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          Aurelia Vişovan is an internationally acclaimed Romanian pianist, harpsichordist and fortepianist, winner of the 2019 edition of the Musica Antiqua Competition Brugge (fortepiano). She regularly performs concerts and recitals on both historical instruments and modern piano, in halls such as the Großer Saal of the Berliner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, BOZAR, Auditorio de Zaragoza, Brucknerhaus Linz, Die Glocke Bremen, Casa da Musica Porto, Musikverein Vienna, Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, and in festivals such as Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Festivals de Wallonie, to name a few. She appeared as a soloist with the Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Dresden, the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Romanian Youth Orchestra, the Seto Philharmonic Orchestra, the Transylvania State Philharmonic, Das Sinfonieorchester Berlin, among others. In 2017 Aurelia Vișovan performed the World Premiere of the newly discovered Piano Concerto by George Enescu. 
          She has recorded CDs both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, on period instruments and on modern piano, for the labels Ricercar, Berlin Classics, Passacaille, KNS Classical among others. 
          Aurelia Vişovan won over 25 competition prizes, among them the 1st Prize in the Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition in Porto, the Special Prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned work in the Premio Jaén International Piano Competition, the 5th Prize in the Takamatsu International Piano Competition and the 2nd prize in the Paola Bernardi International Harpsichord Competition in Bologna.
          Born in 1990 in Sighetu Marmației, Romania, Vișovan has studied with Adriana Bera, Monica Chifor and Gerda Türk in her native country and graduated from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna where she studied piano with Martin Hughes and harpsichord with Gordon Murray.  In 2021 she earned a doctoral degree from the Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca, with a thesis focused on historical keyboard instruments.
          Aurelia Vişovan is currently a piano professor at the Nuremberg University of Music, Germany.

