Alexandra Dariescu
Alexandra Dariescu is a solo pianist. She was born in Iași, Romania, in 1985, and attended a specialist music college there. Her debut performance was at the age of nine with the Orchestra Simfonica in Chișinău.
At 17, she was awarded a scholarship to Pocklington School in the UK. From 18 she studied at the Royal Northern College of Music. She then completed a master's degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has been mentored by Imogen Cooper and András Schiff.
Dariescu has played with orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the European Union Youth Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec and the Sichuan Symphony Orchestra.
