Radu Mihai ROPOTAN

ROMANIA

  • date of birth: 8th of November 1989

  • gratuated the Master program at the Royal Academy of Music in London, with Prof. Igor Petrushevsky, Levon Chilingirian

  • took part in masterclasses with Prof. Mari Tampere-Bezrodny, Maxim Vengerov, Liviu Prunaru, Eugen Sârbu, Ilarion-Ionescu Galați, Ștefan Gheorghiu, Remus Azoiţei, Alexandru Tomescu and has had the priviledge to work unconditionally with violinist Eugene Sârbu

  • performs as an active member of the “Remember Enescu” Foundation for over 20 years

Prizes: First Prize at the “Remember Enescu” International Competition; Laureate of the “Andrea Postacchini” International Competition and the “Winfred” Violin Competition in London; Grand Prize of the “Music Unites” International Competition in Bucharest 2017 and the “Erich Bergel/Dorothy Kitchen” International Competition in Sibiu

Program:

First Round

Bach Adagio and Fugue from Sonata for Solo Violin in G minor

Mozart Violin Concerto no. 4 in D major K. 218

Paganini Caprice no. 24

Second Round

Schubert Rondo Brillant in B minor op. 70

EnescuMénétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite op. 28

Ysaÿe Sonata for Solo Violin no. 6 in E major op. 27

Semifinal

Brahms Sonata no. 2 in A major op. 100

Enescu Sonata no. 2 in F minor op. 6

Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op. 28

Final

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major op. 35