SILVIA MARCOVICI

Silvia Marcovici, born in Bacău, is one of the most acclaimed violinists currently on the scene.

The Berliner Morgenpost wrote of her performance together with the Berliner Philharmonic, under Marcello Viotti: “In her performance of the Tchaikovsky concerto, Silvia Marcovici displayed a totally stunning sonority, which shows her artistic dimension; admirable tone, fascinating flexibility of each phrase, flaming temperament and extraordinary energy, which give her interpretation impressive power, without sentimentality.”

A student of Maestro Stefan Ghiorghiu at the Bucharest Concervatorio, she made her debut at the age of sixteen with the Hague Stable Orchestra, with Bruno Maderna as conductor. A few years later he won the Marguerite Long/Jacques Thibaut competition in Paris, with a special prize from Prince Rainier of Monaco for the interpretation of the contemporary piece. To this success was added the first prize at the George Enescu International competition in Bucharest. Since then, Silvia Marcovici has played with all the major European orchestras, in Israel, Japan, North and South America, under the guidance of the greatest conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Bernard Haitink, Simon Rattle, Kurt Masur, Riccardo Muti, Kurt Masur André Previn, Jesús López-Cobos, Zubin Mehta, Neeme Järvi, Eliahu Inbal , Yoël Levi, and David Zinman. Among them legendary names such as Eugene Ormandy, Erich Leinsdorf, Mstislav Rostropovich and Sergiu Comissiona.

Orchestras include the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Accademia Nazionale de Santa Cecilia, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, and Atlanta Symphony. A complete musician with great charm on stage, he has maintained a constant and close relationship with chamber music: among his partners pianists such as Pascal Roger, Boris Berezovsky, Valentin Gheorghiu, Bruno Rigutto, as well as his son, Aimo Pagin; then cellists David Geringas, Antonio Meneses and Boris Perganenscikov. Her recent appearances include a memorable concert with Evgeny Kissin and Alexandre Kniasev at the Radio France Festival in Montpellier, featuring trios by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky.

Silvia Marcovici is still a motivated teacher full of passion for teaching. She holds permanent professorships at Haute Ecole de Musique in Lausanne, Switzerland and at the University of the Arts in Graz, Austria. She plays a late 18th-century Albani violin.