Anelise Gamulescu graduation recital at the Royal Academy of Music was a revelation for the mastery she brought to three Rumanian composers with playing of a fluidity and authority that was a true revelation

Hats off to her professor Florian Mitrea for sharing such a discovery with us on graduation day.

Mozart Sonata in A minor written on hearing of the death of his mother and is full of masterly invention of poignant poetry and whispered anxiety that Anelise played with luminosity and fluidity.

Missing the weight within the notes that need to marry simplicity with maturity . It was in Mozart’s masterpiece of the A minor rondo that her musicianship and poignant understanding came together in work of searing intensity that she played with masterly understanding .

It was after the interval that Anelise revealed her true colour with performances of breathtaking mastery as the notes seemed to belong to her very being and flowed through her with astonishing ease .

Dressed in a beautiful Rumanian costume she certainly did her country proud as I am sure she will continue to do once passed through the doors of this illustrious institution that has known how nurture her natural gifts and allow them to grow and mature with such mastery. Florian I have long admired as a pianist and hats off now as a genial mentor of great talent.

Florian Mitrea – born free at St Mary’s