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Born in Romania (1985), he is a former pupil of The Yehudi Menuhin School, Royal College of Music London, Haute École de Musique Lausanne, Scuola di Fiesole Florence. He had influential violin masterclasses with Boris Kuschnir, Anna Chumachenko, Gordan Nikolich, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel, Zakhar Bronn, Ferenc Rados at prestigious courses such as Verbier Academy, Keshet Eilon and others. He studied with Oliver Knussen, Colin Matthews and Magnus Lindberg in Aldeburgh, Giaccomo Manzoni in Florence and Dan Dediu in Bucharest as a PHD in Composition.
His performances features ‘technical assuredness balanced by interpretive willingness to push boundaries that can, and often does, make sparks fly’ (Musicweb International), and as conductor he ‘masters the score in letter and spirit’ (National Heritage Institute). He has inspired, in collaboration with orchestras or as part of the London-based Mercury Quartet, over 20 new works by composers such as Mark Anthony Turnage (who composed a Romanian Rhapsody dedicated to Maistorovici), Mark Simpson and many others.
