피아노

Former professor at Korea National University of Arts
한국예술종합학교 교수 역임

Former professor at Hanyang University, College of Music
한양대학교 음대 교수 역임

Former professor at Korea National University of Arts
한국예술종합학교 교수 역임

Former professor at Hanyang University, College of Music
한양대학교 음대 교수 역임

피아노 최유진 피아노 최유진 (Eugene Choi) 예원 학교 필기, 실기 수석 입학, 음악과 180명중 실기 전체 수석 (음악상) 졸업 서울 예술 고등학교 입학. 서울 예고 청소년 실내악 콩쿠르 대상 수상 이후 도미 미국 New England Conservatory Preparatory School 수석 졸업– 500명 졸업생 중 단 1명에게만 수여되는 Francis B. Lanier Award 수상 Walnut Hill School for the Art 우등 졸업 New England Conservatory 학사 과정 수석 입학, 수석 졸업 New England Conservatory 석사 과정 수석 졸업 독일 Frankfurt 국립 음대 (Hochschule fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main)최고 연주자 과정 최고 득점 피아니스트 최유진은 초등학교 4학년때 제 1회 독주회를 가진 후, 서울 시향과 만 11세에 세종 문화회관에서 데뷔 무대 (박은성 지휘), 미국 보스턴에서 만 16세에 마에스트로 Keith Lockhart 와 보스턴 심포니 홀에서 미국 데뷰 무대를 가졌다. 미국 보스턴 Isabella Gardner Museum 초청 독주회응 비롯, 수많은 아티스트들의 favorite 연주홀이기도 한 보스턴의 조던홀에서도 폴란드의 마에스트로 스타니슬라브 스크로바체스키 와 영국의 마에스트로 벤자민 잰더와의 협연으로 연주자로서의 명성을 드높이기 시작했으며 이후 동유럽과 서유럽 각지에서의 협연과 솔로 무대로 청중들의 마음을 사로잡았다. 독일 수드도이치 캄머오케스터와의 쇼팽 1번 협연을 비롯, 코토 페스티벌(몬테 네그로), 바라즈딘 (크로아티아), 류블리아나(슬로베니아), 오파티아(크로아티아), 스플리트(크로아티아), 벨그라드(세르비아)등의 페스티벌에서의 협연을 초청 협언을 비롯, 룩셈부르크 대사관 초청, , 한국/세르비아 수교 30년 기념 세르비아 대사관 초청 독주회, 리스트 200주년 초청 독주회, 쇼팽 150 주년 기념 독주회, 벡슈타인 콘서트 시리즈, 스타인웨이 콘서트 시리즈, 독일 프랑크푸르트 알테오퍼 초청 연주회, 이탈리아 메라노 페스티벌 초청 독주회, 독일 라인가우 페스티벌 초청, 아우크스부르크 모차르티아데 페스티벌 초청, 뤼데스하이머 슐로스 초청 독주회, 세르비아 방송 교향악단 초청, 바일부르크 슐로스 초청, 일본 무사시노 음대 초청, 유럽 중앙 은행 초청 독주회 등의 수많은 협연과 독주회로 해외 무대에서 각광을 받아왔다. 16세에 그녀가 NEC로 유학을 떠나기 전 그녀는 이화 경향, 조선일보, 음악 춘추, 경원대, 틴에이저. 서울 청소년 실내악 콩쿠르 대상 등 국내 유수의 콩쿨을 모두 1등으로 휩쓸며 예원학교 음악과 180명 중 단 1명에게만 주어지는 ‘음악상’을 받고 수석 졸업 하는 등, 두각을 나타내었다. 예원 2학년 재학 중 제 2회 독주회를 개최 하였으며 서울 예고 1학년 입학 직후 열린 중앙 음악 콩쿠르에서는 4위로 입상한 이후 바로 보스턴의 뉴 잉글랜드 음악원으로 떠났다. 러셀 셔먼과 변화경 선생님을 사사하며 월넛힐 예술 고등학교와 NEC 예비 학교 역시 졸업생 중 단 한명에게만 시상되는 Francis. B. Lanier Award와 함께 수석 졸업의 영광을 누렸으며, 학사, 석사 역시 모두 수석 졸업하였다. 2004년 독일에서 레브 나토체니 교수 클래스에서 콘체르트엑자멘 과정을 마친 후 바로 그의 조교로 채용되면서 활발한 연주와 티칭 활동이 시작되었다. 한국에서 그녀는 금호 아트홀 초청 ‘아티스트의 초상’ 시리즈에서의 독주회를 비롯, 서울 시향 초청(예술의 전당 콩서트 홀) 한/룩셈부르크수교 50주년 기념 연주회, 한국/노르웨이 수교기념 협연(주한 노르웨이 대사관 초청, 경기 도립 오케스트라), 예술의 전당 교향악 축제 초청 협연(예술의 전당 콘서트홀), BMW 초청 협연 (예술의 전당 콘서트 홀), 부산 시향, 강릉 시향 대전 시향, 광주 시향, 경기 도립, 유라시안 오케스트라, 인천시향, 예원 오케스트라, 서울 시향 등에서 부터의 초청으로 협연 무대를 가졌다. 최유진 유튜브 채널

피아노 총 림 피아노 총 림 (chong lim) To hold master classes and teach students around the world 세계 각지에서 마스터 클래스 개최 및 후학 양성 중 A judge of a number of international competitions    수많은 국제 콩쿠르 심사위원으로 활동 중 Hailing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pianist–composer Ng Chong Lim studied at the Royal College of Music (RCM), London under the tutelage of Professor Frank Wibaut. He continued his piano studies with Professor Elza Kolodin and subsequently with Professor Beat Furrer at the Universitat fur Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz, Austria for music composition. Chong Lim was the Winner of Malaysian National Piano Competition 1993, Prize winner of the Royal Overseas League Competition and The Anthony Saltmarsh Junior Fellowship (RCM). Chong Lim has performed both as a soloist and chamber musician in many international venues, with recent appearances at ‘Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Project’ in Singapore and The 3rd Asian Grand Piano Concert in Seoul, Korea.  In 2013, he was invited to “Evmelia” International Music Festival, Greece, “Opusfest” Antipolo 2013- International Piano and Chamber Music Festival, Philippines. In 2014, he performed at “21st New Music Festival”held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.  Chong Lim has served as juror of international competitions, including The 5th & 6th ASEAN International Chopin Piano Competition in Malaysia, The jakarta International Piano Competition held in Indonesia and National Music Competitions for Young Artists in Manila, Philippines. A keen composer, Chong Lim has had his works commissioned by and premiered in various countries. Notable works include  “Three Sketches for two pianos” (premiered in Taiwan 2004), “Rimba”, “Window” and “Xiang”(premiered by the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006-7), “Amorphous” for String Orchestra (premiered at “Streams” New Music Festival in  Brauweiler,  Germany, 2010), “Footprints” for Piano Solo (premiered at “John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium, New Mexico, USA, 2011), “Shadows” for Piano and Malay Traditional Instruments (premiered at “International Festival Of Classical Music” Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2011), “Three Sketches” for Oboe, Cello and Piano (commissioned by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Chambre d’écoute, Germany, 2012), “Dragonfly(s)” (specially commissioned for the 5th ASEAN International Chopin Piano Competition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2012) A committed pedagogue, Chong Lim was a faculty member of Universiti Malaya (Malaysia) and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore).  Many of his students have won major prizes at both local and international competitions. For his great contribution to the Malaysian music scene, Chong Lim was awarded STM (Pingat Setiawan Tuanku Mukhriz – Associate-Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Mukhriz) by the Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia in 2011. 총 림 유튜브 채널

피아노 니콜라이 사라토프스키 피아노 니콜라이 사라토프스키 (Nikolai Saratovsky) Russian President’s Award for his musical accomplishments. 음악적 업적에 따라 러시아 대통령 상 수상 Professor at the National Taipei University of Education    타이베이 국립 교육대학원 음악과 교수 Nikolai Saratovsky is an internationally acclaimed Russian concert pianist.  He graduated from the Moscow Central Music School and Moscow State Conservatory under guidance of Professor Elena Richter.  Saratovsky`s development is followed by world-renowned artists such as Dmitry Bashkirov, Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri, Philippe Entremont, Jerome Lowenthal, Michel Beroff, Robert Roux and Artiom Agazhanov.    Nikolai Saratovsky is a prizewinner of numerous competitions such as Hamamatsu, Ferrol competitions, and many others.     Nikolai Saratovsky is regularly invited to conduct masterclasses in Russia, Japan, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Luxembourg, Hong Kong and Taiwan.   The pianist has performed in major concert halls around the world including the Great, Small, and Rachmaninoff Halls of the Moscow Conservatory; National Concert Hall in Taipei; Brussels Royal Conservatory Hall; Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Luxembourg Philharmonic. He has performed solo and with orchestras in 24 world capitals across the globe including New Zealand, Belgium, Luxembourg, USA, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, Japan and Russia.  His newest CD was released in November 2018 in the presence of the Russian Ambassador in Luxembourg. In 2020, Nikolai Saratovsky became a piano professor in the faculty of the Music Department of National Taipei University of Education. 니콜라이 사라토브스키 유튜브 채널

피아노 이웬 셴 피아노 이웬 셴 (Yiwen Shen) Assistant Dean of Tianjin Juilliard School, China 중국 텐진 줄리어드 음악원 부학장 Active conductor, composer, and pianist.    