Pianist Dana Borşan Performing Chopin at the Radio Concert Hall
Wednesday, 19 May 2010 , 19.00

The Radio Orchestras and Choirs invite you on Wednesday, May 19th 2010 starting from 19.00 to listen to the recital held by pianist Dana Borşan who is to perform only works by Frédéric Chopin. The recital is part of the concert series dedicated to the famous Polish composer’s 200th anniversary.

The performance includes: Nocturne in C minor Op. 48, No., Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp major Op. 36, Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38, Scherzo No. 3 in C- sharp minor Op. 39, Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 29, Ballade No.3 in A-flat major Op.47, Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53, and Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35.

Pianist Dana Borşan is a university professor at the Bucharest National University of Music and soloist at the Radio Orchestras and Choirs.

She has received numerous awards at both national and international concerts. At the age of nineteen, the pianist was awarded at the Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers which propelled her to international fame. Dana Borşan has held more than 850 concerts and recitals and has always chosen a varied and attractive repertoire. She has performed alongside the orchestras in Romania, as well as the ones in Germany, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Republic of Moldova and Scotland. The artist has also held piano recitals at the most renowned concert halls in Romania, Germany, France, Italy, Slovakia, Norway, Hungary, Russia, Bulgaria, Ireland and China. Among the conductors she has collaborated with are Horia Andreescu, Cristian Mandeal, Misha Katz, Jin Wang, Francesco Rettig, Ludovic Bács, Ion Baciu, Remus Georgescu, I. Ionescu-Galaţi, Petre Sbârcea, Iosif Conta etc.

Dana Borşan has recorded over 1,600 minutes of music for the Romanian Broadcasting Company and released sixteen albums which include the Complete Piano Concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The pianist has received both the 1991 and the 2006 Music Critics Association Award, as well as the prize of the Music Today Review in 1998.

Between 2000 and 2008 she had the chair of the Piano Department at the Bucharest National University of Music and since 2008 she has been the vice-chancellor of the institution.