"The modern state of Romania was formed by the merging of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859.The state united with Transylvania in 1918. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest (Romanian: Bucureşti /bu.kuˈreʃtʲ/ (help·info)), the sixth largest city in the EU. Romania joined NATO on March 29, 2004, and the European Union (EU) on January 1, 2007. Romania has the seventh largest population and the ninth largest territory in the EU."
"We are a non-profit, humanitarian organization that has been working with orphaned and abandoned street children in Romania for over 10 years. Our projects consist of a Hope Rescue Center where homeless children and families can come and receive counseling, food, clothing, medical treatment, etc. as well as Family Homes, Orphanage Outreaches, Abandoned Baby Hospital Outreaches, a Life Skills Mentorship program for older teens and young adults, and numerous other projects. "
"Nicolae Moldoveanu (conductor) was born in Romania but emigrated to Switzerland in 1986, where he studied conducting with Wilfried Boettcher, Horst Stein, Ralf Weikert and Antal Doráti at the Musikhochschule in Zürich, Basel and Bern, also attending master classes with Lothar Zagrosek and Sergiu Celibidache. In the UK, whilst at the Royal Academy of Music in London, his teachers included Colin Metters, George Hurst and Sir Colin Davis. He also took part in master classes with, amongst others, Ilya Musin, Leonard Slatkin and Sir Roger Norrington. Upon graduating from the Academy, he was awarded the Edwin Samuel Dove Prize for special merit as well as the Ricordi Conducting Prize. In 1994 Nicolae Moldoveanu was appointed Arts Council Young Conductor to the Bournemouth Orchestras. In 1997 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music and the following year he was appointed Principal Conductor of the English Sinfonia. In September 2002 Nicolae Moldoveanu took up he position of Associate Guest Conductor with the London Mozart Players."
CENTRUM-Romanian Praise and Worship Band