Viktor Hartobanu (harp)
- born on 23rd July 1990 in Bernburg/Saale in Germany
Education
- First piano and harp lessons with his mother
- From the age of seven: piano lessons with Dorislava Kuntscheva
at the
music school in Coswig (Anhalt)
- At nine, acceptance to the class for talented children of the “Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy” conservatory for music and dance in Leipzig
- Harp teacher: Max Koch, Piano teachers: Hanns-Martin Schreiber and Oriol Plans-Casal
- Since Winter semester 2008/09 harp
student in the same conservatory
Master Classes
Isabelle Moretti (harp),
Germaine Lorenzini,
David Watkins,
Fabrice Pierre,
Ion Ivan-Roncea
Godelieve Schrama,
Ursula Holliger
Janine Laroche (piano)
Awards
Since 1998: 17 first prizes and 2 second prizes for harp and piano,
competition “Jugend musiziert” as well as 4 “Sparkasse
Bank” special
prizes for highest makrs in the age group.
March 2006: 2nd prize (harp) at the international “Franz Josef Reinl-Stiftung” competition, Vienna.
November 2006: 1st prize (soloists up to age 36) at the international harp competition “Félix Godefroid”, Namur, Belgium. Both of the above as youngest contestant in the category.
2005 Scholarship of the “Förderverein der Musikhochschule F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Leipzig”
2005-2008: Music Scholarship of the “Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung”
2007: Main Scholarship of the “Hans und Eugenia Jütting-Stiftung,
Stendal”
Performance Experience
Concerts with:
- Heidelberger Philharmoniker
- Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt/Oder
- Leipziger Vokal-Romantiker
- Anhaltische Kammerphilharmonie Dessau
- Wittenberger Landestheater
- Wernigeroder Kammerphilharmonie
- Junge Philharmone Rhein-Neckar
- Jugendsinfonieorchester Sachsen-Anhalt (youth orchestra of
Sachsen-Anhalt, member of that orchestra since 2006)
Television:
- “Kinderquatsch mit Michael – Sondersendung Klassik”,
ARD TV
- "Weihnachten mit dem Bundespräsidenten“,
ZDF TV
- special broadcast about his life in the MDR TV
- European Music Festival “Iarba Verde de Acasa”, TVR
2 (Romanian State TV)
Tours and Festivals:
- 2005: “Bachfest” in Leipzig
- “Printemps musical de Provence”
- “Jugendmusikfest Sachsen Anhalt”
- 2007: “Musikwoche Hitzacker”
- “Young talents” in Schwetzingen
- 2008: North Germany tour “Talent Train” with accordionist
and singer
Jana Nitsch (organized and sponsored by CineStar Group and Deutsche
Bahn)
- European Music Festival “Iarba Verde de Acasa”, Bucharest
- “33rd Mozartfest Schwetzingen”
- “Derbyshire Harp Festival 2008” as a soloist and
teacher in master
classes together with Prof. David Watkins