Alexandra Dariescu on Clubhouse

Bio

www.alexandradariescu.com

🎹 Concert pianist championing gender equal programmes, both in concertos & recitals

💻 producer and creator of The Nutcracker and I, a ground-breaking multimedia performance for piano solo, live dance and digital animation.

🌍 🪐The Nutcracker and I was premiered at Barbican’s Milton Court in December 2017, and has since then enjoyed international critical acclaim on tour across Europe, Australia, China, the Emirates and the US with more than 75 performances in venues such as the Wiener Konzerthaus, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Auditorium de Lyon, Verbier Festival, Konserthuset Gothenburg, King’s Place London, Melbourne Recital Hall, Sydney City Recital Hall, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Dubai Opera House and Las Vegas Summerlin Library.

🇪🇺 selected as Young European Leader @FriendsofEurope @EYL40 a programme that brings together established leaders from a variety of backgrounds including politics, business, civil society, arts, science and the media to work together at the building a more forward thinking Europe that is the global champion for a better world.

🇲🇩 Romanian Cultural Ambassador, travelling on a diplomatic passport
🎖Officer of the Romanian Crown by the Royal Family
🎖 Order “Cultural Merit” in the rank of Knight from the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis

🏅 winner of the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT)
🏅 Verbier Festival CUBS Prize
🏅 UK’s Women of the Future Award in the Arts and Culture category

☘️ Patron of Music in Lyddington
☘️ Honorary Associate Artist RNCM
☘️ Associated Member of the Royal Northern College of Music (ABRSM)

❤️ I believe my personal responsibility is to reach out to younger audiences and build bridges for those perhaps new to classical music. Music has the power to break down barriers but we, as artists, have the responsibility to work together towards a more inclusive, diverse and gender equal world.