Razvan Popovici, Viola
Razvan has studied in Salzburg, Paris and Freiburg with Peter Langgartner, Jean Sulem and Wolfram Christ. His other mentors were Tabea Zimmermann, Paul Coletti, Wifried Strehle, Thomas Riebl and the Hagen Quartet.
As a soloist he has appeared in the Théatre-dés-Champs-Elysées in Paris, Cologne Philharmony and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.As a chamber musician he has performed with Rainer Kussmaul, Alexander Lonquich, Thomas Brandis, Daishin Kashimoto, Carolin Widmann, Adrian Brendel and members of the Amadeus and Voces Quartets at the Schwetzinger Festspielen, Harrogate Festival, Open Chamber Music in Prussia Cove, Oxford Chamber Music Festival, St.Gallen Musikfestival, Boswil Sommer and Kobe International Music Festival, and in halls like the Wigmore Hall, Atheneum in Bucharest and Prinzregententheater in Munich.
He has been guest principal violist in many European orchestras, including Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie, Essen Philharmonic, Munich Chamber Orchestra and Kobe Chamber Orchestra.
Razvan is director of the Chiemgauer Musikfrühlinging Festival in Traunstein, Germany, Pélerinages chamber music series in Munich and SoNoRo Festival in Bucharest, Romania.
Razvan has given masterclasses in Czech Republic, Romania and Japan.