Andrei is the Gold Medal-winner at the 2015 XV International Tchaikovsky Competition and winner of the 1st Prize at the International Cello Competition David Popper (2009), 1st Prize at the Khachaturian International Competition (2013), 2nd Prize International ARD Music Competition (2014) and 2nd Prize at the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in Berlin (2014).

Andrei has performed as soloist with Hallé Orchestra and the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic and the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Radio MDR Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig and the Romanian Youth Orchestra.

Andrei Ioniță’s exceptional talent makes him a versatile and sought-after performer of chamber music. He had the opportunity to perform on stage together with Martha Argerich, Christian Tetzlaff, Sergei Babayan and Steven Isserlis.

He studied with Ani-Marie Paladi in Bucharest and Jens Peter Maintz at the Universität der Künste Berlin.