Romanian cl*ical guitaristMusical artist

Mircea Ștefan Gogoncea (born October 27, 1991 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian cl*ical guitarist.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Career and evaluation
• 3 Recitals
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Biography

Mircea Gogoncea started studying cl*ical guitar at the age of four with Eugen Mang, having his first stage and compe*ion performances at the age of five. He graduated from the Pro College in 2003, with the Diploma of Excellence in the field of cl*ical music - cl*ical guitar.

He is currently a student of Joaquin Clerch at the Robert Schumann Music College in Düsseldorf, Germany, after having graduated from the George Enescu Music High School in Bucharest. He was the second Romanian student ever to complete two school years in the time of one, by skipping directly from the 7th to the 9th school grade.

Career and evaluation

At the age of eight he participated in the Kl*ik im Sommer Tour (6-18 of July, 2000, Hamburg).

He also performed at the opening of the Golden Lion Film Festival (Venice on 7 September 2003) and the Grand Gala UNESCO.

He was invited to play concerts and take part in TV and radio shows in 11 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and North-America.

His general record includes 140 prizes in 8 different fields of activity: cl*ical guitar, mathematics, informatics, literary creation, theater, painting, photography and various school subjects.

Mircea Gogoncea's cl*ical guitar record includes 87 awards in national and international guitar compe*ions in locations like Benicàssim, Almería, Cáceres (Spain), Los Angeles, Dallas, (United States of America), Düsseldorf, Velbert, Weimar (Germany), Belgrade (Yugoslavia), Alessandria (Italy), Sinaia, Tulcea, Ploieşti, Târgovişte, Bucharest, Alba-Iulia, Cluj-Napoca, Bacău (Romania). Out of those, 48 are first prizes (among the total of 59 first prizes obtained in the 8 above-mentioned fields), and 3 are "great prizes".

Mircea Gogoncea is the winner of the Youth Compe*ion Division I of the GFA Convention 2007 (Los Angeles, California).

He is also the audience prize winner of the Francisco Tárrega guitar compe*ion in Benicàssim, Spain, 2010, and has been awarded, among other distinctions, the second prize at the Julián Arcas guitar compe*ion in Almería, Spain, in November 2011.

He was also one of the few guitarists to have ever earned recognition at various music contests open to all instruments and voice, for example by being awarded the first prize at the Schmolz und Bickenbach compe*ion in Düsseldorf, Germany, 2011, and the "great prize" at the "George Georgescu" music compe*ion in Tulcea, Romania, 2003.

In 2012 he was awarded the first prize in the compe*ion of the Jan-Wellem-Loge of Düsseldorf.

He attended the master cl*es of Leo Brouwer, Nikita Koshkin, Sergio *ad, Carlo Marchione, Pavel Steidl, John Dearman, Marcin Dylla, Hubert Käppel, among others.

Recitals

Not including his compe*ion performances, he has taken part in more than 200 public concerts, television and radio shows in and outside of his native Romania.

Concerts in which Gogoncea has taken part include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Mauro Giuliani Concert for Guitar and Orchestra, No. 1, Op. 30 - Director Ilarion Ionescu-Galaţi, Mihail Jora Concert Studio, International Cl*ical Guitar Festival, Bucharest (February 9, 2005)
• Cl*ical Guitar Recital, George Enescu Concert Studio, Hommage to George Georgescu Concert, Bucharest (July 17, 2003)
• Cl*ical Guitar Recital, Mihail Jora Concert Studio, International Cl*ical Guitar Festival, Bucharest (March 5 – 12, 2003)
• Christmas Concert (Performers Group Concert No.100), Sweden Emb*y, Bucharest (December 11, 2002)
• The International Day of Books – Cervantes Ins*ute, Bucharest (April 23, 2002).
• The International Day of Poetry, UNESCO, Bucharest, (March 15, 2002)
• Spring Song (Cântec de primăvară), with the Symbol choir of Romanian Patriarchate, Director Jean Lupu, Şuţu Palace, Bucharest (March 2, 2002)
• Recitals for Romanian Parliament, Ion Ratiu Romanian Parliament Club (December 12, 2001)
• Performers Group Concert, Hilton Hotel, Bucharest (November 19, 2001)
• Cl*ical Guitar Recital at Cotroceni Palace (Cerchez Hall) during the concert of Mariana Nicolesco (December 8, 2000)
• Recitals at American Emb*y, Italian Emb*y, Marriott Hotel (winter 2000)
• Cl*ical Guitar Evenings concert series (July, August 2000)
• Kl*ik im Sommer Tour - Hamburg, Barlt, Celle, Wedel, Ottersberg, Fehmarn, invited by Ars Pontem Foundation (July 16–18, 2000)
• Cl*ical Guitar Recital, George Enescu High School, Bucharest (October 30, 1999)

References

• Peneş, Gabriel (2007-05-31). "În România, unul din patru copii este supradotat" (in Romanian). Revista Felicia. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
• Şerban-Pârâu, Oltea; Virgil Oprina (2005-02-24). "Chitara - mon amour" (in Romanian). LiterNet. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
• Chelemen, Eugen (2004-02-02). "Mircea Stefan Gogoncea - elevul cu cele mai multe premii" (in Romanian). Adevărul. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
• Petre, Gheorghe (2003-05-19). "Marele Premiu a plecat la Bucuresti – Laureatul acestei editii este chitaristul Mircea Gogoncea, de la Liceul Dinu Lipatti" (in Romanian). Ziarul de duminică.
• Pascal, Bogdan (2003-05-19). "Pret de patru zile, Tulcea, sub vraja muzicii" (in Romanian). A*.
• Erbiceanu, Constantin (2003-05-03). "Triumf romanesc la Weimar" (in Romanian). Curierul Naţional. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
• Pop, Camelia Antoaneta (2003-02-21). "Colegiul Pro si licentele on-line" (in Romanian). Ziarul de duminică.
• Cosma, Viorel (2002-08-31). "O speranta a chitarei romanesti: Mircea Gogoncea; Premiul I la Concursul International de la Velbert – Germania" (in Romanian). Cotidianul.
• Preda, Anca (2000-07-31). "Un copil minune: Mircea Stefan Gogoncea" (in Romanian). România Libera.

External links

• Official Website
• IRSCA Gifted Education
• Guitar Foundation of America
• Velbert European Compe*ion for Young Guitarists "Andrés Segovia"