MUSIC
Sonaten, Nocturnes und Fantasien von Alexander Scriabin und Frédéric Chopin
The Romanian pianist Catalin Serban was born in Bucharest and he has lived in Berlin since 1997.
Catalin Serban studied with the professors Martin Hughes and László Simon at the University of Arts in Berlin and was a scholarship holder of "Paul Hindemith Gesellschaft" and of the University of the Arts. He participated in master classes of famous professors such as Claude Frank, Georgy Sebok, Pascal Devoyon, Theodor Paraschivesco, Elena Lapitskaja.
At "Musikhochschule Lübeck" he graduated with honours his postgraduate studies with professor Konrad Elser.
The newspaper "Badische Zeitung" praised him for his "technically outstanding Mozart interpretation" as a "highly talented performer". About his interpretation of Mozart's piano concerto KV 466 one could read, "Serban's style of playing the quick runs showed his brilliant virtuosity. His way of playing Mozart revealed noble clarity, accuracy and pensiveness in the more quiet passages of the romance".
He has a very particular affinity with romantic composers, but he "prefers a very clear and at the same time sensitive interpretation of the musical score, without neglecting special lyrical aspects and brilliance of Chopin´s music" (Grigore Constantinescu, chairman of the Romanian association of music critics).
With reference to another concert the same music critic spoke very highly of "his very expressive and complex way of playing the piano which led to a deep understanding of M. Ravel's music".
At the age of eighteen, when he started his piano studies at the University of the Arts in Berlin, C. Serban had already been the first prize winner of some major national music competitions in Romania.
He became also a laureate at the International Competition in Senigallia, Italy and he was awarded with the prize for the best interpretation of a modern composition for Villa-Lobos´ Rudepoema, at the international Bremen Piano Competition.
Catalin Serban gives concerts in Germany, Romania, Italy, France and Switzerland as a soloist in recitals and concerts with orchestra. He performed in the Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic, big Hall of „Konzerthaus Berlin“, „Bremer Glocke“, Athenaeum and Radio Hall in Bucharest, „Stadtcasino“ Basel.
He plays with the Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra, „Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin“, Philharmonic Orchestra Constanta, Youth Orchestras in Bukarest and Basel. He was invitated to play recitals and chamber music at several festivals like „Oberstdorfer Musiksommer“, Pianocity Berlin, „Fränkische Musiktage“, „Brahms Wochen“ and „Brahms Festival“ Lübeck.
- Sat, 09 Dec09 Dec, 19:30Konzerthaus Berlin, Kleiner Saal, Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin, Deutschlandmit Suyeon Kang, Karolina Errera, Andrei Ionita
- Wed, 07 Feb07 Feb 2024, 19:30Remscheid, Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 31-33, 42853 Remscheid, DeutschlandMeister Kammermusikkonzerte Bergische Symphoniker Enescu, Fauré, Janacek, Rachmaninow
- Sun, 03 Sept03 Sept, 18:00Theater Putbus, Markt 13, 18581 Putbus, DeutschlandFinale: Giocoso & Appassionato mit Seiji Okamoto (Violine), Veriko Tchumburidze (Violine), Sofiko Tchumburidze (Violine), Karolina Errera (Viola), Nilay Özdemir (Viola), Ella van Poucke (Cello), Bryan Cheng (Cello), Mario Häring (Klavier), Catalin Serban
- Sat, 02 Sept02 Sept, 19:30Theater Putbus, Markt 13, 18581 Putbus, DeutschlandTeneramente: Magic landscapes mit Seiji Okamoto (Violine), Veriko Tchumburidze (Violine), Karolina Errera (Viola), Ella van Poucke (Cello), Bryan Cheng (Cello), Mario Häring (Klavier), Catalin Serban (Klavier)
- Sat, 02 Sept02 Sept, 15:00Trent, Vaschvitz 15, 18569 Trent, DeutschlandAmoroso: Beziehungszauber Sofiko Tchumburidze (Violine), Nilay Özdemir (Viola), Catalin Serban (Klavier), Christin Liedtke (Sprecherin)
- Fri, 01 Sept01 Sept, 19:30Theater Putbus, Markt 13, 18581 Putbus, DeutschlandFurioso: Klippen und Brandung mit Veriko Tchumburidze (Violine), Ella van Poucke (Cello), Bryan Cheng (Cello), Mario Häring (Klavier), Catalin Serban (Klavier)
- Thu, 31 Aug31 Aug, 19:30Theater Putbus, Markt 13, 18581 Putbus, DeutschlandEröffnungskonzert mit Seiji Okamoto (Violine), Veriko Tchumburidze (Violine), Karolina Errera (Viola), Nilay Özdemir (Viola), Ella van Poucke (Cello), Bryan Cheng (Cello), Max Vogler (Oboe), Mario Häring (Klavier), Catalin Serban (Klavier)
- Wed, 02 Aug02 Aug, 20:00Ort wird bekanntgegebenBeethoven, Liszt, Chopin Swimming Piano Open Air Konzert am Eixener See
- Sun, 30 Jul30 Jul, 11:00 – 31 Jul, 11:00VaschvitzBeethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninow Kunstscheune Vaschvitz Rügen
- Fri, 07 Jul07 Jul, 19:30Ort wird bekanntgegebenRichard Strauss Violinsonate/Klavierquartett mit Veriko Tchumburidze, Nilay Özdemir, Moritz Huemer Berlin Privatkonzert von Konzertleben eV
- Sat, 10 Jun10 Jun, 19:30 – 11 Jun, 19:30Ort wird bekanntgegebenBeethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninow Buddhistisches Zentrum Berlin Kreuzberg
- Sun, 30 Apr30 Apr, 11:00Ort wird bekanntgegebenSchubert Klaviertrio Nr.1, Brahms Klavierquartett Nr.1 mit Seiji Okamoto, Karolina Errera, Moritz Huemer Berlin Privatkonzert von Konzertleben eV
- Sun, 19 Feb19 Feb, 19:30Ort wird bekanntgegebenC.Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Elgar mit Razvan Popovici & Andrei Ionita Berlin Privatkonzert von Konzertleben eV
- Fri, 16 Dec16 Dec 2022, 19:00Klinikumskirche Stralsund, Rostocker Chaussee 70, 18437 Stralsund, DeutschlandRecital mit Werken von Skrjabin und Chopin
- Mon, 14 Nov14 Nov 2022, 10:00Ort wird bekanntgegebenmit Suyeon Kang, Karolina Errera, Andrei Ionita
- Sun, 04 Sept04 Sept 2022, 20:00Theater Putbus, Markt 13, 18581 Putbus, DeutschlandAbschlusskonzert: Eine europäische Reise Werke von Poulenc, Schumann, Tschaikowski Mit: Nicolas Dautricourt, Suyeon Kang, Razvan Popovici, Andrei Ionita, Paolo Bonomini, Arnold Stieve, Violetta Khachakjan
- Sat, 03 Sept03 Sept 2022, 19:30Theater Putbus, Markt 13, 18581 Putbus, DeutschlandWerke von Schumann, Brahms, Kodaly, Enescu
- Sat, 03 Sept03 Sept 2022, 15:00Schloss Hohendorf, Am Park 7, 18445 Groß Mohrdorf, DeutschlandWerke von Weber und Franck