The Magic of a Guitar. Maxim Belciug Recital, the Most Solo Guitar Solo

 Iași National Athenaeum, "Radu Beligan" Grand Performance Hall

November 5, 2026, 7:00 PM

For lovers of good music, a solo guitar recital by Maxim Belciug is a guaranteed occasion for delight. With his guitar full of colors, the artist knows how to transform any encounter with the audience into an unforgettable gift. Virtuoso scores of classical creation and delicate romantic works blend fabulously with steps of waltz and tango, rhythms of tarantella, bolero, or lively flamenco cadences, in a solo performance that stages all the magic of guitar music. Music dedicated to beauty and which "insists on sounding different from that which springs from the more or less rhythmic passing of sonorous coins from one hand to another," as Maxim Belciug himself, nicknamed "the most solo guitar solo," says.

A charismatic and unique figure, Maxim Belciug is one of the most important Romanian guitarists today. For over 3 decades, he has been tirelessly active in the service of the guitar and music, and his solo career has taken him to all the major stages of the country, as well as abroad (Serbia, Hungary, Poland, Austria, France, Belgium, Scandinavia, Italy, Spain, etc.). He is the only Romanian guitarist to have given 4 consecutive recitals on the stage of the Romanian Athenaeum, each time with exceptional public success. He has recorded five solo guitar CDs so far, two in duo with violin, and two in a voice and guitar format, always being met with enthusiasm by the discerning ear of critics and loved by the public. Fantastic fluency, rare expressiveness, surprising transitions, textures and nuances, sometimes pastel, sometimes brilliant, rhythm, notes of playfulness, and the incredible tapestry of emotions, all these are, in Maxim Belciug's case, ingredients that give his music substance, taste, warmth, life. When he has the guitar in his arms, this man dreams from his fingertips, and his dreams are contagious. Perhaps it is the special sound of the guitar, so different from the known timbre of a violin or a piano, or the total mastery of technique, which keeps many instrumentalists captive, but with Maxim Belciug, one thing is certain: the guitar cries and loves and dances with one and a thousand voices, like an unreal orchestra that attacks passionately, without caring about the way back.

At such a concert, you get ready as for a holiday, you go with an open heart and let the guitar embrace you. Listen to it! It will speak to you about yourself, about beauty, about love, about humanity. Because, after all, this is the magic of the guitar.