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= Simona Strungaru =

Simona Strungaru, born in 1982, is a pianist, composer and orchestra conductor based in Bucharest, Romania.

Strungaru graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor Degree in Classical Piano Performance from the National University of Music in Bucharest under Prof. Viniciu Moroianu (piano) and Prof. Octavian Radoi (chamber music). In 2011 she graduated with a Master Degree from the Amsterdam Music Conservatory and in 2021 with a Master Degree in Orchestral Conducting from the National University of Music in Bucharest.

Strungaru is the permanent conductor of the Bucharest Jazz Orchestra and of the contemporary music ensemble SonoMania. She is the founder and conductor of the Simona Strungaru Symphonics (SSS) and the DIOSA Simfonic EDM concept, launched in 2017 in Bucharest. Strungaru collaborates with Orchestras such as the Hungarian Opera Orchestra in Cluj-Napoca for the Haxan Cine-Concert, the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Craiova Oltenia Philharmonic, the Sibiu Philharmonic, the Timisoara Banatul Philharmonic, the „George Enescu“ Philharmonic in Botosani and the Pitesti Philharmonic.

As a composer, Strungaru composed movie soundtracks such as for Hallow Life by Marian Poiana, Trecut de ora 8 by Alexandru Pintica, film-concert Malombra (Carmine Gallone, 1917), performed on 26.06.2021, at Théâtre Verdière, La Coursive, film-concert Die Puppe (Ernst Lubitsch, 1919), film-concert Die Austernprinzessin (Ernst Lubitch, 1919), film-concert Felix the Cat (Pat Sullivan, Otto Messmer, 2016), Micul Erou by Elena Ciolacu in 2018, Voisung Saga by Adrian Moisoiu, Experimental by Animation Worksheep, Fantana Fermecata by Anrei Enoui, Irreversible by Laura Lazarescu-Thois, Experimental by Vera Suratel.