Petru Pane is one of the most representative young musicians of his generation. At only 18 years old, he has won more than 15 First Prizes at national and international competitions and has performed as a soloist with 10 State Philharmonic Orchestras.

He is currently in the 12th grade at the “George Enescu” National College of Music where he studies with Professor Ovidiu Caplescu. At the same time, he has benefited from the guidance of several outstanding international soloists and teachers, such as Emil Vișenescu (Bucharest), Fabio di Casola (Zurich), Florent Héau (Tibor Varga Academy, Sion), Spyros Mourikis (Athens), Tibor Reman (UdK Berlin), Tomaz Mocilnik (Frankfurt), Hermann Stepansson (Stockholm), Nicolas Baldeyrou (Lyon), Francis Benda (Basel).

In December 2020 he won First Prize at the prestigious Sofia “Sava Dimitrov” International Clarinet Competition, judged by leading personalities of the international scene such as Julian Bliss, Philippe Cuper etc. In 2022, he won First Prize at the USA International Music Competition (Atlanta, USA), Swiss International Music Competition (Lugano, Switzerland), International Instrumental and Vocal Performance Competition (Oradea), Caneres International Music Competiton (Vienna, Austria), Birmingham International Music Competition, VCMA Vienna Competiton and Euterpe Music Awards (Berlin, 2023).

His performing activity has expanded since he won the audition for the clarinet part of the Romanian Youth Orchestra, becoming, at only 16, the youngest player in the orchestra’s history. He played under Cristian Mandeal at the George Enescu Festival (Sala Palatului, 2021) and Gabriel Bebeșelea at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg (Schleswig-Holstein Festival, 2022).