioana Gamen shows that truly memorable events are born from passion, attention to detail, and a genuine desire to offer authentic emotion to the audience.

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Virginia Vasilache is an actress, director, and entrepreneur in the cultural field. She is the founder of Teatrul Vasilache Bucharest (2020) and of the children’s theater troupe Miniricii (2018). She is also the author of the texts for the 7 children’s plays performed with the Miniricii troupe, the author of the show “Ultimul Loz – Musical de mahala”, and the author of a 2024 children’s best-seller “Financial Education for Children”, published by Bookzone.

C&B: How would you describe yourself in a single sentence to make those who don’t know you yet curious?

Virginia Vasilache: I am a person who wishes, through my actions, to leave something valuable—artistic, an idea, a conclusion, or perhaps a broader example—for those who will feel they have a mission on this Earth.

C&B: If we were to look at the storyline of your career or business, what were the key moments that defined you?

Virginia Vasilache: The first was the moment I decided, despite all the difficulties, the insistence of those around me, and challenging situations, to leave everything behind and start from scratch, following my dreams, intuition, and desires, fulfilling part of my purpose in this world.

Then many difficult moments followed, not necessarily caused by my behavior or willpower, but certainly the choices I made in those moments weighed heavily on my evolution until today. And today, I am only a small part of it.

I have always believed that difficult moments are the ones that truly define us—they push us out of our comfort zone and bring us face to face with destiny, with our will, with the power to move forward or, on the contrary, make us doubt everything we’ve built and believed in, making us change direction or stop altogether. This is where people are defined, one way or another. This is where they can realize whether their choices are aligned with what they feel and want to do.

After these hurdles usually come periods of growth, then hurdles again, then growth again, and so on. I cannot give a temporal cycle to these key moments because they came depending on my actions, my approach, my priorities, and, of course, external circumstances—those anomalies of destiny for which no one can be blamed, right?

C&B: What have been the biggest challenges you faced in developing Teatrul Vasilache?

Virginia Vasilache: The major, most important challenge was realizing whether I truly wanted this—whether I could withstand all the hardships, who would accept me, who I would lose, who I would have to give up, and other such questions that, although existential, are necessary whenever one chooses a grand plan over comfort.

Then, as I wrote above, giving up comfort. This project requires enormous effort—financial, yes, but above all, total commitment, lack of free time, sometimes burnout, persuasiveness, and much more.

The financial challenge is constant when talking about a private theater that receives no funding, no sponsorship, and sustains itself only from ticket sales and participation in events. It is still in a transition phase toward what I want it to become. Yet I cannot ignore or fail to appreciate that, despite the first two years of the pandemic, despite financial difficulties, despite the lack of support, something encouraged me to go on: full halls, extremely rewarding reviews, and this year, participation in several prestigious festivals (Fringe–Sibiu, FITT–Turda, Festivalul La mustață at the Comedy Theater, Comic 7b–Buzău, Festivalul Birlic–Fălticeni), where we even won awards. The prestige of what I created from just an idea, a thought, is the driving force that now compels me to keep going, no matter how hard it is.

There are also other challenges, such as working with actors. I sought to walk this path with people who understood that they were committing to building a future together. But sometimes, as in life, less suitable choices happen. What matters is noticing them quickly and moving forward, staying focused on your purpose, while learning a new lesson each time.

C&B: Is there a dream or ambition that has always guided you, regardless of obstacles?

Virginia Vasilache: There is a sort of madness; otherwise, I can’t explain it. I believe any creator must have that dose of madness to stay alive in their purpose and destiny—otherwise, it’s impossible. At every step, there are a million reasons not to do something, but there is always one reason to stay and fight. I think anyone who wants to take such a path is somehow obliged to choose the “bishop” on the chessboard. Otherwise, we can talk about perseverance, continuous effort, exhaustion, absolute trust, desire, determination, and so on. So, in this case, the bishop is built from both dream and ambition.

C&B: How did you look at the beginning of your journey, and how do you feel you’ve transformed since then?

Virginia Vasilache: This question should probably be addressed to those who see us from the outside. As for me, I saw myself from the beginning as what I would become when the time was right. I am still on the road, on the right path, I’d say. But “when will I arrive?”, “how will I arrive?”—these are questions only the Universe can answer. I don’t think about that. I let things flow naturally.

What I can say is that some of the difficulties I faced at the beginning have disappeared, new ones have appeared, and things have definitely evolved. I not only feel this but also see it in the notoriety this project has gained.

C&B: If we were to meet your team or collaborators, what do you think they would say about you?

Virginia Vasilache: Oh, tough question… I don’t know—probably both positive and negative things, but I couldn’t estimate the ratio. I’m not in the habit of asking them to confirm their belonging to the group, but I suppose if they are still working with me, things aren’t so bad.

C&B: What is the most important decision you’ve made that changed your trajectory?

Virginia Vasilache: I haven’t had such a decision yet. I’ve had smaller challenges, such as obtaining in 2023 our current location in Carol Park, at the “Dimitrie Leonida” National Technical Museum—a studio hall with 120 seats, a good, central location. Having such a space that we can also use for rehearsals allows us to work on various new projects, and probably this will lead us to another hurdle that we’ll overcome, one that will change our trajectory for the better.

C&B: How did you develop your leadership style or the way you make decisions? Was it a natural process or a learned one?

Virginia Vasilache: Both. Naturally, I am a leader—it may sound strange, but it’s true. As a child, I would direct classmates and playmates, then, at 20, I opened my first business, which I ran alongside partners until 2012, when I changed my path, gave up the comfort I mentioned earlier, and followed my dreams.

