Andrei Licaret, Piano

Biography

Romanian pianist Andrei Licaret is considered to be a great personality of his generation, delivering a rhythmic and energetic musical display despite his youth. At age 27, he is one of the rising stars on the Classical music scene. Born in Bucharest, Andrei was five years old when he started to learn the piano with his father. He made his orchestral debut at age eleven, playing a Mozart concerto and since then, he has given concerts throughout Europe, including venues in Paris, Enghien, Santander, Alicante, Berlin, Wurzburg, Rome, Thessaloniki, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Prague, St.Gallen, Tel-Aviv, and in the United States. He is a prize winner of several competitions, among them Jeuness Musicales 1st Prize(1996), Bucharest Yamaha 1st Prize (2002), Lorry Wallfish Prize (2003) , 2nd Prize in Tel-Hai Competition (2007) and 2nd Prize in the Shreveport Concerto Competition (2008).