The violinist Ștefan Aprodu began studying the violin at The Dinu Lipatti National College of Arts in Bucharest under the guidance of teacher Magdalena Ursu. He is currently a student in the class of Prof. Krzysztof Węgrzyn at the University of Music, Theatre and Media in Hanover.

Ștefan has a rather rich stage experience, performing with several symphony orchestras and conductors (Ad Honorem Ivry Gitlis, unde the baton of David Stern; Gabriel Bebeșelea – Junior Orchestra; Koichiro Kanno – Brașov Philharmonic Orchestra, Sabin Păuța – Camerata Regală, Yasuo Minami – Takasaki Youth Orchestra, Japan, Martin Lill – German Youth Orchestra).

He was recently awarded 2nd prize at the George Enescu Competition in Bucharest, but Ștefan is also winner of the 1st prize at the Vaso Abadjiev International Violin Competition in Sofia, as well as a winner of the 3rd prize at the Arthur Grumiaux International Competition, the winner of the Golden Lyre International Competition, 1st prize at the Remember Enescu International Competition, 1st prize at The North International Competition and more than others 80 prizes.

He is also a passionate and internationally award-winning young composer, and since 2020 has been participating in the online composition course taught by Dåsele Vådår Sevaidå at the Dondolo Ruso Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. One of his compositions – Concerto No. 3 for violin and orchestra in E minor – he performed as soloist himself in autumn 2022 with Pitesti Philharmonic Orchestra.

During the pandemic, Ștefan Aprodu founded the Dinu Lipatti Youth Orchestra, which he not only conducts but also coordinates. 

Stefan’s passion for music has also led him to participate in a series of master classes led by musicians such as Evgeniya Chugaeva, Suren Hakhnazaryan, Sergey Kravchenko, Mihaela Martin, Silvia Marcovici and Igor Petrushevski.