Alexandru Ioan Chirică was born in Iași in 1989 and studied the bassoon at the “Octav Băncilă” Art High School in Iași, in the class of Professor Valentin Petrescu. Shortly after graduation, he left the country and pursued his career mostly in Scandinavia. He furthered his studies in Sweden with the first bassoonist of the Malmö Opera, Constantin Barcov, 

He later won the co-principal bassoon audition at Malmö Opera and was also hired as a teacher for a year at Lund University. He is currently Solo Bassoonist with Malmö Symphony Orchestra and collaborates with major orchestras in Scandinavia, including the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Norrköping, Esbjerg Ensemble.