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{{short description|Romanian violinist and Violin Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name         = Ioana Cristina Goicea
| caption      =
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1992|11|6|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Bucharest, Romania|Bucharest]], [[Romania]]
| genre        = [[Classical music|Classical]]
| occupation   = Violinist
| instrument   = [[Violin]]
| years_active = 2010–present
| website      = http://www.cristinagoicea.com/
}}
'''Ioana Cristina Goicea''' (born 6 November 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theviolinchannel.com/violinist-ioana-cristina-goicea-birthday-born-on-this-day/|title=Today is VC Young Artist Ioana Cristina Goicea's 26th Birthday!|publisher=The Violin Channel|accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref> in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian-born [[violin]]ist and Violin Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mdw.ac.at/1585//|title=Ioana Cristina Goicea, mdw University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna|publisher=University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna|accessdate=22 January 2022}}</ref>
Goicea was born into a family of musicians. Her mother is the Romanian violinist Cristina Anghelescu and her grandfather was the violin pedagogue Aurelian Anghelescu<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.romania-muzical.ro/articole/art.htm?c=21&g=1&arh=1&y=2014&a=1254201|title=Bach's Double Violin Concerto - 'Played in Family' at The Radio Hall|publisher=Radio Romania Muzical|accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref> Ioana Cristina Goicea studied in Bucharest at the "Dinu Lipatti" Music Highschool with Professors Radu Popescu and Rudolf Stamm as well as with Stefan Gheorgiu.
Later on she studied at the Music Universities in Leipzig, Rostock and Hanover with [[Mariana Sîrbu]], Petru Munteanu and [[:de:Krzysztof Wegrzyn|Krzysztof Wegrzyn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theviolinchannel.com/violinist-vc-young-artist-ioana-cristina-goicea/|title=VC Young Artist Ioana Cristina Goicea|publisher=The Violin Channel|accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref>
Goicea has performed in Europe, America, New Zealand, Australia and Asia at concert venues such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, St Martin-in-the-Fields London, Melbourne Recital Centre, Romanian Athenaeum, Shanghai Concert Hall, the Slovak Philharmonic and the Townhall Auckland. As a soloist she has performed with the Belgian National Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonia, the George Enescu Philharmonic Bucharest, the National Radio Orchestra Bucharest, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn and the Baden-Baden Philharmonic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cristinagoicea.com/?p=about|title=About|publisher=Ioana Cristina Goicea|accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref>
In addition to her career as a soloist, Goicea is also an active chamber musician. In 2015, together with pianist Andrei Banciu, she won Second Prize at the International Competition "Premio Trio di Trieste".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acmtrioditrieste.it/i-vincitori-2-2/|title=I Vincitori (The winners)|publisher=Premio Trio di Trieste|accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref> In 2016 she participated in the Chamber Music Academy of the [[Heidelberger Frühling]] Music Festival. In 2017 she was invited to the Hitzacker Festival and its academy. In 2018 she took part in the Verbier Festival Academy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cristinagoicea.com/?p=about|title=About|publisher=Ioana Cristina Goicea|accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref>
Ioana Cristina Goicea plays a G.B. Guadagnini Violin (Parma, 1761), on loan from the German Music Instrument Fund – [[Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deutsche-stiftung-musikleben.de/stipendiaten/solistenMaske.html?TID=20130304120118|title=Ioana Cristina Goicea|publisher=Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben|accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref>
Her debut CD "Recital" together with pianist [[Andrey Gugnin]] was released in early 2019 on New Zealand's [[Atoll Records]] Label.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atoll.co.nz/album/recital/|title=Recital|publisher=Atoll Records|accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref>
Furthermore, the CD "Romantic Exuberance" was released on Genuin Label in 2019 together with Andrei Banciu in cooperation with the Deutschlandfunk and the German Music Competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genuin.de/de/04_d.php?k=528|title=Romantic Exuberance|publisher=Genuin Classics|accessdate=22 January 2022}}</ref>
In 2021 the CD "Aachener Walzer" was released on Naxos International together with Sinfonieorchester Aachen and Christopher Ward.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naxos.de/neuheiten/0730099145732/|title=Aachener Walzer|publisher=Naxos |accessdate=22 January 2022}}</ref>
==Awards==
* 2014: 5th Prize at the Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition in Vienna, Austria<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemusicnow-hannover.de/stipendiaten/Ioana-Cristina-Goicea|title=Ioana Cristina Goicea|publisher=Live Music Now Hannover Association|accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref>
* 2017: 1st Prize at [[Michael Hill International Violin Competition]] in New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.michaelhillviolincompetition.co.nz/past-winners/|title=Past Winners|publisher=Michael Hill Violin Competition|accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref>
* 2018: 5th Prize at the [[International Violin Competition of Indianapolis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.violin.org/ivci-winners-announced|title=IVCI Winners Announced|publisher=IVCI|accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref>
* 2018: 1st Prize at the [[Deutscher Musikwettbewerb]] in Bonn, Germany<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deutscher-musikwettbewerb.de/wettbewerb/preistraeger/#collapse-966|title=Preisträger|publisher=Deutscher Musikwettbewerb|accessdate=11 August 2019|archive-date=23 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723121604/https://www.deutscher-musikwettbewerb.de/wettbewerb/preistraeger/#collapse-966|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2019: 6th Prize at the [[Queen Elisabeth Competition]] in Brussels, Belgium<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmireb.be/cgi?lg=en&pag=1975&tab=108&rec=4804&frm=0&par=aybabtu|title=Violin 2019 Prizes|publisher=Queen Elisabeth Competition|accessdate=11 August 2019}}</ref>
== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.cristinagoicea.com}}
*[https://theviolinchannel.com/violinist-vc-young-artist-ioana-cristina-goicea/ Ioana Cristina Goicea at The Violin Channel]
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