Alexandra Silocea (born 1984) is a Romanian-born French pianist and

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artist.

Background

Alexandra Silocea was born in Romania. She began piano lessons aged eight with Gabriela Raducanu in Constanta/Romania. At the age of 11 she continued her studies at the "George Enescu" Music School in Bucharest. After auditioning for the late

Mihaela Ursuleasa Mihaela Ursuleasa (27 September 1978 – 2 August 2012) was a Romanian people, Romanian concert pianist. In 1995, she won the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition. Biography Ursuleasa began playing the piano at the age of five under the ...

in 2000, Mihaela encouraged Alexandra to apply for the entrance exam at the

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. 16 years old, Alexandra passed the entrance exam and started studying at the Music University in Vienna. Among her teachers were

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and Johannes Marian. In 2008, she started studying at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse Paris with Th. Paraschivesco and Laurent Cabasso. Alexandra Silocea began appearing in concerts and recitals throughout Europe, the U.S., Canada and South America after her debut in 2008 with the

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and Conductor Pablo Gonzalez.

Discography

2011 Debut C
Prokofiev Piano Sonatas 1–5
201
"Sound Waves"
Works by Romberg,

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Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period. With a diverse body of work spanning more than six decades, he is considered to be one of the most pro ...

, and Schubert/Liszt 201
Cello Sonatas
by Enescu, Shostakovich & Prokofiev

References

External links

Official website

Enescu Festival

Bösendorfer Artist
{{DEFAULTSORT:Silocea, Alexandra 1984 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni 21st-century Romanian women musicians 21st-century Romanian pianists Romanian women classical pianists French pianists French women pianists