Bogdan Văcărescu
Bogdan is a Romanian-born concert violinist based in the UK.
He has toured internationally since his teens, performing at venues including the Sydney Opera House, the Athenaeum in Bucharest, the Romanian National Radio Hall, the The United Nations Concert Hall in New York, New Morning in Paris, Kings Place and the Southbank Centre in London.
He has made numerous recordings for Romanian National Radio and Television, BBC Radio, ABC Australia and has performed on soundtracks for films and documentaries, most notably in collaboration with award-winning composer Andy Hopkins, Oscar winners Stephen Warbeck and Gabriel Yared, as well as productions for the BBC and ABC Television.
He toured the world for many years with the comedy-cabaret classical string quartet “Graffiti Classics” and the Balkan band “Paprika.”
His album, “Violin and Piano Thrillers” with renowned British pianist Julian Jacobson, was named Album of the Year in Romania and received a five-star review in Musical Opinion. It features Enescu’s Sonata no. 2 in F minor followed by virtuosic gems rarely performed since Heifetz. New projects include a collaboration with Bulgarian pianist Valentina Seferinova.
As founder and leader of “String Dimensions” he showcases beautiful chamber music rarely heard in today’s concert or radio programmes.
With Unicorn Frequency he focuses on reviving and reinterpreting Hungarian folk, Romanian laments and showpieces, Bulgarian dances, Russian gypsy gems, Italian pizzicas and tarantellas and Griko tunes, free improvisation and jazz, interspersed with unique arrangements of masterpieces from the classical repertoire.
Bogdan is currently an associate lecturer at the University of Chichester where he teaches violin.
Bogdan is a graduate of the Music Conservatory in Bucharest and the Royal Academy of Music in London as a student of Beno Schwartzman, Paul Ratz and Gyorgy Pauk.
