Cristina Buciu is a native of Bucharest, Romania and comes from a family of well-known musicians. Her teachers include Sherban Lupu, Peter Zakofsky, and the Muir String Quartet. Ms. Buciu is an alumnus of the Academy of Music in Bucharest, the University of Illinois from which she holds a Master’s degree, and a recipient of the prestigious Artist Diploma from Boston University.

She has concertized extensively with several orchestras in Romania and the U.S., including the National Radio Orchestra of Romania, the Concerto Chamber Orchestra on its European tour, and the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Buciu has performed solo and chamber music recitals in her native Romania, as well as England, Italy, Germany, and major cities in the U.S. Some of her engagements include collaborative recitals with such noted artists as Csaba Erdeliy, Sherban Lupu, Andres Diaz, and Phyllis Curtin.

Twice the winner of the National String Competition in Romania and the International Violin Competition in Stresa, Italy, Ms. Buciu is also a recipient of the Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship. She has been featured on National Radio-Television of Romania, Yugoslavia, the Voice of America, as well as other American radio stations. Cristina Buciu has been invited to several summer festivals, including the Gubbio Festival, the Mittenwald, Novi Sad, and Lanciano Festivals, as well as the Tanglewood Music Festival in ’96 and ’97 where she worked with the Julliard String Quartet, Leon Fleisher, and played under the direction of Seiji Ozawa, Bernard Haitink, and Andre Previn. She also appeared as a guest artist several times at the acclaimed International New Music Week in Bucharest. Cristina is a member of the Elgin Symphony and the Chicago Philharmonic, is the former assistant concertmaster with the Syracuse Symphony, and a frequent substitute with the Lyric Opera of Chicago.