지휘자, 작곡가, 피아니스트로 활동 중 Yiwen Shen is a Chinese conductor, composer, and pianist, and he currently serves as the assistant dean of performance activities at The Tianjin Juilliard School. Shen made his conducting debut in China with the National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra at the National Performing Arts Center in Beijing. In Europe, he has worked with North Czech Philharmonic, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Magna Graecia, Royal Camerata, Bucharest Philharmonic, and Bucharest Symphony Orchestra. In North America, he has worked with the Juilliard Orchestra, Prince George’s Philharmonic (MD), University of Maryland’s Symphony Orchestra and Repertoire Orchestra, as well as the Monteux Festival Orchestra. Shen’s composition awards include the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award, Gena Raps String Quartet Award, and Arthur Friedman Prize; first prize from SCI/ASCAP Composition Commission; second prize from the First China Clarinet Composition Competition; winner of the Nashville Symphony’s Composer Lab, Minnesota Orchestra’s Composer Institute, and Albany Symphony’s Composer to Center Stage Competition; two top prizes from Chinese National Composition Competitions, Chinese Golden Bell Award, and Distinguished Achievement of the Year in Music Composition in Shanghai. Other highlights include major orchestral premieres with the Minnesota Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, American Symphony, Albany Symphony, Beijing Symphony, Shanghai Symphony, Shanghai Opera House Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, and Bard Conservatory Orchestra for its first international tour of China. His full-length ballet, The Crane Calling, commissioned by the National Ballet of China, premiered in 2015, toured over 30 cities in China, and received its European debut in 2017 and North American debut in 2018. His music has also been commissioned and performed by ensembles such as Bowling Green Philharmonic, Aeolus String Quartet, Omer String Quartet, Colorado String Quartet, Da Capo Chamber Players, Music from China Ensemble, TALEA Ensemble, Dal Niente Ensemble, The New York Virtuoso Singers, among others. As a pianist, he was a soloist with the Bard Conservatory Orchestra and New Juilliard Ensemble, and performed with Juilliard’s AXIOM. Shen can  be heard in the recording of Chinese bamboo flute master Tang Junqiao’s Magical Flute of China, released by Channels Classics Records in 2007. Shen holds a dual bachelor’s in composition and German studies from Bard College and the Bard Conservatory of Music, a master’s and doctorate in composition from Juilliard (where he taught from 2011 to 2016), and a master’s in orchestral conducting from the University of Maryland. 이웬 셴 유튜브 채널

피아노 노르마 피셔 피아노 노르마 피셔 (Norma Fisher)Norma Fisher Professor at Royal College of Music, UK 영국 왕립 음악원 교수 Artistic Director of London Master Class Series, UK    영국 런던 마스터클래스 시리즈 예술 감독 Norma Fisher was born in London of Russian-Polish parents. Recognised as ‘a rare musical talent’, at the age of 11 she was awarded a Junior Exhibition to study with Sidney Harrison at the Guildhall School of Music. At 14 she was heard by the celebrated Greek pianist Gina Bachauer who became her mentor, introducing her to the distinguished Hungarian teacher Ilona Kabos, with whom she subsequently studied. A period was also spent in Paris studying French music with Jacques Fevrier. Her highly acclaimed early performances for the BBC led to an invitation by RIAS (Berlin) to perform with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra – which launched her career in Europe. Success in the Busoni International Piano Competition as a top prize-winner followed and in 1963, when she shared the much-coveted Piano Prize in the Harriet Cohen International Music Awards with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Norma’s international reputation was sealed. That same year she made her debut at the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall and became a favourite soloist with all the leading British orchestras. She is known for her versatility as a performer, receiving international acclaim as one of Britain’s leading pianists. This versatility extends to chamber music, which she plays with leading musicians throughout the world. The CDs of Norma’s recently re-issued BBC recordings by Sonetto Classics, “Norma Fisher at the BBC Vol 1”, and “Norma Fisher at the BBC Vol 