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Răzvan STOICA

Violonist

Răzvan STOICA | Violonist

“Farmec patrunzator si timbru rapitor, bravura tehnica ce iti taie respiratia, intonatie spumoasa…” …el va deveni unul dintre cei mai mari violonisti ai generatiei sale.” (Meunsteriche Zeitung) Castigator al premiului NEW TALENT Bratislava 2013 si titlul de Cel Mai bun violonist din Europa sub 28 de Ani. Cunoscut pentru “virtuozitatea sa, pasiunea si superba sa interpretare”, violonistul Razvan Stoica si-a stabilit bazele unei cariere impresionante. Reprezentatiile sale carismatice au atras atentia atat presei cat si a publicului. Manuindu-si cu pasiune instrumentul, de la o varsta frageda, Razvan a fost admis la Liceul de Muzica “George Enescu” din Bucuresti, Romania unde a lucrat cu Dna prof. Oliva Papa, dar si cu Maestrii Stefan Gheorgiu si Modest Iftinchi. Dnea Olivia Papa fiind cel care dupa spusele lui Razvan “l-a format ca violinist si ca om” . Dupa absolvire, Razvan si-a continuat studiile la Conservatorul Regal din Amsterdam (Olanda), studiind la clasa prof. Ilya Grubert dar a participar si la cursuri de maiestrie cu violonisii: Leonidas Kavakos, Krysztof Wegrzyn, Vadim Repin, Itzhak Perlman, Ivry Gitlis si Pinchas Zuckerman. Razvan a primit peste 24 de premii nationale si internationale la competitii prestigioase, incluzand, printre altele, Concursul Perosi (Tortona), competitiile olimpice pentru vioara (Romania) si Concursul pentru duete de la Bolzano (Italia). In anul 2009, Razvan, a primit premiul I in cadrul “Strad Prize”, in Salzburg, (Austria). Ca si castigator al acestui prestigios concurs, lui Razvan i-a fost oferita o vioara Antonius Stradivarius, datand din anul 1729. Razvan a evoluat, atat ca solist invitat, cat si in recitaluri in cadrul “Duo Stoica”, in Amsterdam “Royal Concertgebouw”, Paris “Theatre des Champs Elysees”, Brescia “Teatro San Barnaba”, Genova “Teatro Carlo Felice, Palacio de Festivales (Santander) etc. Muzica camerala reprezinta parte integrala din viata lui Razvan! In anul 1996 i s-a alaturat sorei lui, pianista Andreea Stoica, formand duetul de succes “Duo Stoica”. Ca si inregistrari ale artistului, Razvan Stoica continua sa-si cladeasca un distins catalog de inregistrari incluzand: inregistrarea sa foarte apreciata de catre critici “Cele 24 de Capricii” de Niccolo Paganini si “Simfonia spaniola pentru vioara si orchestra Op.21” a lui Edouard Lalo impreuna cu orchestra Academiei Beethoven din Cracovia. In 2012, Razvan a semnat cu casa de inregistrari olandeza, Aliud. Primul disc scos sub acest contract, “Capriccioso”, a fost unul de succes, iesind pe piata in Septembrie 2012 si fiind vandut in intreaga lume. Urmare a succesului impresionant ce s-a vandut in intreaga lume, “Capriccioso”, in 2014 “Duo Stoica” va scoate un nou album. Razvan si Andreea Stoica (“Duo Stoica”) pot fi vazuti, frecvent, in concerte in “The Gewandhaus” Leipzig, “Het Concertgebouw” Amsterdam, “Berlin Konzerthaus” si “The Musikverein” Viena. Intermusici Personal Management. Intermusicia@gmail.com

