Let's meet the participants!

Only a couple of more days until the 1st edition of ESCAPE Art Lab! we are happy to present the final participants:

Special Guest: Benedetto Boccuzzi (Compositon & piano) - Italy
                                               
Benedetto Boccuzzi is an eclectic and passionate musician, he creates a deep connection with his audience because of its expressiveness ad natural communicative. As a pianist he performs a wide repertoire of solo and chamber music from Frescobaldi and Purcell to the most recent contemporary music by way of Schubert, Debussy and Shostakovich. Benedetto has performed in Italy, Spain and Portugal, and has specialized in contemporary music performance training with two contemporary music ensembles - the Zahir Ensemble in Seville, Spain and Teatro Lirico Sperimentale in Spoleto, Italy. He worked as a piano accompanist at Porto's ESMAE in Portugal and has also performed as solo and continuo harpsichordist. As a composer Benedetto has produced various works for solo instruments and ensemble pieces.

Andrei Petrache (Composition) - Romania


Andrei Petrache has graduated National College of Music ‘G. Enescu’ at Mrs. Ileana Busuioc’s piano class, after being under her guidance for twelve years. In parallel, he studied, as an auxiliary instrument, guitar, flute, contrabass. Now, Andrei Petrache is student in the first year at the National University of Music Bucharest, specialization classical composition, at professor and composer Mr. Dan Dediu’s class. He has won multiple prizes at national and international competitions, from which over 30 prizes are only from solistical piano competitions. Apart from these prizes, Andrei Petrache has won several other competitions, in both music theory and composition. Some of them, most recent: the Great Prize ‘Stefan Niculescu’, awarded by UCMR (2018), First Prize at National Composition Competition ‘Liviu Comes’ 2018, First Prize at Vox Mundi Competition (2017, 2018), First prize at all four categories at the Competition of Music Theory organized by UNMB 2018.  

Bogdan Pintilie (Composition) - Romania


Born in 1993, Bogdan Pintilie studied composition at the National University of Music in Bucharest with Mihai Măniceanu (BA) and Dan Dediu (MA). He is a very active composer, rewarded with prizes at national composition competitions. Bogdan took part in various workshops at Sighişoara Academy (2015, 2016), ICon Arts (2017) and received one of the Excellence Grants of the NUMB in 2018. He is also a very appreciated pianist. His works are performed in concerts and festivals such as The International New Music Week in Bucharest (2018), or CIMRO DAYS (2018).



Born in Arucas, she began his musical studies at the Municipal Band of Arucas in 1981, with maestro Don Juan Falcón Santana continued at the Conservatory of Music of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with professor Pedro de Armas with the best grades and ends at the Superior Conservatory of Tenerife with the teacher Catherine Biteur with Honorable Mention. She perfected his flute studies with great Spanish and international professors such as Jaime Martín, Johanne Valérie Gélinas, Magdalena Martínez, Antonio Nuez, María Antonia Rodríguez, Gaspar Hoyos, André Cebrián, Ricardo Borrul, Ricardo Ghiani, Antonio Nuez, Silvia Careddu, Emily Beynon, Mario Caroli and Berten D'Hollander, among others. Performs solo performance master with Alessandra Rombolà. She has been a soloist flute in the Municipal Symphonic Band of Las Palmas de G.C. Flute soloist in The Symphonic Orchestra of Las Palmas, has collaborated as piccolo in the Philharmonic Orchestra of Gran Canaria and Tenerife Symphony Orchestra. Flute Soloist of La Gran Canaria Wind Orchestra. She is currently a Transverse Flute Teacher at the Professional Conservatory of Music of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria since 2013.