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Name Date City Location
Harpsichord Recital in the Hofburg Castle 13.10.2024 Vienna, Austria Instrument Collection of the Hofburg Museum
Bach, Ligeti, Dinescu, Voiculescu, Manolache
Solo Piano Recital 25.10.2024 Chemnitz, Germany Villa Esche
Faure, Enescu, Boulanger, Ravel
Solo Recital 19.11.2024 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Music Academy
Mozart in extremis
Solo Recital 09.02.2025 Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Bach, Liszt
Solo Recital 21.02.2025 Nuremberg, Germany Bechstein-Zentrum
Bach, Liszt
Fortepiano Recital - Chopin 25.05.2025 Budapest, Hungary Haydneum - Liszt Akademie
Chopin
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Name Date City Location
Soloist with Brasov Philharmonic 03.10.2024 Brasov, Romania Philharmonic Hall
Bach Harpsichord Concertos with Bach Solisten Seoul 08.09.2024 Seoul, South Korea Seoul Arts Center
Bach Harpsichord Concertos with Bach Solisten Seoul 05.09.2024 Seoul, South Korea Seoul Arts Center
Chamber music concert 25.08.2024 Ulrichshusen, Germany Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival
Solo Piano Recital 13.08.2024 Vienna, Austria Ehrbar Saal
VIP Academy Vienna Opening Concert 12.08.2024 Vienna, Austria Ehrbar Saal
12-21 August: VIP Academy Vienna 12.08.2024 Vienna, Austria Ehrbar Saal
1-10 August: Musicalta Masterclass 01.08.2024 Rouffach, France
Solo and Duo Recital with Can Cakmur 27.07.2024 Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania Monica Chifor Hall
26-31 July - SIMS Masterclass 26.07.2024 Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania Music School
Chamber Music in the Elbphilharmonie 22.06.2024 Hamburg, Germany Elbphilharmonie
Mozart-Lichtental D minor Piano Concerto with Pandolfis Consort 25.05.2024 Unterretzbach, Austria
Chamber Music Concert 10.03.2024 Bamberg, Germany Aufseßhöflein
Chamber Music Concert 09.03.2024 Bamberg, Germany Aufseßhöflein
Soloist with Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic 23.02.2024 Satu Mare, Romania Philharmonic Hall
Night of the Profs 03.02.2024 Nürnberg, Germany Hochschule für Musik, Orchestersaal
Beethoven Cello Sonatas with Octavian Lup 16.12.2023 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Music Academy
Soloist with Sibiu Philharmonic 07.12.2023 Sibiu, Romania Thalia Hall
Soloist on fortepiano with Terra Nova Collective 26.11.2023 Antwerpen, Belgium AMUZ
Haydn D Major Concerto on Fortepiano - with Terra Nova Collective 24.11.2023 Bratislava, Slovakia Mozart Festival
Fortepiano Recital 12.11.2023 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Music Academy
Beethoven 5th Piano Concerto with Cluj Philharmonic 10.11.2023 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Auditorium Maximum
Solo Fortepiano Recital 16.09.2023 Verbania, Italy
Beethoven 5th Piano Concerto with Bad Reichenhaller Philharmoniker and Daniel Spaw 17.08.2023 Bad Reichenhall, Germany Rotunde
Fortepiano Concert with Knut Schoch and Wiebke Weidanz 03.05.2023 Nuremberg, Germany Hochschule für Musik, Kammermusiksaal
Mozart d minor concerto with the Pandolfis Consort 29.04.2023 Salzburg, Austria
Mozart d minor concerto with the Pandolfis Consort 28.04.2023 Salzburg, Austria
Mozart d minor concerto with the Pandolfis Consort 25.04.2023 Vienna, Austria Reformierte Kirche, Dorotheergasse
Solo Fortepiano Recital 03.03.2023 Salzburg, Austria Mozarteum
Solo Fortepiano and Modern Piano Recital 25.11.2022 Nürnberg, Germany Hochschule für Musik
Chamber Music Recital with members of the Bamberger Symphoniker 20.11.2022 Bamberg, Germany Aufseßhöflein
Chamber Music Recital with members of the Bamberger Symphoniker 19.11.2022 Bamberg, Germany Aufseßhöflein
Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Oradea Philharmonic, conducted by Davide Crescenzi 10.11.2022 Oradea, Romania Oradea Philharmonic
Solo Piano Recital 15.10.2022 Takamatsu, Japan Takamatsu Terrsa
Solo Piano Recital 07.10.2022 Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania Monica Chifor Hall
Soloist with the Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic, conducted by Junping Qian 06.10.2022 Satu-Mare, Romania Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 04.10.2022 Satu-Mare, Romania Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic
Soloist with the Bad Reichenhaller Philharmoniker, conducted by Daniel Spaw 23.09.2022 Bad Reichenhall, Germany
Recital - Bachfest Leipzig 11.06.2022 Leipzig, Germany Alte Börse
Concert as a Soloist with the Cluj Philharmonic 27.05.2022 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Auditorium Maximum
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 15.05.2022 Bucharest, Romania
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 24.04.2022 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Concert with the Transylvania Philharmonic, Cluj 28.01.2022 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Auditorium Maximum
Recital with Charlotte Thiele, violin 15.12.2021 Valetta, Malta German Embassy
Mozart d minor Keyboard Concerto with the Pandolfis Consort 12.11.2021 Bratislava, Slovakia Mozart Festival
Solo Fortepiano Recital 17.10.2021 Vich, Switzerland Moulin en Clarens
Solo Fortepiano Recital 16.10.2021 Lisbon, Portugal Parques de Sintra - Queluz National Palace
