Acclaimed for music-making of intense intellectual and spiritual substance, Romanian pianist Andrei Gologan has been characterised as “a poet of piano playing” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) with “rich variety of sonorities” and “technical brilliance” (General-Anzeiger Bonn).

Andrei was invited by Sir András Schiff to take part in his Building Bridges series, leading to debut recitals across Europe at the Konzerthaus (Berlin), deSingel (Antwerp), and Beethovenhaus (Bonn), among others. The rave reviews he received led to guest appearances at festivals such as Mozartwoche (Salzburg), Schleswig-Holstein, Heidelberger Frühling, and Musikdorf Ernen. Further highlights include appearances in prestigious concert halls such as Wigmore Hall, Herkulessaal (Munchen), and, at Daniel Barenboim’s invitation, at the Pierre Boulez Saal (Berlin). Andrei is prizewinner of the Vladimir Horowitz (Kiev), Piano Campus (Paris) and Sigismund Thalberg (Napoli) piano competitions and collaborates with orchestras such as Camerata Salzburg, the Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sándor Végh Chamber Orchestra, the latter with whom he performed Shostakovich’s Concerto for piano and trumpet with Hans Gansch, former principal of the Vienna Philharmonic. An avid chamber musician, Andrei has appeared at major festivals including Lockenhaus, Verbier, Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele, and Krzyzowa Chamber Music Festival.
A gifted communicator, Andrei was invited during the summers of 2017 and 2018 by the Salzburger Mozart Matineen to curate a festival presenting outstanding young musicians, actors and visual artists in solo, chamber music and collaborative work. He further developed this idea during the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, creating together with the Austrian TV channel FS1 the virtual platform ONLINE: concerts & talks. This endeavour resulted in a series of 25 streamed chamber music performances, with more than 60 international musicians.

Andrei presently lives in Salzburg, where he is Adjunct Professor for Piano at the Austro-American Salzburg College.