Violinist Remus Azoitel Performs February 21

SALISBURY, MD---Back by popular demand Romanian violinist Remus Azoitei, accompanied by pianist Nicola Eimer, performs at Salisbury State University on Wednesday, February 21, at 7 p.m. in the Great Hall of Holloway Hall. Azoitei with a Stradivarius violin crafted in 1694 will perform works from Beethoven, Mozart, Enescu, Brahms and Saint-Saens.

Azoitei made his New York debut at CAMI Hall in 1997, after winning the Eugene Sarbu Scholarship Award in Bucharest, Romania. According to the Romanian Cultural Center in New York Azoitei is the leader of the new generation of Romanian violinists.

Performing in national and international competitions since the age of six, Azoitei has received the Outstanding Young Performers Prize at the Ciprian Porumbescu National Competition; first prize and special prize at Jeunnesses Musicales International Violin Competition; and top prizes at Germany's Wolfgang Marschner and Kloster Schontal International Violin Competition. Upon graduation from the Bucharest Academy of Music with the highest grades he received the honorary silver medal given by Romanian Prince Paul. In addition he has received the Cella Delavrancea prize given by the Romanian Government for valuable accomplishments in the field of culture; won second prize at the George Enesco International Violin Competition; and won first place in the Michelangelo Abbado International Violin Competition in Milan, Italy.

Azoitei studied under Daniel Podlovski at the Bucharest Academy of Music and Bujor Prelipcean of the Voces String Quartet. He is a graduate student on scholarship at The Juilliard School.

Eimer, a fellow Juilliard student and Fulbright Scholarship holder, has given Concerto performances at Wigmore Hall, the Barbican, the Polish Institute, Garrick Club, Steinway Hall and St. James's Piccadilly. She has received many prizes, including a membership from the Royal Academy of Music.

For information call 410-543-6271 or visit the University’s Web Site at www.salisbury.edu.