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The Tutors
The tutors listed below coached at our most recent weekends in 2010. Tutors for 2011 will be confirmed closer to the dates.

	Adrian Petcu , was born in Romania and was already well established as a soloist and teacher before coming to Ireland in 1978. Until recently, he held the position of Head of the String Department at the Cork School of Music as well as directing the Chamber and Symphony Orchestras. He regularly gives solo and chamber recitals and is leader of the Jupiter Ensemble and violinist in the Crawford Piano Trio.
	Adrian Mantu, was born in Bucharest in 1975 and is a graduate of the University of Music in Bucharest. His studies continued at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Royal Academy of Music in London and European Academy of Music in Aix-en-Provence where he studied with Stefan Popov, Zara Nelsova, Radu Aldulescu, Laurence Lesser and Marin Cazacu. He took part in various string quartet master classes with members of the Amadeus, Alban Berg, Hagen and Emerson Quartets. In 1999 the ConTempo Quartet was offered a Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where each member coached chamber music groups. In 2003, after an international audition, Adrian and his colleagues from ConTempo became Galway's Quartet-in-Residence, a job sponsored by the National University of Ireland, Galway, the National Irish Language TV Channel TG4 & the Arts Council. Adrian has won many national competitions all over Romania and two prizes in International Cello Competitions in Bucharest and Sofia. As a member of the ConTempo String Quartet he has won a record of 13 international prizes in competitions such as London, Munich, Hamburg, Rome, Graz, Berlin & Prague. Adrian has a busy schedule of more than 60 concerts a year and he has performed, on his own or with the ConTempo Quartet, all over the world including Concerts as Soloist with Orchestras in Germany, Italy, Romania, Austria, France, Canada, Bulgaria & UK and Chamber Music Recitals in Wigmore Hall and St.Martin-in-the-Fields in London, Berliner Philarmonik, Waterfront in Belfast, Max Joseph Saal in Munich, Theatre Chatelet and Festival Clasique-au-Vert in Paris, Auditorium in Brussels, Gedai University in Tokio, Opera House in Tel-Aviv, Haydn Festival in Eisenstadt, King's Lynn Festival (where ConTempo played with London's Royal Philarmonic Orchestra Elgar's Introduction and Allegro) Dublin, Toronto, Madrid, Rome and Bucharest. Adrian and his colleagues from ConTempo had the honour to perform for personalities such us the Pope John Paul II, Nelson Mandela, Prince Charles and the EU Ministers. As a member of the ConTempo Quartet Adrian recorded for BBC, RTE, Lyric FM, Radio France Musique, ORF, TVR and for the German CD Company DeutscheSchalplatten. ConTempo recorded also the music for Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks's TV Drama Band of Brothers. Adrian composed, arranged and recorded the music for the "Trop tard" movie (who was selected for the Cannes Festival in France) and for the "Dama cu camelii" play for the National Theatre in Bucharest. "Wonderful cellist" - The Times Sep.2000 "Adrian is just great" - Norbert Brainin from the Amadeus Quartet Aug.98 "..the Romanian cellist Adrian Mantu is sensational..." - Aachenen Nachnichten "the cellist Adrian Mantu commands, with an excellent self-control, a vivid sensitiveness, a musical imagination which is functionally exhibited" - Curentul "..the baritonal voice of the soloist cello came to light as a compact, round, expressive and shaded sound, Adrian Mantu proving a fluent and intelligent phrasing." - Actualitatea Muzicala.
	Andreaa Banciu, was born in Bucharest in 1975 and is a graduate of the University of Music in Bucharest. Her studies continued at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Royal Academy of Music in London and European Academy of Music in Aix-en-Provence where she studied with Diemut Poppen, David Takeno, Thomas Kakuska, and Douglas MacNabney. She took part in various string quartet master classes with members of the Amadeus, Alban Berg, Hagen and Emerson Quartets. In 1999 the ConTempo Quartet was offered a Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where each member coached chamber music groups. In 2003, after an international audition, Andreea and her colleagues from ConTempo became Galway's Quartet-in-Residence, a job sponsored by the National University of Ireland, Galway, the National Irish Language TV Channel TG4 & the Arts Council. Andreea won several national competitions in Romania and as a member of the ConTempo String Quartet she has won a record of 13 international prizes in competitions such as London, Munich, Hamburg, Rome, Graz, Berlin & Prague. Andreea has a busy schedule of more than 60 concerts a year and she has performed, on her own or with the ConTempo Quartet, all over the world including Davos Festival, Wigmore Hall and St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London, Berliner Philarmonik, Waterfront in Belfast, Max Joseph Saal in Munich, Theatre Chatelet and Festival Clasique-au-Vert in Paris, Auditorium in Brussels, Gedai University in Tokio, Opera House in Tel-Aviv, Haydn Festival in Eisenstadt, King's Lynn Festival (where ConTempo played with London's Royal Philarmonic Orchestra Elgar's Introduction and Allegro) Dublin, Toronto, Madrid, Rome and Bucharest. Andreea and her colleagues from ConTempo had the honour to perform for personalities such us the Pope John Paul II, Nelson Mandela, Prince Charles and the EU Ministers. As a member of the ConTempo Quartet Andreea recorded for BBC, RTE, Lyric FM, Radio France Musique, ORF, TVR and for the German CD Company DeutscheSchalplatten. ConTempo recorded also the music for Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks's TV Drama Band of Brothers. Her connections with the film world include appearances in two movies as a supporting actress (the last one, "Trop tard", was selected for the Cannes Festival in France).
	William Dowdall, flute. Dublin born William Dowdall trained at the Cleveland Institute of Music and returned to Ireland at the age of 21. Principal flute in the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland from 1979 to 2004 and appointed Professor of flute at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, he now combines a busy career as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. In addition to a wide ranging repertoire, he has a keen interest in contemporary music and many composers have written works for him. As a solo artist he has made critically-acclaimed recordings for Goasco, Naxos, Marco Polo, Black Box, and Celestial Harmonies labels. He plays on gold and platinum flutes by Brannen, a wooden flute by Abell, and an alto flute by Eva Kingma.