This natural leadership has been constantly improved over the years, but I believe it is, first and foremost, a way of being—a talent you either have or you don’t. Those who don’t have it become bosses if placed in such positions. A leader, in my view, is a mentor—someone you want to walk alongside, who doesn’t impose, but before whom you feel you cannot back down, who creates a moral duty that only those without character can avoid. A leader is someone next to whom you feel you can grow, but in fact, both evolve together. A leader will never claim success solely for themselves, will not fall into the vanity trap, but builds alongside others, lifting each one, because they are always a few steps ahead.

C&B: What has been the most memorable moment so far in Teatrul Vasilache’s journey, and what have you learned from it?

Virginia Vasilache: There have been many absolutely fantastic moments—the applause lasting 15 minutes after a show, the reviews, the extremely encouraging messages. We are often told: “I come to you because I can see that you really love acting, being on stage”—not literally, but metaphorically. And yes, that’s true. We truly want to perform, despite each person’s struggles, despite what we’ve gone through that day, despite the very hard times some of us may face (and I do mean extremely hard times, like losing loved ones). The actors still want to perform, with the same passion every time. There’s no stagnation, no state-actor complacency of having a salary but no drive to shape a role, discover something new in each show, to try, to transform. With us, the stakes are always high—even if we don’t perform for 800-seat audiences and the earnings aren’t huge, I don’t think that will ever become an obstacle.

C&B: What does a typical day look like for you now, and which moments bring you the most satisfaction?

Virginia Vasilache: Every day is typical for me, no matter what happens—or better said, something always happens every day, so I got used to it.

There are many tasks in a private theater. We have no set designers—we learned to make our own sets. We have no costume designer—we buy, adjust, sew, etc., our costumes. We clean the stage, we assemble and disassemble sets. We do have a technician, but there are situations when we handle technical direction ourselves, backstage. We sell tickets, we do promotion and social media posts, sometimes we have photographers, usually at premieres. In short, this is my daily work, alongside scheduling, organizing tours, and other logistical or administrative tasks. And yes, we pay taxes.

A typical day in my life has 48 hours, not 24. I’ve learned to be efficient with my time so I can also take care of my family and myself.

C&B: What values or principles guide you in what you do, and how do you apply them daily?

Virginia Vasilache: I believe they are the same principles that guide us all in life. The main principle is that if this project was given to me, I must do it as best as I can, whatever it is. I see it as a duty to the Universe to make the most of your talents, to showcase what you believe is valuable in you. It’s a duty you cannot avoid.

Another principle is not to harm anyone, although sometimes the method or outcome may not please everyone. We must accept that not everything happens as we want but according to a purpose.

I believe in transformation, in change that always leads to good. I believe that every ending leads to a new beginning.

When it comes to values, things are different. My values are often misunderstood or even opposed to others’. Maybe I’m “old-fashioned,” maybe they come from family upbringing, maybe from life experiences, but I believe that the very scale of values is the reason theater chose me to be here—because I respect its values.

Values are, after all, personal characteristics by which we are guided and act accordingly. Today, values are greatly diminished, often confused with needs.

C&B: How did the idea of founding Teatrul Vasilache come about, and what inspired you to take this step?

Virginia Vasilache: It came about simply and naturally. At that time (2020), I already had four children’s plays, and we often had trouble finding a venue to perform them. Carrying around large, heavy sets was exhausting. So, while searching for a suitable space, I discovered an interwar house in central Bucharest. It was small but very welcoming. After moving in, we thought it would be nice to stage a theater show for adults, too. Said and done.

As for the name, it was a pleasant coincidence between the well-known name Vasilache (from the famous duo Stroe and Vasilache, the Vasilache puppet, Vasilache and Mărioara, and other examples) and my own name. It seemed like a favorable synchronicity. Then the pandemic hit, but I didn’t give up. On the contrary, it seems we grew—perhaps more beautifully than if everything had gone smoothly from the start.

C&B: What projects or initiatives are you preparing for the future, and how do you want Teatrul Vasilache to evolve?

Virginia Vasilache: There is a lot to say here—I have a long list of wishes, plans, how I see things, versus what can realistically be done and when. Some projects I can start soon; for others, I’ll have to wait for the right time.

But for the 2025–2026 season, I can reveal that we will launch a new format. It will be called “The Nostalgia Season”—just as it sounds, it invites you to a nostalgic experience of Romanian theater. We’ll slightly rearrange the seating so that spectators can sit at tables, enjoy a drink, and watch the performance.

Why Nostalgia? Because through comedy, musicals, boulevard plays, and other formats, alongside our partners at the Technical Museum, we’ll recreate a nostalgic atmosphere of the times before 2000. We believe there is an audience for this type of live performance. It will be a special experience for those who attend.

The location in Carol Park invites us to be nostalgic—towards the good times, towards memories. I think it will also be fascinating for young people born after 2000 to discover objects from that era, small details about life back then, which, like it or not, now belong to the last century. We haven’t forgotten, and to them, the absence of technology is fascinating. Through this format, I believe we’ll also bring younger generations closer to theater.

In addition, those interested can join the “Cultural Entrepreneur” program, a loyalty program through which they will gain access to exclusive events, belong to a group that shares the same values, and enjoy different benefits.

At the same time, beyond our five existing shows, we’re preparing four new productions—comedies and plays with unique structures, which you’ll soon find on our website: www.teatrulvasilachebucuresti.ro

We will also continue the MINIRICII series of children’s performances on weekends, usually on Sunday mornings, with the program announced starting in September on our website and on our partners’ website (www.miniricii.ro).

Virginia Vasilache’s story is one of passion, dedication, and the power to bring joy to children through art. Vasilache Theatre Bucharest and Miniricii are not just cultural projects, but true spaces where creativity comes alive and creates unforgettable memories.

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