Education
She then studied with Stefan Gheorghiu at the "Ciprian Porumbescu" National University of Music Bucharest in Bucharest.
She then studied with Stefan Gheorghiu at the "Ciprian Porumbescu" National University of Music Bucharest in Bucharest.
Schon bald nach Beginn ihrer Konzertkarriere wurde sie mit mehreren internationalen Preisen ausgezeichnet. She performed as soloist in many of the world�s great concert halls such as Berliner Philharmonie, Teatro Col�n (Buenos Aires), Sydney Opera House, Wiener Musikverein, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center (New York), Teatro alla Scala (Milan) and Suntory Hall (Tokyo). She also took part in many international music festivals.
With the quartet, she was a prize-winner at several international competitions including Li�ge 1972, M�nich 1973, Geneva 1974 and Belgrade 1975. In 1985 Mariana S�rbu joined the Trio di Milano with pianist Bruno Canino and cellist Rocco Filippini. In 1994 she participated in establishing the Quartetto Stradivari.
From 1992 bis 2003 she was concertmaster of the I Musici chamber orchestra. She was recently appointed principal guest director of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. Mariana S�rbu plays a Stradivarius violin (model �Conte di Fontana�, 1702), which previously was played by Russian violinist David Oistrakh.
After graduating from university, Mariana S�rbu worked for several years as assistant of Stefan Gheorghiu in Bucharest. She later taught at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole in Florence. She has given master classes in Spain, Ireland, Italy, France, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Canada, Japan and China.
Since 2002 Mariana S�rbu is professor of violin an at the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre in Leipzig. Mariana S�rbu is visiting professor at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Ireland.
Mariana S�rbu was member of several international juries for competitions such the Concorso Internazionale Triennale di Liuteria (Cremona), the Concorso Vittorio Gui (Florence), the chamber music competition Concorso Lorenzi (Trieste), the string quartet competitions in �vian-les-Bains and Bordeaux and the violin competition George Enescu (Bucharest).