Biography
Bogdan Văcărescu is a Romanian virtuoso violinist living in the UK. He has toured internationally from Sydney Opera House to the U. N. Concert Hall in New York and London’s Southbank. Bogdan is featured on soundtracks, notably in collaboration with Oscar winners Stephen Warbeck and Gabriel Yared, the BBC and ABC Television. He is an associate lecturer and violin tutor at the University of Chichester.
His album, “Violin and Piano Thrillers” with renowned British pianist Julian Jacobson, was made Album of the Year in Romania and received a 5 star review in Musical Opinion. As founder and leader of “String Dimensions” he showcases beautiful chamber music rarely heard in today’s concert programmes.
With “Unicorn Frequency”, Bogdan focuses on reviving and reinterpreting East European laments and showpieces, Italian pizzicas and Griko tunes, free improvisation, interspersed with unique arrangements of masterpieces from the classical repertoire.
