When Hip-Hop Gave Back to the Jazz
May 9, 2026Over the past two decades, the bond between hip-hop and jazz has tightened again – this time in reverse. After years of DJs sampling jazz records, hip-hop artists…
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Jazzul As Freedom and Identity
May 9, 2026In the 1930s and ’40s, Harlem became the cultural heart of Black America. It was the era of the Harlem Renaissance, when literature, art, and music spoke openly about dignity, freedom,…
When Jazz Gave Hip-hop a Voice
May 9, 2026Like jazz, hip-hop was born from the need for expression in African American communities. In the 1970s, in the neighborhoods of the Bronx, young people lived in a divided America marked…
Jazz As a Form of Protest
May 9, 2026Jazz was born as an act of freedom. In early-20th-century New Orleans, African American communities, marked by poverty and segregation, turned the blues and work songs into improvisations…
Global Jazz – A language without borders
May 9, 2026After the Second World War, jazz crossed America’s borders and became one of the most influential cultural voices of the 20th century. American soldiers carried records and instruments…
Strange Fruit: When Jazz Became a Form of Protest
May 9, 2026One of the defining moments in the history of jazz is the release of Strange Fruit, performed by Billie Holiday. Considered one of the first works in which…
What’s Jazz?
May 9, 2026Jazz was born at the beginning of the 20th century in New Orleans, a port city where cultures, languages, and rhythms from all over the world met. Around…
Edison: the story of the name
May 9, 2026The building that now hosts the Music Gallery is Edison House of Music, a place with a long and colorful history. It was originally built as a cinema…
Music Gallery, Romania’s only exhibition dedicated entirely to music, goes on tour across 6 cities!
May 9, 2026This autumn, Music Gallery hits the road in a new and surprising format, hosted inside 6 shopping centers across Romania. Under the theme “Music Around the World,” the exhibition offers…
MUSIC GALLERY opening at EDISON – House of Music
May 9, 2026It’s been 10 years since we started dreaming about opening our own space.A place where our community can gather.A place to host concerts and bring in great people,…