PROFESSORS

Romanian-born pianist, Alexandra started playing the piano at the age of 4 with the teacher Doina Olteteanu.

Since then she has won numerous national and international piano competitions, such as the first prize at the “Vienna International Piano Competition”, second prize at “Orpheus Young Musician of the Year” contest, third prize at the “Beethoven Piano Competition”, second prize at the

“Sterndale Bennett Piano Competition”, first prizes at the “Pro Piano” and “Carl Filtsch” International Piano Competitions and many more. Her competitional activity is harmoniously blended with a busy concert schedule. Alexandra has performed with the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra the piano concerti by Stravinsky and Grieg while giving numerous solo and chamber music recitals organized by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust within the UK.

In 2018, Alexandra won the first prize at the International Piano Duo Competition “Suzana Szörenyi” in Bucharest, alongside pianist Florian Mitrea, followed by their Romanian duo debut a year later, in Bucharest.

Alexandra has performed in masterclasses given by famous pianists and teachers such as Imogen Cooper, Vadym Kholodenko, Maxim Vengerov, Davide Cabassi, Joseph Kalichstein, Joaquin Achucarro, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Stephen Kovacevich, Stephen Hough, Pascal Devoyon, John O’Conor, Evgheny Sudbin, Joanna MacGregor, Galina Eguiazarova, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Claudio Martinez-Mehner, Petras Geniusas, Jerome Rose.

Alexandra’s performances have taken her to the wonderful venues such as the Ed Landreth Hall in Fort Worth (Texas), Lobkowitz Palace (Vienna), Minato-Mirai Hall (Yokohama), Wigmore Hall, Champs Hill Records, Duke’s Hall, Yamaha Centre, The Castle – Wellingborough, St. James’ Church, Steinway Hall, Colston Hall, Regent’s Hall, Charlton House, The Romanian Cultural Institute, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, King’s Place, St. John’s Smith Square, Music University and Gasteig Philharmonic in Munich, as well as numerous Romanian venues.

Her chamber music group (clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano), Ensemble Mirage, was selected as Young Artists for the 2016/2017 St. John’s Smith Square Recital Scheme.

Since 2009, Alexandra has successfully completed the Bachelor of Music, Master of Arts and Advanced Diploma courses at the Royal Academy of Music while studying with the pianist Diana Ketler. She is currently a PhD candidate at the same institution where she is researching the piano compositions of George Enescu.

You can also find her on Spotify.