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 MusicCompetition in Corpus Christi, Texas; the 1995 Chautauqua Music Festival ConcertoCompetition in Chautauqua, New York; and the 1996 Southern Division of the MTNA YoungChang Collegiate Piano Competition in Louisville, Kentucky. Since moving to Birmingham in 1998, she has also performed multiple times on various series sponsored by the AlabamaSymphony 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.