Andrei Nica
Group Creative Director at Leo Burnett Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
TitleThe Banknote Concerts
Agency
Campaign The Banknote Concerts
Advertiser Samsung
Brand dARe by Samsung
Date of First Broadcast/Publication 2020 / 7
Business Sector Mobile Telephones & tablets
Story THE 5 LEI BANKNOTE = THE PLACE WHERE ROMANIANS MEET ENESCU EVERY DAYThe creative leap was to identify a solution, both accessible and omnipresent, to give all Romanians the change to experience an elite music festival with the help of technology. The solution was that one place where Romanians meet Enescu day by day, regardless of financial status or musical preferences: the Romanian 5 lei banknote.CREATIVE IDEA:THE BANKNOTE CONCERTSBringing its promise to life, Samsung gave all Romanians the chance to experience an elite music festival at their fingertips, by turning each 5 lei banknotes into an AR marker that allowed people to simply scan it and thus experience the festival in real time, from wherever they were, directly on their smartphones and without paying a dime.
Philosophy To make the festival accessible to everyone in Romania, we turned every 5 RON banknote into a "ticket". You see, the 5 RON banknote (1 EUR) carries the face of famous composer George Enescu. Using Samsung dARe app, people could simply scan it and watch the concert live on their phone. 
Problem "George Enescu" festival is one of Europe's biggest classical music festivals, but tickets are super expensive and sell out in hours.
Result With 80 million concert "tickets" circulating the country, the "attendance" grew exponentially, proving that everyone can enjoy classical music without reaching too deep into their pocket.
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