Constantin Brâncoveanu Awards Gala

10th Edition 2023

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About the edition

Alexandrion Foundation, part of Alexandrion Group, proudly announced the laureates of the tenth edition of the Constantin Brâncoveanu Awards Gala, a celebration dedicated to remarkable achievements in culture and science.

The event took place at the Alexandrion Experience Hotel in Sinaia and honoured personalities whose work, whether over the past year or throughout their careers, has had a profound and lasting impact on society.

The awards were presented in seven fields of excellence: film, history, theatre, architecture, visual arts, literature and music.

The honoured personalities embody the excellence, creativity and dedication that define the spirit of the Gala:

Special recognition

Alexandrion Foundation Special Award

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Awarded to

His Beatitude Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian

Special award for contribution to peace and religious dialogue in the Middle East – Catholicos and Armenian Catholic Patriarch of the House of Cilicia.

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Awarded to

Can Arap

Award for support given to the victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria (February 2023).

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Awarded to

Dr. Lisa Liberatore

Special award for the contribution made to supporting adults with autism, in collaboration with the Greek Orthodox Church "Adormirea Maicii Domnului" (Dormition of the Mother of God) in the Hamptons (New York, USA).

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Awarded to

Lucian Vasile

Matei Brâncoveanu Award, History – for the work "Războiul spionilor: acțiunile secrete ale exilului românesc la începutul comunismului" (The War of the Spies: The Secret Actions of the Romanian Exile at the Beginning of Communism).

Guest artists
The Gala was enriched by outstanding musical performances by soprano Irina Baianț, pianist Marius Deneș and the crossover group Brio Sonores, accompanied by the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Andrei Tudor — a memorable evening dedicated to the art and elegance of Romanian culture.
Laureates of this edition
Theatre

Ada Hausvater

Award for artistic leadership and for the remarkable contribution of the "Mihai Eminescu" National Theatre of Timișoara to the "Timișoara 2023 – European Capital of Culture" programme.

Literature

Mircea Platon

Award for his exceptional contribution as a poet and essayist in 2022

Film

Dorel Vișan

Award for an exceptional career

Music

Doina Rotaru

Award for an exceptional career

Visual Arts

Ștefan Pelmuș

Award for an exceptional career

Architecture

Daniel Zielinski and Maximilian Zielinski

Award for the project completed in 2023: "Locuințe colective, Strada Rabat nr. 10–14" (Collective Housing, 10–14 Rabat Street)

History

Acad. Prof. Dr. Ioan-Aurel Pop

Award for the work "Instituțiile medievale românești. Nobilimea și adunările nobiliare din Transilvania între secolele XIV–XVI." (Romanian Medieval Institutions. The Nobility and Noble Assemblies in Transylvania between the 14th and 16th Centuries.)

Jury members
President – Psychologist, Rector of Babeș-Bolyai University, Member of the Romanian Academy

Prof. Dr. Daniel David

Vice President – Painter, sculptor, poet, filmmaker

Ștefan Râmniceanu

Theatre scholar and theatre critic

Prof. Dr. Ludmila Patlanjoglu

Writer, essayist and publicist

Prof. Dr. Nicolae Iliescu

Film Critic

Magda Mihăilescu

Musicologist

Sorina Goia

Rector of the "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism

Prof. Dr. Marian Moiceanu

Historian, Chairman of the Board of the European Association for Geopolitical and Strategic Studies "Gheorghe I. Brătianu".

Prof. Dr. Constantin Corneanu

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