Emerging piano talent DANIEL CIOBANU plays concerts at Gewandhaus zu Leipzig (13 June) and Wiener Konzerthaus (18 June) as lock-down eases
“Described as an “extraterrestre”, an inspiration, colourist and captivating inventor” (La Libre), emerging piano talent Daniel Ciobanu is one of the first artists to perform at the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig and the Wiener Konzerthaus as concert halls slowly re-open to the public.
On 13 June Daniel Ciobanu plays a solo recital for a socially distanced audience in the Mendelssohnsaal of the Gewandhaus, featuring Debussy’s Preludes, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, and works by fellow Romanians George Enescu and Constantin Silvestri. The invitation came after a spectacular debut with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester under Omer Meir Wellber at the end of February, shortly before COVID-19 struck (he made his Royal Philharmonic Orchestra debut the week before). It also led to his first recital CD (and promotional video), which was recorded last month in the Gewandhaus and will be released this Autumn by the Accentus label.
On 18 June he makes his Vienna debut, joining star violinist Julian Rachlin to play Beethoven’s Sonatas Nos. 6 & 10 for violin and piano at the Wiener Konzerthaus, again one of the first offerings as lock-down eases.
Ciobanu’s invitations in the coming months include concerti with the Berlin Konzerthaus, Staatskapelle Dresden and Tonhalle Zurich orchestras, BBC Philharmonic and Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia; and his recital debut at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.
Ciobanu was last month announced the first ever Artist in Residence at the George Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest, starting in 20/21 season. He is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the Neamt Music Festival in his hometown of Piatra Neamt, created to provide an innovative platform to fuse different art forms and promote the most exciting young artists on the classical scene of today.
He enjoys the support of the great philanthropist Prince Fabrizio Ruspoli, who has a long family history of supporting artists and classical music in general.
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