Yoanna Prodanova & Mihai Ritivoiu at Loaningdale

Photo: Andrej Grilc                                       Photo: Benjamin Ealovega

Yoanna Prodanova, cello

Mihai Ritivoiu, piano

DEBUSSY - Sonata in D minor 

SCHUBERT - Sonata in A minor (Arpeggione) 

CHOPIN - Selection of Polish Songs Op. 74 

DOHNANYI - Sonata in B flat major 

Cellist Yoanna Prodanova was born in Bulgaria in 1992. She completed her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she was a bicentenary scholar on the prestigious Advanced Diploma course, already having been awarded her bachelor and Master’s degrees at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has won various awards, including the First prize at the International Joachim Competition in Weimar with her string quartet, the Barbican Quartet. She is grateful to the Canimex group for the loan of a cello made by Giuseppe Gagliamo in 1788.

Mihai Ritivoiu is a Romanian classical pianist living in London. Born in Bucharest, he was laurate of several international competitions, including the George Enescu Competition in Bucharest. Mihai leads an international career, performing solo and chamber music recitals in major halls throughout Europe and Asia. He is regularly invited to play on BBC Radio 3’s 'In Tune'.  Mihai is a City Music Foundation artist and a Yeoman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.