Pianist Karina Şabac has performed worldwide with distinguished artists such as conductor John Lubbock (UK), Paul Nadler (US), violinist Midori Goto in the Disney Hall, Los Angeles, cellist Ivan Monigheti in Portugal, violinist Michelle Kim (assistant principal of NY Phil) and cellist Ronald Leonard (former principal cellist LA Phil) in Los Angeles. Most recently she performed with Sherban Lupu, Tomasz Tomaszewsky, Hartmut Rohde and Catalin Ilea in several chamber music concerts of the Rumänische Kammermusikabende and the Enescu Tage in Berlin.

Mrs. Şabac has played solo recitals and as soloist with orchestras in the  Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonie, München Gasteig, with the St John’s Orchestra-London, with the Bucharest, Iassy, and Arad Philharmonics, with the Bucharest Radio Orchestra and Das Symfonie Orchester Berlin.
Her recordings of solo piano works and concertos have been made for and broadcast by New York- WQXR, Berlin- SFB3, Los Angeles- KMozart, Bucharest- National Radio.
Mrs. Şabac started teaching at age 19 when she was the youngest person to receive the Teaching Assistantship position at University of Southern California. Since then she has been a Judge in several competitions in the US, at the First International Piano Competition of the World Piano Pedagogy Conference- Atlanta, and in New York at the NYSSMA piano festival.
As Faculty and Artist in residence Mrs. Şabac taught and performed at chamber music festivals in Viana do Castelo- Portugal, Grand Junction- Colorado, US and in Chester - UK.

Mrs. Şabac has studied and lived in Berlin, Los Angeles and New York, returning back to Europe in 2007. Besides her main mentors Andrei Vieru, Mme Popisteanu, Klaus Hellwig, John Perry and Phillip Kawin she worked with Georgy Sebok (Indiana University), and Menahem Pressler (Beaux Arts Trio).

At 19 years old she was the youngest person to obtain her University Diploma in Berlin at the same time with her high-school diploma: the final Bacalaureat-exam in the George Enescu Music High-school Bucharest.
After her German University studies Mrs. Şabac was invited by Professor John Perry to go to University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. There she obtained under full scholarship and the Dean’s Award a Masters Degree and a graduate Certificate Degree in Piano Performance.
Later, in 2007 Mrs. Şabac was only the 6th Student in Manhattan School of Music’s history to receive the prestigeous Artist Diploma. At the same time she received the Rubinstein Award for “the most promising career of a female pianist.”


Klaus Hellwig:
 "…she makes music express itself in a very special way…with her the difference between the many skilful pianists and the few real musicians becomes clear.”


Recently Mrs Şabac has participated both as a performer and artistic director in the 2008 “Rumänische Kammermusikabende in Berlin” and in the 2010 ZARVA Festival - Vaals, NL. She performed in different chamber music recitals with members of the Aachen Symphony Orchestra. In the summer of 2011 she was invited by conductor Marcus Bosch to participate as musical assistant in the opera Fidelio (L.v.Beethoven) within the Heidenheim Opernfestpiele, Germany. In 2012 she was re-invited in the same festival for the opera Carmen (G.Bizet).
In February of 2012 she will perform as soloist with the Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra in Ukraine with conductor Marijn Simons the Ravel Concerto in G major.

December 2011