For the second concert dedicated to Romania’s National Day this year, the Romanian Cultural Institute in London is pleased to invite you to a chamber music recital in Edinburgh. Featuring talented musicians Adriana Cristea (violin) and Mina Beldimănescu (piano), the event is organised in partnership with the Consulate General of Romania in Edinburgh and hosted by the imposing St Giles' Cathedral.
The programme will include an attractive selection of works by Fauré and Bartók, as well as pieces by some of Romania’s most notable composers: George Enescu, Mircea Chiriac, Constantin Dimitrescu or Angheluș Dinicu.
Adriana Cristea is a Romanian-British soloist and producer of several recital programmes and digital projects, among others. She graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, where she studied with Yossi Zivoni. She has played solo concerts and recitals in the UK, Europe and Southwest Asia, in venues including Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Royal Albert Hall, St.Martin-in-the-Fields and St James’s Church Piccadilly in London, and the Romanian Cultural Institute in London. She has won the 1st prize, the special prize and the George Enescu medal at Remember Enescu International Violin Competition and is a laureate of Citta di Filadelfia, New Stars and Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competitions, among others.
Romanian pianist Mina Beldimanescu graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she studied with Diana Ketler, Ian Brown and Philip Jenkins respectively. Mina is a laureate of the International Piano Competition in Val Tidone, the International Piano Competition 'Evangelia Tjiarri', Larnaka and the Lilian Davies, Douglas Cameron and Harold Craxton Prizes in London. She performs regularly in halls such as St. James's Church Piccadilly, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and the Romanian Cultural Institutes in Budapest, Paris and London. Mina has toured extensively throughout England and Massachusetts as a member of various chamber ensembles.
Free entry. Please book your place atedinburgh@mae.ro
