Pianist David Irimescu is the winner of the Mozart Prize at the 2nd International “Wiener Klassik” Piano Competition in 2025. At the Mozarthaus, he will perform works by W.A. Mozart, among others.

David Irimescu is an Italian-Romanian pianist and winner of 71 national and international competitions. Among his awards is the prestigious “Amadeus Factory Award,” the only Italian talent show for classical music, produced by Sky TV in collaboration with Amadeus magazine.

Praised for his exceptional musical maturity and refined tone, he has collaborated with more than thirty internationally renowned artists and attended numerous master classes. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed throughout Europe and the United States, earning acclaim from audiences and critics alike.

After taking a break from performing for health reasons—during which he pursued intensive training as an educator, mental coach, and therapist in various areas of well-being—he made a successful return to the concert stage. His most recent awards include the 2023 Bacewicz International Prize in Kraków and a special recognition under Maestro Claudio Voghera at the Turin Conservatory. In addition, he received scholarships to study at the Accademia di Pinerolo (with Enrico Pace), the University of Georgia (USA, with Alan Woo), and the Rossetti Academy in Lugano (with Vovka Ashkenazy). He also received funding from the Fondazione Cecilia Gilardi and the Piedmont Region.

Thanks to support from the De Sono Scholarship, the Monetti Scholarship, and the PluS Basel Foundation, he is currently studying at the Basel Academy of Music with Filippo Gamba and Tobias Schabenberger.

As the winner of the Mozart Prize in Vienna and the Scarlatti Prize in Trapani, David Irimescu was invited to present his research at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and at the Turin Conservatory, and to serve as a juror at international piano competitions.

David Irimescu views music as a personal calling. His goal is to help people rediscover the deep connection between music and well-being through awareness, sensitivity, and knowledge, and to open up new horizons of musical listening through multisensory perception.