Cello

Sarah Iancu

Sarah Iancu began her musical studies with André Fabre at the Montpellier Conservatory. She entered the Paris Conservatory and was unanimously awarded first prize in cello in Roland Pidoux’s class, and first prize in chamber music in Alain Meunier’s class. She then continued her training with Lluis Claret. Sarah Iancu is a laureate of the prestigious Rostropovich International Competition, where she won the French Instrumental Fund Prize. She won the Valentino Bucchi First Prize in Rome and the Music Tournament Prize in Bari. She is also a laureate of the “Jeunesses Musicales Romania” in Bucharest.

Chosen by “Le Monde de la Musique” as one of the best cellists of her generation, Sarah Iancu was appointed Principal Cellist of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in 2002, under the direction of Michel Plasson. At the same time, she pursues a rich chamber music career: she regularly performs in duo with David Bismuth, plays alongside Sonia Wieder-Atherton, and participates in her Monteverdi-Scelsi disc Vita released by Naïve. A frequent guest on radio programmes and at festivals such as Radio France in Montpellier, Sarah Iancu also performs as a soloist with the Romanian National Radio Orchestra and the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, conducted by Tugan Sokhiev.

She recently recorded two albums, Mélodies Hébraïques, with David Bismuth for the European Institute of Jewish Music. Since 2015, Sarah Iancu has also been a cello teacher at the isdaT.