Daniela Radu began her violin studies at the High School of Music in her hometown (Timisoara / Romania) at the age of seven, graduating in 1984 from the George Enescu Academy of Music in Iasi. During 1979 and 1980 she perfected her training with Igor Bezrodny at the Academy of Music in Weimar (Germany). In 1984 she was awarded the Special Prize at the George Enescu Music Festival in Bucharest (Romania).

Her qualifications were recognised by the University of Aveiro, where she also completed her Masters in Music – Performance, presenting the innovative project entitled “Maria de Lourdes Martins – The analysis and interpretation of works composed for violin and piano”, under the guidance of Professor David Lloyd. In 1999, she was guest teacher at the Escola Profissional de Música de Espinho.

Currently, she teaches at the Metropolitana Music Conservatory in Lisbon and is a member of the Orquestra Metropolitana da Lisboa as a violinist.

As a soloist, she has performed in Bonn (1977), Belgrade (1978) and Weimar (1980), as well as, since 1993, in numerous concerts in Portugal. In the field of Chamber Music, she has been part of various formations that have performed both in Romania and in Portugal, among which the Orpheus Quartet (1995) stands out.

During her career, she has performed in France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, Thailand and Japan, having integrated several orchestras such as the Romanian National Academic Orchestra, the Transylvania Symphony Orchestra, the Timisoara Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the North – of which she was concertmaster from 1992 to 1998 – and the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra.