Catalina Teican Pianiste

A native of Romania, Catalina Teican holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Bucharest, where she studied with Veronica Gaspar, Vlad Dimulescu and Dan Grigore. After graduation, she was awarded a scholarship to further her studies at the University of Bowling Green, SUA, where she earned her Artist Diploma and Master of Arts degrees, studying under Dr. Virginia Marks. Showing an outstanding development, in 2004 she was awarded a Fellowship for the Arts scholarship to pursue her Doctoral degree at the University of Iowa with Dr. Uriel Tsachor.

During her studies in Romania, Catalina has been awarded prizes in numerous national and international competitions such as Golden Lyre, Dinu Lipatti and Mihail Jora. While in SUA, she was the winner of the Ohio State Division of MTNA Piano Competition, appeared as a soloist with the Bowling Green Philharmonia as the winner of the 33rd College’s Annual Competition in Music and Performance, and won the first prize at the Graves Piano Competition and Marjorie Conrad Peatee Art Song Competition, for singers and collaborative pianists. She was also the recipient of numerous grants and awards, such as the James Paul Kennedy Academic Achievement Award for music studies.

Catalina has performed in workshops and master classes with Gerard Fremmy, Daniel Shapiro, Garrick Ohlsson and Andre Watts, and participated in numerous festivals as a recitalist, soloist, chamber musician and duo pianist.

Since 2008, Catalina lives in Cyprus, where she maintained an active performing schedule, and she has been recognized for her achievements as a piano teacher, chamber musician and accompanist.