if you have reached so far as to checking my website, here is some info about me:

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Although my journey is more than what can be said on an internet website, I will nevertheless try to say a few words about how my life has been so far and where music has brought me.

I was born in Cluj-Napoca in 1999 (there was a solar eclipse that year — I don’t remember it, I was about three months old). Fast forward six years: my mom picked me up one day after kindergarten and asked me what I wanted to become in life, as I was already spending most of my time drawing and painting. But, as it often happens, I wanted to follow my older sister’s path and told my mom I wanted to become a violinist — although I had no clue what that even meant.

From then on, I started attending the “Sigismund Toduță” Music High School, with small interruptions, such as when I was 15 and decided to study Philology and Literature for one year in a “normal” school. After finishing high school, being very much inspired by my teacher Ramona Telcean Jannert, I began studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London — for less than a trimester — as I realized along the way that I was not ready to take on big city life.

Therefore, I returned to my hometown and started studying at the “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy, which turned out to be one of the least pleasant experiences of my life, in the midst of a pandemic. After completing my Bachelor’s degree, I left for Basel to meet my highly appreciated mentor, my viola teacher, Silvia Simionescu.

Playing in various environments opened up pathways and helped me realize how many people I can resonate with musically and how enormously I enjoy sharing the stage with them, especially in chamber music contexts (such as Riehener Serenaden, the Enescu Festival, Encuentro Santander, Rhein Klassik, etc. ...). As for orchestras, I have since played in the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, Kammerorchester Basel, and Musiciens du Prince, Kammerorchester i Tempi, Camerata Bern, (etc, blablabla) , besides my experience as a substitute in the National Radio Orchestra of Romania or the National Opera, or even forming my own string ensemble back home, Jeunsemble, with which we performed in various out-of-the-box situations. Besides this, as a teen, I used to have a band called Jamaga, where we would improvise hourslong concerts. I suppose improvisation, be it in life or in music, is where I feel the most at home.

Remember at the beginning of this rather long text I mentioned something about drawing? In fact, I still draw quite a lot — I have never given up on my first love. That is why I have decided to always bring together the things closest to my heart, creating or involving myself in interdisciplinary projects (further reference to follow).

I also have a great affinity for folk music, especially Eastern European traditions, which I play quite often.

Although I play both violin and viola, at the moment my main focus is the violin, as I am pursuing a solo master’s degree at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste under the amazing guidance of one of my favorite musicians and human beings, Anna Gebert.

In July 2026 I had the best experience ever, being appointed as Teaching Fellow at the festival AlpenKammerMusik, as I have found there, firstly, my passion for teaching, and secondly, one of the most interesting and engaging musical experience ever, by working and exploring music with people from aaaaaaall sorts of backgrounds (definitely recommend checking the festival up!)

Since I enjoy mixing things so much, my viola master’s recital received some recognition: in 2025, I was awarded the Brambilla Prize for the best viola recital in the Music Academy in Basel. I was also generously gifted an amazing D. S. Finkel viola bow from Christoph Schiller, which I now play all the time. And recently, I have received a very generous loan for a Matteo Goffriller violin, from the wonderful Stiftung Pirolo, and I am so grateful for being able to explore this wonderful instrument: I am learning more about myself through playing it, than going to the therapist (haha, just kidding).

sometimes it feels like having lived at least 7 lives, because life has gifted me with such a variety of experiences, for which i am grateful

Here are some things I did in the past: