Florin Estefan

Born in the Romanian city of Oradea, Florin Estefan studied in the music department of the university there under Alexandru Farcas and Gheorghe Mogosan. He later attended the Wales International Academy of Voice in Cardiff, where his voice teacher was Dennis O'Neill, in addition to participating in numerous courses with internationally recognised artists like Sherrill Milnes, Ileana Cotrubaş, Ann Murray, Jane Eaglen, Bernd Weikl, Elizabeth Connell, Carol Vaness and, last but not least, Kiri Te Kanawa. At the age of 20, he signed with the Romanian National Opera of Cluj-Napoca, where he remained one of its soloists for four years. He achieved successful results at a number of competitions, including first place at the Hariclea Darclée International Singing Competition, a special prize at th