Thursday, September 25
September 25
Listening, Project presentation | Language: French
A participatory introduction to facilitating radio workshops to learn how to create, supervise, and promote sound workshops in order to stimulate expression, listening, and civic engagement among children and young people.
September 25
Listening, Project presentation | Language: French
Benjamin Ribout will launch the Festival’s radio station and present his work on podcasting with teenagers.
September 25
Audio drama, Listening, Panel discussion | Language: English, Open to the public
Come to discover “Message in a Bottle”, an audio drama by Romanian and Moldovan young professionals. (in partnership with Radio Romania Cultural and Making Waves)
September 25
Masterclass | Language: English, Open to students and professionnals
Masterclass with Simon Decreuze – Finding attention in a distracted world (In partnership with ENS Louis Lumière)
September 25
Opening ceremony | Language: French (simultaneous translation available in English), Open to the public
Opening Evening of the festival, to celebrate together the diversity and creativity of the audio world with some very special guests. Join us for some great discussions and refreshing drinks.
Friday, September 26
Professional Day at the French Institute
The Orizont Sonor Festival aims to offer audio professionals, students, and digital content creators from Europe and the Black Sea region the opportunity to consolidate their network, to share experiences regarding innovation, pool expertise, in order to tackle challenges together, particularly economic and technological ones.
To register, click here: Friday, September 26: Professional Day (journée professionnelle) – Institut Français de Roumanie
September 26
Also available online, Panel discussion | Language: English, Open to students and professionnals
Two artists from different countries engage in a dialogue on sound and radio creation. Their conversation resonates with their personal histories, those of their countries, and those of other Black Sea nations.
September 26
Also available online, Panel discussion | Language: English, Open to students and professionnals
Producers and broadcasters will discuss the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities of distributing audio and radiophonic works at both European and international levels.
September 26
Also available online, Panel discussion | Language: English, Open to students and professionnals
Exploring the role of radio stations in Eastern Europe and around the Black Sea, between independence from political pressure, defending cultural diversity, and combating fake news with a short focus on Crimea.
September 26
Also available online, Panel discussion | Language: English, Open to students and professionnals
Creators and digital experts discuss new opportunities for innovation, reaching new audiences, and rethinking narrative forms in the digital age.
September 26
Listening, Project presentation | Language: English, Open to students and professionnals
Presentation of Dogs of Cișmigiu, a documentary production currently in progress for the geolocation app GOH, created for sound artists. Visitors to Cișmigiu Garden will be able to discover, at different locations, stories about the neighborhood’s dogs.
September 26
Masterclass | Language: English, Open to students and professionnals
This Masterclass aims to provide podcast creators and audio professionals with the keys to convincing a producer.
September 26
Networking session | Language: English, Open to students and professionnals
This networking event aims to strengthen ties between podcast professionals in Romania and beyond. Its goal is to lay the groundwork for a nascent industry, while promoting greater awareness of the podcast network and enhanced cooperation between its various players.
September 26
Show | Language: French & Romanian, Open to the public, with admission fee
Le Chef is a hybrid sound show combining live and recorded performances, in which the audience actively participates with Alex Vasilache.
Saturday, September 27
An invitation to a journey around the Black Sea at Echoes Haus.
Led by the voices of artists and journalists, this trip will begin in Romania and take us to Armenia, passing through Bulgaria and Ukraine along the way.
September 27
Listening Session, Panel discussion | Language: English, French, Open to the public, Subtitles RO/EN
Listening to the documentary “Voyage en pays documentaire”, produced by Longueur d’Ondes, followed by a discussion with Anne-Claire Lainé. A journey through time and sound, discovering the history of radio production.
September 27
Listening, Panel discussion | Language: English & Romanian, Open to the public
Radio Vis shares the voices of children facing exclusion and precarity, through laughter, dreams, and stories. It is a listening and dialogue experience, presented by Maria Balabaș, advocating for their place in the public sphere.
September 27
Listening, Panel discussion | Language: English, French, Open to the public
With her “Carnets d’Ukraine” (Ukrainian Notebooks), Maurine Mercier takes us into the men and women’s daily lives that have been transformed by the war. Through intimate audio messages, she reveals their emotions, their resistance, and the strength of their humanity in the face of conflict.
September 27
Performance | Language: English, Open to the public
“Ghost Villages” by Mirian Kolev, is an artistic invitation to listen to the sounds of deserted villages in the Bulgarian mountains, which become musical material, revealing the memory of these places and their return to nature.
September 27
Listening, Panel discussion | Language: English, French, Open to the public, Subtitles EN/FR
Tamara Keryan, is an Armenian girl living in Brest since her teens. She now speaks five languages and leads guided tours at the Tanguy Tower. With Toma, she explores through sound the notions of home, identity, and the quest for that place we call “home.”
September 27
Performance, Radio drama | Language: French & Romanian, Open to the public, subject to availability
Alexandra Badea presents her play “Mondes”, rewritten especially or the Festival and performed at the National Theatre
September 27
Party | Language: Open to the public, with admission fee
Let’s dance and party with a DJ set by DJ BORȘ
Sunday, September 28
Sound art, as much as poetry, is offering us tools for reading the world that are endowed with subtlety and sensitivity. Thanks to technology, we now have scientific proof that plants can be heard and that they listen. As the flora is at the center of research on survival at a time when ecological decline is unstoppable, we wondered how we could create a setting in which, through sound art, surrounded by the rich collection of the Botanical Garden, the listening audience could reconsider the complex relationships we have with the plant world. Moving from sensory perceptions to historical or political landmarks, and from food to models of regeneration or design, the themes offered by plants are manifold. Through a selection of sound pieces, meetings with artists, auditions, and a performance dedicated to gardens, plants, and nature in general, we hope that the Botanical Garden’s audience will join the ORIZONT SONOR festival and explore with us the ability of sound to decipher the world we live in. Program curated by Anamaria Pravicencu and SEMI SILENT.
September 28
Performance | Language: Open to the public, with admission fee
Vittoria Assembri invites us to rediscover the Bucharest Botanical Garden. Using the surrounding plant materials, the artist creates a unique sound performance
September 28
Listening, Panel discussion | Language: English, French & Romanian, Open to the public, with admission fee
Marie Guérin invites the audience on a unique journey: her Tales of Cincu open the doors to a rural Romania, inhabited by traditions, myths, and intimate stories.
September 28
Immersive Sound Listening | Language: English & Romanian, Open to the public, with admission fee
Through four sound pieces by Romanian, British, and Croatian artists, the audience is invited to wander through imaginary or real gardens in a poetic reinterpretation of the Botanical Garden’s spaces.
September 28
Listening, Project presentation | Language: English, Open to the public, with admission fee
Sillyconductor takes us on a journey: part lecture, part listening session, the event will combine stories about plants and art experiments.
September 28
Listening Session, Radio drama | Language: French, Open to the public, Subtitles RO/EN, with admission fee
Anne Lepère invites us to look up at the sky and let ourselves be carried away by an audio fiction that will close this program, offering a journey from dusk to a night filled with dreams.