Piano Master Class with Ancuza Aprodu

The French Pianist Ancuza Aprodu was born in Tirgu-Jiu, Rumania, and began piano studies at the age of four. One year later she won the Interpretation Competition of Suceava. She continued piano studies in Bucarest with Smaranda Murgan before setting in Italy, where has worked with the pianist Roberto Bollea and the composer Enrico Correggia. She won the High Diploma in Piano at the National Conservatory of Torino, and is a laureate of many international competitions.

Since 1993 she has developed an international career as a soloist in Europe, Asia and America,  performing repertoire from the baroque to contemporary music.

Ancuza Aprodu gives an important place to musical creativity, and has given numerous premieres by both established and emerging composers, including G. Ligeti, Fr. Donatoni, H. Dufourt, B. Jolas, H. Nakamura, E. Correggia, D. Acker, O. Lopez, Fr. Miroglio, M. Ohana, K. Ager, J-C. Risset, M. Nobre, D. Lemaitre, A. Solbiati, D. Teruggi…

In this connection she has taken part as a permanent member in the activities of the European Ensemble Antidogma of Turin, as well as giving solo concerts and concerti performances accompanied by ensembles and orchestras.   She is also  the director of contemporary piano collections at Jobert Editions (Paris).

Her recent activities include recitals and masterclasses in Europe (France, Suisse, Grand Breaten, Italy, Germany, Austria, Rumania, Belgium…), Asia (Phillipines, China, Japon, Coréa, Thailand), the USA (Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Baltimore), South Africa and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico), including concerts in such important venues as the Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, the Berliner Philharmonie, Knuth Hall in San Francisco, Festival Cervantino Mexico, Brucknerhaus Linz, and Teatro Colon Buenos Aires.

She has recently performed concerti by Mozart, Liszt, Beethoven, Bach, Correggia, Solbiati, accompanied by numerous orchesters ( Medellin, Craiova, Nice, Novara, Bucharest,Treviso…) She recently premiered a new Piano Concerto written for her by Hugues Dufourt, in the framework of Festival Musica of Strasbourg, then in Radio France-Montpellier Festival.  Other projects included a.o. recordings and performances of  the complete sonatas for piano and violin of Mozart, numerous performances over the world like concerts accompanied by the Italian Radio Television Orchestra.

She also takes part in numerous international television and  radio productions, broadcasts and CD’s recordings for several labels.

“ The young Ancuza Aprodu is already an international piano star“ (B.C., La Stampa)

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