Music4Romania (www.music4romania.org) cordially invites you to attend “Odes and Elegies: An Evening of Music and Poetry” to be held on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 7:00 PM at Independent Presbyterian Church (ipc-usa.org), at 3100 Highland Ave South, Birmingham, AL 35205. The program will feature piano trio music by Enescu, Nottara, and Rachmaninoff, performed by pianist Sasha Kasman Laude and Alabama Symphony Orchestra’s musicians Daniel Szasz, violin, and Warren Samples, cello. Also featured will be poetry by Romanian-American poet Alina Stefanescu.

The concert is the second event of “Wednesdays in Romania: A Chamber Music Series with a Purpose,” designed in 2023 in partnership with several non-profit institutions in the Birmingham area with the aim of encouraging and fostering intercultural communication and understanding through the arts.

Admission is FREE but donations on site or online will gratefully be accepted to benefit Music4Romania’s mission to make a difference through music. Music4Romania is a 501(c)3 organization and donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

For more information about the “Wednesdays in Romania” series or about opportunities to become involved with Music4Romania’s community of volunteer musicians and music-lovers, please email at music4romania2023@gmail.com or contact Dr. Alina Voicu at (205)807-5814.