Andrea Banciu

Born in Romania (Timisoara) and based in Germany (Berlin/Leipzig), Andrei Banciu has made his predilection for chamber music the main focus of his activity, performing regularly as collaborative pianist in duo recitals, as well as a member of the Jacques Thibaud Ensemble and in many projects alongside musicians of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, MDR Orchester Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Philharmonie Dresden, Romanian Chamber Orchestra. 

In the season 2024/2025 he will be performing at Wigmore Hall in London together with Tabea Zimmermann, in Istanbul with Vlad Stanculeasa, Valentin Radutiu and the Istanbul Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven Triple Concerto), in Gothenburg alongside violinist Ava Bahari and musicians of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. 

Throughout the years he has performed in venues such as Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Berlin, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Semperoper Dresden, Maison de Radio France Paris, Fundación Juan March Madrid, Ateneul Român and Sala Radio Bucharest, as well as in festivals such as Heidelberger Frühling, Kissinger Sommer, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Europäische Wochen Passau, Música en Compostela, Musica Mundi Belgium; he had his first US concert tour in 2005 and has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Romania, Italy, Belgium, Egypt, Turkey. His concert performances have been broadcast on Bayerischer Rundfunk, Deutschlandfunk, Radio France, Radio 4 Netherlands, RAI 3 Italy. 

He started studying piano in his home town with Maria Bodo, later continuing in Berlin at the Universität der Künste under Klaus Hellwig and at the Hochschule für Musik ”Hanns Eisler” under Fabio Bidini (piano) and Wolfram Rieger (lied accompaniment). Furthermore he has received important musical impulses from Paul Badura-Skoda, Pascal Devoyon, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Jacques Rouvier, Rudolf Buchbinder and Mennahem Pressler. 

In addition to his concert activity, he has been teaching intensively for many years, between 2012-2018 at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig and the Hochschule für Musik „Franz Liszt“ Weimar, and is currently serving on the faculty of the Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler“ in Berlin.