Dan-Iulian Druțac, violin

Born in 1996 in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova, Dan-Iulian Druțac studied music since he was 7, encouraged by his father who is also a musician. By the time he was 15, he was a laureate of 20 national and international competitions. In 2013, he moved to London when he was 16 years old after being awarded a full-scholarship at the Whitgift School in the Whitgift International Music Competition. In London, Dan-Iulian studied privately with David Takeno, continuing his studies with him as a scholarship student at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He is the winner of Guildhall’s Lutine Prize and finalist of the Gold Medal 2018. Dan-Iulian studied for two years with Zakhar Bron in Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía since 2021.

Dan-Iulian has performed alongside youth orchestras of Moldova, Romania, the UK, Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, Bridgwater Sinfonia and other orchestras. He has also taken part of masterclasses with Mihaela Martin, Miriam Fried, Chloe Hanslip, Daniel Hope, Latica Honda-Rosenberg, Remus Azoiței, Corina Belcea, Alexandru Tomescu, Johannes Meissl, Patrick Jüdt, Hatto Beyerle, Maté Szücz, Maya Ibawuchi, Ralf Gothoni, Günter Pichler and other artists.