You are kindly invited to a celebration of talent, youth and virtuosity with some of the best young Romanian musicians in London: Florian Mitrea - piano (winner of the 2010-2011 Enescu Scholarship); Anca Campanie - violin; Mihai Cocea - viola; Dan Marginean - piano; Raluca Matei - violin; Radu Ropotan - violin; Madalina Rusu - piano. They will be joined by Russian cellist Liubov Ulybysheva.
Programme: Enescu: Suite op. 10 Liszt: Tarantella Constantinescu: Song; Toccata Schostakovitch: Piano Trio No. 1, Op 8 Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34
Florian Mitrea started studying piano with Flavia Moldovan and continued his studies at the George Enescu Music High School, under Gabriela Enasescu. He won important distinctions, including the First Prize in the National Music Olympics (three years consecutively), the Grand Prize in the Ada Ulubeanu Competition and the Third Prize in the Jeunesses Musicales Competition. Florian was awarded a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he is currently studying in his third year, under Diana Ketler. He worked in masterclasses with Leif Ove Adsnes, Stephen Kovacevich, John Lill, Pascal Devoyon and others. Florian is the overall winner of The Vienna International Piano Competition - Panmusica Austria 2010 and the Beethoven Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2010. He was a laureate in the Jaques Samuel Competition - RAM heat 2009 and several internal RAM competitions. He has performed at the King's Place, St. James' Piccadilly, Steinway Hall and Drapers' Hall. Florian is also a member of the Mitrea Piano Quartet and Duo Impeto, both prize-winning ensembles. He was awarded the Sonoro Chamber Music Festival Scholarship twice and was invited as performing artist, alongside internationally acclaimed musicians. Florian is a member of the Romanian Association for Culture, Education and Normality, being involved in projects promoting Romania's cultural and spiritual heritage. He is the 2010 winner of the Enescu Scholarship awarded annualy by the Romanian Cultural Institute to an outstanding student at the Royal Academy of Music.
Born into a musical family, Anca Campanie began her career as violinist at the age of 7. After graduating from the National University of Music Bucharest, she continued her studies on an Erasmus Scholarship in Salzburg and then in Switzerland at the International Menuhin Music Academy, under the guidance of Maestro Alberto Lysy. She participated in Mastercourses with Eugene Sarbu and Liviu Prunaru, and she was distinguished with first prizes in National Olympiade and International Competitions. She is currently a student at the Royal College of Music, where she is pursuing a Master's Degree under Professor Yuri Zhislin. She has performed with major Philharmonic orchestras in Romania and abroad, such as Orchestra Sinfonia Siciliana and Camerata Lysy. Critics have commented on her musical sensitivity, elegant performances and maturity. Anca Campanie holds an RCM Foundation Scholarship. She has also been supported by the Ratiu Foundation UK in 2010.
A Third Prize Winner of the "Watson Forbes" International Viola Competition, violist Mihai Cocea is a student of Paul Silverthorne at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Born in 1990 in Bucharest, Mihai graduated from the "George Enescu" High School as a student of Dumitru Ene, and has since been a winner of national and international awards. Mihai has participated in various masterclasses, with Yuri Bashmet, Yuval Gotlibovich, Bruno Giuranna, Lawrence Power, and Jerzy Kosmala. He has also participated in international schemes such as: Intercultural Exchange, Beijing, China, or Sermoneta, Italy where he had the unique opportunity of playing alongside his mentor Bruno Giuranna, as well as Mariana Sirbu, Rocco Filipini and Franco Petrarchi. The "SoNoRo" - International Chamber Music Festival offered him the chance of performing several concerts together with musicians such as Alexander Sitkovetsky, Diana Ketler, Razvan Popovici, or David Cohen. These performances have been broadcast on National Romanian Radio, National Romanian Television and on BBC Radio 3.
Dan Marginean began studying piano at the age of 10, in Romania, and in 2007 entered the "Gheorghe Dima" Music Academy in Cluj, as a pupil of Adriana Bera. In 2010 he won a scholarship to study with Niel Immelman at the Royal College of Music, entering directly into the 3rd year of BMus. Over the years, Dan has been awarded prizes and distinctions at important Romanian competitions such as "J.S.Bach", "W.A.Mozart" as well as "Pro Piano", the last one giving him the opportunity to perform at the Romanian Athenaeum. He has also performed recitals in Romania, some of them broadcasted live, and also abroad, among them, one in Genova, Italy. In 2009, Dan won a scholarship to "SoNoRo" Chamber Music Workshop and in 2010 performed at a festival within the "Arcus Cultural Project". He also took part in Master Classes in Europe with Paul Badura-Skoda, Kevin Kenner and Peter Donohoe.
