Biography
Priscila Oprescu is one of the most promising young pianists of her generation. Praised for her highly dynamic and expressive playing, she has garnered a reputation as one of the upcoming young musicians in the UK.
Born in Romania in 1998, Priscila started playing the piano at the age of six and by the age of nine had won first prize at Concours Musical de France in Paris. Since then, she has been the prize-winner of over 30 international and national piano competitions.
Besides taking part in several piano competitions, Priscila is often invited to perform at various venues across the UK, as well as in Italy and her native country. Highlights of her more recent performances include appearances at the Wigmore Hall in London and at the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Concert Hall in Bolzano, Italy.
Priscila regularly takes part in masterclasses, through which she has worked with distinguished pianists such as Josu de Solaun, Peter Tuite, Sergio de Simone, Alessandra Brustia, Cristiano Burato, Luigi Mariani, Stefano Bozolo, Léa-Yoanna Adam and Viniciu Moroianu.
In addition to her solo piano career, Priscila is also a passionate chamber musician. She has worked with multiple chamber ensembles and has taken part in masterclasses led by renowned string quartets such as the Carducci Quartet and the Smith Quartet. In the past years she had the honour to work closely under the guidance of outstanding musicians such as Rivka Golani, Diana Cummings, David Kenedy, David Cohen, and Michael Bochmann.
Having cultivated a profound understanding and love for the arts, Priscila is constantly seeking new ways to innovate the sphere of classical music. Her concert programmes are centered around the idea of preserving and honoring the classical tradition, whilst incorporating modern and fresh perspectives into the classical repertoire. Priscila is an ardent performer of contemporary classical music, often playing works written by living composers, with a focus on female composers from ethnic minorities.
Priscila has recently graduated with First Class Honours from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London where she studied under Professor Yekaterina Lebedeva . During her studies she was awarded both the Arthur Haynes and Jimmie Cross Prize Fund Scholarships and was generously supported by the Henry Wood Accommodation Trust and the Finzi Trust. After having won The John Longmire Competition in November 2020, Priscila represented Trinity Laban in Oxford as a finalist of the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Competition in 2021.