Eva Stavrou (Flute) - Cyprus


Flutist Eva Stavrou (b.1991, Cyprus) studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (BA and MA in Flute Piccolo, with Distinction) and before that, at Lyon (Conservatory of Lyon and University Lumière Lyon 2). She has performes with orchestras such as: as solo flute - the Sotiropoulos Camerata (France), Orchestra of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Lyon Youth Orchestra, Orchestra of the University Lumière Lyon 2; as flutist – Cyprus Youth Orchestra and Orchestra of the Conservatory of Lyon. She attended masterclasses with Natalia Gerakis, Baudoin Giaux, Isabelle Bialek, Michel Moragues and Lydia Oshavkova. She participated in festivals such as „Aroma of France”, Limassol, Musiq’3, Brussels or Courants d’Air, Brussels. She teaches at the Music School of Limassol/Paphos/Larnaca and the Windcraft Music Centre, Nicosia and she is Project director and Flutist at merak-i.

Ioana Nitulescu (Dance) - Romania


Ioana Nițulescu graduated acting in German at the Music and Theater Faculty of the West University in Timişoara. She had previously studied at the German Goethe College, in Bucharest and at Arndt Gymnasium Dahlem, Berlin. She has participated in numerous workshops, such as contemporary jazz workshop (Val Jean Charles), contemporary dance workshop: Floor work (Dimitry Akimenko), Partnering With All Parts (Cyrus Khambatta), Floorwork and Movement Dynamics (Dorian Mallia), composing a solo performance (Ivo Dimchev), scenic movement and acting (Wien – Monika Weinert and Estera Stenzel), scenic movement and contemporary dance (Tomislav English), scenic fighting (Graz – Martin Woldan), workshops with Cristina Lilienfeld and Simona Deaconescu and many more. She was recently invited with her show, “ON the inside. Pe dinauntru. Auf der Innenseite“, created together with Sânziana Dobrovicescu, at the European Cultural Days „Open Borders“ festival in Karlsruhe, Germany (April 2018), where she was also a performer. Alongsite her acting performances in Europe, she also participated as a stage assistent in various theaters in Romania and Austria.  

Irina Bardoczi (Dance) - Romania


Irina Bardoczi lives in Cluj. She studied contemporary dance (Cluj, Lyon, Rennes) and African dance (Rennes, Burkina Faso, Bucharest). She participated in various workshops such as “Solipsis 10 – Meeting the mystery” held by Sacha Dodo (where she applied principles from Butoh and contact improvisation), the “Contemporary Artistic Movement Platform” camp, organized by AtillaBordas and sentient movement workshops such as “Gaga movement”, “5 Rhythms”, “Ecstatic Dance” or physical theatre (Cluj and Sfântu Gheorghe). She is currently teaching African dance for beginners, with live percussion and organizing Ecstatic Dance events in Cluj-Napoca. Among other projects that she organizes: various African dance and percussions performances, the Afro-Caribbean Jazz Workshop held by Sade Bully (Cluj Napoca, April 2017), the WINGS / Contemporary fusion dance performance (Sade Bully and Momo Sanno), Joined Rhythms – afro-contemporary dance workshop held by Momo Sanno (Cluj, March 2018) or Physical Theatre workshop with Andrea Gavriliu (Cluj-Napoca, May 2018).  

Irina Pernes (Violin) - Romania


Irina Pernes is a violinist born in 2001. She started violin at the age of 7 and currently she study violin at the "National College of Music ,"George Enescu" from Bucharest with professor Mihaela Mailat. She participated in national and international competitions of music ("Modest Iftinchi", "Grand Prize", "Victor Giuleanu"), masterclass (Adrian Suciu, chamber music) and also won several competitions of music theory. She debuted as a soloist(and she was a member of the orchestra) with the ensemble ,,Altissimo" in july 2018, conducted by Bogdan Vodă in the Festival ,,Entre Deux Airs" held in Bordeaux.

