ABOUT
“A poet of piano playing”
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Acclaimed for music-making of intense intellectual and spiritual substance, pianist Andrei Gologan has garnered support and guidance from renowned pianists such as Sir András Schiff, Daniel Barenboim and Richard Goode. Andrei has been characterized as “a poet of piano playing” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) with “rich variety of sonorities” and “technical brilliance” (General-Anzeiger Bonn).
Recent highlights include an invitation by Sir András Schiff to take part in his Building Bridges series, leading to debut recitals across Europe at the Konzerthaus (Berlin), deSingel Arts Centre (Antwerp), and Beethovenhaus (Bonn), among others. He has also celebrated guest appearances at festivals such as the Mozartwoche (Salzburg), Schleswig-Holstein, Enescu Festival (Britten Piano Concerto under Mo. Jonathon Heyward), and Herbstgold (Estherházy Palace, Eisenstadt). Recent recitals include the Herkulessaal (Munich), Heidelberger Frühling, and in Daniel Barenboim’s complete Beethoven Sonata series at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.
Awards
Prize-winner at the piano competitions Vladimir Horowitz in Kiev and Sigismund Thalberg in Naples
past highlights
Sir András Schiff's Building Bridges
Enescu Festival, Bucharest
Schleswig-Holstein Festival
Heidelberger Frühling
Herkulesaal, München
Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele
Herbstgold Festival, Eisenstadt
Mozartwoche, Salzburg
Wigmore Hall, London
teaching
Faculty member for piano chamber music at the Music University in Freiburg
Andrei’s solo appearances include performances with the Camerata Salzburg at the Stiftung Mozarteum, the Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, the Transylvania Philharmonic, and the Sándor Végh Chamber Orchestra, with whom he performed Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano and Trumpet with Hans Gansch, former principal of the Vienna Philharmonic. An avid chamber musician, Andrei has collaborated with artists such as Benjamin Schmid, Viviane Hagner, and Mihaela Martin, and with groups like the Amatis Trio and the Caerus Ensemble at festivals including the Schwetzinger Festspiele, Lockenhaus Festival, Krzyżowa Chamber Music Festival, and at the Wigmore Hall.
A gifted communicator, Andrei initiated, together with the Austrian TV channel FS1, the platform ONLINE: concerts & talks, a virtual concert series presenting outstanding chamber music groups during the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. This endeavour resulted in a series of over 20 carefully curated streamed performances with international guest musicians. Andrei further developed his passion for chamber music and co-founded, together with pianist Roxana Circiu, the Buzz Chamber Music Festival in Obertrum, Austria. After a successful maiden festival, the second edition will take place in April 2025.
Curator of music festivals
Buzz Chamber Music Festival, Obertrum am See
ONLINE: concerts&talks - virtual chamber music series
Salzburg Mozart Matinees
mentors
Sir András Schiff
Richard Goode
Daniel Barenboim
Pavel Gililov
Ferenc Rados
Claudio-Martinez Mehner
Born in Romania, Andrei studied with pianist and composer Iulian Arcadi Trofin. At the age of five, he received his first piano lesson, and only six months later, he won his first piano competition performing works by Czerny, Beethoven, and Schumann. In 2012, he moved to Salzburg to continue his studies with Pavel Gililov at the Universität Mozarteum, completing his Master's in 2020. An Erasmus Scholarship enabled him to study for a year at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln with Claudio Martinez-Mehner. Andrei is a scholarship recipient of the Verbier Festival Academy and the Oxford Piano Festival and receives regular guidance from Sir András Schiff, Richard Goode, and Ferenc Rados. Past mentors include Daniel Barenboim, Gidon Kremer, Gábor Takács-Nagy, and Thomas Adès.
Andrei has been appointed as a faculty member for piano chamber music at the Music University in Freiburg starting in the winter semester of 2024.
