His career in Romania and abroad was severely restricted because of his steady opposition to the Ceausescu regime. However, his reputation continued growing and he had many prestigious invitations being enthusiastically received by the audience.

He has performed in the most important concert halls: Tonhalle - Zürich, "Tchaikovsky" Conservatory and "Tchaikovsky" Concert Hall in Moscow, the Great Hall of the Sankt-Petersburg Philharmonia, Palais "Rudolphinum" in Prague, "Queen Elisabeth" Hall - Antwerp, Palais UNESCO - Paris, CBSO - Birmingham, Auditorium Musical de Madrid, Gran Palau de Musica - Barcelona, Mozart Hall - Zaragoza, Gasteig - Munich, Schauspielhaus - Berlin, Bunka Haikan and "Casals" Hall in Tokyo, "Chopin" Hall in Jerusalim, to mention only some of them.

His activity for promoting young musicians is well-known and many of his former students have now succesful international careers. He has given master-classes and held conferences in Great Britain, Japan, Italy, he is a member of international juries and frequently invited to prestigious international festivals. He has a growing discography and also a rich, steady publishing activity - essays, chronicles, interviews in cultural journals as well as Radio and TV talk- shows.

Since July 2000, the Romanian Government has appointed him as a member of the National Council of the Audiovisual.

He has an extremely wide repertoire, covering the whole range of styles and two constants in his entire artistical life are well-known: the high exigence towards himself and the careful choosing of the invitations to perform that he accepts. Surrounded by a mysterious aura, abandoning himself completely when he plays, he has been praised as belonging to the highest elite of pianists.

In February 1999 he was decorated by the French Government with the Order "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" and in 2000, by the Romanian State, with The Great Cross of the Order "Devoted Service".