Razvan Popovici, Viola
Razvan Popovici 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, the Hagen Quartett and Peteris Vasks.
As a soloist he has appeared in the Théatre-dés-Champs-Elysées in Paris, the Cologne Philharmony and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.
As a chamber musician he has performed with Konstantin Lifschitz, Rainer Kussmaul, Alexander Lonquich, Thomas Brandis, Daishin Kashimoto, Baiba Skride, Carolin Widmann, Alina Pogostkina, Mihaela Ursuleasa, David Cohen, members of the Amadeus Quartet, Casal and Voces Quartets at the Schwetzinger Festspielen, Harrogate Festival, Open Chamber Music in Prussia Cove, Ferrarra Musica, Oxford Chamber Music Festival, St.Gallen Musikfestival, Tartini Festival in Slovenia, Boswil Sommer and Kobe Music Festival, as well as in halls including the Wigmore Hall and the South Bank Centre in London, the Atheneum in Bucharest, the Essen Philharmony and the Prinzregententheater in Munich.
Razvan performed with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (as an extra player) under Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Günter Wand, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Daniel Harding.
He has been guest principal violist with orchestras including the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie, Essen Philharmonic and the Kobe Chamber Orchestra. He has recorded extensively for radio and television including BR, SWR, MTV, RFI, DRS2, TVR and RRM.
Razvan is founder and director of the Chiemgauer Musikfrühling Traunstein and chamber music series Pélérinages in Munich, Germany and of SoNoRo Festival in Bucharest, Romania. Razvan has given master classes in the Czech Republic, Japan, Italy and Romania.