Repertoire:

Maurice Ravel, Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G Major M. 77
Claude Debussy, Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor, L. 140
Johann Sebastian Bach/Ferruccio Busoni, Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004
Niccolò Paganini, Nel cor più non mi sento (Introduction & Variations)

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Short bios:

Șerban-Andrei Duță and Irina Minculescu, currently students of the prestigious University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW), started exploring the art of music as children. Later on, they were classmates at “George Enescu” Music Highschool in Bucharest.

Șerban-Andrei Duță began studying the violin at the age of 6 with professor Magdalena Popescu; as a highschool student he continued studying with professor Carmen Runceanu, while at MDW he is studying with professor Albena Danailova.  He has performed in prestigious concert halls such as the Romanian Athenaeum, Sibiu State Philharmonic, “George Enescu” Museum and at HMDK Stuttgart. He has taken music classes with great violinists such as Pavel Vernikov, Petru Munteanu, Krzysztof Węgrzyn and Alexandru Tomescu.

Irina Minculescu graduated from “George Enescu” Music Highschool in Bucharest in 2022, and is currently studying piano with professor Christopher Hinterhuber at MDW. In 2019 she studied with pianist Eduard Kunz and participated in the Kunz Piano Academy concert series. She has given recitals in various venues (concert halls, international institutions or museums) such as Brașov Philarmonic, Arad Philarmonic, “George Enescu” Museum, Peleș Castle in Sinaia, Romanian Cultural Institute in Vienna and Ehrbar Palais in the same city. In 2022 she made her orchestral debut with Master Orchestra Brescia and her solo debut at the International Chamber Music Festival Lago di Garda/ Cultura in Musica Limes, Italy. In 2024 she performed for the first time in Europe Lera Auerbach’s works (“24 Preludes for Viola and Piano” and “24 Preludes for Cello and Piano”) at MDW.