Biography
Awards and honours
2nd Major Prize - Robert Schumann International Competition - Zwickau
Sandor Vegh Special Prize - Geza Anda Competition - Zurich
International Pro Musicis Prize
Winner – Young Concert Artist European Auditions – Leipzig
Winer – Cziffra Fondation
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In 2018, Dana Ciocarlie was one of the 3 finalists nominated for the Victoires de la Musique Classique among the 443 recordings presented in the "Recording of the Year" category, with her Complete works for solo piano by Robert Schumann. She recorded this complete work in fifteen public concerts, between 2016 and 2021, at the Palais de Béhague of the Romanian Embassy in Paris. This world premiere is supported by Yamaha, the Safran Foundation, the Romanian Cultural Institute and the Romanian Embassy in France.
The complete collection was released in September 2017 as a boxed set of 13 CDs - La Dolce Volta label – which received unanimous acclaim from the press, who didn't hesitate to compare her musicality to Wilhelm Kempff and Clara Haskil. To mark the release of this complete Schumann recording, Dana Ciocarlie gave a concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. On France Musique, she devoted a cycle of some forty broadcasts to the works of Robert Schumann in Jean-Pierre Derrien's L'atelier du musicien, where she was a regular guest between 2001 and 2015.
Following her complete Schumann collection, Dana Ciocarlie is now devoting herself to Mozart's 25 Concertos for solo piano, with the Open Chamber Orchestra conducted by Yaïr Benaïm. This public concert recording project at the Palais de Béhague of the Romanian Embassy in Paris began in September 2022. It will continue over several years until the boxed set of these 25 Mozart concertos is released.
Artistic identity and musical background
Gifted with a quicksilver temperament where generosity rivals commitment, Dana Ciocarlie has a vast repertoire, ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach to today's composers. Dedicated to numerous works by Nicolas Bacri, Edith Canat de Chizy, Karol Beffa, Frédéric Verrières, Helena Winkelman and Dan Dediu, she is recognized as one of Horatiu Radulescu's leading interpreters.
Trained in the Romanian piano school with Dinu Lipatti, Clara Haskil and Radu Lupu, Dana Ciocarlie also studied in Paris with Victoria Melki, Dominique Merlet and Georges Pludermacher. Her talent has been recognized by numerous prestigious international awards.
Her meeting with the German pianist Christian Zacharias was to prove decisive, particularly in her exploration of the piano works of Franz Schubert.
Dana Ciocarlie is a sought-after chamber music performer. Her preferred partners include violinists Sarah Nemtanu, Irina Muresanu, Elise Bertrand, Marianne Piketty, Gaëtane Prouvost, Hélène Collerette, Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian, Laurent Korcia, Yaïr Benaïm, Gilles Apap, Pierre Fouchenneret and violist Gérard Caussé, cellists Emmanuelle Bertrand, Astrig Siranossian, Diana Ligeti, Alexander Kniazev, Ophélie Gaillard, Henri Demarquette, Raphaël Chrétien, horn players David Guerrier and Hervé Joulain, clarinettist Raphaël Sévère, the Psophos, Talich and Danel Quartets. She has performed under such conductors as Lawrence Foster, Yoav Talmi, Edmon Colomer, Horia Andreescu and Christian Zacharias.
Her many activities throughout the world in recital, chamber music or concerto with orchestra have taken her to the United States, Canada, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Europe (Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Russia, Netherlands, Romania)...
In Paris, Dana Ciocarlie has performed in the most prestigious venues: Cité de la Musique, Radio France auditorium, Musée d'Orsay, Louvre auditorium, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Théâtre du Châtelet, Opéra Bastille amphitheater, Salle Pleyel, Salle Gaveau, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Invalides and Théâtre de l'Athénée. She has also performed at MIDEM in Cannes, Opéra de Lyon, Opéra de Dijon, Arsenal de Metz, Salle Molière in Lyon, La Criée Scène Nationale in Marseille and Salle Poirel in Nancy.
Also a regular at France's major classical music festivals, the Romanian pianist has appeared several times at La Folle Journée de Nantes, La Roque d'Anthéron, La Grange de Meslay, Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier, Berlioz à La Côte Saint-André, Piano aux Jacobins in Toulouse, Flâneries Musicales de Reims, Orangerie de Sceaux, Festival du Périgord Noir, Auvers-sur-Oise, Printemps des Arts de Monte Carlo, Abbaye de Fontevraud, Festival Chopin à Bagatelle...
