Performers

Remember Enescu Ensemble #4

Romanian pianists Corina Răducanu and Eugen Dumitrescu have been playing together as a piano duo since 2005. The two musicians completed their studies – master degree, PhD and Post PhD in music interpretation – at the National Music University in Bucharest. They have been invited to perform in George Enescu International Festival Bucharest, Constantin Silvestri International Festival Târgu–Mures, Hungarian Music International Festival Bucharest, Keys Festival Bucharest. Since 2010 they held national and international tours: Bartók Béla and the music of his century (2010), George Enescu and his contemporaries (2010/2011/2012), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Complete sonatas for piano four hands (2013), Silvestri-Britten: composers of the year 2013, JOC/Dance (2013), Maurice Ravel – Complete works for piano four hands (2014).
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Carolina Iulia Astanei #5,#6,#7,#8, #10

Resident in Austria since the early 90s, Carolina Iulia Astanei is a member of the choir and soloist at the Opera House Graz. Before she moved to Graz, she regularly performed at Austrian and European festivals as a soloist, chamber, as well as choir singer, the latter as member of the Schönberg Choir and ORF choir. Her vast repertoire covers contemporary opera by composers such as Ligeti, Henze, Nono or Berio, sacral music, as well as jazz.
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Ana Bondue #3

Ana Bondue are o activitate polivalentă, îngemănând creația artistică și interpretarea. Este absolventă a UNMB, unde a studiat compoziția și pianul. A realizat un doctorat în compoziție, precum și un master în cercetare muzicologică la Sorbona Paris IV (2007) . Stabilită din anul 2004 în Franța, pe lângă activitatea componistică, este activă și ca profesoară de pian și acompaniatoare, perfecționându-se totodată în cadrul unui master de interpretare - clavecin, bas continuu și muzică veche. Creația sa cuprinde lucrări vocale, corale, instrumentale și orchestrale, precum și trei opere de cameră. Lucrările ei au fost și sunt interpretate în România, Franța, Italia, Germania, Austria, Cehia, Chile. A înregistrat alături de violoncelistă Laura Buruiană integrala sonatelor pentru violoncel și pian de J. S. Bach.
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Zi Wan Breidler #6

Geboren in 1987 in Wuhan, VR China, erhielt Zi Wan Breidler mit vier Jahren Klavierunterricht und mit zehn ihren ersten Flöten-Unterricht bei Yi Zai Zhen. Mit vierzehn Jahren kam sie nach Österreich, nahm Flöten-Unterricht an der Musikschule der Stadt Wien bei Chia-Ling Renner Liao und Dr. Wolfgang Renner. Seit 2004 studierte sie Konzertfach Flöte und Instrumental-Pädagogik bei Robert Wolf mit Schwerpunkt neue Musik an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. Darüber hinaus nahm an Meisterkursen von Barbara Gisler-Hase, Walter Auer, Renate Greiss, Wally Hase, Felix Renggli, Günter Rumpel und Herbert Weissberg teil. Als Substitutin spielte sie im Wiener Concert-Verein und bei den Wiener Symphoniker.
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Eugen Dumitrescu #4

Pianistul Eugen Dumitrescu este licențiat al UNMB, clasa prof. Vlad Dimulescu. În anul 2012 a obținut titlul de doctor în muzică al UNMB. A fost bursier al Masterclass-ului de la Stuttgart 2001 și Kitzingen 2004. Este fondator al Atelierului de muzică și creativitate "Mozartino" din București.
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Duo Noëmi Schindler - Christophe Roy #6

Depuis 1995, la violoniste Noëmi Schindler et le violoncelliste Christophe Roy forment un duo. Le Duo effectue des tournées à travers le monde, dans les répertoires classique et contemporain. Très attaché à défendre la musique nouvelle, plus d’une centaine d’oeuvres ont été créées par Noëmi Schindler et Christophe Roy: duos violon/violoncelle et au sein de l’ensemble Aleph. Ses enregistrements ont été salués unanimement par la critique.
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Duo Ovocutters #8