2” have been received with international acclaim, being awarded Editors and Critics Choice 2018 and 2019, by The Gramophone Magazine. Norma’s reputation as a teacher is widely established and many of her prize-winning students are well known on the international concert circuit. She is invited to give masterclasses throughout the world and is also much in demand as an adjudicator being regularly invited on the jury of many major international piano competitions. She is Artistic Director of London Master Classes whose courses attract major talent from around the world to work intensively with top performers/teachers in London. In 2018 London Master Classes celebrated 30 years of offering prestigious events. 노르마 피셔 유튜브 채널

피아노 예카테리나 레베드바 피아노 예카테리나 레베드바 (Yekaterina lebedeva ) Professor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, UK 영국 트리니티 라반 음악대학 교수 Visiting lecturer in City University, UK    영국 시티 대학교 출강 Yekaterina has launched an initiative of performances that have combined music with images, dance, poetry, and film, both as solo piano or chamber music. Examples include: – a sold-out recital in the South Bank Centre where she used colour and light to enhance Scriabin’s music – a programme for the International Herald Tribune London Arts season with Rambert dance company with original choreography, contemporary music and discussions on the interplay of Soviet culture, music and politics – a series of concerts for piano and cello or piano and flute with a black and white film of Paris and Buenos Aires of 1930s – a concert for piano and violin with live poetry – a series of concerts for piano, flamenco dance, and original paintings projection, with voice and flute. Yekaterina Lebedeva made her performance debut in an extensive national concert series in her native Russia. In 1988 she entered the Kiev State Conservatoire in the Ukraine. There, she became in constant demand as a recitalist, performing solo and chamber concerts, and appearing at major festivals in both the Ukraine and Russia. She graduated from the Conservatoire with Distinction in 1993. Yekaterina moved to London to establish a European base from which to develop her solo career further. In March 1998, she made a debut in the Purcell Room, invited to play as part of the SBC Young Musician’s Platform ‘FRESH’. Since then, she has appeared regularly at the South Bank Centre and abroad. Highlights of past seasons included Schnittke’s concerto for Piano and String Orchestra (Cairo Symphony Orchestra), repeat sell-out return performances in the Purcell Room (South Bank Centre), and Stravinsky’s Concert for Piano and Winds at the Athens Megaron (Orchestra of Colours, Athens). Her performing career has also taken her to France, Austria, Russia, Greece, Sicily, Turkey, Dubai and Jordan where she performed under the Patronage of HRH Prince Ali Ben Al Hussein. Yekaterina took part in the International Forum on music performance and pedagogy in India, resulting in the recital at the most prestigious hall of New Delhi – Teen Murti Bhavan in the former residence of India’s former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Yekaterina was invited to create the musical programme of the ‘Breathless’ London art season, sponsored by the International Herald Tribune. In three “stunning” concerts, she performed major classical works (with Rambert Ballet dancers and original choreography), confirmed her versatility with further concerts of contemporary global music and uncovered hidden gems of Soviet music, while discussing the relationship between music and society with the IHT European editor. As an educator, Yekaterina is a Professor of piano at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, teaches at the Royal College of Music, as well as at the City Lit Institute in London. Her students have won many International prizes including, first prize in the Concours International