DÚO PER ANIMA

Although newly formed around 2021, was born of artistic sensibility and
interests of the two performers to play the vast repertoire of chamber
dedicated violin-piano duo. Cameral assembly consists of Phd. University
Assistant Professor Raluca Dobre (violin) and Phd. University Assistant
Professor Edit Arva (piano), graduates of the University of Arts George Enescu
and currently teaching in the same institution.
Their artistic and pedagogical activity, carried out over more than 15 years is
characterized by devotion, professionalism and love for this particular
profession. This is why the two artists have started the difficult interpretative
path strewn with many intense moments, unexpected and rewarding
professional summed up by a large number of chamber recitals held in
various locations in the country and abroad. Repertoire is diverse and
complex, and represented a period of accumulation and creative
interpretation which traced the development of scientific style, perfect
homogenization stamps of two different instruments in terms of
construction and attack and the sensitivity and fantasy of the sound in the
final act of musical interpretation. It includes significant works in the history
of music: Georg Friedrich Haendel, Pietro Locatelli, Corelli Arcangello, Ludwig
van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, Sergei
Rachmaninov, Astor Piazzolla, Olivier Messiaen, but also romanian
composers like Paul Constantinescu, Felicia Donceanu, Mircea Chiriac,
George Enescu, Béla Bartók etc.
 RALUCA DOBRE-IONIȚĂ, violín
The violinist Raluca Dobre
graduated Bachelor (2004) and
Master Courses (2006) at the
George Enescu University of Arts
Iasi, Faculty of Musical
Interpretation, section violin-
chamber music (class of
Professor Maria Toronciuc). She
holds a PhD. in music, obtaining
the title in 2011, specializing in
Art of Interpretation with Violin
in Brahmsian Creation, under the
guidance of PhD. Professor
Viorel Munteanu.
She obtains numerous awards in
National and International
Contests and Olympiads of
Interpretation (1996-2007). She participates actively in numerous violin
master classes, chamber music and orchestra with teachers from the country
and abroad (prof. Joshua Epstein, prof. Herwig Zack, prof. Silke Thora-
Mathies, prof. Sherban Lupu, Romanian Piano Trio).
She sustains solo concerts (Double Concerto for violin and cello, op. 102 by
Johannes Brahms, conducted by Ovidiu Balan with State Philharmonic Mihail
Jora of Bacau and Triple concert for violin, cello and piano, op. 56, by Ludwig
van Beethoven, conducted by Orazio Baronello and David Marcian, with
State Philharmonic Mihail Jora of Bacau and Philharmonic Orchestra of Vidin,
Bulgaria) and numerous recitals in various locations in the country (George
Enescu University of Arts in Iasi, Bacău State Philharmonic, Tg. Mureș State
Philharmonic, National Philharmonic Serghei Lunchevici from Republic of
Moldova, Moldova State Philharmonic, Jean Bart Theater in Tulcea, Alecu
Russo University in Balti, Braşov, Covasna) and abroad (Bulgary, Italy, Spain,
Moldova, Cyprus, Sweden, Portugal).
She held many courses of Violin Masterclass at Giuseppe Tartini Music
Conservatory, Trieste, Italy (February 2024), Pietro Mascagni Conservatory
of Music, Livorno, Italy (Octomber 2023), Cesare Pollini Superior
Conservatory of Music in Padua, Italy (April 2022), Alessandro Scarlatti
Superior Music Conservatory in Palermo, Italy (May 2022), School of Arts in
Râșcani, Republic of Moldova (November 2019), University of Göteborg,
Sweden (2019), University of Évora - Portugal (2019), Superior Conservatory
of Music Ó. Esplá, Alicante - Spain (2019), Superior Conservatory of Music
from Granada - Spain (2018), European University Cyprus from Nicosia -
Cyprus (2018, 2016, 2014) Superior Conservatory of Music from Malaga -
Spain (2017), Superior Conservatories of Music from Gran Canaria and
Tenerife - Spain (2017), Superior Conservatory of Music Giovanni Pierluigi da
Palestrina from Cagliari - Italy (2015) and many Highschools of Arts in
Romania (Botoșani, Galați, Brăila, Bacău, Focșani, Piatra-Neamț, Tulcea,
Sfântu Gheorghe).
At the present, she is PhD. violin Assistant Professor at the George Enescu
University of Arts from Iași and violin professor at the National College of Arts
Octav Băncilă (2007-2024). Under her guidance, pupils and students have
achieved outstanding artistic results, both by supporting various solo recitals
and concerts and received many awards (over 30 prizes) at various National
and International Competitions and Olympiads. She is invited to be part of
jury in competitions, among which: Elite Musicians International Online
Interpretation Competition Iași (May 28-30, 2024, June 1-4, 2023), "Eduard
Caudella" National Interpretation Competition from Iași (May 21-23, 2024,
November 27-29, 2022), CantIS National Vocal-Instrumental Interpretation
Competition from Iași (1st edition 15-27 March 2021, 2nd online edition 6-
22 May 2022), "Spring Arts" National Interpretation Competition from Bacău,
violin section (April 5-14, 2024, March 25-26. 2023, April 9-10, 2022),
"Emanuel Elenescu" International Interpretation Competition from Piatra
Neamț (December 8-9, 2023, XXX edition, May 6 - June 3, 2022), "George
Georgescu" International Instrumental Interpretation Competition Tulcea
(XXX jubilee edition, May 16-19, 2024, May 11-14, 2023, May 12-15, 2022),
"Neghiniță" National Musical Interpretation Competition Bacău (April 20-21,
2024, May 28-29, 2022), The National Olympics for Vocal, Instrumental
Interpretation and Theoretical Musical Studies in Romania (Bucharest 2019
and Craiova 2018) and George Enescu Festival - Competition from „Alecu
Russo” University of Bălți - Republic of Moldova (2016).

