Bogdan Bácanu
received his first engagement as a percussionist with the Bucharest
Philharmonic Orchestra George Enescu in 1988, aged 13. He then began
touring with that orchestra in Romania, Austria, Switzerland and Turkey.
At the same time he performed solo concerti (piano as well as
percussion) and was accompanied by various orchestras. Bácanu was
priveleged to receive lessons from notable pedagogues such as Keiko Abe
(Japan) and Siegfried Fink (Germany) until his studies eventually began
with Peter Sadlo at the Mozarteum, University of Salzburg.
In 1996
he won the Keiko-Abe-Prize at the World Marimba Competition in
Stuttgart.
At the age of
23 he became a professor for marimba at the famous Bruckner University
in Linz (Austria).
In the years between 1997 and 2005 he gave solo concerts and concerts
with orchestras and ensembles. He toured in Norway, Denmark, The
Netherlands, England, Germany, France, Spain, Romania, Cypress, Greece,
Japan, Korea, Australia, Canada, Turkey, Switzerland and the USA. He has
concertized with such well known artists as Keiko Abe, Gidon Kremer,
Peter Sadlo, Nancy Zeltsman, Katarzyna Mycka, Lee Howard Stevens, Robert
van Sice, Gordon Stout, Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic and William Moersch.
He has been invited to renowned music festivals such as The Biennal in
Brisbane (Australia), the Princeton Marimba Festival, the Percussion
Festival of Thessaloniki and the Lockenhaus Music Festival. Voices of
Percussion Vienna, World Marimba Festival Osaka,
'Les
museiques' Festival Switzerland,
the 2nd International Marimba Competition 2004 in Belgium, 2005 in
Slovenia, International Percussion Competition PENDIM in Plovdiv /
Bulgaria, IKMMA Poland, Zeltsman Marimba Festival in the USA,
International Marimba Festival 2004 in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico where he
gave concerts to great critical acclaim.
Bogdan Bacanu is a professor at the International Summer Academy in
Salzburg, at the IKMMA, was a guest professor at the Zeltsman Marimba
Festival in the USA, at the 4th International Marimba Festival 2004 in
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico and was invited by distinguished Universities
and Festivals for masterclasses in The Netherlands, Germany, France,
Spain,
Switzerland, Romania,
Cypress, Greece, Japan, Australia, Turkey,
Mexico as well as the USA.
Bácanu was invited to be a member of the jury at the 2nd International
Marimba Competition 2004 in Belgium, International Marimba Competition
2005 in Ljubljana / Slovenia and the International Percussion
Competition PENDIM in Plovdiv / Bulgaria.
As Artistic Director of the International Marimba Festival Linz he
brought a recurring cultural event into being.
After the continual success of his festivals he founded the
International Marimba Competition in Linz 2006, which is complemented by
a jury consisting of musicians of the highest order.
Bogdan Bácanu plays exclusively on ADAMS Artist Classic Custom Marimbas.
The renowned instrument manufacturer and Bogdan Bácanu developed a
‘Signature Series’ of Marimba Mallets, named the ‘Bogdan Bácanu Series’.
His highly successful collaboration with Classic Concert Records
exhibits this artist’s versatility.