Ovocutters dedicate themselves to the unusual and inspiring combination of accordion and harpsichord with exciting, expressive music. Sonja Leipold and Christoph Hofer, both interested in contemporary art in all of its varieties, began playing together in 2006 in various ensembles for chamber music and interdisciplinary projects. In 2007 Christoph Hofer received the highly regarded Carinthian Scholarship for Music for "Accordion Plus", a program to promote and extend the contemporary accordion repertoire. It was at the time, when Sonja Leipold was intensively exploring the fascinating contemporary harpsichord repertoire that the idea of combining accordion and harpsichord emerged. Ever since, in order to explore the development and varieties of current music “duo ovocutters” is regularly commissioning and premiering works and working with young composers from all over Europe.
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Duo Sjöblom-Kandić #4

Due to their wide-ranging repertoire, the accordion duo SJÖBLOM-KANDIĆ stands out as a unique within this particular instrumentation. The duo is dedicated to performing with equal passion whether playing contemporary works for two accordions, including electroacoustic compositions, or Baroque and classical music. The accordionists Terhi Sjöblom and Marija Kandić have been playing together since 2010. They hold degrees from music academies in Helsinki, Weimar and Würzburg and have studied with professors Stefan Hussong, Ivan Koval and Matti Rantanen. The duo won first prize in the 47th International Accordion Competition in Klingenthal (Germany) in 2010 and, in the same year, embarked on a concert tour presenting works of contemporary Finnish composers in Germany, Serbia and Romania.
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Cristina Ionescu #4

Cristina Ionescu este profesoară de pian și corepetitoare la liceul de Artă "Carmen Sylva" din Ploiești și masterand al UNMB la clasa prof. Sandu Sandrin. Susține recitaluri pe scenele UNMB și ale Filarmonicii din Ploiești. A obținut numeroase premii la concursuri și olimpiade naționale alături de elevii pe care i-a acompaniat.
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Liis Joamets #1,#2

Liis Joamets is a talented violonist from Tartu, Estonia, whose music has been heard - and appreciated - both in Estonia and abroad. Born March 11th 1985 into a family of musicians she begun her violin studies at the age of 6. First it was with Jüri Kukk at Heino Eller`s Music School in Tartu, then in 1996 she entered Tiiu Peäske's violin class at Tallinn Music High School and since 2001 she has been studying towards her MMUS degree at the Sibelius Academy with Prof Mari Tampere-Bezrodny and Prof Paavo Pohjola. Her playing has been heard on the Estonian and Finnish Radio, she has appeared as a soloist with Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (2005), Estonian Opera ”Vanemuine Orchestra” (2006), Haapsalu Festival Orchestra (2003, 2006), with maestros like Okko Kamu, Jüri-Ruut Kangur, Tõnu Reimann, Lylian Kaiv, Andres Mustonen and collaborating with pianist Risto Lauriala. In 2008, Liis won the 3rd prize in the Heino Eller International Violin Competition.
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Marija Kandić #4

Marija Kandić was born in Užice/Serbia, where she received her first musical education. She began her professional studies at the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" Weimar/Germany with Prof. Ivan Koval. After graduating she was studying at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg with Prof. Stefan Hussong, where she finished her masterclass-degree. She took part in master-classes with Hugo Noth, Geir Draugsvoll, Matti Rantanen, Margit Kern. She won several prizes at national competitions in Serbia as well as the 2nd Prize at Premio Internazionale per Fisarmonica "Stefano Bizzarri" 1997 in Morro d'Oro/Italy, 2nd Prize at the Musikalische-Akademie-Competition 2010 in Würzburg/Germany and the 1st Prize with Terhi Sjöblom (accordion-duo) at the 47th Accordion competition 2010 in Klingenthal (Germany). Marija Kandić devotes herself to the contemporary music. She performed with Ensemble Marges (Weimar/Germany) numerous premieres of chamber music works as well as compositions for silent movies. She explores the field of jazz/improvisation/contemporary music with Pegelia Gold and her ensembles (Les Polychromes, Polychrome Orchestra).
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Daniel Kientzy #3

