Andrei Ionuț Ioniță (born 1 January 1994 in Bucharest) is a Romanian cellist. He won first prize in the cello division of the 2015
International Tchaikovsky Competition
The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 32 years of age and singers between 19 and 32 years of ...
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Ioniță began studying piano when he was five years old and started cello lessons three years later.][ He studies at the ]Berlin University of the Arts
The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the second largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research uni ...
under Jens Peter Maintz. In 2009, he won the David Popper International Cello Competition, and in 2013 won first prize in the Aram Khatchaturian International Competition. A year later, he took second place at the 63rd ARD International Music Competition
The ARD International Music Competition () is the largest international classical music competition in Germany. It is organised by the Bayerischer Rundfunk and is held once a year in Munich, usually in September. Since its inception in 1952, it h ...
and the Emanuel Feuermann Competition.
Ioniță has performed concertos with the Münchner Philharmoniker
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, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mariinsky Orchestra
The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or just the Mariinsky Orchestra (formerly known as the Kirov Orchestra) is located in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The orchestra was founded in 1783 during the reign of Catherine the Great, it ...
, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic
The Czech Philharmonic () is a symphony orchestra based in Prague. Its principal performing venue is the Rudolfinum concert hall.
History
The name "Czech Philharmonic Orchestra" appeared for the first time in 1894, as the title of the orche ...
, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; working with conductors such as Valeriy Gergiev, Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (, ''Mikha'il Vas'ilevič Plet'nëv''; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer.
Life and career
Pletnev was born into a musical family in Arkhangelsk, then part of the Soviet Union. His fath ...
, and Nicholas Collon
Nicholas Collon (born 7 February 1983 in London) is a British conductor.
Biography
A viola player, organist and pianist by training, Collon played viola in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYOGB). He studied at Eton and was an org ...
.
The 2017–18 season saw Ioniță debut with The Hallé
The Hallé is an English symphony orchestra based in Manchester, England. Since 1996, the orchestra has been resident at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.
History
19th century
In May 1857, the pianist and conductor Charles Hallé set u ...
and San Diego Symphony
The San Diego Symphony is an American symphony orchestra based in San Diego, California. The orchestra performs at Jacobs Music Center and the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park. It serves as the orchestra for the San Diego Opera.
History
On December 6, ...
(both with Cristian Macelaru), BBC Philharmonic (with Yan Pascal Tortelier), Royal Scottish National Orchestra
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(with Karl-Heinz Steffens), Rochester Philharmonic, and Hamburger Symphoniker. He returned to the MDR Sinfonieorchester in Leipzig
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and toured Europe with the NFM Wrocław
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Philharmonic.
In recitals Ioniță has performed at Carnegie Hall, on tour in Japan, and at the Kissinger Sommer
The Kissinger Sommer is a classical music festival held every year in the summer in the city of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria, Southern Germany.
History
The festival was founded in 1986. At the beginning the focus of the festival was on the improvem ...
, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Schleswig-Holstein
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festivals.
Other appearances include an artistic residence at the 2018 Alpenarte Festival in Austria, a tour with the BBC Philharmonic
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(the UK and Romania), concerts in Denmark (Yuri Temirkanov
Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov (; ; 10 December 1938 – 2 November 2023) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, named a People's Artist of the USSR.
Early life
Born in 1938 in the North Caucasus city of Nalchik, Temirkanov attended the Saint Petersburg ...
and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (DNSO; ), is a Danish orchestra based in Copenhagen. The DNSO is the principal orchestra of DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation). The DRSO is based at the Koncerthuset () concert hall in Copenhagen.
Histo ...
), Russia (with the Russian National Orchestra
The Russian National Orchestra () was founded in Moscow in 1990 by pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev. It was the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City and in Israel.
History
The RNO's first recording (1991 ...
and Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (, ''Mikha'il Vas'ilevič Plet'nëv''; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer.
Life and career
Pletnev was born into a musical family in Arkhangelsk, then part of the Soviet Union. His fath ...
), and the United States (a tour with Cristian Măcelaru and the Romanian Youth Orchestra).
Ioniță is a scholarship recipient of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and performs on a violoncello
The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C ...
made by Giovanni Battista Rogeri from Brescia
Brescia (, ; ; or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Iseo, Iseo. With a population of 199,949, it is the se ...
in 1671, on loan from the foundation.
References
External links
Andrei Ioniță
MKI Artists
Andrei Ioniță
Askonas Holt
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1994 births
Living people
Romanian classical cellists
Musicians from Bucharest
Berlin University of the Arts alumni
Prize-winners of the International Tchaikovsky Competition
Prize-winners of the ARD International Music Competition
21st-century Romanian musicians
21st-century classical musicians