MĂLINA CIOBANU

ROMANIA

  • date of birth: October 5, 1998
  • studied under the guidance of Prof. Bujor Prelipcean and starting from 2017, she was accepted as a student at the Barenboim-Said Akademie, in the class of Prof. Mihaela Martin;
  • participated in masterclasses given by great violinists such as Igor Oistrakh, Zakhar Bron, Pierre Amoyal, Ida Haendel, Arnold Steinhardt;
  • as a chamber musician, she shared the stage with artists such as Denis Kozhukhin, Mihaela Martin, Clara Jumi Kang, Michael Barenboim, Frans Helmerson, Elena Bashkirova;
  • plays a Baldantoni violin kindly loaned to her through the Beare’s International Violin Society.

Prizes: 1st Prize at the Erich Bergel International Competition, laureate of the Concertino Praga International Competition, Grand Prix of the Remember Enescu International Competition

Program:

First Round

Bach Ciaccona from Partita in D minor for Solo Violin

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major K. 219

Paganini Caprice No. 21

Second Round

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major Op. 30 No. 3

Enescu “Ménétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28

Wieniawski Polonaise brillante in A major Op. 21

Semifinal

Ravel Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major

Enescu Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Violin and Piano Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain”

Liszt / Milstein Mephisto Waltz No. 1 for Solo Violin

Final

Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 6