Laura Dudley Lorente (Flute) - Panama/Spain


Laura holds a Flute bachelor’s degree from the RCSMM and a Postgraduate degree from the CSMA, having studied with Jaime Martín, Emily Beynon and Felix Renggli, among others. Since 2008, she is solo flute at the Enara Woodwind Quintet, awarded with many prizes both in Spain and Europe. Laura is solo flute at the Orquesta Filarmónica de España, Film Symphony Orchestra and TAI´s Ensemble in Madrid. She has collaborated with ensembles such as the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid or the Orquesta de Extremadura. As a soloist, she has performed the Mozart Concerto in G Major with the Orquesta Camerata Musicalis and has been awarded at the Concurso de Solistas of the JORCAM. She is currently teacher of Early Music Education and Suzuki Method for Flute at the school she runs with her colleague Laura Martín, “Little Musical Steps”. She holds a degree of Translation and Interpretation by the UAM. 

Laura Martín (Flute) - Spain


Flutist Laura Martín studied at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and she has a BA in transverse flute and Baroque flute at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid. She has a master in education at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a master at the International University of International University of Andalucía. (UNIA). She has a 3rd level in the Suzuki Method for flute.

Luisa Maria Alvarez (Composition) - Spain/Belgium


Luisa Maria Alvarez studied composition and music writing in the « Eramushogeschool » in Brussels with Peter Swinnen and in the « Artesishogeschool » in Antwerp with Luc Van Hove and Wim Hendrickx. She studied as well « musique assistée par ordinateur » in Paris 8 University with Mario Mary, Anne Sedes and Horacio Vagionne. She studied piano in Madrid with Claudio Martinez-Mehner, Eva Alcazar and Patricia Montero. She studies belcanto with Evelyne Bohen and harp with Zoraida Avila. She won the first prize in the contest for solo instrument and electronics in Bourges (France) in 2016 . She has been pre-selected for the Festival MaIn 2018 in Matera (Italy). She has been invited to participate in the residence organized by Patricia Alessandrini in Madeira (Portugal) in January 2018 as an improviser and she has performed twice in concert with harp, voice and electronics. She has been selected to participate in April 2018 in the Festival Mixture (Barcelone) for the improvisation workshop with Fred Frith.

Maria Isabela Nica (Dance) - Romania


Maria Isabela Nica has many and various interests. She studied piano, ballet and modern dance as well as graphic arts and design in Galați, participating in numerous concerts, contests, festivals and exhibitions. Attracted as well by photography and graphics, she considers that „there are never too many ways of artistic expression, each way of expressing being unique and fascinating in its way; the deeper you get to know a domain, the more you like it and become eager to improve yourself”. She is also interested in editorial activities, being awarded a prize by the Dunărea de Jos Cultural Centre magazine in 2017. Since 2012, she has been involved in volunteering activities, being an active member of the Youth Romanian Forum and actively participating in four Erasmus+ projects (Poland-2015, Turkey-2015, Poland-2016, Hungary-2016). In 2015 she participated in Bordeaux, France at the Youth Music Festival “Le Printemps de la musique lyceene” as a member of the music band that represented Romania at the festival. She is now studying musicology at the National University of Music in Bucharest under the guidance of the university lector Mrs. Irina Boga.  

Mariana Carvalho (Dance) - Brasil


Mariana Pasquero Lima Torres de Carvalho is a performer, pianist, improviser and composer from Brasil (São Paulo). She has a piano bachelor’s degree at the University of São Paulo. Her research includes: explorations of a particular relation of expansion with the piano: presence, experimentation and interaction, graduation work (2017), The experimental body in free improvisation practices: eutony as presence strategy, scientific iniciation (FAPESP scholarship, 2016-17). Among her recent performances: Casa Japuanga, solo performance (improvisation, female composers’s piano works, video installation), São Paulo, 2018; Windows far away: inner sound (Laura Mello), as part of Transmediale Vorspiel 2018 – Fernblick exhibition, at Errant Sound Gallery, Berlin; Performance-TCC, solo performance (improvisation, female composers’s piano works, performative installation), Music Department of University of São Paulo, 2017; Reinvenções Project – NME + Nathália Francichini, Inès Terra e Mariana Carvalho, free improvisation at the Jan Brokoff’s exhibition, Espaço 28 Patas Furiosas, São Paulo 2017 and many more. She participated in various piano, eutony and free improvisation workshops in Mexico and São Paulo. She performed with Lacuna Coletiva (theatre collective), Coro Profana (experimental vocal ensemble), AANGA (performative group), Orchestra Errante (free improv) or Camerata Profana (new music), among others.  

