Piano Masterclass

Hailed as “a startling and authentic pianist displaying rich imagination and brilliant vigor, whose precision and splendor of keyboard sound certainly inspire a transcendental reality” (The Musical News Journal, Bucharest), a pianist who “shines in his ability to capture the mood, the color, the very character of each piece while still maintaining a sense of the whole” (Fanfare), Silvan Negruţiu has performed on major international stages, from the Kennedy Center in Washington DC to Ireland’s National Concert Hall, the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, the Xi’an Concert Hall in China, the Showa Recital Hall in Tokyo, and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

In demand as a performer, clinician, adjudicator, and speaker, Silvan Negruțiu appears frequently as an artist-teacher at international music festivals across Europe, America, and Asia.  He has been praised for his innovative programming in concerts and recordings, which often combines mainstream and rare piano repertoire.  He promotes the music of Romanian composers, with a primary focus on George Enescu and Constantin Silvestri.  In 2020 he performed virtual concerts at the invitation of the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York and the George Enescu National Museum in Bucharest, celebrating the anniversaries of Enescu and Silvestri.  His recent performance projects included concerts celebrating Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, thematic recitals featuring piano bagatelles and Romanian composers, and appearances on the Horizons Series (Flagstaff, AZ), Kirkland Series (Decatur, IL), Musical Arts Series (Durant, OK), Enescu Soirées (New York, NY), Keys to Excellence Series (Des Moines, IA), and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series (Chicago, IL), broadcast live on Chicago’s classical music radio station, WFMT.

As an artist, a teacher, and a scholar, Silvan Negruțiu embraces the exploration of innovative music pedagogy, rare piano literature, and the advancement of arts entrepreneurship in higher education.  He is often a featured speaker and performer at regional, national, and international conferences, including those presented by the Music Teachers National Association, National Association of Music Merchants, and College Music Society.  He holds piano performance degrees from Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia (D.M.A.), the Royal Irish Academy of Music and Dublin City University in Ireland (M.M.), the Romanian National University of Music (B.M.), and the Dinu Lipatti Music School in Bucharest, where he studied with John O’Conor, Viniciu Moroianu, and Magda Stănescu.