Registration for nominations for the Matei Brâncoveanu Awards – 3rd edition – is now open.
The Matei Brâncoveanu Awards are dedicated to artists, figures of culture and scientists at the beginning of their careers. This year the Matei Brâncoveanu Awards Gala will take place on 12 December.
Proposals and nominations may be submitted online at the addresses gala@fundatia-alexandrion.ro or redactia@cotidianul.ro, partner of the event since its debut, as well as directly at the headquarters of the Alexandrion Foundation at Str. Nicolae Grigorescu, nr. 19A, Otopeni, Ilfov County, or at the editorial office of the newspaper Cotidianul, Str. Parângului nr. 76, sector 1, Bucharest.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a short presentation of the reasons for the nomination. The deadline for submitting candidacies or nominations for the Matei Brâncoveanu Awards – 3rd edition is 4 December 2017. A jury made up of specialists and personalities will be the one to decide, in the end, the winners of the trophies.
The Matei Brâncoveanu Awards came about as a natural consequence of the Constantin Brâncoveanu Awards, dedicated to the seniors of culture and the sciences. The Matei Brâncoveanu Gala was christened after the youngest son of the martyr prince, who, together with his father and brothers, sacrificed himself for country and faith.
To date, in the two previous editions, the Alexandrion Foundation has presented 14 Matei Brâncoveanu Awards in fields such as literature, visual arts, theatre, film, dance, classical music, pop/jazz music and socio-human sciences.