Oana Lianu

https://www.oanalianu.ro/

Oana Lianu - the Panpipe Princess

Interests: jazz-cafe, folklore, classical music and carols

The Panpipe Princess, Cultural Ambassador of Romania in the world, a unique and unmistakable voice that covers over 3 octaves, Oana Lianu is a true one – woman show. She is an artist that combines vocal interpretation with the virtuosity of instruments like the panpipe, folk wind instruments and the piano. Therefore, each of her concerts becomes a magical experience.

Music has always been a big part of Oana Lianu’s life. At the age of 6 she started the study of the piano, at the age of 13 she discovered the magic of the panpipe and at the age of 15, her father, Ion Lianu, an ethnologist and professor, initiated her in the art of folk instruments. Oana’s talent has always been noticeable, the composer Valentin Timaru considered her a panpipe genius, and the composer Tudor Jarda said “Oana’s panpipe vibrates at the height of perfection”.
Named the Skylark, Oana Lianu has a voice with unique timbral inflections, covering over 3 octaves. The artist’s repertoire includes musical genres such as cafe concert, evergreen, folklore, classical music, light music, jazz-cafe, contemporary music, carols, romances. Her unique combination of vocals and the panpipe creates a formidable effect, completed by the other instruments Oana masters: piano, kaval, tilinca, pipe, bagpipes, ocarina, Jew’s harp.
Throughout her career, Oana’s performances were as diverse as the musical styles she approached, from jazz-café and classical music shows abroad, to national folklore festivals, as a musician and as a juror. In addition, Oana Lianu also has an experience of 2 years as a producer and moderator of folklore tv shows.

The artist has released 5 albums of jazz-cafe, folklore, classical music and carols.

Musical convergencies

Oana Lianu became a Doctor in Music at the “George Dima” Music Academy in Cluj – Napoca at the age of 29, where she also graduated from. Her doctoral thesis, The Method for Learning to Play the Panpipe was awarded the Summa Cum Laude honor. In 2007 she took over the Folk Ensemble of the Faculty of Music in Oradea, becoming the first female conductor of a folk student orchestra.

Oana Lianu is part of a limited category of artists that exceptionally combine academia with their artistic careers. As a result of her experience as an artist and an academician, Oana Lianu teaches the following subjects: Music Folklore, Folklore Ensemble, Jazz-Light Music, Theory of Instruments, Organology, Music Education Systems, Research and Scientific Writing. In addition, she mentors students from the Folklore Section of the Faculty of Arts in Oradea, who obtain numerous awards at county and national folk music festivals and promote the romanian cultural legacy.

Today, Oana Lianu holds the title of Doctor of Music at the Faculty of Arts from the University of Oradea. Her books and publications: Method for learning to play the panpipe, The panpipe between tradition and modernity and Musical Folklore Course are among the most valuable scientific study materials in the music literature of the world.

Musical convergencies - From Classical music to jazz-cafe

1st CONCERT: CLASSIC AND JAZZ-CAFE

The concert is based on classical and jazz-cafe music, Panpipe, voice and Piano, very known and spectacular international repertoire. Oana Lianu presents in this show one of the most delighted offers, absolutely unique. The proposed program is ambitious, compelling special musical and rhythmic qualities of feeling and virtuosity, a spectacular journey from classic music to jazz-café. The manner of interpretation shows velocity, originality, the combination of her voice with the Panpipe and piano tones creates a distinct sound picture, revealing the artist’s personality - gentle, sensitive, but extremely strong. Pan flute and vocals give the feeling of a perfect symbiosis, forming a formidable duo ... It is noted the artist’s personal way to play the greatest hits, by the harmonious interweaving of the Panflute with her voice, without reiterating versions (over)known, without the slightest doubt of imitation.

2nd CONCERT: ROMANIAN FOLKLORE

Title: The Romanian Skylark
Description: The Romanian musical voyage proposed by the artist leads us throughout all over Romania’s ethnological zones, where we can find the most known, appreciated, spectacular and unique folklore. Called The Princess of Panpipe, Oana Lianu belongs to a very select group of world artists that combines exceptionally the vocal unique interpretation (covering over 3 octaves) with the virtuosity of her instruments - Panpipe, pipe, Shepherd pipe, ocarina, Jew's harp, tilinca and piano, creating magic in her concerts. The addressed repertoire includes an emotional universe, waiting and waiting, a universe in which the public is invited to enter unconditionally, in order to discover the Romanian rythms and melodies’ particularities.