Alexandra Silocea
Piano (Classical Music)
Artistic & Pedagogical Education
- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Piano Performance, with Professors Oleg Maisenberg and Johannes Marian.
- Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), with Professors Th. Paraschivesco and Laurent Cabasso.
- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Cultural Management and Gender Studies
Teaching Experience
- Since February 2022 at the Friedrich Gulda School of Music
Concerts & Performances (Excerpt)
- Performs worldwide at venues such as the Musikverein, Konzerthaus, and Radio Kulturhaus in Vienna; Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall/New York; Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall/London; Bridgewater Hall/Manchester, among others.
- Concerts with orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Academic State Symphony Orchestra "Evgeny Svetlanov," Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Oulu Symphony, Kymi Sinfonietta, Meininger Hofkapelle, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Montreal Chamber Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, and with conductors such as Daliana Lazarova, Vladimir Jurowski, Jakub Hrusa, Leo McFall, Pablo Gonzalez, Gerard Korsten, Christian Badea, Philippe Bach and many others.
- Invited to festivals including the Enescu Festival in Bucharest/Romania, Ravinia Festival in Chicago/USA, Rydale and Brighton Festival/UK.
- The contemporary composer Luis Saglie wrote 2024 the piano concerto "The Kookaburra" for Alexandra Silocea and dedicated it to her; it will be published by Universal Edition andwill be premiered in Chile with conductor Alejandra Urrutia in 2025.
- Initiator of "Klimt meets Bösendorfer - The Tree of Life"
- Performs concerts at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (KHM), Heidi Horten Collection Vienna, London Craft Week, National Gallery London (Myra Hess Recital 2024).
- In August 2024, the podcast "piano fortissimo" was launched
Awards
- Woman of the Year 2023 - Look! Magazin.
- Bösendorfer Artist for over 20 years
- June 2024: Alexandra Silocea performs under the Patronage of the Duchess of Rutland
Discography
- 2024: Solo works by Martin Romberg.
- 2015: Avie Records, London, Cello Sonatas by Prokofiev, Enescu & Shostakovich.
- 2013: Avie Records, London, "Sound Waves."
- 2011: Avie Records, London, Prokofiev Piano Sonatas 1-5.
- Live-streams for Marquee TV, BBC Radio 3, Radio France, and ORF.
Mentorship
- Works with her mentors Elisabeth Leonskaja, Maria João Pires and Giuseppe Ravi from Respiro e Movimento®.
- Long-term collaboration with the late Radu Lupu. The book "In Memoriam Radu Lupu," published by Editura Asociatia Opus, contains cherished memories from Alexandra Silocea and other renowned artists such as Nelson Goerner, Murray Perahia, Elisabeth Leonskaja, and Lawrence Foster.
Instagram: @alexandrasilocea
Facebook: @Alexandra.Silocea.Pianist