On May 30th, at Sala Radio, you're going to play the Violin Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 14 by Henry Wiwniawski, a choice you made in many other performances. What's your relationship with this score and how would you describe the atmosphere of Wiewniaski's music?

I'm extremely happy to perform in Bucharest. It's a concert that I cherish very much. Wieniawski is on eof my favorite composers. Together with my professors, I studied and analyzed this piece for a long time and I enjoyed presenting it on stage. I'm glad that I get to present it to the audience in Bucharest now.

It's the first time you'll be on stage at Sala Radio. What are your thoughts ahead of this event?

It's a special event for me, because back when I was in school, whenever my classes at the "George Enescu" National College of Music were over, I would go to the Radio Orchestra's concerts almost weekly. I would listen and I would imagine how it would be like to play on that stage myself. I'm so glad to be able to return to the place of my childhood memories.

In the 2023-2024 concert season you were an artist in residence for the Timișoara "Banat" Philharmonic, a stage you've returned to recently for a concert. What did this experience mean for you and how did the collaboration go?

It was a beautiful collaboration for which I thank everyone who trusted me. It was a wonderful experience. I played in at least seven or eight violin concerts and I'm happy every time I return to the Timișoara stage.

You are concertmaster for the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, but you also perform as a soloist. How do these two sides of your career come together?

They come together very well. All of the experience I gained playing for the orchestra, for example, helps me a lot when I play as first soloist together with the orchestra, because I've trained my hearing to be able to listen to each instrument, something that's very important as a concertmaster to be able to lead the concert as well as possible. This matters very much in my career as a soloist and the other way around. Of course, every time I play as a soloist and then return to the orchestra, I feel very stable, so to speak. From an artistic and technical point of view, it helps me a lot and I can perform my pieces and my solos much more relaxed on stage.

What events do you have scheduled in the upcoming period?

There's going to be concerts in Germany. First, I'll be going on tours with my orchestra to France and to Rheingau Festival in Germany, during the summer vacation I'll perform in Korea and then return to Germany. I'll go back to Korea in October, where I'll play the Wieniawski concert in Busan, in a wonderful new hall that first opened about a month ago. I'm thrilled to be one of the few first soloists who will play there.