Cultural activities

The “Petru Ghenghea” Engineers’ Orchestra

Founded in March 1956 at the Railway Institute in Bucharest as a chamber ensemble of university teachers, the orchestra has brought together generations of engineers and amateur musicians for almost seventy years, on the stage of the Romanian Athenaeum and across the country.

Its founder and first conductor was Prof. Petru Ghenghea, whose name it has borne since 2006. In 1990 the orchestra came under AGIR’s patronage, which gave it a stable home, a rehearsal and concert hall. Since 1998 its artistic director has been the automation engineer Andrei Iliescu.

The engineer-writers’ circle – LiterarIng

Founded on 1 April 2013, on the initiative of AGIR’s president, by a group of engineers who write. The circle holds monthly two-hour readings, special sessions with book launches, theatre and music, and takes part in literary events in Bucharest and around the country.

It publishes Literar-ING, the quarterly literary supplement of Univers Ingineresc.

The AGIR theatre circle – ImpactArt

Born from the cooperation between the LiterarIng circle and the theatre company of the ImpACT ART cultural association, led by engineer Daniel Neguț. Performances, readings and artistic moments are staged at AGIR’s headquarters, at major anniversaries and book launches.

The engineer epigrammatists’ circle – IngEpigrama

Founded on 27 January 2012 at AGIR’s headquarters in Bucharest. Its monthly meetings include readings of epigrams, fables and humorous verse, a creative workshop for beginners and a themed epigram contest at every session.

The circle organises the National Epigram and Caricature Festival, publishes books and anthologies with the AGIR Publishing House and the Ing Epigrama supplement of Univers Ingineresc.