de Piano Lalla Meryem in Morocco, second prize in the Young Pianist of the North International piano competition in UK, first prize in the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe piano competition, second prize in the Scriabin International piano competition in Paris, second prize in Piano Talents International piano Competition in Milan, second prize in Valletta International Competition and others. Her students regularly perform at Wigmore Hall, broadcast on BBC Radio 3. A special relationship has been developing between her students and Lang Lang. Two of her students were Lang Lang Award winners and have played in the Royal Festival Hall at the ‘Lang Lang Inspires’ concert and followed up concerts in the Purcell Room and the Queen Elisabeth Hall concert. Two of them have had a Masterclasses with him in London and at the Stowe School. Yekaterina has been an Artistic Director of Young Virtuosi Festival in France for 5 years. She is the founder and Artistic Director of the Musical Odyssey Masterclasses in Nafplio, Greece. 예카테리나 레베드바 유튜브 채널

피아노 네이슨 윌리암슨 피아노 네이슨 윌리암슨 (Nathan Williamson) Founded and directs “the Southwold Music Trust” “The Southwold Music Trust”의 설립자 및 지휘자 Since 2016 has been alongside as Artists-in-residence at Brunel University London, UK 2016년부터 런던 브루넬 대학교 상주 아티스트    Active in performing all over the world Nathan Williamson’s career crosses genres, styles and performance practices. Alongside regular solo, chamber and concerto performances, Nathan is in demand for new work from a wide variety of artists both at home and abroad. He also stages and facilitates a range of musical projects on a local and national level, ranging from collaborations on new repertoire, performances for the concert hall and theatre, and music-making for musicians of all ages and abilities. As well as working alongside numerous living composers in performances of their work, Nathan has collaborated with a diverse rostra of artists, including Claire Bloom, James Gilchrist, Guy Johnston, Arisa Fujita, the Gryphon Trio, Njabulo Madlala, Boris Kucharsky, Alexander Baillie, Ensemble Endymion, the Rossetti Ensemble, the Allegri and Sacconi Quartets. Since 2016 Nathan has been a member of the ensemble Piano Circus who, alongside their position as Artists-in-residence at Brunel University London, have commissioned over 100 new works and undertake regular international tours. January 2022 saw the final release of the three-volume recording project for SOMM-Recordings, ‘100 Years of British Song’, with tenor James Gilchrist. The discs included premiere recordings of Holst, Maconchy, Carwithen, John Woolrich, Geoffrey Poole, and Nathan’s own work, as well as songs by Bridge, Clarke, Gurney, Bush, Alwyn, Rawsthorne, Dickinson and Dring. Awarding its ‘Recording of the Month’ accolade, Limelight described Volume I as a penetrating, frequently revelatory start to a promising new series. Reviews from The Gramophone followed: James Gilchrist’s contribution is past praise in its probing range of expression and unfailing sensitivity to the text. What’s more, he enjoys immaculate support throughout from Nathan Williamson, who also provides a stimulating booklet essay. Glowingly realistic sound and full texts boost the desirability of a most impressive release… Of Volume II MusicWeb International said: It is redundant to declare that this is a superlative CD. Considering the two performers, the technical prowess of SOMM Recordings, the excellent liner notes and the imaginative and wide-ranging programme, it could be nothing else. Following these recordings Nathan founded The Art of British Song in September 2021, a longer-term project celebrating British song, its legacy and its future, through performance, education, and the development and funding of new work. Since then Nathan and James Gilchrist have given recitals at Snape Maltings, The Alwyn