Daniel Kientzy is considered as the hero of the contemporary saxophone. Winning First Prize unanimously in saxophone and chamber music at the Paris Conservatory (CNSM) was not enough to satisfy his need to augment the repertoire and alter the stereotyped image of the saxophone at the time. He continuously researches and discovers new playing techniques as well as new forms of musical expression that have revolutionized both the saxophone and the world of contemporary music. He is the only saxophonist who regularly plays all members of the saxophone family, from the minnow sopranino to the behemoth contrabass saxophone. Continuously, he encourages the composing of new works, as of 2014 they number over 650. Actually Daniel Kientzy has published (2014) 93 records in differents countries : France, Spain, Rumania, Russia, United States, Denmark, Corea, Portugal, etc….
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Ariadna Mihai #7,#8

Alexandra-Ariadna Mihai is a coloratura soprano, born in Sighișoara, Romania, in 1983. She works as an opera soloist and as a singing teacher in Bucharest. She studied with the coloratura soprano Silvia Voinea at the National University of Music Bucharest. She got the Artist Diploma in 2006 and the Master Degree in 2008. She collaborated with Opéra-Studio de Genève for productions in Switzerland and in France. She performed at the Romanian Athenaeum, the Roman Arenas, the National Theater, the National Radio Society with the Radio Orchestra and at several editions of international new music festivals “Meridian” and “The Contemporary Music’s International Week” in Bucharest and also in contemporary opera production in Paris.
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Roxana Moișanu #5

Roxana Moișanu a absolvit UNMB la clasa prof. Ion Ivan Roncea. Laureată a multor concursuri naționale, Roxana Moișanu a fost invitată să cânte la două ediții ale Congresului Mondial de harpă, a fost distinsă cu Premiul de Excelență al UICEM și a participat la înregistrarea coloanei sonore a filmului "Youth Without Youth" realizat de Francis Ford Coppola. În prezent este șefă de partidă în orchestra Operei de Stat București.
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Emanuel Pecingină #5,#6

Născut la Timișoara în anul 1964, Emanuel Pecingină este absolvent al UNMB, secția Pedagogie Muzicală (1990)și al masteratului de Stilistică dirijorală la clas prof. Marin Constantin (1999). Membru până în anul 2008, ca violoncelist, în numeroase orchestre și, până în prezent, ca tenor în diverse formații corale românești, printre care se numără și Corul Național de Cameră "Madrigal", Emanuel Pecingină activează din anul 2002 în cadrul acestui ansamblu vocal ca maestru corepetitor și dirijor.
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Cornelia Petroiu #3

Cornelia Petroiu graduated the Music Conservatory in Bucharest and deepened her musical studies at Interlochen-Michigan and Weimar-Germany. Later on, in Paris-CIFAP, she became familiar to Pro Tools software, as a sound editor. A classical music performer at the beginning, she became totally involved in the contemporary music.Cornelia Petroiu has been inspiring composers of various tendencies and countries, who composed for her, up to now, over 150 works which she premiered. Cornelia Petroiu is extending the sphere of the musical expression by recording and post-producing herself most of her instrumental performances.
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Maria Magdalena Probst#1,#2,#3,#4,#5,#6,#8

Maria Magdalena Probst was born in Vienna in 1994. She received a musical education from an early age, particularly cello lessons with Vladimir Malinovski amongst others. In 2012 she graduated from the Music High School of Vienna and is currently studying cello with Othmar Müller at the Joseph Haydn Conservatory in Eisenstadt, Austria. In 2013 she received an Erasmus Intensive Programme scholarship, taking her to the Conservatory of Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Since 2012 she is studying for a Bachelor degree in English and American Studies at the University of Vienna.

Otto Probst #1,#2,#3,#5,#7,#8,#9,#10

Born 1952 in Vienna. He studied piano at the "Konservatorium Wien" (now "Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität") with Dianko Iliew. Further impulses he obtained at courses of Horst Leichtfried and Stanislaus Neuhaus. Since 1978 he belongs to the staff of the Konservatorium. Probst's musical activities are focused on chamber music and on contemporary music.
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Mikko Raasakka #7

