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Biography

Teo Gheorghiu was the youngest ever recipient of the Beethoven-Ring in February 2010. Presented by the Bürger for Beethoven Society to one young soloist or conductor for excellence in Beethoven interpretation, previous recipients include Gustavo Dudamel, Julia Fischer and Lisa Batiashvili. This season includes his debut at the Lucerne Festival, his second recital at the Zürich Tonhalle and return visits to the Berner Sinfonieorchester and Musikkollegium Winterthur.

Already having performed at such prestigious venues as London’s Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall, the Verbier and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festivals, Zürich’s Tonhalle and Luzern’s KKL, the 2010/11 season included concerto debuts with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Basel Sinfonietta as well as recitals in New York, Brussels, Istanbul and Taichung.

Teo studies with Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia.

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Reviews

“He simply had everything: leaps, runs, repititions, dynamic contrasts, lines of expression – nothing was ignored in his thrilling playing. Teo Gheorghiu is a huge talent. And as recipient of the Beethoven-Ring he is a worthy representative of the series that started with names like Gustavo Dudamel, Julia Fischer and Lisa Batiashvili.” (General-Anzeiger Bonn, February 2010)

"His touch on the keyboard is of blinding clarity. His differentiation of acoustic perspectives is astounding. His playing is regular and brilliant.” (Tribune de Geneve, January 2009)

“His playing searches...for the secrets of the opus, and tries to fathom the composers’ notes of formulated passions. His touch is technically perfect and full of colour and expression....his fingers seem to talk as they dance on the keys with fire and power. His virtuosity is far from being superficial, bringing the 16-year-old's own life experiences into the symphonic dialogue....Teo interprets this gracious intermezzo of intimate reminiscences with elegant gestures, lightness and detachment. In the lyrical encores Teo shows yet further proof of his already wonderful maturity”. (Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, December 2008)