Plai 2008
The year 2008 meant fado and Mariza for PLAI. Considered the greatest fado performer of the moment (in fact some say she’s the greatest in history), Mariza has taught us a lesson in what it means to put your soul in music, to sing not only with your voice, but with your whole being. We made azulejo, learned protuguese for students, lovers and tourists; ikebana and mural painting; we learned to play various instruments, read books and were read stories to, juggled and we partied in the chill area with nearly 50 cultural partners that were by our side. We watched the surprizing dancers from NN (Lublin Dance Theater), we listened to Vizanti, Hotel Palindrone, Alvik, Tarhan and P.A.S.O., we danced to Al Jawalla again and discovered Fanfare Ciocârlia on the musical journey that any world music stage would have been happy to have.
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Concerts
Workshops
Guests
Partners
Mariza
“I lived in a traditional town near Lisbon and I always sang fado – I know what fado is and I understand myself through this music.” – Mariza Fado (Portuguese: “fate”) is a musical genre which is believed to have… mai multe detalii
Al Jawala
ÄlJawala (Germany) They banned sitting down at PLAI 2007, and you asked they come again in 2008! Passionate about traditional Eastern European music, ÄlJawala uses themes from the gypsy and jazz repertoire, mantaining originality with percussion, saxophones and electronic music.… mai multe detalii
Alvik
Alvik (Czech Republic) After seeing and hearing them at PLAI 2008 you can say you like Alvik for their specific way of taking jazz through acoustic, electric or even through abstract hip-hop and drum’n’bass. Or you could say that you… mai multe detalii
Fanfare Ciocârlia
Winners of the BBC Radio World Music Award for Europe in 2006, the members of Fanfare Ciocârlia have demonstrated in Timişoara that expressions like “demons of speed” and “world’s fastest fanfare” aren’t just stories. Rampaging crowds and unbelievable rythms is… mai multe detalii
Grigore Leşe
DRUMUL – Grigore Leşe Grigore Leşe’s show “DRUMUL” (Romanian: “the road”), with the help of a true musical archeology, reconstructs through sound the archaic peasant’s road through life, with its leading passage moments – birth, marriage, military servive and death.… mai multe detalii
Hotel Palindrone
Hotel Palindrone was founded in 1995, when they began singing at festivals in Austria, Italy and France. Starting from Austrian traditional music, jazz influences can also be felt in their sound, along with classical music, their repertoire include both remakes… mai multe detalii
Tarhana
Tarhana (Netherlands) The members of Tarhana live in the Netherlands, but the thing that brought them together (and after that at PLAI) were either the eastern roots of the band members, or their appetite for eastern sounds. The band’s name,… mai multe detalii
PASO – Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra
Traditional ska spiced up with Hungarian motives – an amazing combination that will surely make you dance! Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra (PASO) is the traditional ska ambassador for Hungary and one of the most energetic young bands with distinct Eastern… mai multe detalii
Asociaţia Geea Life şi Kosmetikos
Initiere in astrologie si metafizica
Budokai
demostratie de arta martiala
Ambasadele Israel si Peru
reciclare alternativa – workshop despre responsabilitate sociala cu Raluca Ionescu
Ambasada Portugaliei
Despre Fado, muzica, versuri, oameni Ora de lectura – carti de autori portughezi tradusi in limba romana Ora de pictura – azulejo pe pluta si tricouri
Yazee
Workshop de percutie cu Piti si Beavis
Viitor plus
Educare si informare cu privire la protejarea mediului
The Serious Road Trip
workshop de jonglerie directa, indirecta, echilibru si atelier liber
Terapia prin Arta
workshop de modelaj si pictura pentru copii
Noua Acropola
Atelier ikebana
Asociaţia Geea Life şi Kosmetikos
Tai Chi si Qi Qong workshop masaj de relaxare
Knock Knock
Picteaza ghiveciul in care sadesti o planta pentru viitor
Ideo Ideis
Ateliere de teatru
Eco Club Timişoara
Captain Planet si incalzirea globala
Caligraf si S.tart
Discutie despre cartile lui Hemingway
Asociatia Sahaja Yoga
workshop de dans indian workshop despre centri de energie, echilibrarea chakrelor si a canalelor energetice
Simultan
Simultan presented a collection of short and very short films at PLAI, a sort of a preview of their own festival, Simultan Festival. www.simultan.org
Shadows Art
Shadows is a part of the street art organization The Serious Road Trip Romania. Shadows was created in the spring of 2006, when its founders decided to create and experiment an atmosphere that is full of team spirit and unity,… mai multe detalii
Timişoara Penitentiary
Timişoara Penitentiary – This institution promotes culture inside it, encouraging involvement and learning through various activities. In 2006, the Penitentiary was an involved partner at PLAI, offering a program with a lot of music, soap sculpting, painting and a lot… mai multe detalii
Banat Village Museum
Banat Village Museum was represented by authentic artisans in this section, handicraftsman proficient in old customs like pottery, sculpting, weaving and other such. They offered demonstrative workshops and present their work. www.msbtm.ro
Rubin Foundation
Rubin Foundation’s mission is to promote art through unconventional ways and to bring focus on artists. The founders and animators of the foundation are young people that are not directly involved in arts. They come mostly from the business area… mai multe detalii
Cărtureşti Timişoara