Music Festival, the English Music Festival, and Surrey University, before staging a series of ‘Salon Recitals’ in the summer 2022, presenting British song in its more ‘natural’ environment of the domestic setting. This theme continues with the premiere of Nathan’s new song-cycle, Grey and Green are all my Light, written for the baritone Jonathan Eyers, which will take place at Reydon Hall in April 2023. Nathan’s enthusiasm for British music has also been reflected in recent solo piano projects. An exploration of the Sonatas and Nocturnes by Malcolm Lipkin, and the 24 Preludes and Fugues by Christopher Brown, both culminate in 2023 with the release of premiere recordings of this repertoire for Lyrita. 2022 also saw Nathan give the first performance for some 20 years of Thomas Pitfield’s First Piano Concerto at Aldeburgh in his own arrangement for chamber orchestra commissioned by the Pitfield Trust, as well as several concerts and broadcasts focussed on the music of Doreen Carwithen in her centenary year. Prior to the pandemic Nathan’s CD of British 20th century solo piano works for SOMM, Colour and Light, was chosen as Album of the Month in International Piano Quarterly:  ‘No praise could be high enough of Williamson’s performances… Whether in the dream-world of the Delius Nocturne or in the fire and ice of the Herschel Hill Toccata, Williamson unearths musical treasure beyond price’ (Bryce Morrison). No stranger to the classical repertoire, Nathan celebrated Beethoven’s 250th anniversary in 2020 with a cycle of the complete Piano Concertos at Aldeburgh. His debut recording, Brahms and Schubert: Late Piano Works, was reviewed by Donald Sturrock as ‘a truly electrifying debut from a musician with a rare marriage of thoughtfulness and passion… I doubt this Sonata [Schubert D.959] has ever had a more powerful advocate.’ His first CD for SOMM, Great American Sonatas (2017), was hailed by Musical Opinion as ‘a landmark in recordings of American Piano Music’. During the recent lockdowns Nathan gave online solo recitals and duo recitals with violinist Marije Ploemacher for City Music Live, the Southwold Music Trust and the Delius Society, as well as streaming regular live music into local schools and care homes. Nathan’s own compositions are a mixture of extremes, ranging from complex, virtuosic chamber works and songs to music written specially for young performers, and arrangements for amateur instrumental ensembles and choirs to opera and incidental theatre music. Recent works include The little that was once a man, a song cycle to texts by Bryan Heiser written for James Gilchrist, a major new Sonata for cello and piano commissioned by Charles Watt, and Crystal, a mammoth single movement work for piano quartet written during the pandemic and premiered by the Rossetti Ensemble in 2021. Machine Dream, a children’s opera commissioned by Mahogany Opera Group for their ground-breaking ‘Snappy Operas’ project, has been performed by numerous primary schools across the UK. Nathan’s music for piano, which he regularly performs in recital, includes a number of works commissioned as personal tributes or to mark special occasions, including Intermezzo (2012), Flowers of the Field – a lament (2013) Variations on a Theme of Cole Porter (2014), and Dreams (2016). Nathan has also been commissioned by Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, Bury St. Edmund’s Cathedral, Mariko Brown and Julian Jacobson, Endymion, Pushkin House, as well as works for younger and amateur performers by Pro Corda and Music Works chamber music courses, Rugby School, Waveney and Blyth Arts, and the Chamber Music 2000

