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

Life

Born in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

, Ciocarlie began her musical studies at the

Bucharest Conservatory The National University of Music Bucharest (, 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 1931, it has functioned as a public university since ...

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

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and

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for two years at the

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as well as with

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and

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. 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

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foundation), the same year than the

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

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prize). She has played with violinists

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, Nicolas Dautricourt, Laurent Korcia, Irina Muresanu; pianists

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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

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, Stéphane Delplace, Dan Dediu, Jacques Lenot, Laurent Mettraux, Frédéric Verrières and Helena Winkelman. Ciocarlie is a teacher at the

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(chamber music) and the École normale de Paris.

Discography

; Piano solo: *

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, 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'':

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, Enesco, 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'':

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, Frédéric Verrières (''Paraphrase''),

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

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

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, Hans Huber, Helena Winkelman,

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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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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) *

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, Works for cello and piano - Sébastien van Kuijk, cello (Intrada) * ''Bohémia'' : Janáček, Suk, Martinů, Mařatka - Marianne Piketty, violin (Integral Classics) *

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and Fauré, Sonatas for violin -

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; 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 20th-century French classical pianists 21st-century French women classical pianists 21st-century French 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