Bogdan and Heidi

Bogdan Vacarescu is an international Romanian concert violinist. He made his solo debut at the age of fourteen performing Vieuxtemps concerto no. 4 with Brasov Philharmonic conducted by Ionescu-Galati. He soon appeared under the baton of many prestigious conductors performing major concertos by Paganini, Brahms, Lalo, Mendelssohn, Bach, Wieniawski, Bruch and others.

He is a graduate of the Conservatoire of Music in Bucharest and the Royal Academy of Music in London. As a student of Beno Schwartzman, Paul Ratz and Gyorgy Pauk among others, he has been profoundly influenced by all three of the German, Russian and especially the Franco-Belgian schools of violin playing.

Bogdan is equally comfortable performing rock, Balkan and traditional music as he is on the classical stage.  He has collaborated with Nigel Kennedy, Paprika, Graffiti Classics, She’Koyokh and as a free-lancer with many successful ensembles in the UK.