VC ARTIST | Ioana Cristina Goicea, 27 - Indianapolis, Queen Elisabeth & Michael Hill Comp Major Prizes

27-year-old violinist Ioana Cristina Goicea is quickly building an international reputation as one of the new rising stars of the international concert stage

27-year-old Romanian-born violinist Ioana Cristina Goicea is quickly building an international reputation as one of the new rising stars of the international concert stage - praised for her maturity, conviction and profound musicality.

A major prizewinner at the Johannes Brahms, Andrea Postacchini, Valsesia Musica, Fritz Kreisler, Indianapolis and Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competitions, Ioana was awarded 1st prize at the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, in Auckland, New Zealand.

A graduate of the Leipzig University of Music, the Rostock University of Music and the University of Music in Hannover, where she studied with Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Mariana Sirbu and Petru Munteanu, Ioana is a former major prize winner at the Brahms, Postacchini, Valsesia Musica, Fritz Kreisler, Indianapolis and Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competitions - and she was awarded 1st prize at the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, in Auckland, New Zealand.

Ioana currently performs on a 1761 Giambattista Guadagnini - on generous loan from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben Foundation, in Hamburg.

She was recently appointed as a Visiting Professor at the Musical Arts Madrid Academy.

 

VC ARTIST IOANA CRISTINA GOICEA | SHOSTAKOVICH VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 IN A MINOR | HUGH WOLFF & BELGIAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA | 2019 QUEEN ELISABETH INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

 

VC ARTIST IOANA CRISTINA GOICEA | MOZART | VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 5 IN A MAJOR | JEAN-JACQUES KANTOROW | ORCHESTRE DE CHAMBRE DE WALLONIE | 2019 QUEEN ELISABETH INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

 

VC ARTIST IOANA CRISTINA GOICEA | KREISLER | LA GITANA | EAST COAST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA | 2018 INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION OF INDIANAPOLIS

 

VC ARTIST IOANA CRISTINA GOICEA & CHIH-YI CHEN | BEETHOVEN | VIOLIN SONATA NO. 7 IN C MINOR | 4TH MVT | 2018 INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION OF INDIANAPOLIS

 

VC ARTIST IOANA CRISTINA GOICEA & CHIH-YI CHEN | RAVEL | TZIGANE | 2018 INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION OF INDIANAPOLIS

 

VC ARTIST IOANA CRISTINA GOICEA & CHIH-YI CHEN | MENDELSSOHN | SONG WITHOUT WORDS NO. 1 (ARR. KREISLER) | 2018 INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION OF INDIANAPOLIS

 

VC ARTIST IOANA CRISTINA GOICEA & CHIH-YI CHEN | BEETHOVEN | VIOLIN SONATA NO. 7 IN C MINOR | 3RD MVT | 2018 INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION OF INDIANAPOLIS

 

Name: Ioana Cristina Goicea

Violin: 1961 Gianbattista Guadagnini - Kindly Loaned by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben Foundation Hamburg

Bow: W.E. Hill & Sons | Heinz Dölling

Strings: Thomastik Vision Titanium Solo |  D'Addario Kaplan E 

Accessories: D'Addario Kaplan Rosin

Teachers: Krzysztof Wegrzyn | Mariana Sirbu | Petru Munteanu

School: Hannover University of Music

Website: www.cristinagoicea.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ioanacristina.goicea

Instagram: @ioanacristinagoicea

 

PHOTO CREDIT: SHEENA HAYWOOD