IMG Artists is delighted to welcome the young Italian violinist Anna Tifu to its roster. Anna rose to international attention in 2007 when she won the first prize in the George Enescu International Competition in Bucharest. Since that time, Anna has appear as a soloist with major orchestras, including the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Chamber Orchestra, Berliner Philharmonic Virtuosos, Israel Philharmonic Soloists, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Essen Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Philharmonic of the Nations, Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, George Enescu Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Teatro Lirico of Cagliari, Romanian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Limburg Symphonie Orkest of Maastricht, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Symphonica Toscanini, Orchestra della RAI di Torino, Pomeriggi Musicali, Orchestra del Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Orchestra Regionale del Lazio and Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese. In 2011 Andrea Bocelli invited Anna Tifu as guest soloist for various concerts in Italy and abroad.
At the age of 11, Anna made her debut as soloist with the Orchestra National de Pays de La Loire and at 12 she made her debut at La Scala Milan performing the Bruch Violin Concerto No.1. In 1994, she won first prize with distinction at the Vittorio Veneto concert series and in 1996 the Società Umanitaria di Milano competition. In 1997 she won 3 prizes at the Kloster Schöntal International Competition in Germany including the prize for best performance of Bach. In the same year at Santa Cecilia Academy of Music in Rome she won the S.I.A.E. (the Italian Society of Authors and Editors) competition for the best students from the Italian Music Academies. At the age of 14, she won first prize in the Viotti Valsesia International Competition and first prize in the International Competition M. Abbado Competition in Stresa, along with many other awards and prizes and by 15 she had received her Music Diploma from the Cagliari Academy of Music.
In 2001, 2004 and 2005 she was awarded a scholarship from the Mozart-Gesellschaft Dortmund. From 2005 to 2008 she studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with Aaron Rosand, Shmuel Ashkenazy and Pamela Frank and most recently she was awarded a scholarship by the International Music Academy in Cagliari to study in Paris and was awarded the Diplome Superier de Concertiste.
Anna Tifu will be represented worldwide by Paolo Petrocelli located in the newly opened IMG Artists office in Rome.
To find out more about Anna Tifu, go to: http://imgartists.com/artist/anna_tifu