Rucsandra Popescu

About

Biography | Conductor| Composer | Pianist |


As Choir Director:

Since November 2008 she was the conductor and musical director of the international Choir and Ensemble J-Cappella Choir, of the former Jacobs University Bremen
with whom she won two silver medals at the “Petr Eben International Choir Competition and Festival” in Prague, Czechia in 2012 and a "very good" diploma at the 4th Choir Competition of the Choir Association of Bremen and Lower Saxony in 2016.
Infos: J-Cappella Choir

Since March 2020 she is teaching choir conducting and is the conductor of main Choir of the University of Music Bremen.
Since November 2017 she is the conductor of the Popchor of the University of Music in Bremen.
Infos: HFK Bremen

Since January 2016 she is the conductor of the ensemble d'accord in Bremen, with whom she has performed intensively the music of Morten Lauridsen, Arvo Pärt, and Alfred Schnittke.
In April 2023 she taught throught ERASMUS Teaching Programm at the Music University Bucharest.

Between:
- 2018 - 2020 she taught music and singing at the St.Johannis School in Bremen.
- 2015 - 2017 she was the conductor of the Oldenburger Jugendchor
- 2015 - 2018 she was the conductor of the Jazzchoir of the University of Music and Theater Leipzig
- 2009 - 2012 and 2017-2021 she was the conductor of Buchtstrassenchor Bremen
- 2009 - 2012 she was the conductor of the Achimer Jazzkollektiv
- 2009 - Workshop - singing with children - OsternGLOCKE in Bremen
- 2008 - 2012 she was the conductor of the Deutsch-Französischer Chor Bremen
- 2007/2008 - ESG Choirprojekts and Workshops in Bremen
- 2005 - 2006 conducted the Pop-chor in Oldenburg
- 2002 - 2005 she has been doing an internship in the Ansgari Kantorei conducted by the Chapel Meister Johannes von Hoff
In 2001 she decided to make the exam for choir conducting, were she was accepted among the best students. She graduated from the Music University in Bucharest with the degree in choir conducting.
During her Study in Bucharest, she conducted her academic year choir in several concerts.
Starting with 10 she began to sing, first in Dinu Lipatti Music High School Choir, afterwards in various consecrated choir ensembles:

As Singer:

- Kontakion, specialized in Byzantine music
- Musica Selecta
- Saint Joseph catholic Church Choir Bucharest
- Ansgari Kantorei Oldenburg
- in summer 2002 she took part with the choir from Hardegsen (Germany) at the music festival Romantische Nacht


As Orchester Director:

- 2013 - 2014 she conducted the "G.Sinopoli" Music School orchestra in Martellago, Venice (Italy).
- 2002 - 2007, 2020 worked occasionally with the Carl von Ossietszky University orchestra and Kammersinfonie-Oldenburg.
- 2007 - conducted the Kammersinfonie Oldenburg with the first performance Clarinet Concert by G.Beccera-Schmidt.
- 2006 - 2010 she conducted several ensembles at the Atelier Neue Musik concerts.