Mikko Raasakka is a free-lance clarinetist living in Helsinki, Finland. Mikko completed his artistic doctorate at the Sibelius Academy 2005. He works as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician, improviser and pedagogue. Mikko has premiered dozens of new clarinet works, including five concertos. As a member of defunensemble, an ensemble devoted to electro acoustic music, he appears regularly at the European new music festivals. In addition to all members of the clarinet family Mikko plays the liru, an archaic Finnish folk clarinet, and historical clarinets. Mikko makes regularly recordings for the Finnish Broadcasting Company. His solo CD Eliangelis (Alba Records 2014) had an enthusiastic reception. Mikko is the author of a guide on contemporary clarinet technique "Exploring the clarinet".
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Cristina Radu #1,#2,#3,#4,#5,#8

Cristina Radu is a well known Romanian soprano who sustains an extensive operatic and concert activity, being equally attracted to explore the lyric, chamber and symphonic repertoire. In 2003 she graduated the National Music University from Bucharest, studying singing under Maria Slătinaru-Nistor. Concerned of continuously artistic improve, she follow numerous master classes in Italy, Germany, U.S. and Romania, with prestigious artists like Virginia Zeani, Ileana Cotrubaş, Vasile Moldoveanu, Felicity Lott, Alberto Zedda, Ionel Pantea, Denice Graves. Cristina Radu develops her artistic personality in multiple recitals and as a soloist of the Brasov Opera, where she is addressing a wide repertoire and made opera tours of performances in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Great Britain and Spain. Cristina Radu collaborates also with The Lyric Theatre of Cagliari (Italy), The National Operas of Bucharest, Constanţa, Galaţi. Exploring the works of the contemporary music is also a target in Cristina Radu's repertory.
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Eberhard Reiter #7

Eberhard Reiter was born in 1984 in Upper Austria. He studied at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz with Peter Rohrsdorfer (Saxophone) and with Gerald Kraxberger (Clarinet). Further impulses he obtained at courses of Arno Bornkamp, Oto Vrhovnik, Petra Stump and Heinz Peter Lindshalm, the Vienna Clarinet Connection, Howard Klug, Jean- Yves Fourmeau, Daniel Schnyder, Milan Turkovic, Ralph Manno, Otis Murphy a.o.. Main emphases in his performing field of activity are the Vienna Saxophonic Orchestra, the Pianotrio KORA, the Saxophone Quartet PRO Sax, the Saxophone Quartet „4saxess“ and the Max Brand Ensemble. Since 2008 he's teaching saxophone and clarinet in music schools and in a Grammar School in Upper Austria.
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Clemens Rofner #7

Clemens Rofner is a bass player from Tyrol/Austria, who studied Electric Bass and Double Bass in Innsbruck and Linz. He played with Bands or Artist like HI5, Tyrolean Jazz Orchestra, Manu Delago Handmade, Christian Wegscheider, Florian Bramböck and others at important venues and/or festivals like Jazz festival Alto Adige, Tuscia in Jazz, Waves Bratislava, Europafest Bukarest. Clemens Rofner was awarded several international prices with his main project HI5 - worthy of mention are the “Jimmy Woode European Jazz Award” and the Grand Price at the “Bucharest International Jazz Competition”.
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Corina Răducanu #4

Pianista Corina Răducanu este absolventă a Liceului de Muzică George Enescu la clasa prof. Gabriela Stepan și a UNMB - FIM, la clasa prof. Vlad Dimulescu. În anul 2011 a obținut titlul de doctor în muzică al UNMB. Este laureată a numeroase concursuri naționale și internaționale (Bulgaria, Grecia, Spania, Italia, România). A beneficiat de o bursă la "7th Hamamatsu International Piano Academy" Japonia 2002. Este profesor de pian la Colegiul Național de Arte Dinu Lipatti din București.
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Christophe Roy #6

