VALENTIN ȘERBAN

  ROMANIA

  • date of birth: May 8, 1990
  • master studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, with Silvia Marcovici;
  • previously graduated the bachelor studies at the Transilvania University in Brașov;
  • studied with Ilarion Ionescu-Galați and Ștefan Gheorghiu;
  • member of Les Dissonances Orchestra since 2018 and guest concertmaster of the Romanian Youth Orchestra;
  • participated in masterclasses with musicians such as Ivry Gitlis, Leonidas Kavakos, David Grimal, Mihaela Martin, Silvia Marcovici, Adam Han-Gorski, Arlette Bonamy;
  • received prizes in several competitions in Romania, Austria and Italy and performed in the main concert halls of Romania but also in France, Germany, Austria, Italy.

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. 17

Second Round

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2

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

Schumann / Kreisler Fantasie for Violin and Piano Op. 131

Semifinal

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108

Enescu Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6

Wieniawski Variations on an Original Theme Op. 15

Final

Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47