Laura TĂTULESCU

Soprană

Laura TĂTULESCU | Soprană

Romanian-American soprano Laura Tatulescu has gained recognition for her beauty of voice and her exciting portrayals on the operatic stage. She has performed under the batons of such eminent conductors as Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Philippe Jordan, Adam Fischer, James Conlon, Marco Armiliato, Sebastian Weigle, Danielle Gatti, Kent Nagano, Andris Nelsons, Peter Schneider, Constantinos Carydis, Ivor Bolton and Harry Bicket. After acclaimed performances at Santa Fe Opera in summer 2015 as Serpetta in Mozart´s La finta giardiniera, conducted by Harry Bicket and directed by Tim Albery, the 2015-16 season includes a number of exciting debuts for Ms. Tatulescu. She starts the season with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra singing Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 under Robert Spano and joins Seattle Opera as Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro conducted by Gary Wedow and directed by Aidan Lang. She portrays Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio with Cincinnati Opera and her last debut of the season is with Florida Grand Opera as Norina in Donizetti's Don Pasquale, conducted by Ramón Tebar and directed by Renaud Doucet. She also returns to Stadttheater Klagenfurt for her role debut as Helena in Britten's A Midsummer Night´s Dream, conducted by Alexander Soddy and directed by Immo Karaman. This follows an acclaimed role debut as Blanche de la Force in Poulenc´s Dialogues des Carmélites in Klagenfurt last season, also under the baton of Alexander Soddy and directed by Richard Brunel. In the 2013-14 season, Ms. Tatulescu returned to the Bavarian State Opera singing her signature Mozart roles such as Zerlina in Don Giovanni under Louis Langrée, Despina in Cosi fan tutte under Mark Wigglesworth, and the First Lady in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte under Ivor Bolton, as well as Musetta in La Bohème under Marco Armiliato and the title role in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges. She ended the season by making her debut at Santa Fe Opera as Norina in a new Laurent Pelly production of Don Pasquale under the baton of Corrado Rovaris. She could also be heard in concert with the MDR Rundfunkorchester under the baton of James Gaffigan as soprano soloist in Debussy's La Damoiselle élue and Le martyre de Saint Sèbastien and in a chamber concert under the auspices of the Bavarian State Opera at the Allerheiligen Hofkirche in Munich, featuring songs by Haydn, Beethoven, Wolf and Blacher. Ms. Tatulescu started the 2012-13 season as Despina in concert performances of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Robin Ticciati, followed by a recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in a programme dedicated to the music of Romanian composer Dinu Lipatti. She then returned to the Bavarian State Opera to sing roles such as Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte and Musetta in La Bohème. The character of Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro is one of her signature roles and took a central place in the season: she sang Susanna for her debut with the Glyndebourne Festival in performances conducted by Jérémie Rohrer and in concert performances with Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Budapest, followed by additional performances at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York and with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin to open their 2013-14 season. Ms. Tatulescu received exceptional reviews for her several portrayals of Susanna - she was described as “steal[ing] the evening with a feisty Susanna, full of energy in both her singing and her physical presence on stage” in Glyndebourne and "a mesmerising Susanna" in Berlin. Ms. Tatulescu started the 2011-12 season with her house debut at English National Opera as Phoebe in a new Barrie Kosky production of Rameau’s Castor and Pollux, conducted by Christian Curnyn. The production won the 2012 Olivier Award for Best New Opera production. The 2009-10 season saw Ms. Tatulescu join the permanent ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, where she sang Zerlina in a new production of Don Giovanni. Her roles in Munich have included Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, her role debut as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore, Despina in Cosi fan Tutte and Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Creusa in Mayr’s Medea in Corintho, Musetta in La Bohème, Marzelline in a new production of Fidelio conducted by Daniele Gatti and directed by Calixto Bieito. During the Münchner Opernfestspiele she created the role of Hanna in Miroslav Srnka’s Make No Noise accompanied by Ensemble Modern. Ms. Tatulescu received the prestigious Münchener Festspielpreis for her portrayals in the 2011 Festspiele of Hanna in Make No Noise by Miroslav Srnka, as well as Zerlina and Marzelline. Ms. Tatulescu’s 2008-09 season was marked with a series of celebrated debuts. She made her US and role debut as Lauretta in Woody Allen’s celebrated new production of Gianni Schicchi to open the season at Los Angeles Opera. Her performance as Lauretta was praised for being “alluringly sung” (New York Times) and “uncommonly sexy” (LA Times). The production was conducted by James Conlon and was also presented at the Spoleto Festival in Italy in the summer of 2009. She made her debut with the Bavarian State Opera as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. Her roles with the Vienna State Opera that season included Musetta in La Bohème and Marzelline in Fidelio, as well as Despina in Cosi fan Tutte on tour with the Vienna State Opera in Japan under Riccardo Muti. Ms. Tatulescu has had a close relationship with the Vienna State Opera since 2005. In the 2007-08 season her roles in Vienna included Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, and Despina in Cosi fan Tutte under Maestro Riccardo Muti in Vienna and at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw under Peter Schneider. She also sang Sophie in Werther under Marco Armilliato and opera gala concerts with the Wiener Philharmoniker in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan. In January 2007 she made her role debut as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro in Vienna under the baton of Philippe Jordan and was praised for her “stature, bell-like and soulful sound, and her instinct in portraying the incredible complexity of this character” (Der Neue Merker). She received the first and only Uli Maerkle Prize of the Vienna State Opera as most promising young singer in 2006. Her orchestral repertoire covers a wide range of Oratorio and concert repertoire, including works by Bach and Mozart, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Gorecki’s Third Symphony, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Poulenc’s Gloria, Faure’s Requiem, and Vivaldi’s Gloria. In the 2010-11 season, she gave a celebrated concert at the Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinum in Prague with the Prague Philharmonia under Jakub Hrusa and could be heard in recital at Teatro Mayor in Bogota, Columbia, with pianist Vlad Iftinca in 2015. Born in the USA, she started her musical education as a violinist. She later graduated with a Masters Degree in Opera from the National Music University in Bucharest, Romania. She made her professional opera debut in 2004 at the Romanian National Opera in Bucharest. She lives in Munich.

