Dana Ciocarlie (born 26 November 1968) is a French pianist and teacher of music of Romanian origin.

Life

Born in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

, Ciocarlie began her musical studies at the

Bucharest Conservatory The National University of Music Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Naţională de Muzică București, UNMB) is a university-level school of music located in Bucharest, Romania. Established as a school of music in 1863 and reorganized as an academy in ...

and won her first prize in 1990. She came to work at the

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with Viktoria Melki (a student of Alfred Cortot) for her concert diploma, then perfected her skills with

Dominique Merlet Dominique Marie-Joseph Merlet (born 18 February 1938) is a French contemporary pianist, organist and music educator. Biography Born in Bordeaux, Dominique Merlet was a student of Roger-Ducasse, Louis Hiltbrand, and Nadia Boulanger. He won thr ...

and

Georges Pludermacher Georges Pludermacher (born 26 July 1944) is a French classical pianist. He leads an international solo career and performs in the most prestigious festivals. Biography Born in Guéret, Pludermacher began playing the piano at the age of three. He ...

for two years at the

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as well as with

Christian Zacharias Christian Zacharias (born 27 April 1950 in Jamshedpur) is a German pianist and conductor. Music career Zacharias studied piano with Irene Slavin and Vlado Perlemuter in Paris. He won second prize at both the Geneva Competition in 1969 and the Va ...

and

Dmitri Bashkirov Dmitri Aleksandrovich Bashkirov (russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Башки́ров; November 1, 1931 – March 7, 2021) was a Russian pianist and academic teacher. Trained in his hometown Tbilisi and Moscow, he began an in ...

. She then participated in various competitions: winner of the Yamaha Foundation (1993), the Cziffra Foundation (1994), auditions of young artists in Leipzig (1995), and won the Pro Musicis prize in 1996 (prize of the

Yvonne Lefébure Yvonne Lefébure (29 June 1898, Ermont – 23 January 1986, Paris) was a French pianist and teacher. Born in Ermont, she studied with Alfred Cortot at the Conservatoire de Paris, taking a ''premier prix'' in piano and numerous other subjects. She ...

foundation), the same year than the

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(2nd place) and the Géza Anda Competition the following year in Zurich (special

Sándor Végh Sándor Végh (17 May 19126 January 1997) was a Hungarian, later French, violinist and conductor. He was best known as one of the great chamber music violinists of the twentieth century. Education Sándor Végh was born in 1912 in Kolozsvár, Tr ...

prize). She has played with violinists

Gilles Apap Gilles Apap (born 21 May 1963) is a French classical violinist. Born in Béjaïa, Algeria, he was raised in Nice, France. In 1985 he won first prize in the contemporary music category at the Yehudi Menuhin Competition. He served as concertmaste ...

, Nicolas Dautricourt,

Laurent Korcia Laurent Korcia (born 1964) is a French violinist who studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. After receiving a Premier Prix from the Conservatoire, he won the Paganini Competition in Genoa, a Grand Prix at the Jacque ...

, Irina Muresanu; pianists

Philippe Bianconi Philippe Bianconi (born 27 March 1960) is a French pianist.Merlin, Christian (21 March 2011)Philippe Bianconi, un pianiste hors des parcours classiques ''Le Figaro'' Career Born in Nice, France, Bianconi studied at the Conservatoire de Nice with ...

and

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; with violist

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and the

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. She has premiered numerous contemporary works dedicated to her by

Édith Canat de Chizy Edith Canat de Chizy (born 26 March 1950) is a French composer, born in Lyon and now based in Paris. She was the first female composer to be elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Life and career Edith Canat de Chizy was born in Lyon, ...

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Nicolas Bacri Nicolas Bacri (born 23 November 1961) is a French composer. He has written works that include seven symphonies, eleven string quartets, eight cantatas, two one-act operas, three piano sonatas, two cello and piano sonatas, four violin and piano ...

