Alina Bercu

 
Alina Bercu was born in February 1990 in Campina, Romania. She started her first piano lessons at the age of 7 at the Arts School in her native town. She has settled with her family in Brasov in 1999 to study piano with Prof. Univ. Dr. Stela Dragulin from the Faculty of Music at the Transylvania University.She began her academic studies with Prof. Grigory Gruzman (Weimar University of Music/ Germany) in 2006 and continued them with Prof. Wolfgang Manz ( Nürnberg University of Music). Concurrently she is studying chamber music at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main with Prof. Michael Sanderling and Prof. Angelika Merkle.Alina Bercu has taken part in master classes and workshops with distinguished musicians, such as  Lory Wallfisch, Rudolf Buchbinder, Leslie Howard, Robert Levin, Andras Schiff, Ana Chumachenco, Wen-Sinn Yang, Werner Bärtschi, Menahem Pressler and Karl-Heinz Kämmerling.She has performed at numerous renowned concert halls throughout  Europe, America and Asia:  Carnegie Hall - New York, Théâtre de Vevey, Tonhalle – Zürich, Prinzregententheater – München, Tonhalle – Düsseldorf, Musikhalle – Hamburg, Teo Otto Theater – Remscheid, Auditorium – Rome, Great Palace Hall – Bucharest and Romanian Atheneum. She has played with prestigious orchestras, such as: Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestre de chambre Lausanne, “Mozart Orchester” - Hamburg, Limburg Symfonie Orkest, „George Enescu” Philharmonic – Bucharest, “Gulf Coast Symphony” - Mississippi / SUA, Bergische Symphoniker – Remscheid / Solingen and Orchester Gesellschaft – Zürich, under the baton of notable conductors, e. g. Misha Katz, John Wesley Strickler, Paolo Arrivabeni, Theo Wolters, Jan Stulen, Robert Stehli, Romely Pfund, Ludowic Bacs, Cristian Mandeal, Horia Andreescu, Vlad Conta, Ilarion Ionescu Galati, Sergiu Comissiona and Florin Totan.She has recorded three CDs for the Golden Sound Archives of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting.Her debut CD, recorded in conjunction with Ilian Garnet, Laureate of „Queen Elisabeth” Violin Competition in Brussels, with works by Schubert and Brahms, was awarded  the „Golden Label” and „Cle d'or” Prizes (coproduction Label „Fuga Libera” and BNP Paribas Fortis).Alina has made radio and television appearances, such as with NBC (USA), Radio Suisse Romande – Espace 2 and Télévision Suisse Romande (Switzerland), Eurovision and Telepace (Italy), Metro – TV (Indonesia) and TVR (Romania).