Most people see Cărtureşti as a bookstore. We argue that if “paradise is a bookstore” (as Borges once said), only then Cărtureşti can be called “a bookstore”. Given the complex nature of the concept behind it, Cărtureşti is more a… mai multe detalii
Geea Life Association and Kosmetikos
The Metaphysics Association Geea Life – promotes education and knowledge in order for everyone to be aware and responsible of their actions and for their health. Natural food as a lifestyle, astrology at a self-knowledge level, nature walks, exercise, self… mai multe detalii
Franco-Romanian Association AVIS (Clown House)
AVIS acts for the social insertion of children and young people of the streets of Timişoara. Starting 2003, a team of volunteers, Romanian and French, meets weekly with 150 young people. Every Wednesday, under a circus cupola at the Banat… mai multe detalii
Polish Institute
Is a non-profit organization that develops cultural activities in hopes of promoting Polish culture in most of the European countries (Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Great Britain, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, Hungary) and outside Europe… mai multe detalii
The Intercultural Institute
The Intercultural Institute was established in 1992 with the help of local authorities from Timişoara and The Council of Europe. IIT is a non-governmental organization that accepts and promotes the tolerance climate and interethnic communication which are specific to Timişoara… mai multe detalii
Austrian Cultural Forum
The Austrian Cultural Forum promotes artistic productions from Austria, making way for Romanian-Austrian cooperation. In addition to carrying out cultural projects, new impulses must be born so that we observe our intellectual, social and cultural environment more closely. The Austrian… mai multe detalii
General Consulate of Serbia in Timişoara
The General Consulate of Serbia presented Serbian culture at PLAI Festival, both through music and culinary art! With visiting their tent at PLAI you had the chance to learn many interesting things about our neighbors! www.consulatulgeneral-serbia.ro
German Cultural Center
The German Cultural Center is a non-profit organization that wants to offer German language and culture lovers of all ages and ethnicities an up-to-date image of Germany. The goal is supporting and promoting German-Romanian cultural collaboration on all levels. It… mai multe detalii
French Cultural Institute
The essential priority of the French Cultural Center is to guide and assure the promotion of the French language together with the cultural center network and the French Alliance. In Timişoara, the French Cultural Center does much more than that,… mai multe detalii
“De Partea Ta” Association
The main activity of this association is the education of people of all ages in diversity, tolerance and respect for the natural and cultural Romanian and universal heritage. In doing so, the association has the following objectives: – promotion of… mai multe detalii
The Royal Netherlands Embassy and the Honorary Dutch Consulate in Timişoara
These are organizations that intensely support cultural events in Romania and promote Dutch cultural values with every opportunity. They have been our partners for several years now, but also are a reliable partner of many years to quality activities in… mai multe detalii
Embassy of Portugal in Romania
The Embassy of Portugal is a long-term partner of PLAI Festival. You had the chance to learn the language; draw your own piece of azulejo tile while they introduced us to their culture with amazing Portuguese music, traditions and a… mai multe detalii
Embassy of Peru in Romania
The Embassy of Peru brought at PLAI great movies along with leaflets and brochures introducing us to some of the most breath-taking sites in the world, sites from the country they represent. www.embajadaperu.ro
Embassy of Israel in Romania
2009 was the second year in which the Embassy of Israel participated in our Festival. They made possible the screening of films which promote the talented and valuable youth of Israel. bucharest.mfa.gov.il www.mfa.gov.il
AIESEC
AIESEC is acknowledged by the United Nations as the biggest student organization in the world. It has a 60 year experience of training young people in becoming future leaders in their society. In Romania, AIESEC has been around since 1990,… mai multe detalii
Funders / Sponsors
3. Consiliul Judeţean Timiş
4. Institutul Cultural Român
Brithouse
Centrul Ceh
Centrul Cultural Francez Timisoara
Coca Cola
Consulatul Onorific al Regatului Tarilor de Jos
Demark construct
Duboar
Forumul Cultural Austriac
Full Print Banat
Institutul Polonez
Izometal / Confort
Made by Aliosha
Mainstage
Ministerul Culturii şi Cultelor din România
Orange
Primăria si Consiliul Local TimişoaraRauti Company
Velo Speed
Media Partners
1. Radio Guerrilla
2. 24-FUN
Apollo
Bega Grup
Elevate
R.A.T.T.
romturism.ro
TVR Timişoara
yazee.ro
Ziarul Timişoara
Cultural Partners
AIESEC
Ambasada Israel în România
Ambasada Peru în România
Ambasada Portugaliei în România- Ambasada Tarilor de Jos in Romania si Consulatul Onorific al Tarilor de Jos in Timisoara
Asociaţia de Metafizică Geea Life
AT4T
Cărtureşti Timişoara
Casa de Clovni – Asociaţia pentru o viaţă în schimbare- Centrul Ceh
- Centrul Cultural Francez
Centrul Cultural German
Cloud Factory
Consulatul General al Serbiei în Timişoara
De Partea Ta
DiTacTic
Eco Club- Forumul Cultural Austriac
Fundatia Rubin
Ideo Ideis
Institutul Intercultural Timişoara- Institutul Polonez
Knock Knock si Artelier
Kosmetikos
Leaders Timişoara
Muzeul de Artă Timişoara
Muzeul Satului Bănăţean
Noua Acropolă
Penitenciarul Timişoara
Romanian Youth Exchange
Simultan
St.art
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