Born and trained in Romania, Dr. Voicu moved to the U.S. in 1993.  She received her Master of

Music degree in 1995 under the direction of pianist Jerome Rose, at Bowling Green State

University in Ohio, and her Doctorate in Piano Performance in 2000 under the direction of

Professor Amanda Penick, at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.   

Dr. Voicu has performed extensively as a soloist and in chamber music concerts in Romania,

Austria, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, China, and the United States.  She has won several

competitions and awards, including several 1st prizes at national competitions in Romania; the

Public Prize at the 1990 Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition in Florence,

Italy; the Edna Ocker Best Accompanist Award at the 1994 Corpus Christi International Music

Competition in Corpus Christi, Texas; the 1995 Chautauqua Music Festival Concerto

Competition in Chautauqua, New York; and the 1996 Southern Division of the MTNA Young

Chang Collegiate Piano Competition in Louisville, Kentucky. Since moving to Birmingham in

1998, she has also performed multiple times on various series sponsored by the Alabama

Symphony Orchestra.  

For 15 years, Dr. Voicu served as Director of Instrumental Music at Indian Springs School, a

private college preparatory school in Indian Springs, Alabama. While there, she founded and

directed the Indian Springs Piano Competition, a contest aimed to encourage and stimulate the

development of advanced Alabamian high‐school pianists. She also served as President for the

Birmingham Music Teachers Association and as Vice‐President for the Alabama Music Teachers

Association.  Currently, Dr. Voicu runs a large private piano studio.  She also serves as President

of Music4Romania, a non‐profit organization that aims to enhance the lives of children in

schools and orphanages in Romania through musical and other cultural experiences and to

enrich the international cultural landscape through events that promote Romanian and

American music and cross‐cultural understanding.   

Dr. Voicu and her husband, Alabama Symphony Concertmaster Daniel Szasz, are the proud

parents of Alex and Angela.