2025-2026 Season
11 au 22 Août 2026
Festival-académie “MusicAlp”
Tignes – France
11 Août 2026
Musicales en Bazadais
Bazas – France
17 au 26 Juillet 2026
Festival SoNoRo
Bucharest – Roumanie
With Razvan Popovici & Nicolas Dautricourt
July 16, 2026
An Evening at the Schumann
Sainte Maxime – France
With Delphine Haidar et Julie Depardieu
30 Juin au 2 Juillet 2026
Sutra Haus
Bâle – Suisse
With Flora Thalassa, Juan Maria Braceras, Ludovit Kovat & Helena Winkelman
June 13, 2026
Colette et l’amour
Sainte Chapelle – Paris – France
With Julie Depardieu & Gaëtane Prouvost
June 12, 2026
Concert at La Criée
Renens – Suisse
With Estelle Revaz
4 Juin 2026
Concert de présentation de l’académie Pax Musica
Institut du monde arabe – Paris – France
16 Mai 2026
An Evening at the Schumann
Angers – France
With Julie Depardieu et Delphine Haidan
May 12, 2026
Program Recital Ciocârlia
Athénée Roumain – Bucarest
May 10, 2026
Colette Amoureuse
Thiers – France
With Julie Depardieu et Gaëtane Prouvost
2 Mai 2026
An Evening at the Schumann
Sainte-Chapelle – Paris – France
With Julie Depardieu et Delphine Haidan
April 23, 2026
Album release concert Ciocârlia
Festival Piano à Grans – France
15 au 16 Avril 2026
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris
Paris – France
March 26, 2026
Cathédrale Saint Louis des Invalides
Paris – France
With l’Orchestre symphonique de la Garde Républicaine
March 22, 2026
An Evening at the Schumann
Château de Coppet – Genève – Suisse
With Julie Depardieu et Delphine Haidan
March 16, 2026
Salle Cortot
Paris – France
With Jane Peters et Pro Musicis
March 13, 2026
Studio de l’Opéra de Bastille
Paris – France
With les lauréats de l’Académie Pax Musica
March 8, 2026
Recital
Suisse
With Estelle Revaz
March 6, 2026
Espace Culturel Jean Blanc
Bel-air – Savoie – France
With Eva Zaravo et Pax Musica
March 4, 2026
Athénée Roumain
Philharmonie de Bucarest – Roumanie
With Diana Ligeti et Sarah Nemtanu
February 16, 2026
Album release concert Ciocârlia
Théâtre de l’Européen – Paris
February 8, 2026
Chamber music
Amriswil – Suisse
With Estelle Revaz
January 31, 2026
Program recital Ciocârlia
Les Amis du Château de Maintenon – Maintenon – France
January 30, 2026
Program recital Ciocârlia
Cité des Congrès – Salle CIC ouest – La Folle Journée – Nantes – France
With Julien Beaudiment
29 Janvier 2026
Program recital Ciocârlia
Cité des Congrès – Salle Arabesque – La Folle Journée – Nantes – France
28 Janvier 2026
Program recital Ciocârlia
Cité des Congrès – Salle Arabesque – La Folle Journée – Nantes – France
25 Janvier 2026
Program recital Ciocârlia
Ma Région Virtuose – Saumur – Théâtre le Dôme – France
24 Janvier 2026
Program recital Ciocârlia
Ma Région Virtuose – Château-Gontier sur Mayenne – Théâtre des Ursulines – France
January 18, 2026
Program recital Ciocârlia
Saison de la Galerie Laurent Gallay – Arnex-sur-Orbe – Suisse
January 17, 2026
Program recital Ciocârlia
Festival Excel’Art – Val-de-Marne – Suisse
14 Janvier 2026
Enregistrement en public de l’émission “Générations France Musique”
Maison de la radio et de la Musique – Paris – France
January 10, 2026
Program recital Ciocârlia
Domaine Musical de Petignac – Charente – France
January 2026
New solo album Ciocârlia
Label La Dolce Volta
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