Biography

Iordachescu was born in Bucharest

Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

 into a family of artists. Her father, Dan Iordachescu, was a baritone

Baritone

Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...

 who sang professionally in opera houses in throughout Europe. Her mother was an actress. Her sister, Cristina

Cristina Iordachescu

Cristina Iordachescu is a Romanian mezzo-soprano and pianist. She was born October 8, 1966, in Bucharest.-Biography:Cristina Iordachescu was born into a family of artists. Her father, Dan Iordachescu, was a baritone who sang professionally in opera houses throughout Europe. Her mother, Irina Bora...

, a mezzo-soprano.

In 1995, she received her diploma from Economic High School with the highest score. In 2000 she graduated from the University of Music in Bucharest, with the highest points in music theory, Oratorio and Opera.

Since 1997 she participated in several national and international singing competitions, qualifying: 2nd at the "Mihail Jora" to 1st in the "Ionel Perlea" (Romania), 1st in "GB Viotti" and "Cesare Bardelli (Italy ), 3rd at the "Geszty Silvia (Spain), 3rd at the" Maria Callas "(Greece), 2nd at the" Vincenzo Bellini "(Italy), and 3rd prize in "IVC s'Hertogenbosch" (Netherlands).

She often featured on Romanian national radio and television.

Performances

Her repertoire is in the period extending from baroque

Baroque

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 to verismo

Verismo

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. She has specialized in the works of Mozart and in the Bel Canto

Bel Canto

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 manner, particularly in works by Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...

 and Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...

.

In Romania

• November 1997 - The seventh annual National Competition Interpretation "Mihail Jora" Prize winner "Mihail Jora".
• September 1998 - the fourteenth edition of "George Enescu" International Festival, Concert with the Symphony Orchestra of Bucharest
• May 1999 - VIII Concorso d'interpretation Lied "Ionel Perlei", winner of the Grand Prix and the medal "Ionel Perlei"
• 2000 February / June - her debut with the role of "Pamina" from Mozart's "Zauberflöte" in Romanian Opera House in Bucharest
• September 2001 - "Teatro alla Scala on tour in the Eastern European countries with Maestro Riccardo Muti (voice in" Te Deum "by G. Verdi).
• October 2001 - Concert Hall at the Bucharest University commemorating Giuseppe Verdi
• January 2002 - Anniversary concert in honor of the baritone Edouard Tumagian with the Orchestra of National Radio
• April 2002 - Mozart Great Mass in C minor "with the" George Enescu "Philharmonic Orchestra Hall
• February 2003 - Mozart's "Requiem", with "George Enescu" Philharmonic Orchestra Hall
• February 2004 - Mozart Great Mass in C minor "with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Timisoara
• March 2004 Brahms "Ein Deutsches Requiem" with the "George Enescu" Philharmonic Orchestra Hall
• Since 2005, she has performed in the National Opera of Bucharest, playing the roles of Lucia di Lammermoor by G. Donizetti, Gilda Rigoletto by G. Verdi, di Domizia Decebalo di L. Verdi, Norina from Don Pasquale by G. Donizetti, of Domizia Decebalus L. Leo, di Fiordiligi Cosi fan tutte, Pamina da Die Zauberflote, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Pamina in Die Zauberflote, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro by WA Mozart, Musetta from La Bohème by G. Puccini, Valencienne from Die lustige Witwe F. Lehar. Lehar.
• May 30, 2009, "Don Pasquale" at the National Opera of Bucharest, in the role of Norina.

Other

• February 2000 - Spain, Alicante - Live orchestral concert, conducted by Maestro Alfonso Saura Llacer
• November 2000 - Italy, Milan "TEATRO ALLA SCALA" - Concerto di Riccardo Muti
  Riccardo Muti
  Riccardo Muti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI is an Italian conductor and music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.-Childhood and education:...
  
   anniversary, celebrating 30 years of service to "Scala" to "Scala Philharmonic Orchestra" and "Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala" (soprano I part from Beethoven's Fantasia in C minor. op 80)
• November 2000 - Italy, Milan "TEATRO ALLA SCALA" - Concert commemorating 100 years of G. Verdi. Voice of Te Deum by G. Verdi) conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti with the La Scala Opera Chorus
• 2001-June - Italy, Ravenna "Ravenna Festival" in "Teatro Dante Alighieri - The role of Juliet in "I Capuleti e I Montecito" by V. Bellini
  Vincenzo Bellini
  Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...
  
  , conducted by Maestro Julian Kovatchev
• July 2001 - Italy, Ravenna - Concert with "The Philharmonic Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti (voice of " Te Deum" by G. Verdi)
• July 2001 - Armenia, Yerevan - Concert with "The Philharmonic Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti (voice of" Te Deum "by G. Verdi)
• July 2001 - Turkey, Istanbul - Concert with "The Philharmonic Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala" and "Association Scala Philharmonic Chorus" conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti (voice of "Te Deum" by G. Verdi)
• September 2001 - Poland, Poznan - "Teatro alla Scala on tour in Eastern Europe"
• November 2001 - Italy, Vercelli - Competition Viotti: International Singing Competition "Giuseppe Verdi", finalist and winner of the Jury Special Prize "Cesare Bardelli"
• Feb 2002 - Greece, Thessaloniki-Concert in honor of Maestro Nikolas Astrinidis the State Philharmonic Orchestra
• May 2002 - Spain, Murcia - International Singing Coloratura "GESZTY Sylvia", winner of the 3rd Prize
• May 2002 - Luxembourg, Eglise Saint Michel - Concert by 'Estro Armonico Orchestra and Chorus, under the baton of Maestro Dafydd Bullock "Exultate, jubilate" by Mozart, Soprano Nelsonmass part of the "Missa in angustiis" by Haydn
• September 2002 - Italy, Caltanissetta - Competition V. Bellini: Concorso Internazionale di Canto, vincitrice del concorso. Bellini: International Singing Competition, winner of the contest.
• September 2002 - Italy, Catania - Teatro Massimo Bellini: Concerto Winners
• March 2003 - Greece, Athens - Grand Prix Maria Callas International Singing Competition, 3rd Prize Winner.
• 19 June 2003 and 21 - Luxembourg, Eglise Saint-Michel, Mozart's "Requiem", with "L'Estro Armonico" orchestra and choir, conducted by Dafydd Bullock
• 2003 June 27 and 28 - France, Mulhouse, spinning, Brahms "Ein Deutsches Requiem" with "Orchestra symphonique de Mulhouse" conducted by Maestro Cyril Diederich
• October-November 2003 - United States of America, concerts in New York (Carnegie Hall, Isaac Stern Auditorium), Detroit and Chicago
• November 2003 - Israel
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  , Concert Opera of Tel Aviv and Haifa
• April-May 2004 - Brussels, the International Competition "Queen Elizabeth"
• September 2007 - "Teatro alla Scala in Milan, in one of the leading roles, that of Kari's Zeyno from" Teneke "by Fabio Vacchi
• November 2007 - Las Palmas and Ravenna, in the role of Irene from 'The Return of Don Calandrino' of Domenico Cimarosa, work recently discovered by Maestro Riccardo Muti.
• December 27, 2008, was invited to sing at the Christmas concert with the Italian tenor Marcello Giordani
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• July 10, 2009 in the role of 'Gilda' on the stage of "Sankt Margarethen Festival 2009" - Austria, in 10 of the benefits of the new "Rigoletto" production of Italian director Renzo Giacchieri.

This article draws heavily on the :it:Irina Iordachescu article in the Italian-language Wikipedia, which was accessed in the version of November 1, 2009