Education
Popp, who graduated from the Institute of Architecture Ion Mincu in Bucharest, studied with Maricica Neagu (piano), Ana Severa Benţia (piano), Alexandru Paşcanu (musical theory, solfège, harmony), and Corneliu Gheorghiu (piano).
Popp, who graduated from the Institute of Architecture Ion Mincu in Bucharest, studied with Maricica Neagu (piano), Ana Severa Benţia (piano), Alexandru Paşcanu (musical theory, solfège, harmony), and Corneliu Gheorghiu (piano).
He has participated in many jazz festivals: Ploiești, Sibiu, San Sebastián, Ljubliana, Prague, Warsaw, Debrecen, Nagykanizsa, Mannheim, Göttingen, Tel Aviv, Russe, Frankfurt am Main, Vienna, Munich, Gărâna, et cetera He played with Lionel Hampton when the latter had a concert in București (1971). He was a regular of Electrecord"s Jazz Series.
He has also collaborated with the Austrian saxophonist Harry Sokal.
Since 1999 he has been a lecturer at the Appenzeller Jazz Days, Switzerland. CDs Mijlocaș la dechidere (1979, directorț Dinu Tănase) Întoarce-te și mai privește o dată (1981, director: Dinu Tănase) Destinația Mahmudia (1981, director: Alexandru Boiangiu) Louisiana capătul liniei (1982, director: Dinu Tănase) Galax (director: Ion Popescu-Gopo) Rețeaua South. (director: Virgil Calotescu) Richard III Afară în fața ușii Astă seară Lola Blau.
He was a member of the Mihai Berindei Sextet, of the București Jazz Quartet, and has played with Aura Urziceanu, Pedro Negrescu, Eugen Gondi, Johnny Răducanu, et cetera