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The week in Cluj · 19 October – 25 October
The week in Cluj, 19–25 October: FJORD, Toamna Muzicală
This week’s programme includes workshops, concerts, festivals and film screenings. Events take place at Muzeul Alexandru Duma, Cinema Victoria, the Transylvania State Philharmonic, Casa de Cultură a Studenților and other venues in the city.
Workshops
ATELIERUL DE GÂNDIRE CRITICĂ 2 looks at fake news in the years before the First World War, with a focus on how the press and literature spread ideas about the events of the time. It takes place at Muzeul Alexandru Duma on Monday 19 October at 4pm. Free entry.
Classical music
Panoramic Componistic Clujean II is a concert of works by Cluj composers, part of the 59th edition of Toamna Muzicală Clujeană. It takes place at the Gheorghe Dima National Music Academy on Monday 19 October at 5pm.
Recital cameral features guest soloists Christoph Croisé and Oxana Shevchenko, in a programme with works by Brahms, Chopin, Richard Strauss and Paganini. It takes place at the Transylvania State Philharmonic, Casa Libertății Religioase, on Monday 19 October at 7pm.
Sound Encounters: Emilie Mayer · Cvartet de coarde în Fa major presents Emilie Mayer’s String Quartet in F major. The concert takes place at Biju Gallery on Tuesday 20 October at 6pm.
Concert extraordinar de închidere a festivalului „Toamna Muzicală Clujeană” brings the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Lawrence Foster, with Melody Moore as guest soloist, in a programme with Enescu and Richard Strauss. It takes place at the Transylvania State Philharmonic, Colegiul Academic, on Friday 23 October at 7pm.
Concerts and festivals
The Kryptonite Sparks · Lansare TE TREZEȘTI is a concert at FORM Space for the release of the single Te Trezești, with songs from the upcoming album presented for the first time. It takes place on Thursday 22 October at 6pm. Tickets from 83 lei.
Festivalul Dumitru Fărcaș · ediția 2026 is three days of instrumental music and traditions, with a soloist contest, recitals, a taragot players’ congress, an awards gala and taragot jazz. The programme begins at Casa de Cultură a Studenților on Thursday 22 October at 6pm.
Cedry2k · Lansare album „Improgramabil” is a launch concert for the album “Improgramabil”, with Pietonu as guest artist. It takes place at Matter on Friday 23 October. Tickets from 74 lei.
Gala Laureaților · Festivalul Dumitru Fărcaș 2026 is an evening of instrumental music, with players accompanied by the Festival Orchestra. It takes place at Casa de Cultură a Studenților on Friday 23 October at 6pm.
Concert Festivalul Dumitru Fărcaș brings together American jazz and the taragot, an instrument specific to Romanian folklore. It takes place at Edison House of Music on Saturday 24 October at 8pm.
Film
SOLD-OUT! Avanpremieră FJORD · Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest is a special preview of FJORD, part of Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest. The screening takes place at Cinema Victoria on Saturday 24 October at 6pm.
Premieră unică: Sleep With Your Eyes Open · Salon des Refusés is a screening of Sleep With Your Eyes Open, directed by Nele Wohlatz in 2024, as part of Salon des Refusés. It takes place at Cinema Victoria on Sunday 25 October at 7.15pm.
How this was made
The selection comes from the programme BestCluj collects every night from the venues’ websites, pages and box offices, and the text is written automatically from that data. Times and prices can change: check each event’s page, linked below. Corrections: [email protected].
The events in this piece
- Mon 19 Oct, 16:00 ATELIERUL DE GÂNDIRE CRITICĂ 2: „Știrile false și efectele lor în preajma Marelui Război” Muzeul Alexandru Duma
- Mon 19 Oct, 19:00 Recital cameral Filarmonica de Stat Transilvania
- Tue 20 Oct, 18:00 Sound Encounters: Emilie Mayer · Cvartet de coarde în Fa major Biju Gallery
- Thu 22 Oct, 21:00 The Kryptonite Sparks · Lansare TE TREZEȘTI Form Space
- Thu 22 Oct, 18:00 Festivalul Dumitru Fărcaș · ediția 2026 Casa de Cultură a Studenților
- Fri 23 Oct Cedry2k · Lansare album ”Improgramabil” ~ Invitat Pietonu Matter
- Fri 23 Oct, 18:00 Gala Laureaților · Festivalul Dumitru Fărcaș 2026 Casa de Cultură a Studenților
- Fri 23 Oct, 19:00 Concert extraordinar de închidere a festivalului „Toamna Muzicală Clujeană” Filarmonica de Stat Transilvania
- Sat 24 Oct, 18:00 SOLD-OUT! Avanpremieră FJORD · Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest Cinema Victoria
- Sat 24 Oct, 20:00 Concert Festivalul Dumitru Fărcaș Edison House of Music
- Sun 25 Oct, 19:15 Premieră unică: Sleep With Your Eyes Open · Salon des Refusés Cinema Victoria
What this is about
- Muzeul Alexandru Duma →
The university museum of the First World War, told through the story of the painter Alexandru Duma, a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army.
- Academia Națională de Muzică Gheorghe Dima →
The city's conservatory, on Bucium street. The musicians you see everywhere else in town come from here.
- Filarmonica de Stat Transilvania →
One of Romania's principal philharmonics, founded in 1955. The most-searched cultural institution in Cluj without a hall of its own on the map.
- Biju Gallery →
A private gallery on Memorandumului, open three evenings a week. In autumn 2026 it shows “MELONLAND” by Mihai Grecu — the best-known internationally of the artists currently exhibiting in the city.
- Form Space →
The most-searched concert venue in Cluj, at 3,600 searches a month, peaking in October.
- Casa de Cultură a Studenților →
The hall on Piața Lucian Blaga, one of the most-used event spaces in the centre.
- Matter →
An electronic music club on Strada Universității, with techno and house nights listed on Resident Advisor.
- Cinema Victoria →
The cinema on Bulevardul Eroilor, 1,300 searches a month.
- Edison House of Music →
A concert hall, café and listening room on Strada Ploiești, in the Edison building: jazz, songwriters and listening nights.