Cristian MĂCELARU

Dirijor

Vlad STĂNCULEASA

Violonist

Remus AZOIȚEI

Violonist

Remus AZOIȚEI | Violonist

Numit de către revista britanică The Strad ca "un virtuoz incurabil cu suflet şi tehnică fabuloasă", violonistul Remus Azoiţei a debutat la 8 ani cu orchestra simfonică din oraşul său natal, Galaţi. După ce în 1995 a absolvit Conservatorul din Bucureşti la clasa lui Daniel Podlovski, Remus Azoiţei obţine o bursă de studii la renumita Juilliard School din New York, unde are şansa să studieze cu Dorothy Delay şi Itzhak Perlman, la finalul pregătirii sale obţinând titlul de Master of Music. De-a lungul timpului, artistul a beneficiat şi de îndrumarea unor personalităţi violonistice marcante precum Bujor Prelipcean, Mihai Constantinescu, Zakhar Bron sau Ivry Gitlis. Remus Azoiţei a concertat în săli prestigioase cum ar fi Carnegie Hall in New York, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Salle Cortot Paris, Konzerthaus Berlin, St-Martin-in-the-Fields şi Wigmore Hall în Londra, Teatro La Fenice Veneţia, Auditorio Nacional Madrid sau Konzerthaus Viena, apărând de asemeni în festivalurile muzicale de la Tokyo, Cambridge, Londra, Berlin, Heidelberg şi Santander, între altele. A colaborat cu artişti renumiţi printre care se numără Lawrence Foster, David Geringas, Gérard Caussé, Michael Sanderling, Adrian Brendel, sau cvartetul de coarde Voces. Remus Azoiţei a fost solist al unor ansambluri de prestigiu precum Berlin Kammer Orchestre la Berlin, Orchestre Nationale de Belgique la Bruxelles, sau Orchestre Philarmonique de Radio France la Bucureşti, în cadrul Festivalului Enescu, între multe altele. Pe lângă acestea, el a susţinut un mare număr de apariţii camerale în lume, printre care şi un turneu de 15 concerte in jurul Europei, Washington DC şi NewYork alături de pianistul Eduard Stan, în 2009. Acest turneu, realizat cu sprijinul ICR, a prezentat lucrări de Brahms şi Enescu pentru vioară si pian, bucurându-se de un răsunet puternic în presa internaţională. După debutul său în capitala americană, ziarul Washington Post notează: "Azoiţei cântă cu sensibilitate melodică fluentă şi tehnică strălucitoare." Laureat al concursurilor internaţionale de la Bucureşti, Milano, Weimar, Tokyo şi Auckland, Remus Azoiţei a înregistrat in 2001 concertul de vioară de Ceaikovski alături de Orchestra Naţională Radio sub bagheta lui Horia Andreescu, înregistrare ce a intrat în Fonoteca de Aur a Radiodifuziunii Române. În 2005, el a interpretat Dublul concert de Bach alături de violonistul Nigel Kennedy în cadrul Festivalului Internaţional George Enescu, concert preluat de către 19 posturi de radio si televiziune din Europa, incluzând BBC, Arte şi Mezzo. Cu ocazia debutului său la celebra Wigmore Hall din Londra, ziarul Sunday Express scria că "a cântat un concert de neuitat în faţa unei săli Wigmore arhipline şi a ridicat publicul în picioare. Iată un muzician excepţional." În 2005 a fost decorat de către Presedintele României cu titlul de Ofiţer al Ordinului Meritul Cultural. Remus Azoitei a înregistrat în premieră mondială integrala lucrărilor pentru vioară şi pian de George Enescu alături de pianistul Eduard Stan. Realizată în 2 CD-uri de casa de discuri Hänssler din Germania, această integrală s-a bucurat de cele mai entuziaste cronici în publicaţiile de specialitate de pe mapamond. Comentând pe marginea acestei realizari, revista britanică The Strad spune ca "Azoiţei are toate atuurile: sesibilitate marcantă, dulceaţă a sunetului (dar nu dulceag) şi o paletă coloristică şi dinamică imensă", pe când publicaţia Gramophone descrie "Stilul rafinat si vibrant al lui Remus Azoiţei... un interpret distinct care combină temperament, măiestrie şi eleganţă a execuţiei într-un mod foarte special". Pentru această înregistrare el a folosit celebra vioară Stradivari "Maurin" din 1718, cedată lui pentru acest proiect de către Academia de Muzică din Londra. În 2001, Remus Azoiţei a fost numit profesor de vioară al Academiei Regale de Muzică din Londra, la acel moment fiind de asemeni cel mai tânăr profesor de vioară din întreaga istorie a Academiei. În 2007, el a pus bazele Societăţii Enescu din Londra, fiind unul din membrii fondatori precum şi directorul său artistic, poziţie pe care o ocupă în continuare. Remus Azoiţei cântă la o vioara Niccolo Gagliano făcută în anul 1753, aparţinând colecţiei Academiei Regale de Muzică din Londra. El este stabilit la Londra din anul 2000, unde locuieşte împreună cu soţia Antonia şi cei doi băieţi Gabriel şi Lucian.

