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David Alecsandru Irimescu

Italy

Curriculum David Irimescu is an Italian-Romanian pianist winner of 30 National and International Competitions and Festivals prizes, as well as Amadeus Factory, the only italian talent-competition dedicated to classical music and produced by Sky TV in collaboration with the magazine “Amadeus”. Praised for his early musical maturity and sound care, as well as for his “trascendental pianism” and “big conquering musical abilities”, David Irimescu has attended masterclasses and lessons held by internationally renowned musicians, including Gavrailova, Entremont, Achucarro, Béroff, Rana, Madzar, Delle Vigne-Fabbri, Scalafiotti, Voghera, Plano, Susan Shu-Chen Lin, Chin Chuan Chang, Chi Wu, Bidini, Fitenko, Pace, Butzberger, Martinez-Mehner, Lipstein, Pisarenko, Durso, Alexander Gadjiev, Siavush Gadjiev, Miazzon, Schnyder and Noam Sivan for Piano Improvisation. Already guest of important concert companies, has performed in Europe and USA, receiving always excellent public as well as critical acclaim. Also active in the chamber music field, he has played in various ensembles with piano, voice, strings and winds, as well as with orchestras; was selected to represent as soloist his school (Liceo Cavour from Turin, top marks) with the Italian National Musical High School Orchestra,as and his Conservatory (Giuseppe Verdi, Turin) opening its musical season performing Tchaikovsky’s Concerto n. 1, and receiving a special scholarship for the best student from the piano department. Has been appointed by the “Cavour” Music High School in Turin as professor of a special piano course, Conservatory’s entrance-exam oriented, for complimentary piano students. In 2018, David Irimescu has to stop his musical activities for health problems, and starts studying in detail physiology of body and movements and the interaction between psyche and physical inclinations, with the help of disciplines such as Feldenkrais, Taubmann, Posturology, Psychology, Phenomenology, Mindfulness, Mental Coaching, Kinesiology, Sat Nam Rasayan, Sound therapy, Reiki and others. While rehabilitating, develops a pure love for teaching and sharing with others the results of his due research. Focusing on the musician’s well-being, continues to gather and integrate information, with the objective of spreading knowledge among all interested people and preventing students from hurting themselves, facilitating instead their personal expression. In 2023 David starts back giving concerts and graduates from Turin Conservatory under the guidance of maestro Claudio Voghera with top marks cum laude and special mention of honour, receives the “Bacewicz International Prize 2023” at the Penderecki Institute in Krakòw and starts a collaboration with Unione Musicale in Turin. In 2024 he’s awarded a scholarship as best student from the Conservatory, and is granted a scholarship to attend the University of Georgia (USA) in an international project, under the class of Alan Woo; thanks to the victory of the Open-Source scholarship, takes part into the Advanced Piano Course with maestro Enrico Pace at Accademia di Pinerolo. Futher accomplishments are the entitlement of the Progetto Musica 2024 scholarship awarded by Gloria Campaner, the admission by Alexander Gadjiev to take part into his festival “Sconfinamenti” and the Sunrise Prize awarded by Vercellotti and Camerata Ducale. Serving Music, he is dedicated as a musician to create a sincere musical fruition during concerts and, as teacher and therapist, to sensibilize people to access more of themselves. He holds Music Listening seminars and events to bring listeners closer to the emotional and descriptive resources that lie deep down in them. The mission is to reset the coincidence between music and well-being through awareness, sensitivity and knowledge.

Latest Recognition
  • Pianist of the Season
  • IX Category Absolute Winner
Piano
Piano Competition Online — 4/2026
Awards & Recognitions

A timeline of recognition

Piano Competition Online — 4/2026
Piano · IX Category
Kapustin Concert Etude op 40 n 8, Mozart Duport Variationen kv573, Scarlatti Sonata in Sol maggiore k241
  • Pianist of the Season
  • IX Category Absolute Winner
Piano Competition Online — 1/2025
Piano · IX Category
Scarlatti Sonata k 214 Rachmaninov Etude tableau op 39 n 5 Chopin Nocturne op 27 n 2 Kapustin Concert-etude op 40 n 8
  • Grand Prix
Classical Music Stars — 1/2025
Piano · H:-21-25-y.o.
Scarlatti Sonata k214 (5') Rachmaninov Etude op 39 n 5 (6') Chopin Ballade n 2, op 38 (9') Kapustin Concert Etude op 40 n 8 (3')
  • Absolute Winner