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Violin
Liviu Scvipcaru was born in the Romanian city of Iasi. He was raised in a family with strong musical traditions and began studying the violin at the age of six, under the guidance of his father, from the 1st to the 12th year. During high school, she took several courses in interpretation with renowned Romanian professors. From the 8th to the 12th grade, he was a Concertino with the Orchestra of the Liceu de Artes Octav Bancila, where he completed his studies.
In 1988, he had already participated in several national competitions, always being ranked in the first three places. From 1990 to 1995, he attended the George Enescu Music Academy, which he finished as Concertino of the Academic Orchestra, with teachers Bujor Prelipcean, first violin of the VOCES Quartet, and Leonid Popovici, completing the course with the best classification of his year. During the studies, due to the excellent results obtained, he was congratulated with merit scholarships from the Ministry of Education of Romania.
In 1992, he took the place of First Violin in the Symphonic Orchestra of the Moldova Philharmonic, in Iasi, Romania. Four years later, he joined the Karlovy-Vary Symphony Orchestra, from the Czech Republic, as assistant to the first violins. As a student, he was a member of several chamber ensembles, with which he participated in numerous concerts, auditions and recitals. As a soloist, he performed several concerts in Switzerland, Italy, France, Republic of Moldova, Norway, Romania and Portugal, among other countries. In 1997, he joined the Orquestra do Norte, as Head of the Suit of Segundos Violins, where he later also came to perform the function of Concertino. In 1998, he founded the Pró’Arte String Quartet. He was a Concertino and Soloist of the Sintra Chamber Orchestra and, since 1994, is a Concertino/Guest of the Norwegian Chamber Opera.
In September 2014 he obtained the degree of Doctor in Music and Musicology, Branch Interpretation (Violin) at the University of Évora. From 2010 to 2018 he was a professor at the University of Évora, where he founded the Camerata of the Music Department and supervised several master’s theses. He is currently a professor at the Superior National Academy of Orchestra.