Corneliu MEICI

Trompetist

Corneliu MEICI | Trompetist

Corneliu Meici s-a născut în anul 1978 la Timişoara. A studiat trompeta la Colegiul Naţional de Artă „Ion Vidu“ din Timisoara cu profesorul Lazăr Moldovan, iar în anul 2004 a absolvit cursurile Facultăţii de Muzică din Timişoara cu profesorul Sergiu Carstea. Între anii 2004-2006 a urmat cursuri de Master Trompeta la Academia de Muzică „Gheorghe Dima”din Cluj cu profesorul Gabriel Pozdărescu. A obtinut burse la cursuri de măiestrie interpretativă in tara si in afara tarii, susţinute de profesori cunoscuti in toata lumea; Keith Johnson, David Gauger, Jon Austin, Maria Spaciale, Cristian Ganicenco, Gerry Dilwort(SUA), Gabor Tarkovi, Peter Knudsvig, Walter Hilgers (Germania), Roman Rindberger(Austria), Fabiano Fiorentiani (Italia), Theo Wolters (Olanda), Antoine Cure (Franta) etc. A obţinut premii la Olimpiadele Naţionale intre anii (1994-1997). In anul 2007 a obţinut premiul I la Concursul Internaţional de Trompeta „Romanian Brass Society”. Este membru fondator al cvintetului de alămuri „West Brass Quintet”, ansamblul fiind distins cu Premiul I in 2009 la Bucuresti. A cantat ca si solist cu Orchestra Filarmonicii “George Enescu” Bucuresti, Orchestra Filarmonicii ‘’Banatul’’ Timisoara, Orchestra de Camera si Ansamblul de Suflatori Alama ai Filarmonicii “Banatul“, Orchestra Romana de Tineret, Orchestra Camerata Strumentale,etc. Repertoriul său cuprinde lucrări de J. Haydn, Hummel, A. Arutiunian, H. Tomasi, A. Jolivet, Sigfried Mathus, D. Şostakovici, J.S.Bach, A. Vivaldi, T. Albinoni, L. Mozart, G. Ph. Telemann, G. Fr. Händel, Fasch, Neruda, Torelli , ş.a.Din anul 1997 este angajat al Filarmonicii „Banatul“ Timişoara devenind în anul 2005 solo trompeta sef partidă. In acest timp a concertat in peste 25 de tari pe 4 continente cu diferite orchestre nationale si internationale; Orchestra Internationala Philharmonia der Nations (Germania), Orchestra Nationala a Letoniei, Bilkent Symphony si Borusan Symphony (Turcia), Europea Symphony Orchestra (Spania), Europasimphony (Austria) , Pergine Spettacolo Aperto (Italia), Orchestra Nationala Radio, Orchestra Nationala Simfonica Romana, Orchestra Simfonica Bucuresti, Orchestra Romana de Tineret, Filarmonicile din Cluj, Satu-Mare, Oradea, Arad, Opera Timisoara si Chisinau, Orchestra Jeunesses Musicales, Ansamblul de Alama al Orchestrei Radio Bucuresti, Romanian Brass Society si al Filarmonicii Banatul etc. A participat la numeroase festivaluri in tara si in afara tari avand ocazia sa sustina concerte in cele mai prestigioase sali(Berliner Philharmonic Hall, Konzerthous Berlin, Gastieig-Munich Philharmonie, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Sao Paolo Concert Hall, Teatro Solis Montevideo, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Konzerthous Wien, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Santa Cecilia Roma), a cantat cu solisti de renume mondial Vadim Repin, Pinchas Zukerman, Sharah Chang, David Garrett, Roby Lakatos, Justus Frantz, Elina Garanca, Montserat Cabalie, Jose Carreras etc., a interpretat sub bagheta unor mari dirijori (Lawrence Foster, Kristian Jarvi, Ernst Marzendorfer, Gilbert Kaplan, Sascha Goetzel, Karel Mark Chichon, Cristian Mandeal, Cristian Badea, Camil Marinescu, Horea Andreescu, Cristian Macelaru, Gabriel Bebeselea), etc. A participat la diferite festivaluri si a participat la diverse imprimari.

