Ramona Munteanu was born in Cluj Napoca, Romania and began studying piano at age 5. She graduated from the Sigismund Toduta Music Lyceum in 2000 and received a diploma in piano performance from the Gheoghe Dima Academy of Music in 2005. She has won numerous scholarships that allowed her to study in Italy, Spain, and the United States. Ramona began her concert career early, appearing as a soloist at age nine and has won several national and international competitions between 2009-2011. She has been actively performing as a soloist and in chamber groups in prestigious venues in Italy in recent years.
1. RamonaMunteanuwas bornin Cluj Napoca,Romania. She beganstudyingpianoatthe age of 5.
She graduatedthe SigismundTodutaMusicLyceumin2000. In 2005 she receivedadiplomainpiano
performance atthe Gheoghe DimaAcademyof Music inCluj Napoca. She thencontinuedherstudies,
attendingcoursesfora Master’sdegree atthe same Academyandreceivedapost-graduate degree in
pianowiththe maximumgrades.In2010 she obtainedasecondpost-graduate degree atthe Benedetto
MarcelloConservatoryinVenice.
She haswon numerousscholarshipswhichgave herthe opportunitytostudyinItaly,Spainandthe
UnitedStates. She participatedinthe masterclassof famouspianists:Andre Watts,PeterSerkin,Luca
Chiantore,Andrei Gavrilov.
RamonaMunteanubeganherconcert activityveryearly,appearingassoloistatthe age of nine with
the SymphonicOrchestraof the Music LyceuminCluj Napoca,Romania.She has wonnational and
international musical competitions: 2009 thirdprize at the national competition“Cittadi Piovedi
Sacco,” Italyinthe chambermusicsection. Inthe same year she wonthe competition toperformwith
the orchestraof the “Teatro La Fenice”. InApril 2011 she wonThirdPrize intwo categories,soloistand
chambermusic,inthe national competition“Cittadi Piovedi Sacco”. In July2011 she wonSecondPrize
at the international competition“Festival di BellagioandLake Como”in the chambermusiccategory.
In the past fewyearsshe has beenactivelyinvolvedinconcertactivityasa soloistandinchamber
groups,performinginprestigiousvenuessuchasthe Teatro la Fenice,TeatroMalibran,TeatroGoldoni,
Ca’ Rezzonico,PalazzoLabia, AteneoVeneto.In2013 she foundedthe pianoduonamed Venice Piano
Duo togetherwiththe pianistDanielCastro.Several timesshe performedfirstauditionpiecesinVenice
as "BalletMechanique"byGeorge Antheil and"Diaryof Anne Franck"by Grigori Frid.
She participatedatvariousMusic FestivalsinItaly :Festival Delle Nazioni- Teatrodi Marcello( Roma),
Il Suonodi Vino,Soglianoal Rubicone (Rimini) ,Zungoli Classica( Benevento) She beganteachingpiano
in2005 and since than she wasveryactive as a pianoteacherin several cultural associationsasthe
IstitutoSuperiore d’ArteMusicale,LaSordina,Il SuonoImprovvisoandothers.She wasalsoinvitedto
teachat "Evvai pianomasterclass",Pieve aPresciano,Toscana.