Octavian Lup is one of the most brilliant cellists of his generation, being one of the top Romanian soloists who managed to establish themselves on the most important national and international stages. He played as a soloist with all important philharmonics in Romania, including „George Enescu” Philharmonic from Bucharest. Laureate of many competitions in Romania and abroad, Octavian Lup has performed on four continents of the world, along with big names in the field of classical music as: Pinchas Zukerman, Cristian Macelaru, Alexandru Tomescu, Belcea quartet, David Garett etc. He graduated the Bucharest National Music University in the class of the renowned teacher Marin Cazacu and continued his studies at Conservatoire National Superieur in Paris under the guidance of Roland Pidoux and Xavier Phillips. In addition, he followed the courses of the most prestigious cello academy in the world – Kronberg Academy in Germany, where he worked with Frans Helmerson and Gary Hoffman. Since 2019 he has a doctorate in music and is part of the Bucharest National Opera orchestra, in parallel with his solo and pedagogical activity as a teacher at “Gheorghe Dima” National Music Academy. He is also attracted to the art of conducting, being the conductor of the New Hope orchestra, conceived in 2019. Prizes won:
First prize and the grand prize at all national cello competitions between 2001-2007; The winner of the national „Eurovision Young Musicians” in 2004, Lucern, Switzerland; The grand prize at the „George Georgescu” international competition Tulcea; The grand prize at the „W.A.Mozart” national competition, Târgoviște; Second prize at the „David Popper” international competition, Hungary; The grand prize at the „Paul Constantinescu” national competition Bucharest; The grand prize at the „Mihail Jora” national competition, Bucharest „George Enescu” 2014 şi 2016; Semifinalist of „George Enescu” international competition in 2014 and 2016.
