Corina Belcea

Corina Belcea-Fisher (born 1975) is a Romanian violinist, who studied and works in Britain.

Biography

She started violin lessons at the age of six. Her teachers in Romania were Radu Bozgan and Ştefan Gheorghiu. In 1991, she took part in the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists. Yehudi Menuhin then invited her to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School. Her teacher there was Natalia Boyarskaya. She continued her studies at the Royal College of Music. Her teacher there was Felix Andrievsky.

In 1994, while she was studying at the Royal College of Music she founded the Belcea Quartet.

She has also performed as a soloist in venues such as St John's, Smith Square, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Barbican Hall, Purcell Room, Théâtre du Châtelet and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

She is currently married to Joshua Fischer.

Belcea plays a 1666 Stradivarius violin on loan from the Beare Family.

Competitions and Awards

• Joint First Prize, Kloster Schöntal International Competition, Schöntal Abbey, Germany, 1990
• Second Prize, Menuhin Competition, Folkestone, Great Britain. 1991
• Second Prize, International Competition for Young Violinists in Honour of Karol Lipinski and Henryk Wieniawski, Lublin, Poland, 1994
• First Prize, Bromsgrove Festival, 1997
• LASMO Staffa Music Award, 1998

External links

• Biography at the Belcea Quartet official web site

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