Fondateur de l’ensemble Aleph en 1983, Christophe Roy étudie le violoncelle avec Paul Boufil, Pierre Penassou et Maurice Gendron, ainsi qu’avec le compositeur Dan Lustgarten. En 1994, il obtient un prix spécial de violoncelle au Concours international Gaudeamus de Rotterdam.
Interprète du répertoire solo et de la musique de chambre, il a fréquemment collaboré avec l’Ensemble intercontemporain, l’Ensemble Modern de Francfort et The Newt Hinton Ensemble. Il enseigne le violoncelle à l’École nationale de musique d’Evry, au sein de laquelle il a fondé en 2002 le Centre de pratique de violoncelle contemporain. Dans ce cadre, il réalise en 2006 un CD de répertoire pour ensemble de violoncelles, aussitôt distingué par la presse (Le Monde, Le Monde de la musique). Cet ensemble devient, en 2007, l’ensemble Nomos, qui développe à présent une grande activité de création.
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Noëmi Schindler #6

Née à Zurich, l’étude du violon conduit Noëmi Schindler à Paris, Lausanne et Winterthur où elle travaille successivement avec Ami Flammer, Pierre Amoyal et Aïda Stucki-Piraccini dont la rencontre fut déterminante. Un premier Prix de virtuosité au Conservatoire de Lausanne en 1993, un premier Prix UBS la même année et “l’Anerkennungspreis” de Zollikon en 1996 représentent autant de distinctions remportées par la violoniste.
De nombreux compositeurs contemporains ont composé pour elle, notamment Bernard Cavanna, dont le concerto pour violon qui a reçu les "Victoires de la musique" en 2000 et le Prix de l’Unesco.
Noëmi Schindler enseigne à l’École nationale de musique de Gennevilliers ; elle joue un violon de
Joannes Baptista Guadagnini de Milan.
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Sextetul vocal Bcurești #5,#6

Condus de dirijorul Emanuel Pecingină, Sextetul vocal "București" este alcătuit din
Anna Mirescu - soprană, Ana - Maria Szekely - soprană, Teodora - Maria Jarowsky - mezzosoprană,
Florian Costea - tenor, Emanuel Pecingină - tenor și Radu Isăcescu - bariton.

Absolventă a secției de canto a UNMB la clasa prof. Georgeta Stoleriu, soprana Anna Mirescu este laureată a mai multor concursuri naționale și internaționale. Apărând pe scena de concert încă din perioada studenției, Anna Mirescu debutează în anul 2005 în rolul Reginei nopții.
În prezent este membră a Corului Național de Cameră "Madrigal".

Laureată a mai multor concursuri naționale și internaționale de canto, soprana Ana - Maria Szekely
este membră a Corului Național de Cameră "Madrigal" din anul 2012. Totodată, ea susține o
bogată activitate solistică, apărând în diverse recitaluri pe scenele din București și din țară.

Mezzosoprana Teodora - Maria Jarowsky este membră a Corului Național de Cameră "Madrigal".
Distinsă cu nenumărate premii la concursurile naționale de canto, ea este prezentă ca solistă pe scena Teatrului "Nae Leonard" din Galați și colaborează cu Filarmonica bucureșteană.

Licențiat al Facultății de Teologie Ortodoxă din București și al UNMB secția dirijat orchestră la clasa
prof. Horia Andreescu, tenorul și compozitorul de muzică religioasă Florian Costea este membru al
Corului Național de Cameră "Madrigal" din anul 2005, iar începând cu anul 2007 și dirijor al acestui ansamblu în diferite concerte.

Născut la Timișoara în anul 1964, Emanuel Pecingină este absolvent al UNMB, secția Pedagogie Muzicală (1990) și al masteratului de Stilistică dirijorală la clas prof. Marin Constantin (1999). Membru până în anul 2008, ca violoncelist, în numeroase orchestre și, până în prezent, ca tenor în diverse formații corale românești, printre care se numără și Corul Național de Cameră "Madrigal", Emanuel Pecingină activează din anul 2002 în cadrul acestui ansamblu vocal ca maestru corepetitor și dirijor.