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 12.10.2021 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Toamna Muzicala Clujeana
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 11.10.2021 Brasov, Romania Brasov Philharmonic
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 09.10.2021 Satu Mare, Romania Filarmonica Dinu Lipatti
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 07.10.2021 Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania Sala Monica Chifor
Solo Piano Recital 05.10.2021 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Colegiul “Sigismund Toduta”
Solo Fortepiano Recital 11.09.2021 Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria Robert Brown workshop
Prizewinner’s Concert MAFestival Brugge - with Anna Besson, Cecilia Bernardini and Marcus van den Munckhof 10.08.2021 Brugge, Belgium Musica Antiqua Festival
Solo Fortepiano Recital 23.07.2021 Berlin, Germany Piano Salon Cristophori
Postponed for November: Mozart d minor piano concerto with the Pandolfis Consort 25.06.2021 Bratislava, Slovakia Mozart Festival
Cancelled: Solo Harpsichord and Fortepiano Recital 20.06.2021 Leipzig, Germany Bachfest
Solo Piano Recital 09.06.2021 Vienna,Austria Musikverein
Postponed: Mozart d minor concerto with Pandolfis Consort, on period instruments 11.04.2021 Bratislava, Slovakia Mozart Festival
Postponed: Mozart d minor concerto with the Pandolfis Consort, on period instruments 10.04.2021 Vienna, Austria Musik in der Praxis
Postponed to June 2021: Solo Piano Recital 15.12.2020 Vienna, Austria Musikverein - 4 Neue Säle
(Cancelled) Fortepiano Recital with Anna Besson, Cecilia Bernardini and Marcus van den Munckhof 18.11.2020 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Mozart Festival
(Cancelled) Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 16.11.2020 Oradea, Romania
(Postponed) Mozart d minor piano concerto with the Pandolfis Consort 01.11.2020 Bratislava, Slovakia Mozart Festival
(Postponed) Mozart d minor Piano Concerto with the Pandolfis Consort 31.10.2020 Vienna, Austria
(Postponed) Chopin Piano Concerto in E minor with Satu Mare Philharmonic Orchestra 29.10.2020 Satu Mare, Romania Satu Mare Philharmonic
(Cancelled) Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 27.10.2020 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Toamna Muzicala Clujeana
(Cancelled) Piano Recital (Solo and 4 hands) 18.10.2020 Takamatsu, Japan
Solo Piano and Fortepiano Recital 11.10.2020 Brussels, Belgium BOZAR
Chamber Music Concert in the Elbphilharmonie 26.09.2020 Hamburg, Germany Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal
Solo Fortepiano Recital 21.09.2020 Mons, Belgium Festival de Wallonie
Fortepiano concert with Reinoud van Mechelen and “a nocte temporis” ensemble 18.09.2020 Mons, Belgium Festival de Wallonie
(Postponed) Hanssens Piano Concerto with the Terra Nova Collective 23.08.2020 Belgium
Recital with Lina Tur Bonet, violin 16.08.2020 Salzburg, Austria Robert Brown fortepiano workshop
Recital with Lina Tur Bonet, violin 15.08.2020 Bad Aussee, Austria
(Cancelled) Fortepiano concert with Reinoud van Mechelen and “a nocte temporis” ensemble 14.08.2020 Stavelot, Belgium Festival de Wallonie
Recital with Lina Tur Bonet, violin 13.08.2020 Barcelona, Spain
(Postponed) Solo Fortepiano Recital 03.08.2020 Bruges, Belgium Musica Antiqua Festival
Postponed for 2022: Bottesini Concerto with Dominik Wagner, double bass 16.05.2020 Vienna, Austria Musikverein, Brahms Saal
Postponed: Solo Fortepiano Recital 03.05.2020 Cremona, Italy Monteverdi Festival
Postponed: Solo Fortepiano Recital 25.04.2020 Salzburg, Austria Hammerflügel-Werkstatt Robert Brown
Cancelled: Mozart d minor Piano Concerto with the Pandolfis Consort 19.04.2020 Vienna, Austria Pleyel-Museum Rupprechtstal
Cancelled: Mozart d minor Piano Concerto with the Pandolfis Consort 17.04.2020 Vienna, Austria
Cancelled: Solo Fortepiano Recital 15.03.2020 Salzburg, Austria Mozarteum
Violin-Fortepiano recital with Lina Tur Bonet 12.02.2020 Zaragoza, Spain Auditorio
Solo Fortepiano Recital 17.12.2019 Münster, Germany Sammlung Beetz
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 19.11.2019 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Mozart Festival
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 18.11.2019 Sibiu, Romania Sibiu Philharmonic
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 24.10.2019 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Toamna Muzicala Clujeana
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 23.10.2019 Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania Centrul de Cultura Arcus
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 21.10.2019 Satu Mare, Romania Satu Mare Philharmonic
Trio Concert with Vera Karner and Dominik Wagner 13.10.2019 Illertissen, Germany
Solo Piano Recital 29.09.2019 Langenberg, Germany
Solo Piano Recital 27.09.2019 Krefeld, Germany Kawai Europa
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 19.08.2019 Sinaia, Romania
Recital Transylvanian Piano Trio 17.08.2019 Girona, Spain Festival Sant Pere de Rodes
Fortepiano-Double Bass Recital with Dominik Wagner 11.08.2019 Zutphen, The Netherlands Geelvinck Museum
Fortepiano-Double Bass Recital with Dominik Wagner 10.08.2019 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Luther Museum
