Joenne O. Dumitrascu

05/26/2026

Memorial Day 🇺🇸
“Time will not dim the glory of their deeds.”
—General John Pershing

04/12/2026

Excited to be playing two community-based chamber music recitals in the next 3 weeks 🎶 Works by Beethoven and Mendelssohn with three awesome colleagues! These events are free to attend, many thanks to the support of the organizers 🙏🏻

April 17, 7pm in Bellport, NY - registration required -> link:
https://southcountry.librarycalendar.com/event/whitman-quartet-36929

May 2, 6pm in Stony Brook, NY (no registration required; wine reception @ intermission)

04/05/2026

Happy Easter! ✝️

03/29/2026

Looking forward to performing as part of The National Purple Heart Honor Mission’s ‘A Concert for America’s Heroes,’ a gala honoring Purple Heart recipients on April 30th in Newburgh, NY 🎶

🔗Event/ticket link:

03/17/2026

I’m honored to have been invited to speak at the 2026 Contemporary Music Theory Conference in Prague this April 🎶 My topic is on music and speech, and it draws from one of my first doctoral papers.

03/15/2026

The first 2 months of 2026 were musically busy while I dodged every winter storm hitting the Northeast ❄️ Throwback to musically rewarding projects with some of my closest friends, meeting new collaborators, and planning ahead:

1. Honored to have given the NY premiere of Ronen Shai’s chamber piece ‘Fortune Teller’ alongside Sarah Sebaoun and Sandro Sidamonidze. Also got to perform Alkan’s Grand Concertante with Sarah, which is always a treat! 🎶

2. Last week of February: I joined soprano Mara Adler as pianist for the launch of her Academy of Italian Bel Canto NJ, which started off with a masterclass residency by Italian vocal coach Massimo Iannone.

3. Many thanks to ShanRong Tuo for inviting me to join her and Dai Wei for a concert as part of Meng Du’s ‘In the Woods’ exhibit at Fou Gallery in Manhattan.

I hope I tagged everyone who needed to be tagged!!

03/11/2026

It was an honor serving on the jury of the first edition of the Metropolitan Music Showcase, a new Canadian competition for young classical musicians. Congratulations to the winners of each category! 🏆

https://metromusicshowcase.com

Fun fact: this hall was my home for nearly a decade when I was a student at the Royal Conservatory 🎶

02/16/2026

Excited to join the Academy of Italian Bel Canto New Jersey for its masterclass residency with Italian vocal coach Massimo Iannone at the end of February! Tickets still available for the final concert if you’re in the central NJ area.
🔗 Ticket link:
https://academyofitalianbelcantonj.eventbrite.com

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02/15/2026

Coming up next Saturday, February 21st: Art Exhibit & Concert at Fou Gallery (Union Square, Manhattan) 🎶 Excited to collaborate with ShanRong Tuo and Wei Dai on a program that includes solo Bach, Bartok Duos, Amy Beach’s stunningly beautiful ‘Romance’ and Massenet’s ‘Meditation’ from the opera ‘Thaïs’…
Doors open: 7pm
Concert: 7:30pm

🔗 Ticket link:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/immersive-meditation-and-healing-experience

02/01/2026

New blog post up! And a throwback photo of 12-year-old me…

As a young musician, I was brought up to believe that training is everything. My view of training was very narrow, it was basically the number of hours I’d spend practicing violin or piano. The higher the better. A part of me has always liked structure and discipline. In many ways, it provided tan...