Absolvent al secției de canto al UNMB la clasele profesorilor Ionel Voineag și Silvia Voinea,
baritonul Radu Isăcescu este prezent pe scena Operei Române și colaborator al Filarmonicii din București. Din anul 2007 este solist al Corului Național de Cameră "Madrigal".
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Lucian Simon #7

Lucian Simon has a Master Degree in Percussion at the National University of Music in Bucharest. He studied also with Henrik Larsen (Denmark), Mircea Ardeleanu and Jean Geoffroy (Switzerland) and Chin Cheng Lin (China). As one of the few marimbists in Romania Lucian Simon performed as soloist with many orchestras such as Filarmonica “Ion Dumitrescu, Filarmonica “Dinu Lipatti”, Filarmonica de Stat din Oradea, Filarmonica “Paul Constantinescu”, Filarmonica din Pitesti, SRR Chamber Orchestra Bucharest. As chamber musician and as a member of the “GAME” ensemble he was invited to take part at festivals in Romania, Denmark, Germany, Turkey and Switzerland.
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Mladen Spasinovici #5

Mladen Spasinovici este absolvent al UNMB la clasa prof. Aurel Niculescu. Este laureat a numeroase concursuri naționale la secțiunea violoncel și muzică de cameră, printre care concursul "Mihail Jora" din București. Compune și orchestrează lucrări camerale sau orchestrale pentru diverse ansambluri de profil din țară. A colaborat cu maestrul Johnny Răducanu, cu regizorii Radu Mihăileanu și Dan Pița. În prezent este șef de partidă în orchestra Operei de Stat București.
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Diana Spânu-Dănilă #7

Diana Spânu-Dănilă was born in 1966 and in 1990 she majored in musicology at the Academy of Music of Iași. From 1990 to 1997 she was the assistant pianist of the "Gavriil Musicescu" Choir of the Philharmonic Orchestra "Moldova". Between 1997 and 2001 Diana Spânu-Dănilă was pianist assistant at the National Operetta Theater "Ion Dacian" Bucharest. Since 2001 she is pianist and teacher at the Department of Piano Accompaniment at the High School "George Enescu" in Bucharest. She performs actively as a chamber musician and also publishes numerous musicology articles.
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Simon Springer #7

Simon Springer was born near Innsbruck (Austria) in 1991. Coming from an artistic family, he started drumming at the age of three and began his classical training at the Musikschule Innsbruck with Peter Penz at the age of seven. From 2009 until 2012 he studied Jazz Drums at the Tiroler Landeskonservatorium with Georg Tausch. In October 2012 he moved to Vienna and began studying at the Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität with Walter Grassmann. For the last six years Simon Springer has played numerous concerts (from jazz to also rock, pop, musical productions or classical music) with many well-known artists in Austria. He has done cd-recordings, TV-shows and also played in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Slovenia and Qatar.
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Terhi Sjöblom #4

Terhi Sjöblom (born in Tuusula/Finland) started playing accordion at the age of nine in her hometown Tuusula. After high school she continued to professional studies at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki where her teacher was Matti Rantanen. She was an exchange student at Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" Weimar in the class of Professor Ivan Koval 2006-2007. She finished her Master of Music degree in Helsinki 2010. She participated in many master classes with e.g. following accordionists: Mie Miki, Stefan Hussong, Claudio Jacomucci, Hugo Noth and Iñaki Alberdi. Terhi Sjöblom has performed in many European countries e.g. Iceland, Estonia, Lithuania, Spain, Germany, Greece, Romania, Serbia and Hungary. She has worked as a soloist alone and with an ensemble and as a chamber musician. She performed as a soloist at the first performance of „Sol/Nemesis“ for accordion solo and ensemble by Ari Romppanen 2009 in Helsinki. She has received several grants in Finland e.g. from the Finnish Cultural Foundation. Terhi Sjöblom received prizes at the most important international accordion competitions e.g. the 2nd prize at “Arrasate Hiria” (Spain, 2008).
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Trio Alto #3

In 2006, when the Trio-Alto started its musical journey, composers from all over the world warmly welcome this new born contemporary music entity. Their enthusiasm was due to the unusual instrumental juxtaposition (viola, saxophone and piano), and also to the outstanding professional level of the three performers, Cornelia PETROIU, Daniel KIENTZY and Mihail VIRTOSU, and their dedication to the avant-garde music. The activity of the Trio-Alto is fully dedicated to the avant-garde contemporary music performing. The three artists have premiered over 50 musical works, all of them dedicate to them. In 2007 was launched the first audio CD of the Trio-Alto, which is called ”Résonances triangulaires”. The repertoire of the Trio-Alto includes diverse orientations in the international contemporary music, thanks to composers from Romania, France, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Korea, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Italy, Austria, Denmark and the United States.
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Trio Mozaic #7

