Described by Martha Argerich as “an extraordinary pianist”, Florian Mitrea is a double laureate at the Glasgow 2017, Saint Priest 2017, Hamamatsu 2015 and Munich-ARD 2014 International Piano Competitions, and winner of the 2018 Royal Overseas League Piano Competition. His list of accolades continues with prizes at the 2018 Harbin International Piano Competition in China, Manchester and Verona 2016. In 2018 he won the New York International Piano Festival Competition, for which he was awarded his Carnegie Hall debut.

His concert portfolio includes appearances at venues such as Usher Hall-Edinburgh, Royal Concert Hall-Glasgow, Bridgewater Hall-Manchester, King’s Place, St. John Smith Square, Queen Elisabeth Hall and St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, Bozar Centre in Brussels, Bavarian Broadcasting Studios in Munich and Schwetzingen Festspiele in Germany, Bunka Kaikan Hall and Sonic Concert Hall in Tokyo, Seoul Arts Centre and Chopin Academy in Warsaw. He has been a guest artist at the Lucerne and Edinburgh Festivals, and has collaborated as soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the Collegium Musicum in Basel, the Royal Scottish Orchestra, the George Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest and the Chamber Orchstra and the National Radio Orchestra. Florian has recorded for some of the most prestigious broadcasters, including BBC Radio 3, BBC Scotland, Südwest Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Radio France Musique, Radio Télévision Suisse and Radio România Muzical. His debut album was awarded the 2018 Record of the Year by Radio Romania Muzical listeners.

Florian was trained in Bucharest by teachers Flavia Moldovan and Gabriela Enășescu. A graduate of the “George Enescu” High School of Music, he then studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, in the class of Professor Diana Ketler, where he graduated with the highest distinctions, and where he is currently a professor. Florian has also studied at the Imola Piano Academy with Boris Petrushansky.