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recorded at the Royal Academy of Music, London

Born in Bucharest, Romania to a family of musicians, Cristian Sandrin started his musical training with Marina Dragomirescu and Cristian Dumitrescu at Colegiul National de Arte “Dinu Lipatti”. He had his solo debut at the famous Romanian Atheneum Hall in 2006. He is currently studying under Diana Ketler for his Master of Music programme at the Royal Academy of Music where he is holding the John S. Cohen Foundation Award and the Countess of Munster Mark James Award. He is also a scholarship holder of the Imogen Cooper Musical Trust.
Cristian Sandrin is a very active musician, having had in January 2016 his solo debut recital at the St-Martin-in-the-Fields and his first chamber music appearance at Wigmore. Since 2014 Cristian has also been experimenting with conducting small ensembles from keyboard during Piano Festivals at RAM. Other UK engagements brought Cristian on the venues of the Queen Elisabeth Hall, St James Piccadilly, Brighton, Oxford, Chipping Campden. In Romania, Cristian Sandrin is a frequent guest artist of the Bacau National Philharmonic, Sibiu National Philharmonic, Ramnicu-Valcea National Philharmonic and Bucharest Symphony Orchestra, performing under the baton of Ovidiu Balan, Mark Csikes and Florin Totan. International engagements include performances at Salla Manuel de Falla in Madrid, Palazzo Ricci in Montepulciano, “La Fenice” Theatre in Venice, “Bulgaria Hall” in Sophia at the Polish National Philharmonic Hall during the 2015 International Fryderyk Chopin Competition.
Among numerous prizes and disctinctions in international piano competitions, such as the Automobile Club de France Piano Competition, the “Animato” Competition in Paris, ProPiano International Competition or the Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist competition, Cristian is a recent holder of the Harold Craxton Chamber Music prize at the Royal Academy of Music, being also a past recipient of the William Sterndale Bennett Prize.