카탈리나 부카루 카탈리나 부카루 (Catalina Butcaru) Frequently invited to international music festivals(etc. Chamber Music Festival Reichenau, the Festival Burg Golling in Salzburg) 다수의 국제 페스티벌 초청(Reichenau, Burg Golling 등) Scholar of the “Alban Berg” foundation and the “Maria Theresia” foundation “알반 버그” 재단과 “마리아 테레지아” 재단의 학자 Active in performing all over the world    전세계에서 활발한 연주 활동 중 Pianist Catalina Butcaru is regarded as one of the extraordinary talents of her generation. Her understanding of music and her impressive virtuosity and power of interpretation delight conductors, chamber musicians and critics alike. At the center of her artistic work are the works of the romantic and the modern eras up until the 21st century. Catalina Butcaru was born in Constanta, Romania. When she was five years old, Catalina began taking piano lessons at Constanta music school with Victoria Nitu. At the age of eight, Catalina gave her first public concert, which was followed by her first solo concert with orchestra at the age of fourteen. Catalina moved to Bucharest when she was thirteen years old, where she continued her studies at the music school “G. Enescu” with Olga Szel. The renowned Romanian pianists Aurora Ienei and Dan Grigore also encouraged and influenced Catalina’s musical development. First recordings for Romanian radio broadcasting followed. Catalina continued her musical education at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, where she obtained her Master’s degree in 2004 after intensive studies with the acclaimed Russian piano teacher Alexandr Satz. Master courses with renowned musicians, such as Dmitri Bashkirov, Martin Hughes, and Andrzej Jasinski profoundly influenced her artistic development. Catalina Butcaru won several piano competitions in Romania, among them the Golden Lyra competition and the Mozart competition. She is a finalist of the international Steinway Competition in Vienna. Between 1996 and 2001 Catalina recorded for Austrian television and radio. Her first solo CD was presented in full in Austrian radio.  Already at the age of 16, Catalina Butcaru was accepted at the renowned University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She gained her Soloist’s diploma under the supervision of Prof. Jürg von Vintschger. Her longstanding work with pianist Meira Farkas gave Catalina vital artistic impulses.  Butcarus first Solo CD, recorded at Wigmore Hall in 2008 and released by Divine Art – Diversions, attracted international attention. This recording of works by A. Berg, M. Ravel and R. Schumann was not only critically acclaimed but also presented in full in Austrian radio. Many successful projects brought Catalina Butcaru together with musicians like Volkhard Steude, concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic, Valentin Erben, cellist of the “Alban Berg” quartet, or with the rising star violinist Emmanuel Tjeknavorian. After a short break due to the birth of her two sons, Catalina Butcaru continued giving concerts. In 2014, Butcaru, together with the Rumanian flutist Matei Ioachimescu, recorded her new CD „Lumière“ with works of Poulenc, Enescu and Jolivet. Catalina Butcaru and Volkhard Steude’s joint concert tour of Romania in 2016 was a huge success with the audience. This inspiring cooperation between Butcaru and the concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic will be continued in 2017: the duo has been invited to go on another tour of the most important concert halls in Romania. In addition to the sonata evenings, they will perform Mendelssohn’s double concerto. Furthermore, Catalina Butcaru has been invited again to perform the Schumann concerto three times with the Middle German Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra. Catalina Butcaru is frequently invited to international music festivals, such as the Chamber Music Festival Reichenau, the Festival Burg Golling in Salzburg, „Klassik im Burghof“ in Klagenfurt, the Classic Azur Chamber Music Festival in southern France and the „Toamna Muzicala Clujeana“ in Romania. Catalina Butcaru is scholar of the “Alban Berg” foundation and the “Maria Theresia” foundation. 카탈리나 부카루 유튜브 채널