Simina CROITORU

Violonistă

Ștefan TARARA

Violonist

Lea Yoanna ADAM

Pianistă

Alexandra CONUNOVA

Violonist

Alexandra CONUNOVA | Violonistă

Alexandra Conunova attracted public and critical acclaim when she won First Prize at the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in Hanover in the autumn 2012. She was praised by the jury for her vivid tone and her highly virtuoso dramatic art and Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung wrote that she "shows with what radiance of tone she is able to endow her music-making. Her interpretations of Bach’s baroque dances are sometimes austere and yet wonderfully cantabile, at other times truly dance-like or – as in the Bourrée – with a high degree of virtuosity". Alexandra’s current season include concerts at the Collonge-Bellerive Festival, Festival International de Colmar, Festival de Pâques, La folle journée, Rencontres Muiscales d'Evian,Elba Isola Musicale d'Europa, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Schloss Elmau, Stars on Baikal and others. She will perform with Camerata Bern, the China Philharmonic orchestra, the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra,the Irkutsk Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mariinski Orchestra, the National Philharmonic of Russia, the Orchestre National du Capitole, the Orchestra I pomeriggi musicali, the Rundfunk Philharmonic Orchestra, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and the Moscow Soloists. Alexandra will do her U.S. concert debut in January 2017 and a Japan tour is planed in July with the National Philharmonic of Russia under the baton of Yuri Simonov Alexandra has won major prizes at competitions such as the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, the 2015 Singapore International Violin Competition, the 2011 George Enescu International Violin Competition as well as at Tibor Varga (2010), Ion Voicu (2009)and Henri Marteau (2008). Alexandra was awarded the Julius Bär Prize for the most accomplished artist of the Verbier Festival Academy 2013. In 2015 Alexandra received the honorific title "Master of Arts" of the Republic of Moldova. Alexandra got awarded the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship 2016 She has established herself as a soloist of a high level. She has performed with orchestras such as the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Berne, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra, George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera, Hermitage Orchestra St-Petersburg, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Soloists, Musikkollegium Winterthur, National Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Radio Philharmonic, Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Saarbrücken Symphony Orchestra, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Wuhan Symphony Orchestra. She has collaborated with conductors including Christian Badea, Yury Bashmet, Teodor Currentzis, Misha Damev, Valery Gergiev, Hannu Lintu, Hubert Soudant, Andrew Matze, Vladimir Spivakov, Yuri Simonov and Gabor Takacs-Nagy. Alexandra is also a devoted chamber musician. She regularly collaborates with artists such as Nicolas Altstaedt, Lera Auerbach, Boris Brovtsyn, Gérard Caussé, Renaud Capuçon, Finghin Collins, Blythe Teh Engstroem, Ilya Gringlots, David Kadouch, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Yura Lee, Michail Lifits, Alexander Melnikov, Paul Meyer, Edgar Moreau, Gordan Nikolic, Andreas Ottensamer, Anne Queffélec, Julien Quentin, Alexei Stadler,Christian Tetzlaff, Kirill Troussov, Istvan Vardai, Pretty Yende, Tabea Zimmermann and others. Alexandra was born in 1988 in the Republic of Moldova and took up the violin at the age of six. She studied with Professor Petru Munteanu at the University of Music in Rostock, with Professor Krzysztof Wegrzyn at the University of Music in Hannover and with Professor Renaud Capuçon at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne. She has received taken additional classes with Ivry Gitlis , Igor Oistrakh, Igor Ozim and others. She currently plays the Santo-Seraphin Violin, dated 1735, Venezia, kindly loaned by the "Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben".

