Daniel Ciobanu first attracted international acclaim in 2017 at the Arthur Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv where he won both the Silver Medal and Audience Prize. He subsequently appeared at Carnegie Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Konzerthaus Berlin, St John’s Smith Square in London, Enescu Festival in Bucharest, and toured in Japan, China, Taiwan, South Africa and Brazil.

In 2023 he had numerous debuts in prestigious events such as the “Beethoven Easter Festival” in Warsaw Philharmonic, Radio France Festival in Montpellier, Brucknerhaus in Linz, as well as his orchestral debuts with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Volksoper Wien, Tiroler Symphony Orchestra and BBC Orchestra of Wales.

Throughout the recent years he performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Konzerthausorchester Berlin; Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León; Enescu Festival in Bucharest with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; Polish Baltic Philharmonic; Israel Camerata; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; George Enescu Philharmonic and Romanian National Radio Orchestra, as well as his recital debuts in the Lucerne Festival , Vienna Konzerthaus with violonist Julian Rachlin and Amsterdam Concertgebouw. In April 2022, Ciobanu stepped in with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for four major dates in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem with Omer Meir Wellber.

In 2015 he received the 1st Grand Prix, Public Prize and Orchestra Prize at the Morocco Philharmonic International Piano Competition – becoming the first pianist in the history of the competition to have won all the Special Prizes along with being unanimously voted by the jury for the Top Prize. He has also won 1st Prize and Special Prize for the best “Classical Sonata” at the UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria (South Africa), and 1st Prize at the BNDES International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro.