Ioana Cristina Goicea was born into a family of musicians. She trained in Leipzig under Mariana Sirbu and in Rostock under Petru Munteanu and is currently studying under Krzysztof Wegrzyn at the Hochschule fur Musik in Hanover. She has won the Michael Hill Competition, the German Music Competition and the Johannes Brahms Competition and is a laureate of the Fritz Kreisler and Indianapolis competitions. As a soloist, she has performed with, among others, the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra (Bucharest), the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, the Romanian Radio Orchestra, and the Philharmonie Baden‑Baden. As a chamber musician, Ioana Cristina Goicea has taken part in the Chamber Music Academy of the Heidelberger Fruhling festival and in the Verbier Festival Academy, where she was able to benefit from the advice of musicians such as Gábor Takács-Nagy, Mihaela Martin, Pinchas Zukerman, Michel Béroff, and Andraș Keller.

Teachers

2015 - : Krzysztof Wegrzyn
2012 - 2015: Mariana Sirbu
2010 - 2012: Petru Munteanu

Degrees

2015 - 2017: Master of Music, University of Music and Theatre Hannover
2012 - 2015: Bachelor of Music, University of Music "F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy"Leipzig

Concerts

2018: Bonn Rhein-Sieg Hall, German Music Competition, Beethoven Orchestra Bonn /Rasmus Baumann
2018: Radio Hall Bucharest, Romanian Radio and Broadcasting Society, Romanian National Radio Orchestra/Leo Hussain
2018: Baden Baden Philharmonics, Carl-Flesch Academy, Baden-Baden Philharmonic /Pavel Baleff
2018: Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, USA, International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin
2018: Melbourne Recital Centre; The Independent Theatre Sydney, Musica Viva Australia, Recitals with Andrey Gugnin
2018: Auckland Town Hall, Michael Hill International Violin Competition, Auckland Philharmonia, Alan Buribayev

Competitions

2018: 1st Prize, German Music Competition
2018: 5th Place Laureate, International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
2017: 1st Prize, International "Michael Hill" Violin Competition New Zealand
2014: 5th Prize, F. Kreisler International Competition Vienna
2013: 1st Prize, J. Brahms International Competition