Andreea STOICA

Pianistă

Andreea STOICA | Pianistă

“ …Musicality , sensibility and great technique…”…….La Modeine. Born in Bucharest, in 1981, Andreea Friedmann Stoica has started to play the piano at the age of five. At the age of six she has been accepted at the Music Conservatory (Lyceum) „George Enescu”, in Bucharest, as a leading student in the piano class, being considered a wonder child. At the age of 12 she has had her Orchestral Debut as a soloist with the Mozart Concerto for piano together with the “Bucharest Orchestra”. After her orchestral debut, she has been engaged in many concert tours and recitals all over Europe and Japan. She has followed master-classes in Italy, Germany, Korea and The Netherlands, together with world leading pianists as Maurizio Pollini, Constantine Ionescu Vovu, Andre Previn and many others. Andreea has completed her studies at the Bucharest Music University in 1999. Starting with 1996 she has enlarged her musical horizon with chamber music which later became a fundamental part of her career. Together with her brother, the well-known violinist Razvan F. Stoica, has formed an inseparable duo (“Duo Stoica”) that brought them to perform in successful concerts in Europe, USA, and Japan. 2013 not only brought Andreea as a leading piano soloist, following the reviews for the successful performance with Beethoven piano concerto’s and the Warsaw Piano Concerto with the Italian Vituossi Orchestra under the leading of Vladimir Petrov , but has also brought her as part of the Kamerata Stradivarius Orchestra, following numerous tours and receiving standing ovations from the audience around the world. As part of the, not only overwhelming and passionate but also ravishing, „Duo Stoica”, Andreea F. Stoica is to be seen together with her well-known and worldwide appreciated brother, Razvan F. Stoica in concerts in The Gewandhaus Leipzig, Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Berlin Konzerthaus and Teatro Regio Torino. The Concert performances and the discography of “Duo Stoica” cries out for superlatives both from the critics as well as from the audience bringing them at the top of the worldwide most impressive duos. Press reviews ” It seems that with each new recording, that Andreea Stoica who has built a reputation of filling in at the last minute and who seems to have a repertoire as immense as her talent, is ascending higher on the scale of must-hear piano talents. She leaves you wanting to hearing more recordings by her and especially to hear her live. Is there higher praise or promise? ” La Cronica November 2012 “It is not for nothing that Andreea won the “Best piano artist Prize in Prague” , her musicality and great technique brings you to her concerts wanting to hear her more and more” – De wielder January 2013

Matei VARGA

Pianist

Matei VARGA | Pianist

Living in New York, Matei Varga is acknowledged as one of the most important young pianists coming from Romania. His debut at Zankel Hall in the famous Carnegie Hall, in October 2008, was described by New York Concert Review as an “accomplishment” (Rorianne Schrade), while the interpretation of Fantasie in C Op. 17 by Schumann at Berlin Konzerthaus from August 2009 was considered a “magical” one (Wolfgang Schrieber – Süddeutsche Zeitung). Matei Varga won the second prize at the International “George Enescu” Competition in Bucharest and received the special prize for the best interpretation of the Sonata in F sharp minor by Enescu. Together with numerous other distinctions received in Bucharest, New York, Porto, Barcelona, etc. he also got the special prize of Vendome Competition. Singled out by Elisabeth Leonskaja, a member of the jury, he was invited as project manager in the 2009 and 2013 editions of the Vendome Prize Competition. Varga was also a member of the jury in the first edition of the national Competition “Dinu Lipatti” (Bucharest, 2010). Matei Varga gave many recitals, chamber music concerts and was a soloist in distinguished concert halls all around the world, including Zankel Hall and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall (New York), Auditorium du Louvre and Salle Gaveau (Paris, where in March 2008 he presented the complete works for piano and violin of Johannes Brahms, with violinist Eugen Tzikindelean), Romanian Athenaeum and Radio Hall (Bucharest), Royal Dramatic Theater (Stockholm), Fondazione Cini (Venice), Casals Hall (Tokyo), Rebecca Crown Auditorium (Jerusalem), etc. He took part in many prestigious music festival, including International Keyboard Festival (New York), Festival de Sintra (Portugal), Festival dei Due Mondi (Spoleto, Italy), Young Euro Classics (Berlin), European Festival “Jeunes Talents” (Paris), International Festival George Enescu (Bucharest) and “Hariclea Darclée” Festival (Brăila). He has collaborated with soprano Mariana Nicolesco, flutist Carol Wincenc and conductors Otto-Werner Mueller, Eduard Zilberkant, Carol Litvin, Ludovic Bacs, Vlad Conta and Adrian Sunshine. He gave concerts as a soloist alongside the Philharmonic George Enescu, National Radio Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra in Manhattan, National Orchestra of Porto and Morocco Philharmonic. His discography includes two DVDs edited by AIX Records (“Mozart and Schumann” and “Mixtures I: A Classical Surround Sampler”). His works and concerts were broadcasted by the National Public Radio and WQXR radio in the United States. His most recent solo album, with works for piano composed by George Enescu, was launched by the record company Naxos in October 2010. Matei Varga graduated from the National University of Music in Bucharest in 2004, where he studied with Ana Pitiș, Ioana Minei and Sandu Sandrin. He continued his studies at Mannes College (New York), where he worked with Pavlina Dokovska and received an MA in Music (2006), as well as an Artist Diploma (2008). Varga also participated in master classes conducted by Claude Frank, Richard Goode, Jacob Lateiner, Murray Perahia, Menahem Pressler, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Raoul Sosa and Jean Yves Thibaudet. Matei Varga is currently a piano professor at Lucy Moses Music School in New York.

