Now in their 3rd edition, the Constantin Br\u00e2ncoveanu Diaspora Awards were presented on Wednesday evening in Paris. The award ceremony, organised by the Alexandrion Foundation, was hosted at the premises of the Romanian Embassy in France. The more than 200 guests were welcomed in an elegant atmosphere, and among them were figures from the world of culture, diplomats, ministers of the French Government and representatives of the Embassy.<\/p>\n
“The Constantin Br\u00e2ncoveanu Awards for the Diaspora are dedicated to Romanians who no longer live in the country, but who, through their work and achievements, make Romania proud. So far we have held editions in London and Munich, and now we have come to Paris. It is an event dedicated to Romanians in France and to French citizens with close ties to Romania and to Romanian and French culture.”, said Mr Stelios Savva, First Vice-President of the Alexandrion Foundation, at the opening of the event.<\/p>\n
The selection of nominees for the Constantin Br\u00e2ncoveanu Paris 2019 Awards was carried out through the same open procedure as in previous editions. The Executive President of the Jury, Academician R\u0103zvan Theodorescu, coordinated the jury sessions on this occasion, together with the jury president, Academician Dan Berindei. Prof. Dr. Andrei Marga \u2013 one of the Vice-Presidents of the Alexandrion Foundation \u2013 was once again this year Vice-President of the Jury. The jury was completed by: Academician Dumitru Radu Popescu, Prof. Dr. Mihai Retegan; Prof. Dr. Arch. Marian Moiceanu, Prof. Dr. Grigore Gon\u021ba, \u0218tefan R\u00e2mniceanu, visual artist, Magda Mih\u0103ilescu, film critic, Natalia Stancu, film critic, and Dumitru Constantin, jury secretary.<\/p>\n
The Foundation reserves the right to present up to two special awards. In Paris, the Special Award of the Foundation was presented to Roxana M\u0103r\u0103cineanu, Minister of Sports in the French Government.<\/p>\n
The winners of the Constantin Br\u00e2ncoveanu Diaspora Awards \u2013 Paris 2019 are as follows: <\/strong><\/p>\n Spiritual Activity <\/strong>\u2013 His Eminence Father Iosif, Romanian Orthodox Archbishop of Western Europe, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Western and Southern Europe.<\/p>\n The Jury’s citation:<\/p>\n “A leading figure of the Romanian Orthodox Church and a doctor of Theology from Paris, His Eminence Iosif has dedicated himself both to the development of the Archdiocese he shepherds and to deepening the spiritual ties with a growing number of parishioners in the Romanian Orthodox parishes of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, England and Ireland. Thus, whereas when he was elected to this high office there were only 47 parishes in the jurisdiction of this Archdiocese based in Paris, today the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe has 126 parishes.”<\/p>\n Medicine \u2013 <\/strong>Prof. Dr. \u0218erban Mih\u0103ileanu<\/p>\n The Jury’s citation:<\/p>\n “After leaving the country he quickly established himself and won recognition, becoming one of the most renowned cardiologists in Paris, teaching students and also running a private practice. Today, Prof. Dr. \u0218erban Mih\u0103ileanu is among the leading specialists in the physiology of the heart valves, and is the creator of the open-heart echography method, used in hospitals around the world. He has published hundreds of studies in Europe and in the USA.”<\/p>\n Science \u2013 <\/strong>Prof. Basarab Nicolescu<\/p>\n The Jury’s citation: “Academician Basarab Nicolescu, physicist and philosopher, is the author of important scientific discoveries and of numerous books, including the celebrated volume dedicated to the poetry of Ion Barbu. (\u2026) He settled in France in 1969, where he continued his work in the field of the physical sciences, earning his doctorate and then standing out through discoveries of great importance, which consolidated his career.”<\/p>\n Performing Arts \u2013 <\/strong>Petrika Ionescu<\/p>\n The Jury’s citation:<\/p>\n “An imposing, many-sided personality, Petrika Ionescu, as he is known abroad, has a prodigious body of work and is a devotee of superlatives. (\u2026) After settling in Paris he staged productions at theatres in France, England, Germany and Ireland. (\u2026) His impressive record also notes that, since 1980, he has directed and designed the sets for opera productions at prestigious international venues such as the Op\u00e9ra Garnier and the Op\u00e9ra Bastille in Paris, the Metropolitan Opera in New York and La Scala in Milan.”