One of the winners of this year’s Scottish International Piano Competition in Glasgow, talented newcomer
Daniel Ciobanu will perform the last act from this year of Romanian Cultural Institute’s St Martin-in-the-Fields lunchtime concert series. His recital will include, alongside
George Enescu’s 'Carillon nocturne' and
Constantin Silvestri’s 'Jeux d’enfants', works by
Domenico Scarlatti,
Sergei Rachmaninoff and
Frédéric Chopin.
Pianist
Daniel Ciobanu studied as a Silvestri scholar at Stewart’s Melville College in Edinburgh after attending the Music Highschool in his town of birth, Piatra NeamÈ›. He became Young Musician of the Year 2008 at the national competition organized by the Rotary International Club in Edinburgh and, at present, he has won ABRSM Postgraduate scholarship at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He attended masterclasses with reputed teachers such as Peter Donohoe and Murray McLachlan and took part in a of series of concerts in Italy, Switzerland, Hungary and the US promoted by Musica in Amicizia Foundation, coordinated by maestro Iulian Arcadi Trofin. He performed at prestigious academies such as the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and the Musicians’ Institute of Contemporary Music in Hollywood. Daniel has won over 40 1st prizes at national competitions in Romania, the Grand Prize at the Carl Czerny International Competition, the 1st Prize at the Carpinetti in Musica contest in Italy, and numerous prizes at other competitions in Romania, France, Spain and the UK. In 2011, he was selected by Lang Lang to perform along with him in his famous '100 Pianos' show at the Royal Festival Hall in London, which gave Daniel the opportunity to play Silvestri’s 'Baccanale' for an audience of 3000. This year he has been a semifinalist in the Scottish International Piano Competition from Glasgow.