Ioana Cristina GOICEA

Violonistă

Ioana Cristina GOICEA | Violonistă

Ioana Cristina Goicea s-a născut in Bucuresti, in 1992, într-o familie de muzicieni si a studiat cu profesorii Mariana Sirbu, Stefan Gheorghiu, Petru Munteanu iar in prezent urmeaza cursurile prestigioasei Universitati de Muzica si Teatru din Hanovra la clasa de master a profesorului Krzysztof Wegrzyn. Ioana Cristina este castigatoarea prestigioaselor concursuri internationale Michael Hill (2017) in Noua Zeelanda, J. Brahms (2013) in Austria si Andrea Postacchini (2012) in Italia. Tanara violonista este de asemenea laureata si a competitiilor Fritz Kreisler (2014) Viena, Valsesia Musica (2013) Italia, precum si a concursului de muzica de camera ACM Trio di Trieste, impreuna cu pianistul Andrei Banciu. Violonista Ioana Cristina Goicea a concertat ca solistă cu Filarmonica George Enescu, Orchestra Naţională şi Orchestra de Cameră Radio, Orchestra Naţională de Tineret, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Norddeutsche Philarmonie, I Virtuosi Italiani, Kunitachi Symphoniker, Filarmonica de Stat Chisinau precum si cu toate orchestrele simfonice din Romania. Tânăra violonistă a susţinut numeroase recitaluri si concerte solo in sali de prestigiu precum Wiener Konzerthaus, St Martin-in-the-Fields Londra, Ateneul Roman, Teatrul "Giuseppe Verdi" Trieste, Hamburger Rathaus-Kaisersaal, Palais Esplanade Hamburg, Townhall Auckland, Duncan Hall of the Rice University Houston, Kanematsu Auditorium Tokyo precum si participarea festivaluri internationale de renume: „Schleswig-Holstein“ „Mecklenburg-Vorpommern”, "Hamburger Kammermusikfest", "Lüneburger Bachwoche", "Mendelssohn Festtage" Leipzig s.a. Ioana Cristina Goicea va debuta in octombrie 2017 impreuna cu pianistul Andrei Banciu la Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Filarmonica din Bratislava, Teatrul Odeon Zwolle in cadrul turneului New Masters on Tour. Ioana Cristina canta pe o vioara „Gianbattista Guadagnini” (Parma, 1761), oferita de fundatia Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben Hamburg.

Andrei IONIȚĂ

Violoncelist

Cristian Ganicenco

Trombonist

Cristian GANICENCO | Trombonist

Un artist desavarsit, apreciat atât ca solist internațional cat ca trombonist principal al Orchestrei Simfonice din Cincinnati, din care face parte incepand din toamna anului 1999. Dl. Ganicenco studiaza la Iasi, orasul natal, avandu-l ca profesor pe Roman Constantin. Urmeaza mai apoi cursurile Scolii Militare de Muzica si a Liceului de Muzica ” George Enescu” din Bucuresti. Castiga numeroase premii si distinctii in toate concursurile importante de interpretare din Romania. Debuteaza ca solist impreuna cu Orchestra Romana de Tineret interpretand concertul lui Handel in fa minor. Absolva Universitatea de Muzica din Bucuresti iar apoi castiga auditia organizata de catre Orchestra Nationala Radio. In 1994, domnul Ganicenco primeste burse din partea Fundatiei Soros si a Grant Lifetime pentru a-si continua studiile muzicale in Statele Unite, laUniversitatea Carnegie Mellon unde il are ca profesor pe Byron McCulloh iar mai apoi o absolva in 1997 primind diploma de master in interpretare muzicala – trombon. In acest timp, Domnul Ganicenco studiaza cu Joseph Alessi, trombonist principal al Filarmonicii din New York. In anul 1996 Cristian Ganicenco devine primul castigator al “Pittsburg Society Contest”. Inainte de a se alatura Orchestrei Simfonice din Cincinnati, se inscrie pentru un curs de doctorat al Universitatii Rutger. In octombrie 2003, domnul Ganicenco isi face debutul in calitate de solist impreuna cu Orchestra Simfonica din Cincinnatiinterpretand “Fantezia” lui Creston pentru trombon si orchestra. In anul 2004, Cristian Ganicenco este invitat pentru a concerta in cadrulSuper Orchestrei Mondiale sub bagheta lui Zubin Mehta la Tokyo, impreuna cu alti artisti principali ai Filarmonicii din Berlin, Chicago Symphony, Bavaria Radio, Boston Symphony, Filarmonica din Munchen, Royal Philharmonic, LSO, Philadelphia Orchestra , Orchestre de Paris, Royal Concertgebouw, etc. Recent albumul solo pe CD a domnului Ganicenco “Beyond Oblivion” a primit aprecierea criticilor În Ghidul American Record și a fost pe lista redactiei Peak precum si a Top List Seller. Cristian Ganicenco a fost invitat sa participat la numeroase festivaluri internaționale din intreaga lume : Salzburg, Edinburgh, Munchen, Sao Paolo, Milano, Paris, etc. Dl Ganicenco este un membru fondator al ansamblului de muzica Nova, ce abordeaza o muzica proaspata si dinamica, care imbina impreuna traditionala si contemporana, in dorinta de a explora o experienta moderna, cinetica si puternica. Dl Ganicenco, canta exclusiv pe tromboane Edwards. www.cristianganicenco.com www.facebook.com/cristian.ganicenco

