Mariana P.

Mariana Preda is a Pan Flute artist and Singer based in Amsterdam. She graduated with a Bachelor's and Master's Degree from the Conservatory of Amsterdam in the Netherlands under the guidance of Matthijs Koene. She released many albums with the Italian label MAP from Milan. Mariana won numerous music awards and she took part in many music competitions and festivals such as: IBLA Grand Prize, UNTOLD Festival, Vondelpark Festival, Uitmarkt, Grachten Festival, Prix Annelie de Man, Gaudeamus Festival, Romanian Days. She performed in various cities around the world such as Bucharest, Cluj, ...

Mariana Preda is a Pan Flute artist and Singer based in Amsterdam. She graduated with a Bachelor's and Master's Degree from the Conservatory of Amsterdam in the Netherlands under the guidance of Matthijs Koene. She released many albums with the Italian label MAP from Milan. Mariana won numerous music awards and she took part in many music competitions and festivals such as: IBLA Grand Prize, UNTOLD Festival, Vondelpark Festival, Uitmarkt, Grachten Festival, Prix Annelie de Man, Gaudeamus Festival, Romanian Days. She performed in various cities around the world such as Bucharest, Cluj, Milan, Rome, Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Cairo, Havana, New York, Chicago Cultural Center and Los Angeles. In addition to performing Mariana is a pan flute teacher who is interested in enriching the panflute pedagogy, techniques, and repertoire. She held many masterclasses at institutions around the world including Radford University, Harding University, and Lion College. "The classical/contemporary pan flute has developed only in the last 20 years which concluded with composers writing for this instrument and educators to develop a teaching program. The instrument has been very famous in world music for centuries, therefore the oral transmission played and still plays an important role in teaching and developing the techniques of the instrument. I've been teaching the pan flute for 3 years. My style is based on demonstration, involving the student in the process of understanding the techniques of the instrument as well as the reasons behind certain musical styles in order to help them achieve confidence and a better interpretation. I use most of the time the brainstorming strategy to help students generate questions and ideas and get creative like in improvising, writing their own melodies, etc. In matters of musical interpretation, I encourage experimenting with phrases, musical colors, rhythms, musical direction, and music analysis." ​

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