Harmonia Cordis

Eduard LEAŢĂ started the study of guitar in the School of Arts, and from the 5^th grade, he is a pupil at the Art High school “Dinu Lipatti” from Pitesti. He gained over 70 prizes, 30 of them being first prizes at the National Olympics of music organized in Craiova, Tg. Jiu, Suceava, Cluj-Napoca, Bacau, Bucuresti, as well as at National and International Contests and Festivals of classical guitar. He held recitals Radio Cultural Romania, and was selected in 2007 by soprano Felicia Filip for the young talents group, performing in the Filipissima show. In order to improve his technique, Eduard took master-classes with great guitar players: Carlo Marchione, Gabriel Bianco, Oscar Ghiglia, Costas Cotsiolis, Srdan Tosic, Hubert Kappel. In 2008, guitar is present for the first time in the Romanian at the national selection of the of the international Contest Eurovision Young Musician, where Eduard gained the third prize. At present, Eduard studies at the “Dinu Lipatti” Music Highschool from Pitesti, in the 12^th grade, under the guidance of professor Maria Badea.

Prizes
1^st Prize – Guitar Art Festival, Serbia, 2010
1^st Prize – Guitar Art Festival, Serbia, 2009
1^st Prize – Cehia Guitar Festival, 2009
1^st Prize – Croatia Guitar Festival, 2009
Special Prize – Forrum Guitarre, Viena, 2009
1^st Prize – “Masters of Guitar” Contest, 2008
1^st Prize – International Guitar Festival, Sinaia, 2008
1^st Prize – International Guitar Festival, Targu-Mures, 2008
1^st Prize – National Olympics, Bacau, 2008
1^st Prize – “Timotei Popovici” Contest, Sibiu, 2008
1^st Prize – Transilvania International Guitar Festival, 2007
1^st Prize – National Olympics, Cluj-Napoca, 2007
1^st Prize – International Guitar Contest, Alba Iulia, 2007
1^st Prize – “Timotei Popovici” Contest, Sibiu, 2006
1^st Prize – International Guitar Festival, Alba Iulia, 2005
1^st Prize – Olympics, Zalau, 2006
1^st Prize-‘ Timotei Popovici’ Contest, Sibiu, 2004
1^st Prize-International Contest of instrumental interpretation at ‘National Children’s Palace’, Bucuresti, 2005