Mariana Preda (born 23 January 1994)[1] is a Romanian pan flute musician, actress and film director. She came into prominence after starring in the multi awarded short film Doina.[2] As a musician, she is known for her album Sunrise published by the label MAP in Italy in 2013[3] and for having many concerts around the world.
Mariana Preda | |
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| Born | 23 January 1994 Dragodana, Dâmbovița County, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
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| Genres | Romanian popular music Instrumental Pop Easy listening |
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| Labels | MAP (Musicisti Associati Produzioni) - Milan, Italy |
| Website | www |
Early life
editMariana Preda was born in 1994 and raised in Dragodana, Romania. She studied music at the 'Balasa Doamna High School in Târgoviște[4] and in 2013 she moved to Amsterdam to continue her studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in classical and contemporary music. Among her teachers Gheorghe Zamfir, Damian Drăghici, and Matthijs Koene.[5] She is a native Romanian speaker and is fluent in English and French.
Career
edit2010-2011
editIn 2010 Mariana played the main role in a short film called Doina directed by Italian filmmaker Nikolas Grasso. She played along renown Romanian actresses such as Maria Dinulescu and Carmen Ungureanu. For her performance, she received two awards: Best Actress at the Monaco International Film Festival in 2010[6] and Best Actress at the Festival du Cinema de Paris in 2011.[7]
2014
editIn 2014 Mariana directed her first short film named "Life".[8] The short won the Independent Spirit Award at the Monaco International Film Festival in December 2014.[9] Life was also screened in New York at the Long Island International Film Expo.[10]
2015
editOn Monday 23 March 2015 she performed in a show named "Clipe de Viață"[11] at the National Theatre of Bucharest along with famous Romanian actors and performers such as Maria Dinulescu, Ion Caramitru, Felicia Filip, Maia Morgenstern and many others. Mariana performed at the first edition of the Untold Festival,[12] the largest[13] electronic music festival held in Romania, taking place in Cluj-Napoca.
During the summer she performed twice at Expo in Milan[14][15]
In November Dutch composer Merlijn Twaalfhoven chose Mariana as ambassador for Romania[16] for the opening song performed at the Amsterdam Light Festival.
2016
editOn 7 January 2016 at the LSRS Gala which took place at the Palace of the Parliament, Mariana has been given a special recognition for being one of the best Romanian students abroad in the field of the arts.[17]
On March 18, Ambassador of Romania in Belgium hosted, at his Residence, a literary evening[18] celebrating the International Francophonie Day. The literary event, moderated by Jacques De Decker benefited of the musical intermezzos of Mariana Preda.[19]
On 1 April, Mariana has performed in London at St. Martin in The Fields together with organist Donald MacKenzie.[20] This was the very first pan flute concert organized at this venue.[21]
On 15 May, Mariana Preda performed at the 'Romania Day on Broadway' in New York.[22] The occasion drew together the almost 200,000 Romanian-Americans living in New York City.[23]
On 28 May, Mariana opened the concert of the renown Romanian musician Tudor Gheorghe[24] at St. Martin's Cathedral in Utrecht.
On 6 July, Mariana held the very first pan flute concert in Havana at San Francisco de Paula's Church, event organized by the Romanian Embassy and Ambassador Dumitru Preda.
On 7 August, Mariana performed at the second edition of Untold Festival for the second time.[25]
On 24 September, Mariana opened the Film Exhibition "Romanian cinematographic landmarks in the diaspora" with a pan flute performance at 'La Casa del Cinema' in Rome, Italy, prior to the projection of her short films 'Doina' and 'Life'.[26]
On 2 December, Mariana Preda has been invited to perform in the Preston Bradley Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center[27] together with Romanian Cimbalom player Nicolae Feraru, pianist Gerard Cademcian and singer Laura Bretan for the Romanian National Day organized by the Romanian consulate and H.E. Consul Mihaela Deaconu.
2017
editOn 10 April Mariana performed at an event organised by the Romanian Embassy in The Hague in the presence of H.E. Bert Koenders, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs at that time.[28]
On 3 August Mariana played for the third time at Untold Festival in Cluj Napoca.[29]
On 27 August Mariana Preda held a concert with Japanese pianist Daisuke Kanamaru at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ for the 40th Edition of the Uitmarkt, one of the most important cultural events in The Netherlands.[30]
On 8 September Mariana performed a lunch concert for the Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Tivoli Theatre, Utrecht, The Netherlands.[31]
On 16 September Mariana performed at the Romanian Days in De Rijp.[32]
On 7 and 8 October Mariana Preda played at 'Be Romanian for A Day' Festival in Los Angeles, California.[33]
On 27 October she was invited at "Vorbeste Lumea", a Romanian TV Show on Pro TV.[34]
On 17 November her new album "The Untold Story" was released as a tribute to the Untold Festival where she performed for three times since its beginning.
