Ana Popescu Deutsch

Romanian born violinist Ana Popescu Deutsch started to sing before she could talk properly. After being spotted by a music teacher from the renowned George Enescu high-school in Bucharest, she began studying the violin with her privately, aged 6 and a half. She developed her skills and started gathering prizes at national and international competitions such as the 'Lorenzo Perosi' International Competition in Italy- First Prize, Romanian Music Olympics- Special Prize, and the 'Timotei Popovici' National Music Performance Competition in Sibiu, Romania- First Prize. Singing still remained one of Ana’s favourite activities, touring the country as part of the BimBam pop-klezmer choir, and also recording 6 CDs within the ensemble and as a soloist. In 2010 she was selected to take part in a 10 recital tour in Germany alongside 2 rising stars of the Romanian opera scene. Her passion for the opera was ignited then, and today she has already led the Hampstead Garden Opera in their production of the The Secret Marriage by Cimarosa, played alongside members of the Royal Opera House as part of her Southbank Sinfonia fellowship with which she also toured Tuscany alongside the orchestra's lead singer, Lotte Betts Dean. In 2011 she became a pupil of the Royal Academy of Music, where she greatly enjoyed playing in orchestral concerts under conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Maxim Vengerov and Marin Alsop. Her favourite opera production was the comic opera Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach which received great reviews after their 4 performances in the Hackney Empire. Ana is also passionate about folk music around the world especially Balkan, Irish and Klezmer, appearing on Romanian television both at educational programs and shows hosted by Grigore Lese, one of Romania’s top folk specialists at the moment. During her 2018 fellowship with Southbank Sinfonia, she was selected to lead the orchestra for aQueen Elizabeth Hall concert as part of the Ligeti in Wonderland Festival. For this occasion the orchestra had her record 2 promotional and educational videos showcasing Transylvanian folk music and how it influenced the composers from the region. Ana’s dream is to continue to enrich the lives of people with the gift of music all year round as part of the: Pro Youth Philharmonia, Arta Duo alongside which she performs Romanian-folk music and Carols in UK and France, and her beloved piano duo which spreads George Enescu’s works in halls from the UK and Romania.