ROMANIA
- date of birth: 26th of November 1991
- received the Bachelor of Arts Diploma with honors from the Mozarteum University of Salzburg in 2016 and since September 2017 he is an academy member of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, under Maestro Mariss Jansons
- participated in masterclasses with Götz Teutsch, Heinrich Schiff, Thomas Grossenbacher, Martin Hornstein, Janos Starker and Laszlo Fenyo
- has worked and collaborated with artists such as Anton Barakhovsky, Wolfgang Redik, Rainer Schmidt, Pavel Gililov, Imre Rohmann, Andreas Weber and Cordelia Hofer-Teutsch
Prizes: Laureate of “Rudolf Matz” International String Competition, “Enrico Mainardi” International Cello Competition, Liezen International Cello Competition and the “A. Rubinstein” International Cello Competition
Program:
First Round
Piatti Caprice no. 2 op. 25
HaydnCello Concerto no. 2 in D major
Schumann Adagio and Allegro op. 70
Second Round
BrahmsSonata op. 38
HindemithSonata for Solo Cello no. 3 op. 25
Davydov At the Fountain op. 20
Semifinal
EnescuSonata no. 2 in C major op. 26
Prokofiev Sonata in C major op. 119
Final
Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor op. 104