Nicolae Dumitru (born 1968 in Bucharest) made his debut in 1987 on the Romanian Atheneum main stage in Bucharest, with the Mozart A Major Piano Concerto KV 488. Under the tutelage of Maestro Dan Mizrahy, he was granted a scholarship at the 'Gnessin' Musical College in Moscow in 1990, where he studied under Irina Naoumova until 1993, when he was admitted as a student on a grant from the Romanian State at The 'Gnessin' Russian Academy of Music, which he graduated in 1998 in the class of professor Mihail Sayamov. Throughout his years in Russia, he benefitted from studies with the prominent Russian pianist and teacher, professor Emmanuel Monaszon.
He has performed as soloist with the Moscow State Philarmony under Vladimir Ponkin, the Omsk and Belgorod Philarmonies, the Kishinev State Philharmony, the 'George Enescu' Philharmony and the Radio State Orchestra in Bucharest, and as a guest soloist with the major Romanian orchestras.
In 2009 he was invited to perform the D minor Piano Concerto by Brahms in the 'Bucharest Proms of Delight' Festival.
His concert repertoire includes both popular classics such as Brahms's 1st Piano Concerto, and the 2nd Piano Concertos by Rachmaninov and Saint-Saens as well as rarities like Dvorak's Piano Concerto and The Four Pieces for Piano and Orchestra by Chopin.
During the Chopin Bicentennial Year (2010) Nicolae Dumitru was invited to perform in festivals such as 'The Palaces of Saint Petersburg' in Russia and Accademie d’Aix-en-Provence in France and in numberous concerts in Romania under the aegis of The Polish Institute. These culminated with a grand gala concert in the Summer Theater of the Herastrau Park (Bucharest) with the National Radio Orchestra under Jin Wang, when Nicolae Dumitru gave the Romanian premiere of two piano and orchestra pieces by Chopin: Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' Op 2 and Rondo a la Krakowiak.
In the Franz Liszt Bicentennial Year (2011) the Institut Francais in Bucharest invited Nicolae Dumitru to perform a recital in the Bucharest Metro — 'Grande Journee Liszt — Liszt dans le Metro'.
In 2013 Nicolae Dumitru started a broad national project of educational recitals in 15 cities of Romania under the general sponsorship of Raiffeisen Bank Romania.
In recent years he has been invited to perform piano recitals in Stockholm, Vienna, Baden am Wien, Lisbon, Madrid (EU Cultural Week), Barcelona, Budapest, Venezia, Rome.
Free recital (retiring collection)