Welcome Concert in honor of HE Laurence Auer, Ambassador of France.
The concert took place on Tue, 23rd of March at 6 pm at our new concert and social hub in 46, Aleea Alexandru, where Vienna Style, our life-long partners, recently moved their art gallery, our Bösendorfer piano included.
Given the exceptional circumstances, only the honored Ambassador, the MFA officials and the sponsors participated in 3D, all the other guests watched the concert from their armchairs live on the Facebook page of Societatea Muzicală, or on our website archives.
Ludwig van Beethoven – Seven Variations on a Mozart Theme
Ana & Marius Boldea, duo pianists
Claude Debussy – En Bateau, from The Small Suite
George Enescu – Romanian Rhapsody no. 2 in D major
Johannes Brahms – Two Hungarian Dances (no. 11 and 4)
Marina Melaranci, soprano & Adina Cocargeanu, piano
Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Depuis le jour from Louise
CamilleSaint–Saëns – Printemps qui commence, from Samson et Dalila
Jacques Offenbach – Belle nuit, o nuit d’amour, from The Tales of Hoffmann
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Ana and Marius Boldea are PhD students and graduates of bachelor and master’s degree studies at the National University of Music in Bucharest, in the class of professor. dr. Manuela Giosa. They have formed a piano duo (4 hands – 2 pianos) since 2014. They are finalists in the Suzana Szörenyi International Duo Competition and winners of the International Pro Piano Competition, in the 4-hand category in 2015. They have a rich concert activity, performing recitals of piano duo both in Bucharest and in other cities of the country, such as Sighișoara, Timișoara, Bușteni, Brașov, Constanța (within the Tomisul etern festival). They participated in duo masterclasses with pianists Octavian Renea, Caterina Vivarelli and Josu de Solaun. They are permanent collaborators of the Friedrich Schiller House of Culture in Bucharest, where they support monthly artistic moments of piano duo. They made their debut at the Romanian Athenaeum in November 2017 performing the full Hungarian Dances by J. Brahms for 4 hands. In April 2018, in Brașov, they give a piano duo recital at the Brassovia Chamber Music Festival and perform at the Chei Festival, a festival organized by the National University of Music in Bucharest. In May and June 2018, they won two I¸ prizes in the 4-hand piano category, at the Sabin Pautza – Reșița and Pro Piano – Bucharest International Competitions. In August, the duo is part of the „Connect Arts” project and makes a recording on Radio Romania. In November, the duo won the first prize at the National Competition „Eduard Caudella” – Chamber Music section – held in Iasi. In March 2019, the duo won the second prize at the Mihail Jora National Contest, held in Bucharest. In May, the duo performs F. Poulenc’s Concerto in D minor for two pianos and orchestra at UNMB with the orchestra Universitaria under the baton of Alexandru Ganea. In May and June, the duo performs three times on the Big Stage of the Romanian Athenaeum, once on the small stage, as well as at the Swiss Embassy and the Cotroceni Museum. In September, the duo participates in the International Contest „Humanitarian” held in Milan. Also from September, the two pianists are teachers at two of the Gymnasium Schools of Arts in Bucharest. In November, they give a recital at the Romanian Athenaeum on the occasion of the launch of a new issue of Memoria Magazine. On December 1, they give a recital dedicated to the national day at the House of Culture in Rădăuți, through the Klavier Art project founded by the piano duo formed by Corina Răducanu and Eugen Dumitrescu, whith young Romanian pianists of international stature such as Daria Tudor and Florian Mitrea. In February 2020, they give a recital at the Romanian Athenaeum, performing only Romanian music (G. Enescu, C. Silvestri, D. Dediu, L. Klepper, D. Constantinescu) and performing the first audition of the Sonatina by Dan Constantinescu. In March, they are awarded with the first prize as well as the Grand Prize at the „Ada Ulubeanu” National Contest. In January 2021, they won second prize at the Odin International Competition (Dublin, Ireland) as well as a special prize – a recital in Denmark.
Octavian Lup is one of the most brilliant cellists of his generation, being one of the top Romanian soloists who managed to establish themselves on the most important national and international stages. He played as a soloist with all important philharmonics in Romania, including „George Enescu” Philharmonic from Bucharest. Laureate of many competitions in Romania and abroad, Octavian Lup has performed on four continents of the world, along with big names in the field of classical music as: Pinchas Zukerman, Cristian Macelaru, Alexandru Tomescu, Belcea quartet, David Garett etc. He graduated the Bucharest National Music University in the class of the renowned teacher Marin Cazacu and continued his studies at Conservatoire National Superieur in Paris under the guidance of Roland Pidoux and Xavier Phillips. In addition, he followed the courses of the most prestigious cello academy in the world – Kronberg Academy in Germany, where he worked with Frans Helmerson and Gary Hoffman. Since 2019 he has a doctorate in music and is part of the Bucharest National Opera orchestra, in parallel with his solo and pedagogical activity as a teacher at “Gheorghe Dima” National Music Academy. He is also attracted to the art of conducting, being the conductor of the New Hope orchestra, conceived in 2019. Prizes won:
First prize and the grand prize at all national cello competitions between 2001-2007; The winner of the national „Eurovision Young Musicians” in 2004, Lucern, Switzerland; The grand prize at the „George Georgescu” international competition Tulcea; The grand prize at the „W.A.Mozart” national competition, Târgoviște; Second prize at the „David Popper” international competition, Hungary; The grand prize at the „Paul Constantinescu” national competition Bucharest; The grand prize at the „Mihail Jora” national competition, Bucharest „George Enescu” 2014 şi 2016; Semifinalist of „George Enescu” international competition in 2014 and 2016.
Marina Melaranci is an Italian-Brazilian mezzo- soprano. She graduated with a Bachelor and Masters degrees in Music and Musicology at the Sorbonne University Paris IV in 2015. In 2019, she also completed her Masters degree in opera performance at the Ottorino Respighi Conservatory in Italy with the maximum score and Honors from the Jury. In 2019, Marina had the opportunity to perfect herself with the pianist of the great soprano Eva Marton, Gabriella Gyoker, at the Liszt Academy in Budapest. Marina Melaranci sang in several notable places in Europe such as the Oratoire du Louvre in Paris with the Camerata Saint- Louis, the Theater Marcello and the Sala Baldini in Rome, the Palais Royale in Brussels, the UNESCO Theater in Paris and the Roman Athenaeum in Bucharest.
Welcome Concert in honor of HE Laurence Auer, Ambassador of France.
The concert took place on Tue, 23rd of March at 6 pm at our new concert and social hub in 46, Aleea Alexandru, where Vienna Style, our life-long partners, recently moved their art gallery, our Bösendorfer piano included.
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