Born in Bucharest, ROMANIA, 19.08.1993
Musical Education
Student at Prins Claus Conservatoire – Groningen, Netherlands.
College of Music “George Enescu” – Bucharest, classic piano, professor Mihaela Zamfirescu - 12 years (2000 – 2012).
College of Music “George Enescu” – Bucharest, Jazz and musical Improvisation, professor Florin Raducanu, head of Jazz Department - 2 years (2008 – 2010).
Bucharest City Arts School – division of Jazz and Improvised Music, professor Marius Popp -
4 years (2004 – 2008).
Workshops
2012: Siena – Italy “International Summer Workshop”, 24 July – 8 August – Jason Lindner, John Taylor, Franco D’Andrea, Stefano Battaglia - piano professors, Jeremy Pelt, Marco Tamburini
2011: Siena – Italy “International Summer Workshop”, 24 July – 8 August - John Taylor, Kenny Warner, Franco D’Andrea, Stefano Battaglia - piano professors, Lionel Loueke, Reuben Rogers, Omer Avital - combo professors;
2011: Târgu Mureş – Romania “Jazz Workshop” at International Jazz Festival for Students, third edition, 11 – 14 April - Mircea Tiberian - combo professor;
2011: Saint-George (Sf. Gheorghe) – Romania: “Jazz and Improvised Music Camp”,
4 – 6 March - Toth Victor (Hungary) - combo professor;
2010: Saint-George (Sf. Gheorghe) – Romania: “Jazz and Improvised Music Camp”,
3 – 5 December - Toth Victor (Hungary) - combo professor;
2010: Sibiu – Romania “Icon Arts Academy – International Contemporary Arts - Summer classes”, 25 July – 8 August - Mircea Tiberian - piano professor;
2010: Perugia – Italy ““Berklee Summer School at Umbria Jazz Clinics”, 6 – 18 July - Matthew Nicholl, Carolyn Wilkins - piano professors;
2009: Soriano nel Cimino – Italy “Tuscia in Jazz Masterclass”, 27 July – 02 August - Kenny Barron, Dado Moroni - piano professors;
2009: Perugia – Italy “Berklee Summer School at Umbria Jazz Clinics”, 7 – 19 July - Matthew Nicholl, Carolyn Wilkins - piano professors;
2008: Saint-George (Sf. Gheorghe) – Romania: “Jazz and Improvised Music Camp”,
22 – 30 August - Mircea Tiberian, Markus Tibor - piano professors;
2008: Soriano nel Cimino – Italy “Tuscia in Jazz Masterclass”, 28 July – 03 August - Kenny Barron, Dado Moroni - piano professors;
2007: Saint-George (Sf. Gheorghe) – Romania: “Jazz and Improvised Music Camp”,
1 – 6 September - Ion Baciu Jr. - piano professor;
2007: Bucharest – Romania: “Jimmy Weinstein's Traveling School Jazz and Improvising”,
7 – 13 May.
Awards
2012: Jazz Composition Award and Award for International Exchanges and Cooperation at “Art Factory Award Young for 2011”, first edition, 25 May, Bucharest – Romania;
2012: The confirmation of the year at “Jazz Awards for 2011”, 9-th edition, 6 April, Bucharest – Romania;
2011: Grand Prize and Nicolae Ionescu trophy with New Wave trio at “Student Gala Jazz”, 11-th edition, 9 – 10 May, Sibiu – Romania;
2011: Best Individual Performance at “International Jazz Festival for Students“, third edition,
11 – 14 April, Târgu Mureş – Romania;
2010: Berklee/Umbria Jazz Clinics 2010 Award at “Berklee Summer School at Umbria Jazz Clinics”, 6 – 18 July, Perugia – Italy;
2010: Award of Excellence at “Student Gala Jazz”, 10-th edition, 10 – 11 May,
Sibiu – Romania;
2009: Best Composition Award at “Student Gala Jazz”, 9-th edition, 11 – 12 May,
Sibiu – Romania;
2009: Best Band Award with Bucharest Jazz College Orchestra at “Student Gala Jazz”, 9-th edition, 11- 12 May, Sibiu – Romania;
2009: Radio Romania Musical Special Award with Toma Hawk band at “International Jazz Festival for Students”, first edition, 23 – 25 April, Târgu Mureş – Romania;
2006: Second prize at “Young Talents” Classic Piano Contest, Bucharest;
2005: First prize at Olympics Classic Piano, Bucharest;
Festivals
2012: Freedom Jazz Festival, 19 – 21 July, Vama Veche – Romania;
2012: Locomotive jazz, 29 – 30 March, Budapest, Szeged – Hungary;
2012: Za Funk Fest, 3 – 5 February, Bucharest – Romania;
2011: The days of Romanian Jazz, 25 - 27 November, Braşov – Romania;
2011: International Jazz Festival for Students, 11 - 14 April, Târgu Mureş – Romania;
2010/2011: Umbria Jazz Winter, 29 December - 2 January, Orvieto – Italy;
2009: Open Jazz International Festival, 26-28 June, Târgu Mureş – Romania;
Miscellaneous
2012 – National Romanian Television -TV2- Guest to “Some like it …” show, 3 February
2004-2005 – Host of a weekly TV talk-show: “Look who is asking me!”