Raluca Matei was born in 1987 in Bucharest. She started playing the violin when she was 7 and at 14 she continued her studies under Professor Mihaela Mailat. She has won more than 20 prizes in national and international competitions. In 2006 she was accepted at the National Academy of Music in Bucharest. Her achievements brought her the Romanian State Scholarship between 2003 and 2006. In 2008 she became student of Trinity College of Music, where she is currently in her final undergraduate year, studying with Pieter Schoeman, leader of the LPO. Here, she was also offered a scholarship and became leader of the orchestra. In 2010/2011 she was one of the "SoNoRo" Chamber Music Festival scholars and in 2010 her duo with pianist Florian Mitrea was offered the Cavatina Chamber Music Award. Raluca is also the winner of the Vera Kantrovich Bach Solo Competition 2010.
A winner of more than sixteen national and international prizes including first prize at the "Remember Enescu" international violin competition (Sinaia, Romania, 2007) as well as special at the 2005 Andrea Postacchini international competition in Fermo, Italy, Radu Ropotan has started playing the violin at the age of six, in his hometown Galati, Romania. Over the years his teachers included Ionel Nistor and Liviu Popovici at the "Dimitrie Cuclin" music school in Galati, as well as Maria Mireanu at the "Tudor Ciortea" Highschool in Brasov, Romania. In 2008 he was offered a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music. After a year under the guidance of Maciej Rakovsky, in 2009 he became a pupil of Yuri Zhislin at the same prestigious school. Radu has performed in Bucharest at the Radio Hall as well as the Romanian Atheneum. He has also gave concerts in France (Bordeaux), Italy (Napoli, Fermo), Germany and England.
Born in 1985 in Constanta, Romania, Madalina Rusu has been studying since 2004 with Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she gained a First class BMus Honours degree, also graduating the MMus course (Guildhall Artist - Performance) with Distinction. Madalina has been awarded the prestigious Guildhall Artist Fellowship for 2010/11. She has performed at Barbican Hall, Cadogan Hall, LSO St Luke's, St Martin's in the Fields, St Margaret's Church, Fairfield Halls, and elsewhere throughout the UK and Europe. Madalina Rusu is a recipient of scholarships from the Martin Musical Fund/Phillarmonia Orchestra, the Ratiu Family Foundation, Boise Foundation, as well as receiving the Ian Flemming MBF and the Brancusi awards. She is a 1st Prize winner of the International Piano Competition PRO - PIANO, Bucharest, Croydon Concerto Competition, and winner of all internal Piano Competitions at the Guildhall. Madalina is also a top prize winner in the International Piano Competition 'Konzerteum', Athens, as well as Oxford Professional Recital Prize, Tunbridge Wells International Young Artists Competition, and the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition.
Russian cellist Liubov Ulybysheva studied in Moscow at the Gnessin Special Music School and in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1st class honours) as well as the Royal Academy of Music (Master of Arts). Her teachers have included Stefan Popov, Oleg Kogan and Felix Schmidt. She is a winner of multiple awards including MBF Music Education Award, Muriel Taylor Young gifted Cellist Award, Hattori Junior Award, Jellinek Award, Kenneth Loveland Gift Award as well as a first prize in the Tunbridge Wells Young Concert Artist Competition in 2006. She has performed across Russia, including at the Moscow Conservatory, Moscow Kremlin, Sheremetevo and Ostankino Palaces. In England, she has appeared at St. Luke's, St. John's Smith Square, Barbican Hall, Fairfield Hall and Wigmore Hall, where in July 2008 she made her solo debut as a part of Razumovsky Young Artists Concert Series, performing works by Debussy and Brahms.
The Enescu Concerts Series, jointly organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute in London and the Enescu Society, was established in 2007 under the Royal Patronage of HRH Princess Margarita of Romania. The concerts take place in the Institute's chamber music hall every first Thursday of each month from October to June (July). The Series has attracted a wide array of outstanding musicians and ensembles who have managed to give some of the most memorable Enescu performances ever.
Since September 2009, the Romanian Cultural Institute awards Enescu Society scholarships to outstanding students at the Royal Academy of Music.
When: Thu 7 April 2011, 7pm;
Where: Romanian Cultural Institute, London
Admission is free, but places are limited. Early booking is well recommended.
Please reserve your seats at T: 020 7752 0134, E: office@icr-london.co.uk.
Latecomers will be admitted at the interval.