Tiberiu Dragoș OPREA

Dirijor

Livyka ȘTIRBU-SOCOLOV

Pianistă

Alina BERCU

Pianistă

Alina BERCU | Pianistă

Alina Bercu s-a nascut in februarie 1990 in Campina, Romania, si a inceput studiul pianului la varsta de 7 ani cu Prof. Magdalena Toma. In 1999 devine eleva Prof. Univ. Dr. Stela Dragulin de la Facultatea de Muzica din Brasov. A inceput studiile universitare in 2006 sub indrumarea Prof. Grigory Gruzman la Universitatea de Muzica “Franz Liszt” din Weimar/ Germania, iar din 2011 a fost admisa la cursurile de masterat ale Prof. Wolfgang Manz de la Universitatea de Muzica din Nürnberg. In acelasi timp studiaza si muzica de camera la Universitatea de Muzica din Frankfurt am Main la clasa Prof. Michael Sanderling si Prof. Angelika Merkle. A participat la cursurile de maiestrie artistica sustinute de: Lory Wallfisch, Rudolf Buchbinder, Leslie Howard, Robert Levin, Andras Schiff, Ana Chumachenco, Wen-Sinn Yang, Werner Bärtschi, Menahem Pressler si Karl-Heinz Kämmerling. Alina Bercu are deja o cariera concertistica impresionanta, sustinand numeroase recitaluri si concerte pe renumite scene din Europa, America si Asia: Carnegie Hall - New York, Théâtre de Vevey, Tonhalle – Zürich, Prinzregententheater – München, Tonhalle – Düsseldorf, Musikhalle – Hamburg, Teatrul Teo Otto – Remscheid, Auditorium – Roma, Sala Palatului si Ateneul Roman – Bucuresti, aflandu-se sub bagheta unor mari maestri: Sergiu Comissiona (SUA), Misha Katz (Franta), Romely Pfund, Robert Stehli (Germania), Jan Stulen, Theo Wolters (Olanda), Paolo Arrivabeni (Italia), John Wesley Strickler (SUA), Cristian Mandeal, Ilarion Ionescu Galati, Horia Andreescu, Emil Simon, Vlad Conta, Paul Popescu, Petre Sbarcea, Florin Totan, Dan Chirila, Radu Popa, Ludowic Bacs (Romania). In 2009 Alina Bercu a inregistrat alaturi de renumitul violonist Ilian Garnet CD-ul "Schubert-Ysaye- Brahms" prin casa de discuri „Fuga Libera” – Bruxelles. Discul a fost premiat cu "Golden Label" in Belgia" si "Cle d'Or" in Franta. Inca de la varsta de 10 ani a realizat transmisiuni directe la diverse posturi Radio si TV: NBC-SUA, Eurovision, Telepace-Italia, METRO TV-Indonezia si TVR Cultural, precum si inregistrari pentru Fonoteca de Aur a Radiodifuziunii Romane.

Alexandru Mihai BURCĂ

Pianist

Hall Of Fame | ARTMINDS ROMANIA

Răzvan STOICA | Violonist

Laura TĂTULESCU | Soprană

Cristian MĂCELARU | Dirijor

Vlad STĂNCULEASA | Violonist

Remus AZOIȚEI | Violonist

Corneliu MEICI | Trompetist

Simina Croitoru | Violonistă

Ștefan TARARA | Violonist

Lea Yoanna ADAM | Pianistă

Alexandra CONUNOVA | Violonistă

Andreea STOICA | Pianistă

Matei VARGA | Pianist

Ioana Cristina GOICEA | Violonistă

Andrei IONIȚĂ | Violoncelist

Cristian GANICENCO | Trombonist

Tiberiu Dragoș OPREA | Dirijor

Livyka ȘTIRBU-SOCOLOV | Pianistă

Alina BERCU | Pianistă

Alexandru Mihai BURCĂ | Pianist