In the international fight against apartheid, HRH Princess Lia organized an auction of great pieces of art from renowned artists like Dali or Pollock and convinced famous American artists to donate a work of art each. Mickael Jackson allowed his own home to be used for this auction and major celebrities like Marlon Brando were part of the organizing committee chaired by Princess Lia. Years later, Michael Jackson contacted the Princess to meet the royal couple in Paris in order to thank them for their tireless efforts for human rights.
During a concert given by Julio Iglesias in Bucharest, the Prince Paul Foundation for Romania managed to raise 310,000 EUR worth of shipment donated to eight Romanian hospitals. Julio Iglesias wrote to TRH to thank them for their charitable work.
Placindo Domingo and his wife have been Prince Paul’s friends for many years since being introduced in London at the invitation of Baron and Baroness of Porta-Nova at The Claridge Hotel a short time before the fall of Ceaucescu. All toasted for the possible return of the Prince in Romania. Years later, Prince Paul met the Three Tenors in Dusseldorf to share with them the good news of his coming wedding with Princess Lia.
Lord Grade, music mogul and owner of ITV, discovered Tom Jones at the time Prince Paul was a photographer. Years later, Tom Jones was the headliner for a music art festival in Romania and invited Prince Paul to the concert. A donation was made in his name by the Prince Paul Foundation for Romania. In Brasov, Prince Paul presented his foundation’s silver medal to Tom Jones.
Michael Tilson Thomas came to Romania with the San Francisco Symphonic Orchestra . Years earlier . MTT as he was called was the artistic director for the Unicef benefit ‘The Reading of the Anne Franck’s Diary” by Oscar winning actress Audrey Hepburn. Princess Lia was on the committee with HRH The Duchess of Kent.
The Aurarii National Orchestra of Popular Music of the Republic of Moldova and its renowned conductor, Maestro Botgros
Royal Event at the National Museum of Romanian Literature : “A Royal Tribute to Romania brought by the Great-Grandson of HM King Ferdinand, H.R.H. Prince Paul of Romania”
The Union of Professional Journalists of Romania (UZPR), the “Mihai Eminescu” International Foundation, and the National Museum of Romanian Literature received on Wednesday, November 13, the volume “A Royal Tribute to Romania brought by the Great-Grandson of HM King Ferdinand, H.R.H. Prince Paul of Romania.” The event took place in the rotunda of the National Museum of Romanian Literature.
The book was presented to the president of UZPR, Mr. Doru Dinu Glăvan, and the president of the “Mihai Eminescu” International Foundation, Mr. Ioan Curtean de Hondor, by H.R.H. Prince Paul and Princess Lia of Romania,
Romanian soprano Felicia Filip and her husband Cristian Mihailescu
George Enescu International Festival
Academy of Music in Bucharest
The Prince Paul for Romania Foundation, together with the Academy of Music in Bucharest, awarded ten prizes of $500 each and a silver medal to the most meritorious graduates of the Faculty of Musical Performance at the Academy of Music in Bucharest to encourage promising young talents.
At the same time, H.R.H. Prince Paul of Romania awarded prizes and high distinctions to established personalities in the musical field:
Angela Gheorghiu – for her remarkable artistic activity and the contribution made over the years to the prestige of performing arts in the world, as well as for the promotion of Romanian culture abroad.
Maestro Constantin Duțu – for his devotion to his country and people, as well as for his invaluable contribution over the years to supporting, establishing, and promoting the values of Romanian art and culture.
Maestro Cristian Mandeal – for his remarkable artistic activity and his valuable contribution to increasing the prestige of the George Enescu Philharmonic worldwide. The great conductor Sergiu Celibidache highlighted and praised him numerous times in the foreign press.
Iosif Sava – for his sustained struggle to promote musical art and his entire creative passion dedicated to the revival of the great Romanian musical tradition.
