Violinist Irina Muresanu Rediscovers Ragtime for the Enescu Soirees of New York

The Romanian Cultural Institute welcomes Romanian American violinist Irina Muresanu to the online series, Enescu Soirees of New York, this Thursday evening, April 30, 2020. She will present selections from her "Rorem, Ravel and Ragtime" concert which she recently performed with pianist Max Levinson on March 1 in Boston, Massachusetts. The performance is the last live concert she performed before the COVID-19 crisis, and is featured exclusively in this series for which she serves as Music Advisor.

 

Internationally renowned Romanian violinist Irina Muresanu continues to stretch the boundaries of classical music. A sought-after soloist and chamber musician who has appeared throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and South Africa, Ms. Muresanu has also developed a reputation as a compelling and elegant interpreter in the contemporary music world. A regular guest artist in festivals and venues across the United States and in Europe, she is acclaimed for her elegant, passionate performances and compelling stage presence. The Los Angeles Times has written that her "musical luster, melting lyricism and colorful conception made Irina Muresanu's performance especially admirable." H er concerts have frequently been cited by The Boston Globe a s among the "Best of Classical Music Performances."  

 

Muresanu's solo engagements include concerts with the Boston Pops, Miami Symphony Orchestra, Williamsburg Symphony, Boston Philharmonic,  Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Geneva), Transvaal Philharmonic (Pretoria, S. Africa), Romanian National Orchestra, and the Orchestre de la Radio Flamande (Brussels), amongst others. An active chamber musician and recitalist, Ms. Muresanu has appeared as guest artist in such festivals and venues as New York City's Bargemusic, Massachusetts' Rockport Festival, Maine's Bay Chambers concert series and Bowdoin Festival, Colorado's Strings in the Mountains and San Juan Music Hawaii's Maui Chamber Music Festival, The Netherland's Reizend Music Festival, Belgium's Festival van de Leie, and the Rencontres des Musiciennes Festival in France and the Guadeloupe islands.   

 

Muresanu's most recent recording is "Four Strings Around the World," her acclaimed multi-media program of global resonance celebrating the diversity of cultures through the unifying voice of the solo violin. Other recordings include Thomas Oboe Lee's Violin Concerto (dedicated to Ms. Muresanu) on the BMOP label, and works by Elena Ruehr  for the Avie Records CD "Lift," included on Keith Powers' 13 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2016. She has also recorded the complete William Bolcom sonatas on the Centaur label with pianist Michael Lewin, funded by the Copland Recording Grant, and the Guillaume Lekeu and Alberic Magnard late Romantic Violin and Piano Sonatas with pianist Dana Ciocarlie for the French label AR RE-SE ("singing and soaring...[a] sizzling performance." Fanfare). Of note among numerous additional recordings is the world premiere recording of Marion Bauer's Sonata for Violin and Piano with pianist Virginia Eskin for Albany Records. 

 

Born in Romania, Muresanu is a laureate and winner of top prizes in several prestigious international violin competitions. She holds an Artist Diploma and a Doctor in Musical Arts degree from New England Conservatory and plays an 1849 Giuseppe Rocca violin and Etienne Pajeot bow.   

 

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