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Ioan Goila (Romania) Clarinet Professor at the “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania The interpreter and teacher Ioan Goila studied clarinet at the “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy in ClujNapoca, continuing his studies at the Conservatory in Moscow (1971-1972) and at the summer courses in Bayreuth (1975). After graduation he became a teacher at the „Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy, while also having an intense activity as an interpreter, both solo and in a chamber ensemble. He is a member of the chamber ensembles Collegium Musicum Academicum and Ars Nova and with them he performed numerous first performances of classical and contemporary pieces. He performed solo and chamber recitals in important European cultural centers: Budapest, Zagreb, Passau, Bremen, Munich, Mannheim, Bayreuth, Warsaw, Copenhagen, Paris, London, Ljubljana, Vienna, Brussels, Belgrade, Chisinau (Republic of Moldavia), Geneva etc. In 2003 he publicly defended his doctoral thesis entitled Contributions to the stylistics of interpreting certain chamber works for clarinet.
Doru Albu (Romania) Clarinet Professor at the “George Enescu” University of Arts in Iasi, Romania The clarinet player Doru Albu began his musical studies at the “Octav Bancila” Art High School in Iasi with Vasile Dumitriu and continued with Professor Dumitru Sapcu at the “George Enescu” University of Arts. After graduation, in 1983, he played for one season in the “Gheorghe Dima” Philharmonic Orchestra in Brasov and then chose a career in musical education, first as a teacher at the Art High School in Suceava and then, since 2001, at the “George Enescu” University of Arts. In the meanwhile, the clarinet player Doru Albu has also had a prolific performing activity, playing with philharmonic orchestras in Bacau and Botosani and with chamber ensembles in various cities in Romania and abroad.
Emil Visenescu (Romania) Solo clarinetist of the “George Enescu” Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest, Romania Clarinet Professor at the National University of Music in Bucharest, Romania The clarinet player Emil Visenescu graduated from the “George Enescu” Music High School in Bucharest, in the class of Gheorghe Vlad. He then attended the Faculty of Musical Interpretation of the National University of Music In Bucharest, where he studied with Professors Ioan Cudalbu and Valeriu Barbuceanu. In 1993 he became a member of the “George Enescu” Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest. He attended master classes held by famous clarinet players such as: Aurelian Octav Popa, Stephan Korody, Joseph Balogh, Karl Leister and Walter Boeykens. From 2000 to 2002 he attended master classes at the Music University in Bern, Switzerland, with Ernesto Molinari and was awarded the diploma of soloist. Emil Visenescu is a constant presence on stages in Romania and abroad, both as a soloist of symphonic orchestras and as a member of chamber ensembles. He is an associate professor at the National University of Music in Bucharest. In 2007 he founded a clarinet ensemble made up of students and called Clarino, with the purpose of familiarizing the students with the language of contemporary music, as well as preparing them for the concert stage.