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, Dan Dediu,

Jacques Lenot Jacques Lenot (born 29 August 1945) is a French composer. His compositional techniques are derived from serialism. References *Corraziari, Andréa. 2007. "Les études pour piano du premier livre de György Ligeti: un laboratoire pédagogique", m� ...

, Laurent Mettraux, Frédéric Verrières and

Helena Winkelman Helena Winkelman (born 27 February 1974) is a Swiss-Dutch composer and violinist. She has won the Andrea Postaccini Italian violin competition and the Walther Bringolf Award for Chamber Music of the Music Academy of Heidelberg-Mannheim. The violin ...

. Ciocarlie is a teacher at the

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(chamber music) and the École normale de Paris.

Discography

; Piano solo: *

Marie Jaëll Marie Jaëll (née Trautmann) (17 August 1846 – 4 February 1925) was a French pianist, composer, and pedagogue. Marie Jaëll composed pieces for piano, concertos, quartets, and others, She dedicated her cello concerto to Jules Delsart, and was ...

, Symphonic and piano music : ''Les beaux jours'' (12 piano pieces, world premiere recording) - Dana Ciocarlie, piano (2015, 3CDs Ediciones Singulares/ Palazzetto Bru Zane-Centre de musique romantique française) , *

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, Sonatas D.960, 3 ''Klavierstücke'' D.946 (July 1996, L'Empreinte digitale 13054) *

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, Complete work for piano () * ''Romania'':

Paul Constantinescu Paul Constantinescu (; 30 June 1909, Ploieşti – 20 December 1963) was a Romanian composer. Two of his main influences are Romanian folk music and Byzantine chant, both of which he used in his teaching. One of his students was composer Margar ...

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, Bartók (April 2000, L'Empreinte Digitale) * ''La langue maternelle'': Bartók (''Musiques nocturnes, Mikrokosmos'' extr.), Eötvös (''Kosmos''), Ligeti (''Musica ricercata'') (2005, L'Empreinte digitale) * ''Debussy en miroirs'':

Claude Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...

, Frédéric Verrières (''Paraphrase''),

(''3 Études''), Franck Krawczyk (''Toccata''),

Thierry Escaich Thierry Joseph-Louis Escaich (born 8 May 1965) is a French organist and composer. Life Born in Nogent-sur-Marne, Escaich studied organ, improvisation and composition at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), where he won eight First Prizes an ...

(''Les Litanies de l'ombre'') (Triton) * ''Piano à quatre mains : invitation à la danse'':

Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the foremost Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of ...

, Hans Huber,

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- Christiane Baume-Sanglard, Dana Ciocarlie piano (4-7 January 2015, Claves) ; Chamber music: *

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, Sonate pour violon, Sonate pour alto - Pierre Franck (violon et alto) (décembre 2003,

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Pierre Verany Disques Pierre Verany is a French classical music record label named after its founder and producer. Verany, a producer and sound engineer, ran his own label "Disques Pierre Verany" for many years — concentrating on Italian and French baroque m ...

PV704051) * Magnard and Lekeu: Sonatas for violin - Irina Muresanu, violin (15-18 December 2005, Ar Ré-Sé AR 2006-0) * Dvořák, Quintet with piano No 2 - Psophos Quartet (2007, Ar Ré-Sé) *

Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositi ...

, Works for cello and piano - Sébastien van Kuijk, cello (Intrada) * ''Bohémia'' : Janáček,

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, Martinů, Mařatka - Marianne Piketty, violin (Integral Classics) * Franck and Fauré, Sonatas for violin - Amanda Favier; violin (promotional record "Le Violon de l’ADAMI")

References

External links

Official website

on pianobleu.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciocarlie, Dana 1967 births Living people Musicians from Bucharest Romanian emigrants to France Romanian classical pianists Romanian women pianists 20th-century French women classical pianists 21st-century French women classical pianists Conservatoire de Paris alumni École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Academic staff of the École Normale de Musique de Paris Romanian music educators Romanian women music educators French music educators French women music educators French pianists French women pianists