About me

My musical journey began at the age of 6, when I started studying the piano in Brașov, with teacher Cristina Vârlan. Between 2005 to 2011, I was a part of each class show organized by my teacher, together with her students from the "Tudor Ciortea" Music High School in Brașov.

Meanwhile, my passion for music developed more, and I taught myself a little bit of guitar. I would accompany myself with the piano or with the guitar, while covering well-known songs, or improvising. There was always music playing in our home, and the genres were diverse (jazz, soul, psychedelic rock, blues-rock, blues, progressive rock, and the list goes on). That's when I first became familiar with jazz artists such as Oscar Peterson, Glenn Miller, Django Reinhardt, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Armstrong. I also grew to love and be deeply influenced by bands like The Doors, The Beatles, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin. During high school I started to compose my original pieces, and to study voice with teacher Cristina Puia, who turned out to be a real mentor for me. She inspired me to become a teacher myself.

In high school I also participated in the Kronstadt Master Fest singing competition, where I won third prize in the Pop section, and first prize in the Beatles Tribute section. By participating in many shows and musical events, I first got to experience the joy of being onstage and communicating with the public.

Although music is my passion, I attended the National College "Dr. Ioan Meșotă" in Brasov, and then I chose to study at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, to prepare for a career as a Software Engineer. Despite this, I didn't give up my passion for music, and once I moved to Cluj, following Mrs. Puia's advice, I started to attend jazz classes at the Students' Cultural Center, under the guidance of Professor Stefan Vannai. In the fall of 2017, I participated in the "Jazz Napocensis" Student Festival, where I won first prize.

In 2019, my passion for blues and rock led to my collaboration with the band Monday Shadows from Cluj-Napoca, as a vocalist. Together we performed in venues such as Zipp It, Hardward Pub and Casa Tranzit, as well as in other cities such as Sibiu and Mediaș. These experiences helped me to grow both as a person and as an artist.

Between 2021 and 2023, due to some personal challenges, I had to take a break from everything music-related, and worked as a Software Engineer in Cluj-Napoca. In order not to let my creativity fall by the wayside, I attended the beginners' acting and improvisation course led by Melania Aștilean at Urania Palace.

2024 este anul în care am hotărât să mă dedic în totalitate muzicii, atât ca și interpret, cât și ca profesor. Am participat la seminariile CVT pentru profesori organizate de Lucia Ciobotaru, am obținut certificatul de antrenor vocal, și acum sunt mândră să fac parte din echipa ei, Vocal Team Lucia. Pe partea de interpretare, în acest moment sunt solistă vocală în duetul Moment’s Notice (proiect proaspăt înființat). Pe lângă acestea, momentan lucrez intensiv la înființarea unui proiect de jazz, unde voi activa ca și solistă vocală și pianistă. Mai multe detalii despre toate proiectele mele poți găsi here.