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Mihai Craioveanu is professor of violin and head of the String Area in the Department of Music at 麻豆传媒官网. Hailed by the prestigious magazine The Strad, as 鈥渟tunning鈥� brilliant,鈥� Mihai Craioveanu has concertized to great acclaim throughout the world. Renowned pianist Radu Lupu and violinist Jaime Laredo describe him as 鈥渧ery impressive鈥� and a 鈥渟uperb violinist.鈥�

Professor Craioveanu has performed sold-out concerts in legendary venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York City (including two return engagements by popular demand), Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, Atheneum Hall in Bucharest and the nationally televised 鈥淗our of Power鈥� program at the Crystal Cathedral in California. He also performed on the national television program 鈥淛oy of Music鈥� hosted by famed organist Diane Bish.

Critics (The Strad) described his Carnegie Hall recital debut as 鈥渇resh and distinguished with a keen appreciation of proper style.鈥� Following his Washington, D.C., recital debut at Corcoran Gallery, the Washington Post praised his playing as 鈥溾�� dramatic, nuanced and playful. His violin became his voice. Craioveanu ensured that it was the music, and not the musician, that came first.鈥� He has performed at the international music festivals of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Banff, Canada. His concert debut at the Shanghai International Festival was broadcast live on Chinese television and worldwide on broadband, while his Israel recital debut in Tel Aviv at Felicja Blumental Center was received with great acclaim and an invitation for return engagements. His most recent concert debut took place in Japan at the prestigious Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall.

Albums and live performance videos can be streamed on .

Professor Craioveanu鈥檚 interest in contemporary music has led to premiere performances of works written for him by American composers, notably among them the world premiere of 鈥淰elocirhapsody鈥� for violin and orchestra by Ray Shattenkirk, with the West Michigan Symphony and Holland Symphony Orchestra. 

Professor Craioveanu is a first prize and gold prize winner of several international music competitions, including:

• New York Classical Music Competition, New York City, USA
• Virtuoso International Music Awards, London, England
• European Virtuoso Music Awards, Berlin, Germany
• Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition, Vienna, Austria
• Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition, Tokyo, Japan
• Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition, Oxford, England

He has given concerts and presented masterclasses at major music schools, including:

• Northwestern University
• Interlochen Arts Academy
• University of Illinois
• California State University-Fullerton
• The American String Workshop at the University of Michigan
• University of Iowa
• National University of Music, Bucharest
• International Summer Master Classes at the University of Transylvania, Romania

In addition, he has been invited to present lectures, concerts and master classes and to judge competitions at regional and national conferences of the American String Teacher Association and the American Music Teacher National Association.

Professor Craioveanu received his violin performance and pedagogy degree from the University of Music in Bucharest, and the advanced certificate of solo studies from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, where he studied on a prestigious British Council Scholarship and was a winner of the coveted International Concert Recital Diploma. He also received fellowships to study at the International Summer Music Institute at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Weimar, Germany, and the International Youth Music Festival in Brussels, Belgium.

He is an avid reader of fiction and non-fiction novels, and enjoys travel. His interests outside the music field include world history, quantum physics, tennis and soccer.