Mariana Sîrbu

Mariana Sîrbu (born in Iaşi, Romania) is a Romanian violinist.

Biography

Sîrbu started playing the violin under the supervision of her parents. She then studied with Ştefan Gheorghiu at the "Ciprian Porumbescu" National University of Music Bucharest in Bucharest. She became internationally recognized when she began her concert career. She performed as soloist in many of the world’s great concert halls such as Berliner Philharmonie, Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), Sydney Opera House, Wiener Musikverein, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center (New York), Teatro alla Scala (Milan) and Suntory Hall (Tokyo). She also took part in many international music festivals.

In 1968, Sîrbu was a founder of the Academica String Quartet, with which she toured in many countries. With the quartet, she was a prize-winner at several international competitions including Liège 1972, Munich 1973, Geneva 1974 and Belgrade 1975.

In 1985, Sîrbu joined the Trio di Milano with pianist Bruno Canino and cellist Rocco Filippini. In 1994 she participated in establishing the Quartetto Stradivari. From 1992 bis 2003 she was concertmaster of the I Musici chamber orchestra. She was recently appointed principal guest director of the Irish Chamber Orchestra.

Sîrbu plays a Stradivarius [violin (model “Conte di Fontana”, 1702), which had been played by Russian violinist David Oistrakh.

Teaching activities

After graduating from university, Sîrbu worked for several years as assistant of Ştefan Gheorghiu in Bucharest. She later taught at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole in Florence. She has given master classes in Spain, Ireland, Italy, France, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Canada, Japan and China. Since 2002 Mariana Sîrbu is professor of violin an at the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre in Leipzig. Mariana Sîrbu is visiting professor at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Sîrbu was member of several international juries for competitions such the Concorso Internazionale Triennale di Liuteria (Cremona), the Concorso Vittorio Gui (Florence), the chamber music competition Concorso Lorenzi (Trieste), the string quartet competitions in Évian-les-Bains and Bordeaux and the violin competition George Enescu (Bucharest).[1][2]

Recordings

Many of Mariana Sîrbu’s performances have been recorded, among which Beethoven’s violin sonatas and his Triple Concerto, Enescu’s violin sonatas, the twelve concertos for solo violin of Locatelli’s L’arte del Violino, Vivaldi’s twelve violin concertos.

Discography
  • 1995 Enescu: Violin Sonatas [3]
  • 2012 Franck: Chamber Works [4]

Awards
  • George Enescu Prize (Bucharest)
  • Carl Flesch Prize (London)
  • Maria Canals Prize (Barcelona)
  • Vittorio Gui Preis (Florence)
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References
  1. Kurzbiografie auf der Website der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig]
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2008-11-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 9th Banff International String Quartet Competition
  3. "Enescu:Violin Sonatas". allmusic.com. December 1, 1995. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  4. "Franck: Chamber Works". allmusic.com. June 4, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
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