In 2017 Mariana Preda performed at three official events for the Romanian National Day.:
On 29 November Mariana has been officially invited by the Romanian Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, to open the celebration of the Romanian National Day with a recital in the presence of Romanian actor Florin Piersic.[35]
On 4 December she performed in Turin during the day at Teatro Valdocco.[36]
On the same day she performed for the Romanian Consulate in Milan in the presence of the Ambassador of Romania in Italy, H.E. George Gabriel Bologan opening her performance by performing on her panflute the national anthem of Italy followed by the one of Romania.[37]
2018
editOn 6 January she performed a lunch concert with Japanese pianist Daisuke Kanamaru at OBA Cinetol in Amsterdam.[38]
On 15 February Mariana Preda performed for the opening of the photo exposition "Romanian and the Great War" in the presence of Willibrord van Beek, the King's commissioner of Utrecht and of Romania's Ambassador H.E. Brandusa Predescu, at the museum Huis Doorn.[39]
She got in the semi-finals of Romania's Got Talent[40] after a great performance during her first audition. Romanian actor Florin Călinescu said "You are the Jimi Hendrix of the Pan Flute" while Romanian musician Andra said "I don't think I've ever heard anyone play like you do".[41]
2019
editShe received the Béla Bartók Award by the IBLA Foundation[42]
On 4 May she received the Honorary Citizenship of the city of Jacksonville by Mayor Bob Johnson
On 7 May she debuted at Carnegie Hall in New York City [43]
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- ^ "Mariana Preda". MAP. 2013.
- ^ "Mariana Preda, elevă a Liceului "Bălașa Doamna" din Târgoviște". Gazeta Damboviței. February 2012.
- ^ "Trafalgar Square, In Pan Flute Tones". ICR-London. April 2016.
- ^ "The 8th Monaco International Film Festival". MIFF. December 2010.
- ^ "Palmares 2011". Festival du Cinéma de Paris. 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-01.
- ^ "Life on IMdb". IMdb. 2014.
- ^ "The 12th Monaco International Film Festival". December 2014.
- ^ "Life screened at LIIFE in NY". LIIFE. July 2014.
- ^ "Campanie artiști pentru artiști". România liberă. March 2015.
- ^ "New artists confirmed at Untold Festival". Untold. April 2014.
- ^ "Largest music festival in Romania brings 300,000 spectators to the heart of Transylvania". romania-insider.com. August 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Programma 7 Giugno Expo" (PDF). Ansa. June 2015.
- ^ "Mariana Preda all'Expo". Repubblica. July 2015.
- ^ "28 ambassadors choose opening song". Amsterdam Light Festival. November 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Gala Studenților Români din Străinătate 2016". Gazeta Dambovitei. January 2016.
- ^ "Bruxelles MAE" (PDF). Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. March 2016.
- ^ "Press release - ICR Bruxelles". AGERPRES. March 2016.
- ^ "Lunchtime Concert: Mariana Preda and Donald MacKenzie". St. Martins in the Fields. April 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "First ever pan flute concert at St. Martins in the Fields". AGERPRES. April 2016.
- ^ "ROMANIA DAY ON BROADWAY 2016". Romanian Cultural Institute New York. May 2016.
- ^ "More than 22.000 people took part at the Romania Day on Broadway". Romanian Cultural Institute Prague. May 2016.
- ^ "Tudor Gheorghe in the Netherlands". fievent.com. May 2016.
- ^ "With the pan flute in an electronic era". Cotidianul.ro. August 2016.
- ^ "Programma-Program". Propatria Festival (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "The Romanian National Day in Chicago". Chicago MAE. December 2016.
- ^ "Romania and Bulgaria - 10 Years EU Membership - Diplomat magazine". Diplomat magazine. 2017-04-14. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "UNTOLD 2017 ARTIŞTI. Programul complet UNTOLD 2017. Cine cântă la festivalul de la Cluj". Cancan.ro (in Romanian). 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "Uitmarkt 2017". Bimhuis. August 2017.
- ^ "Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2017". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "romanian days". rompro.nl. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "Au alungat-o din România şi... O naistă din Târgovişte a devenit celebră în întreaga Europă". Cancan.ro (in Romanian). 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "Instagram: "Vorbeste Lumea #vorbestelumea #protv #adelapopescu #cove #marianapreda #marianapredamusic #tv #televiziune #romania #instatv #instaromania…"". Instagram (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "Marcarea Zilei Naționale a României la Copenhaga | AMBASADA ROMÂNIEI în Regatul Danemarcei". copenhaga.mae.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "La Giornata della Grande Unione, grande festa per la comunità romena di Torino". TorinoToday. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "Ziua Națională a României aniversată de Consulatul General al României la Milano | CONSULATUL GENERAL AL ROMÂNIEI la Milano". milano.mae.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "Lunchconcert Klassiek". OBA (in Dutch). 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "Comunicat de presă - ICR Bruxelles – AGERPRES" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "Mariana Preda | Romanii Au Talent | ProTv". www.protv.ro/romaniiautalent (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ Dobrescu, Petre (2018-04-20). "Mariana Preda, naista de la Românii au talent care a fost studenta lui Gheorghe Zamfir. "Ești un Jimmy Hendrix al naiului" / VIDEO". Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ "Ibla Foundation Links". www.ibla.org. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ "IBLA Foundation Winners". www.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2023-04-26.