Marioara Trifan (born 8 March 1950) is an internationally performing American pianist and

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Career

Trifan was born in Los Angeles and grew up in New Jersey. She studied at the

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, Philadelphia, and at the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most ...

, New York, where she received Bachelor's and Master's degrees.Biography
, The Leschetizky Association She won prizes at several international piano competitions, such as

Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition The Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition is a music competition for young pianists that takes place in Bolzano, Italy. It was founded in 1949 by Cesare Nordio in memory of the pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni. History The firs ...

(1971),

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(1973),Biography
dirigentinnen.de Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition (1975), Concorso Internazionale

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in Milan (1975),"Premio Dino Ciani"
, 1. Edizione 1975

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(1977) and

Clara Haskil International Piano Competition The Clara Haskil Piano Competition (French: Concours international de piano Clara Haskil) was founded in 1963 in order to honour and perpetuate the memory the Romanian-Swiss pianist Clara Haskil. The competition is a member of the World Federati ...

(1981). She made her conducting debut in 1985 at the

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and has since extensively conducted operas, symphonies, and ballet, in Germany and the United States. Trifan was First

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from 1994 to 1998. Since then, she is professor and Musical Director at the Opera School of the

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in Munich and gives frequent

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es in Europe and America.

References

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