<\/p>\n Art History \u2013 <\/strong>Emanuela Cernea and Iuliana Damian (Romania) & Jannic Durand and Dorota Giovannoni (France) \u2013 curators of the exhibition “Broderies de tradition byzantine en Roumanie”, opened at the Louvre.<\/p>\n The Jury’s citation:<\/strong><\/p>\n “Some 30 embroideries of inestimable value, created between 1437 and the end of the 17th century, can be seen in this unique exhibition. Among them stands out the banner depicting Saint George the Great Martyr, embroidered 500 years ago and given by Stephen the Great in 1500 to the Zographou Monastery on Mount Athos, <\/em>recovered by a detachment of French soldiers during the First World War and handed by France to the Romanian state in 1917.”<\/p>\n Visual Arts \u2013 <\/strong>Christian Paraschiv & Mircea Cantor<\/p>\n The Jury’s citation: “Christian Paraschiv<\/strong> lives in Paris and is regarded as a Franco-Romanian artist. In November 2018, he opened a retrospective exhibition as part of the France-Romania season, which runs from 27 November 2018 to 14 July 2019 and coincides with Romania’s rotating presidency of the EU and with the two Centenaries \u2013 that of the Great Union, and with it of modern Romania, and that of the end of the First World War. In the exhibition, Christian Paraschiv presented 68 works covering a period of more than three decades, from 1972 to 2002, which are representative of an exceptional artistic career.”<\/p>\n The Jury’s citation:<\/strong> “The visual artist Mircea Cantor <\/strong>also opened an exhibition as part of the Romania-France season. At the Museum of Hunting and Nature in Paris, he exhibited (15 January \u2013 31 March 2019) drawings inspired by the masks worn by carollers in Romanian villages at New Year. The drawings were accompanied by 100 exhibits sent specially for the exhibition by the Museum of the Romanian Peasant in Bucharest, an initiative through which the artist expresses his ‘concern for this heritage, which is on the verge of disappearing in Romania.'”<\/p>\n Ethnology <\/strong>\u2013 Alain Bouras for “La civilisation des clairi\u00e8res. Enqu\u00eate sur la civilisation de l’arbre en Roumanie. Ethno\u00e9cologie, technique et symbolique dans les for\u00eats des Carpates” (The Civilisation of the Clearings. A Study of the Civilisation of the Tree in Romania. Ethnoecology, Technique and Symbolism in the Forests of the Carpathians).<\/p>\n “I am very honoured to receive this award. I think the jury of the Alexandrion Foundation sensed how much I enjoyed Romania and the love I have for it. In this book I tried to describe the relationships between the Romanian peasant, trees, the forest and wood, which are very important. I hope this book will be translated into Romanian so that it can be read by all Romanians. “, said Professor Alain Bouras in Romanian on receiving the award.<\/p>\n Architecture \u2013<\/strong> The Munteanu-Perianu architectural practice<\/p>\n The Jury’s citation:<\/p>\n “We want to thank Romania, the country where we were born and trained, and also France, for giving us the chance to improve our craft and to build so much, houses, homes. We practise architecture with passion, and even if space is the essential material of architecture, people are its reason for being. (\u2026) In France we have built a great deal: apartment blocks, hospitals, sports grounds, everything. In France, every construction project for the state is obtained through competition, and we have taken part in and won quite a few, which makes it all the more amusing that for this award we did not compete, but won it. “, said Dan Munteanu.<\/p>\n The Constantin Br\u00e2ncoveanu Awards for the Diaspora have already had editions in London, Cyprus and Munich, and the Constantin Br\u00e2ncoveanu International Awards will hold their second edition in New York in 2019. The tradition of organising the Constantin Br\u00e2ncoveanu Awards Gala in Bucharest continues, and the event will be scheduled for the autumn, for the end of September or the beginning of October. Proposals and nominations for the Constantin Br\u00e2ncoveanu Awards in Bucharest may be sent by 30 August 2019 to: office@fundatia-alexandrion.ro or to the headquarters of the Alexandrion Foundation: Str. Nicolae Grigorescu, nr. 19 A, Otopeni. To be validated by the jury, every proposal must be accompanied by a written statement of reasons (no more than one A4 page).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Now in their 3rd edition, the Constantin Br\u00e2ncoveanu Diaspora Awards were presented on Wednesday evening in Paris. The award ceremony, organised by the Alexandrion Foundation, was hosted at the premises of the Romanian Embassy in France. 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