Ruxandra TOTA
Romania, Bucuresti Bucureşti Cello
Biography
Ruxandra TOTA (9y. old/born 2012) is a young Romanian musician, who has been studying the cello since she was seven years old and is conquered by this beautiful instrument: CELLO.
Being the sixth of the family's seven children, she grew up in a context where singing, playing the piano and studying music was a natural thing, Ruxandra's growing up as a child among siblings who all studied music.
She is now a 3rd grade student of the Music and Fine Arts School in Bucharest and she has obtained good results at international, local and national competitions. Together with the repertoire dedicated to the cello, she successfully approaches chamber music and performed in quartet or small ensembles but is also part of the DOMINO Orchestra in Bucharest, Romania. She also enjoys playing instruments such as piano, guitar & ukulele.
Ruxandra has started studying the cello in 2019 under the guidance of Mrs. Gabriela SUCIU - an extraordinary mentor and teacher and a remarkable member of the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra.
Masterclass participations in 2021:
prof. Hortensia ORCULA / music teacher - Bucharest (2021 August)
prof. Florin NEGREANU / Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Schüller, DeViool Dokter&Sinfonia Rotterdam (2021 June and August)
prof. Mariana MUSTATEA / music teacher & Director - Bucharest (2021 August)
Musical career:
2021
- 1st Prize for CELLO in quartet at the National Interpretation Competition CLASSICAL MUSIC, 20th edition, May 26-28, 2021
- 1st Prize for CELLO at the National Festival-Competition "Ion Dumitrescu", 2nd edition, February 2021
- 1st CELLO Prize at the VIOLIN DOC International Festival, 4th edition, March 2021
- 1st Prize with orchestra at the National Interpretation Competition CLASSICAL MUSIC, 20th edition, May 26-28, 2021
- CRAFT WORKSHOP at the VIOLIN DOC International Festival, 4th edition, March 2021
- PUBLIC'S PRIZE and 1st PLACE at the VIOLIN DOC International Festival, 4th Edition, March 2021
- LIVE Bruxelles European Parliament ”Europe's Day” @EPIO.Romania with DOMINO Orchestra, May 2021
- 1st Prize at the International Interpretation Contest MAGIC OF CAROLS, section dedicated to "thick string family", Christmas/December, 2021
- Recital at the ”Mogosoaia Palaces”, May 8th, 2021.
2020
- Member of the DOMINO Orchestra, Bucharest, Romania - since 2020.
- CRAFT WORKSHOP and 2nd PLACE at the VIOLIN DOC International Festival, 2nd Edition, August 2020
- 2nd Prize for CELLO at the VIOLIN DOC International Festival, 2nd Edition, August 2020
- 1st Prize THEORY-DICTATE-SOLFEGIUM - at the National Festival-Competition "Ion Dumitrescu", 1st Edition, February 2020.