 Madalina Nicolescu was born in Bucharest, Romania and started to play the viola at the age of seven with professor Ene Dumitru. Her musical talents where discovered at an early stage when she began to sing in the Radio Children's Choir and was later accepted at George Enescu Music School. At the age of 18 she became a member of Falun Music Conservatory in Sweden where she continued her studies with Henry Gammelgård and afterwords with professor Henrik Frendin at Malmö Music Academy, Bjorn Arnholdt-Olsson, principal violist of Malmö Symphony Orchestra, professor Rafael Altino from the Carl Nielsen Music Academy in Denmark and principal violist of Odense Symphony Orchestra and Dinu Serfezi, distinguished member of the viola group of Malmö Symphony Orchestra. She has participated in Master Classes, Festivals and received lessons from renewed musicians like Dimitri Golovanov ( Second principal violist of the Danish Radio Orchestra ), Miriam Hartman ( Principal violist of the Israel Philarmonic Orchestra ), Tatjana Masurenko ( professor at German Hochschule für Musik "Felix Mendelssohn-Bartoldy" in Leipzig ), Tim Boulton ( professor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London ), Barbara Westphal ( professor at the Lübeck College of Music ) and Roger Chase ( soloist and professor at the Chicago College for Performing Arts ). During her years at Malmö Music Academy she has appeared in several chamber music and solo performances with outstanding musicians like swedish pianists Max Lörstad, Daniel Stagno, clarinetist Blagoj Lamnjov and danish violinist Anne-Sophie Anderssen. Madalina Nicolescu has also participated in different Orchestra Courses, Festivals and Ensemble Academies like Nordic Music Academy in Denmark under the baton of violinist and conductor Nikolaj Znaider and violinist Odin Rathnam, the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands with conductor Ludovic Marlot, Koster Festival Orchestra in Sweden with german conductor Timo Kreuser where she collaborated in chamber music and orchestra performances with among others, exceptionally gifted lithuanian pianist Ieva Struzaite, Berlin based violinist Kinneret Sieradzki and London based violinist Shlomy Dobrinsky from The Philarmonia Orchestra in London, Casalmaggiore International Festival in Italy where she performed several recitals with among others, italian pianist Giacomo Battarino, violist Alex McLeod and canadian-romanian violinist Joenne Dumitrascu. She has also collaborated with different orchestras like The Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen, Aalborg Symhpony Orchestra, Camerata Nordica, Malmö Symphony Orchestra and Malmö Opera where in fall 2008 she has participated in a Master Class given by Craig Mumm, Associate Principal Violist of The Metropolitan Opera. Madalina is an active orchestra and chamber musician and has taken a special interest in solo performances and teaching. She is not only a talented viola player but also a multilingual speaker and coach of among many, English, Italian and Spanish languages, and a very dedicated artist.Under 2010-2011 she is presenting a new collection of ART OBJECTS AND PAINTINGS OF VIOLINS AND VIOLAS, inspired by nature, music, post impressionist and contemporary themes. The works will be exhibited in North and South America as part of a Gallery-Concert Chamber Music and Recital Series that includes several beautiful works for viola and piano and different unique arrangements according to each work. ______________________________________________________________________________________ DUO INTERMEZZO: Madalina Nicolescu,viola and Timothy G.Ruff Welch | Felipe Adrian Rojero, piano. (Viola Music accompanied by projection of fine art photography and snap-shots of art works by Madalina Nicolescu and Antonio Gonzalez Pardo) ______________________________________________________________________________________ The beauty of the human soul lies in its ability to express its self . In your soul there are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. They might not be fully understood but they exist, they can't be faked, nor carbon copied, they are real, pure and true. And for that we can only be grateful. __________________________________________________________________________________ FOR PROFESSIONAL INQUIRIES, BOOKING PERFORMANCES AND RECITALS ( IN NORTH AMERICA, LATIN AMERICA AND EUROPE ) CONTACT: mady@madalinanicolescu.com | madi.nicolescu@yahoo.com AGENTS: NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA Ingrid Deira Crespo | Jorge Arturo Alcazar ( Representaciones Arinder S.C. ) Tel: +52 (33) - 1659 - 3404 | Mob: +52 (33) - 3157 - 1982 | Mob: +52 (33) - 3814 - 1144 ALSO VISIT: MADALINA NICOLESCU: YOUTUBE CHANNEL MADALINA NICOLESCU: YOUTUBE CHANNEL (II) MADALINA NICOLESCU: FICTIONCITY MADALINA NICOLESCU: INSTANT ENCORE __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ UPCOMING CONCERTS INCLUDE APPEARANCES WITH ''DUO INTERMEZZO'' IN MEXICO AT: PANAMERICAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL, HIGINIO RUVALCABA CONCERT HALL (EX CONVENTO DEL CARMEN,GUADALAJARA), SAN JAVIER EXCLUSIVE CLUB (GUADALAJARA), HOTEL DEMETRIA:BOUTIQUE AND COLLECTION (GUADALAJARA), CIELO COUNTRY CLUB (GUADALAJARA), FINE ART MUSEUM (AGUASCALIENTES), AJIJIC CULTURAL CENTER (CHAPALA), ST. ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH (AJIJIC), CONCERT HALL (AJIJIC), GONZALEZ GALLO CULTURAL CENTER (OLD TRAIN STATION - CHAPALA), HISTORICAL MARITIME MUSEUM (PUERTO VALLARTA) AND CONCERT HALL (PUERTO VALLARTA). DATES AND LOCATIONS TO BE CONFIRMED! UPCOMING CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS: HIGINIO RUVALCABA CONCERT HALL (EX CONVENTO DEL CARMEN, GUADALAJARA) WITH TRIO ''TANGOPERA'' ( MUSIC & DANCE ) SHOW AS WELL AS IN MEXICO CITY AND PUERTO VALLARTA; BEETHOVEN'S SEPTET IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OP 20 & BRAHMS STRING QUINTET NR.2, OP. 111 (THE VIOLA QUINTET); MENDELSSOHN OCTET IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 20. DATES AND LOCATIONS TO BE CONFIRMED! ______________________________________________________________________________________ La maestra Madalina Nicolescu es violista originalmente de Rumania. Concluyó sus estudios universitarios de Viola y maestria en la Academia de Musica de Malmö, en Malmö, Suecia con el reconocido maestro Henrik Frendin. Tambien cuenta con estudios de viola con el professor Rafael Altino en la Academia Carl Nielsen, en Odense, Dinamarca. Un maravilloso maestro, músico y persona que también es el principal violista de la Odense Symphony Orchestra. Antes de naturalizarse como mexicana (2010), Mady tuvo la oportunidad de trabajar en diferentes paises del mundo como Suecia, Dinamarca, Italia, Holanda, Inglaterra, Estados Unidos y México. Durante diez años antes de mudarse a México, los ciudades de Malmö y Copenhagen fueron sus residencias donde llevó a cabo su principal trabajo musical. Mady participo en muchos Festivales Internacionales, y Master Classes con músicos reconocidos de alto nivel como el violinista y director de orchestra Nikolaj Znaider, Ludovic Marlot, Craig Mumm, Miriam Hartman, Dimitri Golovanov, Roger Chase, Tatjana Masurenko, Tim Boulton, Odin Rathnam, Kinnereth Sieradzky, Matt Heimovitz, Gilles Apap, Per Enoksson, Simon Roland-Jones. Tambien cuenta con importantes colaboraciones con la Opera Regal de Dinamarca, en Copenhagen, la Orchestra Sinfonica de Malmö y la Opera de Malmö, en Suecia. Actualmente, ella es solista y músico de cámara que también colabora con varias orquestas en México como la Orquesta Filarmónica De Jalisco y La Orquesta Sinfónica de Aguascalientes, entre otras.También es pintora y maestra de viola y violin. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Madalina Nicolescu y Timothy G. Ruff Welch representan una novedosa forma de expresión musical y de profunda apreciación para estos hermosos instrumentos. Un grupo brillante y versátil que ofrece a su público una variedad de estilos, presentando obras desde el repertorio clásico, hasta boleros y tango. Está integrado por la violista Madalina Nicolescu, originalmente de Rumania y el pianista americano Timothy G. Ruff Welch. Durante el año 2010 han realizado varios conciertos en Guadalajara y Ajijic, el Instituto Cultural Mexicano-Norte Americano de Jalisco, Hacienda San Javier y la Iglesia Anglicana St. Andrews en Lake Side. Entres sus próximas presentaciones para este 2011 incluyen plaza ANDARES, Ex convento del Carmen, Country Club, Paraninfo de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Club San Javier, y diferentes partes de la República Mexicana y Estados Unidos. En febrero 2011 grabaron un nuevo disco de música para viola y piano llamado “Viola Romance’’, que estará disponible muy pronto en las tiendas especializadas. El grupo regularmente participa en conciertos de música de cámara colaborando con otros artistas. __________________________________________________________________________________ COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: All material on this website, including, but not limited to, text, data, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, video clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software is owned, controlled by, or licensed to MULTIPLY INC. ( excluding external links and quotations ) and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights. Material on this website is made available solely for your personal, non-commercial use and may not be copied, reproduced, republished, modified, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, including by e-mail or other electronic means, without the express prior written consent of MULTIPLY INC. AND MADALINA NICOLESCU in each instance. You may download material intentionally made available for downloading from this website for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided that you keep intact any and all copyright and other proprietary notices that may appear on such materials. © 2010 Madalina Nicolescu. All rights reserved. Photos: Aleksandros FT Photos: Antonio Gonzalez Pardo 
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