Consisting of Emil Vișenescu - clarinet, Oana Vișenescu - violin, viola and Diana Spânu-Dănilă - piano, the Mozaic Trio was founded in 1994. One of the teachers of the trio was the cellist Wolfgang Laufer, a member of the Quartet "Fine Arts". The ensemble participated at the International Music Festival in Piatra Neamt, at the "Days of Eugene Ionesco" in Slatina, at the Festival of Young Musicians in Baia Mare, at the International Chamber Music Competition "UFAM" in Paris and at the contest and festival "Orpheus Prijs", Antwerp (Belgium). Trio Mozaic performed both in Romania and in Europe, including concert tours in Switzerland, in 2004 and 2009.
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Irina Ungureanu #5

Geboren 1984 in Bukarest, wohnhaft in Zürich und Kreuzlingen. Sie studierte Gesang an der ZHdK bei Jane Thorner Mengedoth. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit schenkt sie der zeitgenössischen und der alten Musik, der freien Improvisation, dem Lied- und Oratorienrepertoire und der rumänischen Volksmusik, welche sie seit ihrer frühen Kindheit begleitet. Sie tritt in festen sowie in wechselnden Formationen regelmässig in Projekten, Konzerten und im Musiktheater auf.
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Antti Vahtola #7

Antti Vahtola is a versatile musician, always curious towards new influences. His repertoire covers widely all musical eras from medieval to contemporary music. After mastering his studies in year 2000 in Sibelius-Academy, Helsinki, he has performed actively both as a soloist and chamber musician in Finland and around Europe. In addition to playing piano he works as an bass singer in professional choirs and vocal ensembles as well. Vahtola is also a very liked and appreciated piano and chamber music teacher in Music Institute Juvenalia, Espoo.
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Emil Vișenescu #7

Emil Vișenescu, born in 1969, majored in clarinet at the National University of Music Bucharest prof. Bărbuceanu Valeriu class in 1993. In the same year he became a member of the Philharmonic Orchestra "George Enescu", Bucharest. He attended numerous courses training under the guidance of teachers as Stephan Korody, Joseph Balogh, Aurelian Octav Popa, Karl Leister and Walter Boeykens. Between 2000 and 2002, specializing at the Conservatory in Biel (Switzerland) under the guidance of Professor Ernesto Molinari. Also in Switzerland he held concerts and recitals, and was the winner of the scholarship "Martha Moser'(2000) and of the "Tchumi-Preis" (2002). Emil Vișenescu is an appreciated soloist, chamber musician and teacher – he is Professor of clarinet at the National University of Music, Bucharest.
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Oana Vișenescu #7

Oana Vișenescu was born in 1969. She majored in violin in 1994 at the National University of Music Bucharest by Prof. Daniel Podlovschi. She won national and international prizes at contests such "Mihail Jora" (Romania), Stresa, Isola Capri (Italy). Since 1994 she teaches chamber music at the National University of Music Bucharest. Two years post graduate studies at the Conservatory of Neuchatel (Switzerland, 2000 – 2002) enabled her to be teached by Denitsa Kazakova – violin and Jan Dobrzlewski - viola. Oana Vișenescu has numerous appearances in concerts and recitals, both in Romania and abroad, and TV, radio, CD recordings.
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Mihail Vîrtosu #2,#3

Compozitor și pianist, Mihail Vîrtosu s-a format la Conservatorul de Muzică din București. A compus muzică de cameră, corală, simfonică și pentru spectacole de teatru. Ca interpret a colaborat cu numeroși artiști români și străini, cu care a realizat înregistrări de radio, TV și disc.
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Ștefan Voinic #7

Born in 1993 in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania, Ștefan Voinic studies clarinet at the National University of Music Bucharest with Prof. Emil Vișenescu. Further impulses he obtained at courses of Chris Richards. Ștefan Voinic has played numerous concerts as member of the Youth Orchestra of Bucharest and with the "George Enescu" Philharmonic Orchestra.
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