Ina CRISTEA, piano and voice
Ina Cristea is a PhD university lecturer at the National University of Arts “G. Enescu” from Iasi, piano teacher and vocal performer.
He followed 12 years of music at the School of Arts “O. Băncilă” Iași, piano section, then he completed his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral studies at the “George Enescu” University of Arts Iași.
Passionate about jazz, she was part of the Jazz Club of the Student House of Culture and, under the tutelage of Professor Romeo Cozma, participated in student festivals, performing in Iași, Sibiu and Cluj.
She was a lyrical artist, a collaborator of the “Moldova” State Philharmonic in Iași and accompanying pianist at the ballet department at the National College of Arts “O. Bank” Iasi.
His love for romance brought him prizes at the “Golden Chrysanthemum” Festival-Competition, both in the Musical Interpretation and Creation sections, where he performed pieces composed by the late composer Titel Popovici, to whom he owes his presence at this festival.
In 2013 he collaborated with Tierra Sin Pan, holding concerts in Iasi and enjoying the discovery of a new passion, Piazzola’s music.
He is part of the Academica quartet, whose members are instrumentalists of the “Moldova” Iasi State Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he performed concerts both in Iasi and in the country.
She has been invited to radio and television shows, both locally and nationally. He has also served on juries at national and international competitions and festivals.
Maria TOVBA, soprano and Andrei YVAN, bass-baritone
Maria Tovba born in the city of Leova in the Republic of Moldova. He studied at the art school in Leova. She graduated from the Ștefan Neaga College of Music, then the Academy of Music and Fine Arts in Chisinau. He recently completed his master’s studies in Canto at the George Enescu University of Music in Iași. He collaborated with the Romanian National Opera in Iasi.
Andrei Yvan is bass at the Romanian National Opera in Iași. In his career he has successfully tackled many roles in both operas and operettas, musicals and symphonic vocal concerts. He sang as a guest at the Hungarian Opera in Cluj-Napoca, the Bacău, Cluj and Iasi Philharmonics, at the Tody Theater (Italy), in Tel Aviv (Israel), the Ariel Theater (Palestine), the Wintertour Opera Theater (Switzerland), Norwich Opera House (England), Bertrange Philharmonic Hall (Luxembourg), Ludwigsbourg Opera House (Germany) and Fürth Opera House (Germany).
