​Dan-Iulian Druțac

Violin

Born in 1996 in Chișinău Republic of Moldova, Dan-Iulian Druțac studied music since he was 7, encouraged by his father who is also a musician. By the time he was 15, he was a laureate of 20 national and international competitions. In 2013, he moved to London when he was 16 years old after being awarded a full-scholarship at the Whitgift School in the Whitgift International Music Competition. In London, Dan-Iulian studied privately with David Takeno, continuing his studies with him as a scholarship student at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He is the winner  of Guildhallʼs Lutine Prize and finalist of the Gold Medal 2018. Dan-Iulian has been studying with Zakhar Bron in Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía since 2021.

He had his London debut in 2015 his debut at the Royal Festival Hall, performing
the Glazunov Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic and Whitgift Symphony
Orchestras ‒ a concert attended by HRH Prince Andrew. Andrew Bernardi, who
kindly offered his 1696 Stradivarius violin for this performance, has since continued
to provide his support.

Dan-Iulian is one of the founding members of Moldo Crescendo, a chamber music
festival that is based in Moldova. After six editions, the festival has presented over 50 concerts throughout Moldova and Romania.
Dan-Iulian joined the Fitzroy Quartet in 2019 with whom has been playing since in
tours throughout Scotland, as part of Tunnell Trust prize, and other concerts in the
UK.

Dan-Iulian has performed alongside youth orchestras of Moldova, Romania, the UK,
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra and other orchestras. He has also taken part of masterclasses with Chloe Hanslip, Daniel Hope, Corina Belcea, Alexandru Tomescu, Johannes Meissl, Patrick Jüdt, Hatto Beyerle, Maté Szücz, Maya Ibawuchi, Ralf Gothoni, Günter Pichler and other artists.

Alongside his classical studies, he has a passion for a broad spectrum of music.
Coming from a family where folk music was predominant, and later developing his
enthusiasm for jazz music, he can relate to many different styles of music and Dan-Iulian is constantly searching for hidden connections between them.