EDIT ARVA, piano

She started studying the
piano at the age of 7, she has
had since childhood a
competitive spirit and the
ambition to participate in
competitions and to play the
piano in public. She
graduated from "Octav
Băncilă" Art High School in
IAȘI, at the Piano
Department.
Then, in 2003, she graduated
from "George Enescu" Art University in Iași, at the Faculty of Musical
Interpretation, at the piano class of Professor Mircea Dan Răducanu. In 2004,
she graduated from the Master's courses at "George Enescu" Art University
in Iași, at the Faculty of Musical Interpretation - Piano, and she has been
specialized in style and interpretation at the beginning of the 21st century.
She participated in Masterclasses of famous pianists, among whom we
mention: Sir Andras Schiff, Andrei Gavrilov and Andreas Henkel.
In November 2016, she was awarded the title of Doctor Summa Cum Laude
at "George Enescu" National Art University in Iași, with the doctoral thesis
"Sonata for cello and piano in the Russian music of the 20th century", with
Professor Dan Prelipcean PhD.
She is currently a PHD Assistant Professor at "George Enescu" National Art
University in Iași, Faculty of Interpretation, Composition and Theoretical
Music Studies, where she works as an accompanying pianist in the cello and
guitar classes. She has had piano recitals in Iași, Bacău, Piatra Neamț, Cluj,
Tecuci, Suceava, Gura-Humorului, Vatra Dornei, Vaslui, Galați and Bârlad. She
was a soloist at piano concerts with the orchestra of "George Enescu" Art
University in Iași, and with the orchestra of "Moldova" Philharmonic in Iași.
She is active in various instrumental ensembles with which she regularly
performs in concerts. Since 2006, she has collaborated as a pianist with the
Choir and Symphony Orchestra of "Moldova" Philharmonic in Iași with whom
she performed numerous concerts in Romania and abroad. She also
participated in "George Enescu" International Festival in Bucharest. She has
been awarded numerous awards with her students at national and
international competitions.
She has continuously improved her experience in the field of chamber music
by working in the cello class of Professor Dan Prelipcean PhD, a member of
the well-known "Voces" quartet, and with the University Lecturer Filip Papa
PhD, a member of "Ad libitum" quartet with whom she often collaborates.
From 2017 to 2019 she participated as an accompanying pianist in the
summer Masterclasses called "Music at altitude" in Poiana Stampei, with the
cellist artist and teacher Răzvan Suma. În 2022 and 2023 she participated at
"Icon Arts Academy" in Sibiu, together with the same Răzvan Suma and the
cellist artist Valentin Răduțiu (Germany), the winner of the 1st prize at
"George Enescu" International Competition in 2011, also with the cellist
Andrei Ioniță and Dragan Djordjevic.
She had chamber recitals with numerous instrumentalists in Iași, Chișinău,
Sibiu, Suceava, Bârlad, Piatra Neamț, Tecuci, Galați and Livorno (Italy). She
collaborated and had concerts with famous Russian saxophonists: Sergey
Kolesov, a soloist and professor at the State University in Moscow; Gaetano
Di Bacco, a professor at the Conservatorio di Pescara in Italy; with the cellist
Andrei Ioniță (Germany), the winner of the grand prize at "Tchaikovsky"
International Competition and a professor at the Conservatory in Berlin, and
