Piano Recital: Daniel Ciobanu

Piano Recital: Daniel Ciobanu

27 year old Romanian pianist Daniel Ciobanu was awarded 2^nd prize and audience favourite in the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition 2017. Between 2010 and 2016 he studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Aaron Shorr, Petras Geniusas and Steven Osborne. A particular highlight was in May 2011, when he was invited to perform alongside Lang Lang in the Royal Festival Hall.

He is laureate of several international competitions, amongst them Concourse Internationale Musique de l’Orchestre Philharmonic du Maroc and the UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa. He has performed in international festivals in England, France and China; and with orchestras such as Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra of Pretoria, and the Israel Philharmonic. In September 2017, Ciobanu toured Japan as part of the Rubinstein Competition’s winners tour. Ciobanu is the Artistic Director of Neamt Piano Festival, Romania.

Programme

Enescu Carillon nocturne
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Prokofiev Sonata No. 2 Op. 14 in D minor
Scriabin 3 Preludes Op. 11 No. 9, 10, 11
Stravinsky transc. Agosti The Firebird Suite