DANIEL SZASZ, Violin
ALINA VOICU, Piano
Duo Szasz-Voicu has performed extensively and received high accolades both in Europe and the USA. During the years, the duo participated in several music festivals, including in Graz, Austria; Sopron, Hungary; Chautauqua, New York, USA; and Sibiu, Romania, among others, performing a vast repertoire of works for violin and piano, other chamber music, and repertoire for violin, piano, and orchestra. In 1990, the duo was awarded the "Public Prize" at the prestigious Vittorio Gui Chamber Music Competition in Florence, Italy. In 2005, Duo Szasz-Voicu released a CD of music and poetry entitled Romantic Expressions. Advocates for music education and excellence in performance, Szasz and Voicu are partners both on stage and life; they are the proud parents of Alexandru and Angela.
" Szasz and Voicu nurtured the city's beautiful friendship with chamber music ... The circumstances couldn't have been better -- Szasz and Voicu playing confidently in a program of Italian sonatas, a packed house listening earnestly, and a space that may be second to none in the Southeast for chamber music ...This was as good as it gets for small-ensemble listening."
The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
"Messiaen's (Quartet for the End of Time) finest moment comes in the finale, "In praise of the immortality of Jesus." Szasz and Voicu performed brilliantly, the piano chords and high violin notes fading to celestial silence. It was a moment to be savored."
The Birmingham News
"At the Heritage Concert, the duo presented a program including the violin sonatas of Bach, Schumann and Ottorino Respighi, as well as the world premiere of “Serenata Quasi Una Notturna,” by Joseph Landers. Landers, UM associate professor of music, composed the work especially for the event. “I’ve always been a big fan of Daniel and Alina —I’m always inspired by going to their concerts. I was honored to write a new work for them,” Landers said."
Montevallo News
"This Concertmaster and Friends event at Brock Recital Hall featured the husband and wife team of Daniel Szasz and Alina Voicu exploring the romantic composer's (Schumann) capriciousness with probing depth ... The light rendering and floating gestures of the opening movement gave way to the flighty second movement and fiery finale, the couple delivering power, restraint and lyricism in equal parts, never succumbing to maudlin sentiment."
The Birmingham News
BAROQUE EXTRAVAGANZA Sonatas by Haendel, Bach, Tartini, and Vivaldi
ROMANTIC EXPRESSIONS An Hour of Romantic Music and Poetry
ITALIAN MASTERS Sonatas by Locatelli, Pergolesi, Paganini, and Respighi
BRAHMS VIOLIN SONATAS The 3 Violin Sonatas
EUSEBIUS AND FLORESTAN Exploring Schumann's Duality
EXPLORING FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM Music by Debussy, Ravel, Faure, and Satie
PORTAL TO EASTERN EUROPE Music from Romania and Hungary
ROMANIAN-AMERICAN CONNECTIONS Music by Enescu and Copland
MODERN REFLECTIONS Music by Contemporary Composers
MUSICAL DISCOVERIES Music and Educational Activities for Young People
Born in the Romanian city of Baia Mare, Alina Voicu moved to Bucharest at the age 14 to study piano with Ludmila Popisteanu and Gabriel Amiras. Later she continued her studies at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj, with Professor Ileana Prada. After moving to the U.S. in 1993, Mrs. Voicu received a Master of Music degree under the direction of pianist Jerome Rose, at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and a Doctor in Musical Arts in Piano Performance degree under the direction of Professor Amanda Penick, at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Dr. Voicu has performed extensively as a soloist and in chamber music concerts in Romania, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, China, and the United States. She has won several competitions and awards including prizes at several national competitions in Romania; the Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition in Florence, Italy; the Corpus Christi International Music Competition in Corpus Christi, Texas; the Chautauqua Music Festival Concerto Competition in Chautauqua, New York; and the Southern Division of the MTNA Young Chang Collegiate Piano Competition in Louisville, Kentucky, among others.
Presently Dr. Voicu teaches a large private piano studio, Solare Piano, while also serving as President of Music4Romania, a non-profit organization that aims to help schools and orphanages in Romania and to promote cross-cultural understanding through music (www.music4romania.org) She also serves as Director of Music at The Episcopal Church of St. Francis of Assisi, where she recently founded the St. Francis Music Academy (www.saintfrancismusic.org).
Beautiful evening in Lake Placid, NY
In loving memory of my mother
with images from the Adirondacks
with images from the Adirondacks
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