MADRIGAL TOUR: SĂPTĂMÂNA PATIMILOR 2026

From 26 March – 9 April 2026, the National Chamber Choir „Madrigal – Marin Constantin” presents the „Săptămâna Patimilor” Easter Tour, with events in 5 cities in Romania. The Extraordinary Performance „Săptămâna Patimilor”, conducted by Anna Ungureanu, will be presented in Timișoara, Oradea, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu and Bucharest.

Details and tickets are available online at bilete.madrigal.ro and on the platform Bilete.ro.

From the joy of entering the city to the moments of agony on the Cross, the National Chamber Choir „Madrigal – Marin Constantin” invites you to witness Jesus’s final week on earth in a special, emotionally charged performance, conceived to express through music, drama and set design the symbolism of the days preceding the Saviour’s Resurrection.

Audiences’ profound experience in the performance venues will be complemented by sacred texts performed by actors Marius Turdeanu and Richard Bovnoczki, as well as the voices of children from the Cantus Mundi National Programme choirs.

Programme of the „Săptămâna Patimilor” Easter Tour 2026

26.03 | 19:00 | Sala Sporturilor „Constantin Jude”, TIMIȘOARA

28.03 | 19:30 | Main Auditorium, Casa de Cultură a Sindicatelor, ORADEA

03.04 | 19:00 | Héritage Hall, Academia Națională de Muzică „Gh. Dima”, CLUJ-NAPOCA

05.04 | 19:30 | Sala Transilvania, SIBIU

08.04 | 19:00 | Aula Magna of Universitatea Politehnica BUCHAREST

09.04 | 19:00 | Aula Magna of Universitatea Politehnica BUCHAREST

With a repertoire of Romanian and international sacred music, the programme of the performances is dedicated to Christianity’s greatest celebration and includes excerpts from the celebrated „Florilegiu bizantin” – the impressive collection of Easter music compiled by Marin Constantin, „Prohodul Domnului” in Nicolae Lungu’s arrangement, „Credo” from „Missa în do minor” by W. A. Mozart, and many other iconic sacred compositions.

National Chamber Choir „Madrigal – Marin Constantin” | Conductor Anna Ungureanu | Direction and script Emil Pantelimon | Piano Mihai Murariu | Guests: Marius Turdeanu and Richard Bovnoczki | Set design Vladimir Turturica | Organisation Leila Popovici | With children from Cantus Mundi choirs

Main sponsor: ROMPETROL

Sponsors: Aqua Carpatica, Rețeaua Privată de Sănătate „Regina Maria”

Institutional partners: ARCUB, Casa Corpului Didactic, Centrul de Cultură Arcuș, Circul Metropolitan București, Domeniile Sâmburești, Institutul Cultural Român,  Opera Comică pentru Copii, Regia Națională a Pădurilor ROMSILVA, Senatul României, Soundfeed, Teatrul Național de Operetă și Musical „Ion Dacian”, Televiziunea română, UNIMIR, Universitatea Politehnica București, USAMV Cluj-Napoca

Recommended by: Europa FM

Supported by: Radio România Actualități, Radio România Cultural, Radio România Muzical, Radio România București FM, Radio România Cluj, Radio România Timișoara

Media partners: AGERPRES, Agenția de cArte, Bookhub, București Business, B1 TV, B365, Euronews România, Itsy Bitsy, Leviathan, Munteanu recomandă, Prima News, Radio France Internationale România, Radio Trinitas, Revista Biz, Romania Journal, spotmedia.ro, TVR Cultural, Zile și Nopți

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NATIONAL CHAMBER CHOIR „MADRIGAL – MARIN CONSTANTIN”

Founded in 1963 by the legendary musician and conductor Marin Constantin (1925 – 2011), the National Chamber Choir „Madrigal – Marin Constantin” has become a benchmark for musical life and cultural diplomacy. 

The Madrigal Choir is defined by its distinctive sound, non-vibrato technique, stereophonic stage arrangement and imposing costumes. Its repertoire encompasses Renaissance, pre-classical and classical music, Romanticism, Byzantine music and contemporary Romanian and international compositions. The ensemble’s stage presence and membership have been continually refined, with critics comparing its performance to „a Stradivarius violin in Paganini’s hand”. 

The Madrigal Choir has received numerous international awards and appeared on the world’s most important stages in thousands of concerts and performances. In November 2016, Madrigal was officially recognised as an Ambassador of Freedom, Hope and Peace, receiving the „Jean Nussbaum and Eleanor Roosevelt” award at the United Nations Palace in Geneva during the Global Summit on Religion, Peace and Security. 

The Madrigal Choir’s events in recent years have enriched the spiritual and cultural imprint of Romanian music around the world. In 2023, Madrigal performed in the United States of America after 35 years, on an extensive tour from the East Coast to the West Coast. In 2024, it undertook 4 international tours, with concerts in Peru for the first time and in Europe – from Rome to Chișinău and from Luxembourg to Brussels. The year 2025 brought Madrigal’s first tour of Kazakhstan, „Madrigal: Drumul Mătăsii”, and a spectacular return to Japan after 35 years, at EXPO 2025 Osaka and the Yokohama International Choral Festival. In November 2025, the Madrigal Choir, conducted by Anna Ungureanu, met audiences in Spain again after more than three decades, through cultural events that included filming among Mérida’s Roman ruins, Madrigal Gallery exhibitions and concerts in the grandest cathedrals and cultural venues of Córdoba and Madrid. 

Since 2011, the Madrigal Choir has run the Cantus Mundi National Programme, Romania’s largest programme for children’s social integration through music, initiated by the renowned conductor Ion Marin, which currently brings together 2.510 choirs and more than 87.000 children from Romania and the diaspora.