Duo recital with Simos Papanas, violin 12.05.2019 Thessaloniki, Greece Thessaloniki State Philharmonic
Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Transylvanian Piano Trio 09.05.2019 Satu Mare, Romania Satu Mare Philharmonic
Solo Piano and Piano duo recital 07.03.2019 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Music Highschool
Piano Recital (Mozart Festival) 20.11.2018 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Music Academy
Piano Recital 10.11.2018 Barcelos, Portugal Fralães
Trio Concert with Vlad Raceu and Octavian Lup 16.10.2018 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Toamna Muzicala Clujeana
Trio Concert with Vlad Raceu and Octavian Lup 09.10.2018 Satu Mare, Romania Satu Mare Philharmonic Hall
Trio Concert with Vlad Raceu and Octavian Lup 08.10.2018 Baia Mare, Romania Music Highschool
Recital on an Erard piano from 1811 29.09.2018 Weimar, Germany Anna Amalia Bibliothek
Piano Recital 25.09.2018 Takamatsu, Japan
Piano Recital 24.09.2018 Takamatsu, Japan Takamatsu Terrsa
Fortepiano Recital 22.08.2018 Zutphen, Netherlands Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival
Duo Concert with Petru Iuga, double bass 04.08.2018 Lucca, Italy
Concert in Memoriam Gerda Türk 04.06.2018 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Music Academy
Solo and duo concert with Can Çakmur 04.05.2018 Bremen, Germany Die Glocke
Concert in Memoriam Monica Chifor 28.02.2018 Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania George Enescu Hall
Solo Piano Recital 21.01.2018 Salzburg, Austria Schloss Frohnburg
Concert in Memoriam Ferenc László 11.12.2017 Cluj-Napoca, Romania G.Dima Music Academy
Gassenbauer Kunsttage 09.12.2017 Koblenz, Germany
Enescu Piano Concerto - World Premiere 24.11.2017 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Auditorium Maximum
Gluckseligkeit - Fortepiano Festival 17.11.2017 Salzburg, Austria Schloss Frohnburg
Chamber Music Concert with Vera Karner and Dominik Wagner 22.07.2017 Dresden, Germany Frauenkirche
Solo and 4-hands Recital with Can Çakmur, piano 24.03.2017 Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania George Enescu Hall
Solo and 4-hands Recital with Can Çakmur, piano 21.03.2017 Bucharest, Romania Romanian Atheneum, Chamber Music Hall
Solo and 4-hands Recital with Can Çakmur, piano 18.03.2017 Istanbul, Turkey Pera Palas
Solo and 4-hands Recital with Can Çakmur, piano 15.03.2017 Ankara, Turkey Mozarthaus
Solo Piano Recital 14.02.2017 Linz, Austria Brucknerhaus
Mozart Keyboard Concerto K414 on Fortepiano 14.12.2016 Cluj Napoca, Romania Music Academy, Studio Hall
Harpsichord Concert with Karsten Henschel, Altus 11.11.2016 Vienna, Austria Haus Gnad
Harpsichord Concert with Karsten Henschel, Altus 10.11.2016 Vienna, Austria Reformierte Stadtkirche
Solo and 4 hands recital with Can Çakmur, piano 02.11.2016 Cluj Napoca, Romania Music Academy, Studio Hall
Harpsichord Recital 27.10.2016 Bologna, Italy Tagliavini Collection
Solo Piano Recital 20.09.2016 Porto, Portugal Casa da Musica
Chamber Music Concert with Vera Karner and Dominik Wagner 13.08.2016 Germany Schleswig-Holstein Festival
Chamber Music Concert with Vera Karner and Dominik Wagner 21.07.2016 Germany Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Solo Piano Recital 03.07.2016 Porto, Portugal Palacete Viscondes Balsemão
Chamber Music Concert 27.05.2016 Vienna, Austria J.Nepomuk Kapelle
Chamber Music Concert with ASAG-Quartett 17.03.2016 Vienna, Austria University for Music and Performing Arts
Solo Piano Recital 21.02.2016 Montaut de Villereal, France Mesnil St.Martin
Solo Piano Recital 18.01.2016 Cluj, Romania Music Academy
Concert with the Aron Quartett Wien 10.11.2015 Brasov, Romania Brasov Philharmonic
Concert with the Aron Quartett Wien 07.11.2015 Cluj Napoca, Romania Music Academy, Studio Hall
Skriabinfest 30.10.2015 Vienna, Austria University for Music and Performing Arts
Solo Piano Recital 12.10.2015 Vienna, Austria Ostklub/Schwarzberg
Chopin Festival 13.09.2015 Nihonmatsu, Japan -
Chopin Festival 12.09.2015 Minami Soma, Japan -
Mozart Piano Concerto K414 on Fortepiano 05.08.2015 Sighisoara, Romania Monastery Church
Chamber Music Concert with Klara Wincor, Cello 20.06.2015 Vienna, Austria Beethoven Haus Heiligenstadt
Chamber Music Concert with Tudor Andrei, violin 23.04.2015 Bruxelles, Belgium Église Saints-Jean-et Etienne aux Minimes
Solo Piano Recital for the Chopin Gesellschaft Wien 21.04.2015 Vienna, Austria University for Music und Performing Arts, Franz Liszt Saal
Solo Piano Recital 31.03.2015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Music Academy, Studio Hall
Solo Piano Recital 24.03.2015 Bucharest, Romania Romanian Atheneum, Studio Hall

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  • Haydn Piano Concerto in D major

  • Ligeti - Hungarian Rock

  • Schulhoff - Variations

  • Scriabin - Piano Sonata no.3, live

  • J.S.Bach - Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue

  • Lina Tur Bonet, Aurelia Visovan - Sonata per uno mulaticco lunattico (dir. Michael Seeber, 2020)

  • Aurelia Visovan plays Chopin Sonata op.58 on a Pleyel from 1842

  • Aurelia Visovan plays Enescu Piano Concerto

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