Acclaimed for music-making of intense intellectual and spiritual substance, pianist Andrei Gologan has garnered support and guidance from renowned pianists such as Sir András Schiff, Daniel Barenboim and Richard Goode. Andrei has been characterized as “a poet of piano playing” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) with “rich variety of sonorities” and “technical brilliance” (General-Anzeiger Bonn). Andrei’s solo appearances include the Camerata Salzburg at the Stiftung Mozarteum, the Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sándor Végh Chamber Orchestra, the latter with whom he performed Shostakovich’s Concerto for piano and trumpet with Hans Gansch, former principal of the Vienna Philharmonic. An avid chamber musician, Andrei has collaborated with artists such as Benjamin Schmid, Viviane Hagner, and Mihaela Martin and with groups like the Amatis Trio and the Caerus Ensemble in festivals including the Schweitzinger Festspiele, Krzyzowa Chamber Music Festival, and at the Wigmore Hall.

Born in Romania, Andrei studied with pianist and composer Iulian Arcadi Trofin. At the age of five, he received his first piano lesson, and only six months later won his first piano competition performing works by Czerny, Beethoven and Schumann. In 2012 he moved to Salzburg to continue his studies with Pavel Gililov at the Universität Mozarteum completing his Masters in 2020. An Erasmus Scholarship enabled him to study for a year at the Köln Hochchule with Claudio Martinez-Mehner. Andrei is a scholarship recipient of the Verbier Festival Academy and the Oxford Piano Festival and receives regular guidance from Sir András Schiff, Richard Goode, and Ferenc Rados. Past mentors include Daniel Barenboim, Gidon Kremer, Gabor Takács-Nagy, and Thomas Adès.