Bucharest National Opera Orchestra awarded Medal of Italian Chamber of Deputies

13 July 2026 The Bucharest National Opera Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Jinga, performed on Sunday, July 12, 2026, on the open-air stage at Villa Rufolo as part of the 74th edition of the Ravello International Festival. Before the concert, the orchestra was awarded the Medal of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic. The evening's soloist, violinist Alexandru Tomescu, performed Niccolò Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, "La Campanella," on the Stradivarius Elder-Voicu violin. The program also included George Enescu's Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite. The orchestra’s concert marked the conclusion of Romania's semester of the Romania–Italy Cultural Year 2026. The Year opened on December 1, 2025, with a gala concert at the Teatro dell'