Karina Şabac, pianist of Romanian origins, has performed worldwide in chamber music concerts with distinguished artists such as 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).
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 Artist Diploma. At the same time she received the prestigious 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 created the KSPQ Piano Quartet, the KarMa Duo together with Marijn Simons, and both as performer and artistic director she participated in the 2008 “Rumänische Kammermusikabende in Berlin”. This festival was sponsored by the Romanian Ministery of Culture and brought world famous Romanian musicians together on the stages of Konzerthaus, Universität der Künste and Instrumentenmuseum in Berlin.
 

July 2009