Mihai Codrea (Composition) - Romania


Mihai Codrea studies composition at the National University of Music Bucharest with prof. Diana Rotaru, while also activating in the branch of visual arts. He graduated from the „Nicolae Tonița” high school of fine arts and started his musical studies at the age of 17 years old. His works were awarded prizes at competitions such as ,,Paul Constantinescu and „Ștefan Niculescu”. He collaborated with actress Ioana Nițulescu and composer Sânziana Dobrovicescu for the musical theatre play „On the inside”, that premiered in Karlsruhe in the spring of 2018. He also conducted the instrumental opera „Shadows” by S. Dobrovicescu in Aalborg (2018). He toured in France (July 2018) as a member of Altissimo ensemble (cond. Bogdan Vodă) and with the orchestral ensemble of „Josem” International Festival (Bordeaux). He participated in various composition workshops held by Ari Ben-Shabetai and Augustin Fernandez, among others.

Sânziana Cristina Dobrovicescu (Violin & Composition) - Romania


Sânziana-Cristina Dobrovicescu, born on 24th June 1994, is a young violonist, composer and writer. Curently she is studying composition at the National University of Music from Bucharest with the romanian composer Bogdan Vodă. She studied violin at the same University, with the violonist Florin Croitoru, being awarded with many national and international prizes, being invited to have recitals and concerts as a soloist in France, Poland, Slovakia, Italy, Russia, Turkey, Kazahstan and Danmark. At the same time, she won many literature prizes, publishing in 2016 the novel ”The Masks of Happiness”. As a composer, she recently had her debut on the international stages in Aalborg Danmark, with the instrumental opera ”Shadows”, on 28th of april 2018. Also, she launched the project of theater and contemporary music ”ON the inside” side by side with the actress Ioana Nițulescu. This project had the premiere in Karlsruhe, Germany, 25th of april 2018. On 24th of May, Trio Wahnsinn performed her work „Albastruprelungit", during SIMN 2018. In present, Sânziana is involved in many syncretic national and international projects, being the winner in 2018 of one of the scolarships offered by the ”Princess Margareta of Romania” Foundation in the program „Young Talents”.  
Sebastian E. Ţună (Composition)


Sebastian studied Music Pedagogy at "Emanuel University" in Oradea. During this period, he began taking his first courses in Music Composition with Master Sabin Păutza. He went on to study and specialize in Composition under Master Adrian Pop at the "Gheorghe Dima" Academy of Music in Cluj. Over the years, he has received several awards in music composition, and in 2016 graduated from "Gheorghe Dima" Academy of Music at the very top of his class. He participated at courses and masterclasses of composers supported by the composers: Cornel Ţăranu, Octavian Nemescu, Hans Peter Turk, Cristian Misievici, Teodor Caciora, Gabriel Iranyi (Germany), Violeta Dinescu (Germany), Mario Agustín Fernández (England), Edgar Alandia (Italy), Jan Ezendam (The Netherlands), Karen Gerardi (Italy), Lasse Thoresen (Norway), Robin Yann (France), Francesco Filidei (France/Italy). Recent awards and scholarships: First Prize at the International Competition of Composition "Sigismund Toduţă", for the composition "Stop and Go", trio for flute, harp and percussion; The winning work at the "Mihail Jora" National Competition for the Music Composition section, for three comic opera scenes "D'Carnival"; First Prize at the national contest of composition and choral arrangements organized by "Emanuel" University Oradea, for the composition of "Our Father"; the ISA17 full scholarship, International Summer Academy of the mdw - University of Music, Performing Arts Vienna, August 2017, etc.