Constantin Brâncoveanu Awards Gala

11th Edition 2024

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About the edition

The Constantin Brâncoveanu Awards Gala, an emblematic event celebrating Romania’s cultural and spiritual heritage, reached its eleventh edition in 2024. Organised annually by Alexandrion Foundation, part of Alexandrion Group, the gala highlights remarkable achievements in culture and science, honouring personalities whose contributions inspire, uplift and transform society. The 2024 edition took place at the Alexandrion Experience Hotel in Sinaia, bringing together 200 guests for an evening celebrating talent, passion and creativity, under the sign of continuity and of enduring values.

The awards were presented to personalities whose work reflects the spirit of excellence that the gala promotes:

Special recognition

Alexandrion Foundation Special Award

Medal of the Constantin Brâncoveanu Awards Gala
Awarded to

His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch

Award for excellence in promoting peace and dialogue among nations and religions.

Guest artists
The evening was ennobled by extraordinary musical performances that brought to the fore the sonic richness of Romanian culture. On stage were soprano Irina Baianț, violinist Alexandru Tomescu, flautist Cătălin Oprițoiu, pianist and composer Xenti Runceanu and tenor Ovidiu Lazăr, accompanied by the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra under the baton of maestro Andrei Tudor. Together, these artists turned the gala into a true tribute to Romanian art and culture, an evening of excellence and genuine emotion.
Laureates of this edition
Science, Technology and Innovation

Dorel Banabic

Award for promoting Romanian contributions to science, technology and innovation at international level.

History

Mircea-Gheorghe Abrudan

Award for the volume "Mitropolitul Andrei Șaguna: o biografie culturală" (Metropolitan Andrei Șaguna: A Cultural Biography).

Film

Dorina Lazăr

Award for an exceptional career

Architecture

Dan Marin

Award for the "Casa S" project in the Domenii area, Bucharest (2020–2024)

Visual Arts

Constantin Flondor

Award for an exceptional career

Music

Madrigal Choir

Award for artistic excellence

Theatre

Oana Pellea

Award for an exceptional career and for her performances in the plays "Evadarea tăcută", "Callas" and "Scaunele".

Art History

Magda Cârneci

Award for an exceptional career

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

Film Critic

Magda Mihăilescu

Musicologist

Sorina Goia

Architect, 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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