with the cellist Dragan Djordjevic (Serbia), a professor at the Conservatory in
Belgrade.
She tackled a vast repertoire, both in solo piano and chamber music, from
Johann Sebastian Bach to contemporary composers, but she preferred
romantic and modern music, with which she identified herself .
 NOTAS AL PROGRAMA
Béla Bartók
Romanian folk dances is a suite of six short piano pieces composed by Béla
Bartók in 1915. In 1917, the composer orchestrated it for small orchestral
ensemble. The piece is based on six Transylvanian violin tunes. Vibrant and
dynamic music alternates special images in a captivating kaleidoscope, which
tells us about the Romanian folk ethos.
Mircea Chiriac
Serenade for violin and piano is one of the early works of the composer. This
piece brings to the fore a pastoral atmosphere of great finesse, told through
an original melody of great expressiveness.
Paul Constantinescu
Sonatina for violin and piano, consisting of three movements (Allegro
moderato, Andante and Allegro assai) presents a vibrant and dynamic music,
sometimes essence of a lyrical melopee, alternate special images in a
captivating kaleidoscope, which tells us about Romanian folk ethos.
Johannes Brahms
The Sonata for piano and violin, op. 108 was composed between 1886 and
1888 and stands out among the other Brahmsian sonatas dedicated to this
chamber ensemble by the dramatic musicality of the themes, by the pathos
and restlessness of the musical expression. This Sonata (conceived in four
movements) is considered one of the most romantic Brahmsian creations, a
brilliant masterpiece. Its characteristics refer to the drama of the themes, the
amplification of developments and the differentiation of dynamic and agogic
contrasts.
Frederico de Freitas
Allegro appassionato for violin and piano is composed in one movement in
which we discover a sensitive melody, sometimes even dramatic, strongly
imprinted by the essence and freshness of Portuguese-inspired intonations.
Johannes Brahms
The Sonata for piano and violin F. A. E (Frei aber einsam, in translation from
German Free, but lonely), was the fruit of an extraordinary creative
atmosphere, being composed by the collective participation of the
composers Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Albert Dietrich. It was
dedicated to the great violinist and their mutual friend, Joseph Joachim, who
had been invited to Düsseldorf to perform at the famous music festival of the
Lower Rhine region at the end of October 1853. The Scherzo was composed
by the brilliant composer Johannes Brahms.
 PROGRAMA

Romanian folk dances for violin and piano ...................Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
I. Stick Dance
II. Sash Dance
III. In One Spot
IV. Buciumeana
V. Romanian Poarga
VI. Fast Dance

Serenade for violin and piano .................................. Mircea Chiriac (1919 - 1994)

Sonatine for violin and piano .......................... Paul Constantinescu (1909 - 1963)

Sonata for piano and violin No.3, op.108 in D minor ....... J. Brahms (1833 - 1897)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Un poco presto e con sentiment
IV. Presto agitato

Allegro appassionato for violin and piano .......Frederico de Freitas (1902 - 1980)

Scherzo from F. A. E. Sonate ............................... Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)