Margarita Balanas

Balanas won her first international competition at age eight, and made her concert debut in London at Wigmore Hall at age 17.[1]

She has performed at the Royal Festival Hall in London,[2] and at Corum as part of the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier with her sister Kristine Balanas.[3]

Balanas has appeared as a soloist with Iași "Moldova" Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gabriel Bebeselea.[4]

Appearing with Carlos Izcaray conducting the Orquestra Sinfonica do Porto Casa da Música, she performed Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme in 2015.[5]

She performed with Lynn Harrell at the Adelaide International Cello Festival in 2014.[6] Her playing was favorably noted.[7]

In 2018 she performed with the Orchestra of St John's, conducted by John Lubbock at Ashmolean Museum Proms.[8]

In 2019, she and her sister performed at The Alpine Fellowship annual symposium.[9]

Balanas was selected by Gautier Capuçon for the “Classe d’Excellence de Violoncelle” at the Fondation Louis Vuitton[10] with performances broadcast on Medici.tv.[11]

Balanas plays a Charles-Adolphe Gand ‘Auguste Tolbecque 1849 cello.[12] Her former instruments include Nicolo Gagliano and Giovanni Battista Rogeri cellos.[13]

Balanas is the sister of violinists Kristine Balanas and Roberts Balanas.[14]

• Margarita Balanas performs Max Bruch at Foundation Louis Vuitton
• The Balanas play Handel-Halverson