De Roemeen Florin Croitoru was halve finalist in de Elisabethwedstrijd 1993. Alhoewel hijzelf tijdens het verplichte werk “Alternanza” van Michel de indruk gaf gedeconcentreerd te zijn, was het toch vooral de pianist die er de oorzaak van was dat zich dit doorzette bij het Mozart-concerto. Is het daarom dat hij niet werd weerhouden voor de finale? Of is ook hij het slachtoffer van het feit dat muzikaliteit het moet afleggen tegen virtuositeit?
Een jaar eerder had hij nochtans the first prize at the “Fritz Kreisler” International Violin Competition in Vienna gewonnen. Florin received his degree from the Music Academy of Bucharest. His violin professors in Romania, were (in chronological order) : Ionel Nistor, Cristina Ardelean, Mihai Constantinescu, Valeriu Rogacev, Modest Iftinchi and Stefan Gheorghiu. From 1994 until 1995, after establishing himself in the United States, Florin Croitoru worked with Prof. Victor Danchenko. His repertoire and recordings include most of the Violin Concertos ranging from baroque to contemporary, as well as a few Rare Recital Programs, such as “Paganini’s 24 Caprices for solo violin”, “Fritz Kreisler – The Complete Works”, “The Virtuoso Violin”, “Florin Croitoru plays own transcriptions and original compositions”. When not touring internationally, Prof. Croitoru also spends time in his native country, due to implementing his Ph.D. research, (concluded in 2003) on a new method of violin teaching. Since 1999, he has been teaching at the National Music University in Bucharest.
dagelijks iets degelijks 