The SEAC2022 opening session will be enriched by an exceptional moment from composer Violeta Dinescu (European Academy of Sciences and Arts) and performed by the Duo Sorin Petrescu (piano) and Doru Roman (percussion). The featured image was taken by Nicolae Manolache.
The pianist and soloist of Filarmonica Banatul Timișoara SORIN PETRESCU was born in Timișoara, where he began his musical studies at the Ion Vidu High School of Music and then continued them at the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory (today the University of Music) in Bucharest, in the class of Professor Constantin Ionescu Vovu. In 1980 and 1981 he attended the summer courses of the International Seminar in Weimar, in the master class of the pianist Rudolf Kehrer. Since 1982, Sorin Petrescu has been a pianist (currently concert soloist) of the “Banatul” Philharmonic, performing a rich concert activity. He is a member of the Contraste Trio and a promoter of contemporary music. Sorin Petrescu was awarded the first prize at the national competitions of professional musicians in 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, the “Astra” Magazine Prize in Brasov (1988), the Music Critics Prize (1989), the Romanian Composers Union Prize. He is also a laureate of the International Piano Competition of Mazara-Italy (2nd Prize). He has participated in several music festivals such as the George Enescu Festival (1988, 1991, 2007), the Varna International Festival (Bulgaria), the Bergen Eastern Europe Festival (Norway), the Darmstadt Contemporary Music Festival (Germany), the Bogota Festival (Colombia), the East-West Festival – Amsterdam (Netherlands), The New Music Festival – Huddersfield (UK), Musicorama (Hong Kong). He has performed in China, Poland, Hungary, the former USSR, Germany, Holland, France, Switzerland, Taiwan, England, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Puerto Rico. Sorin Petrescu has made recordings for radio, television and the record companies Electrecord, Gutingi, Cavalli, Altri Suoni. Sorin Petrescu holds a doctorate in musicology.
The percussionist and soloist of Filarmonica Banatul Timișoara DORU ROMAN was born also in Timișoara, where he graduated from the Ion Vidu Music High School in the percussion class of Prof. Viorica Siminescu. He then attended the Gheorghe Dima Conservatory of Music in Cluj-Napoca, in the class of Maestro Grigore Pop. He was an employee of the Romanian Opera in Timișoara until 1990, when he became a member of the Banatul Philharmonic Orchestra and concert soloist since the autumn of 2007. At the same time he teaches percussion at the Faculty of Music of the West University of Timișoara and holds a doctorate in music. Among his many activities, we mention his involvement as a member of the Europa Symphony International Orchestra – Vienna, Metropolitan Orchestra – Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca Percussion Ensemble, the Gentis Trio and the Old Dixieland Jazz Band Timișoara. He is coordinator of the Percutissimo Ensemble of the Faculty of Music in Timișoara and member of the Contraste Trio. Over the years, Doru Roman has won five First Prizes at National Percussion Competitions, the Romanian Critics Award (1985), the Special Prize at the Jazz Festival – Sibiu (1986), the Pro Cultura Timisiensis Award and the UCMR Award (2008). Member of the jury of the International Percussion Competition “Giornate della Percussione” – Fermo, Italy – 2012. He has performed as a soloist accompanied by most of the major orchestras in the country and four concerts accompanied by the National Orchestra of Taiwan. He has participated in numerous International Festivals, among which we mention: Contemporary Music Festival – Darmstadt (Germany 1991, 1992, 1996, 2004) S.I.M.C. Festival – Lausanne (Switzerland), Contemporary Music Festival – Huddersfield (England), Musicarama Festival – Hong Kong, Musica and International Festival of University Music – Belfort (France), Tage der neue Musik – Bamberg, Zeit für Neue Musik – Bayreuth, Oldenburger Kammermusik Festival, Gesellschaft für Neue Musik – Mannheim, Komponistinnen und Ihr Werk – Kasel (Germany), Stockholm New Music Festival, George Enescu International Festival – Heidelberg and Mannheim and others. He has also given recitals in countries such as the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Bulgaria, Austria, Hungary, France, Spain, China, Colombia, Denmark and Taiwan. Doru Roman has made multiple DVD recordings, including 6 concerts in which he is soloist and another 25 in various concerts and recitals with the ensembles of which he is a member as well as radio, television and record label recordings for Electrecord, Gutingi, Cavalli, Altri Suoni. Doru Roman is also a doctor of musicology.
