Silvan Negruţiu displays a very special, rare quality: he knows how to build structures from sound, dislocating the air, eliminating emptiness, evil, and inoperable space.”

– Clipa Magazine

Hailed as “a startling and authentic pianist displaying rich imagination and brilliant vigor, whose precision and splendor of keyboard sound certainly inspire a transcendental reality” (The Musical News Journal, Bucharest), Silvan Negruţiu has performed on major international stages, from Carnegie Hall to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Ireland's National Concert Hall, Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, Xi’an Concert Hall in China, Showa Recital Hall in Tokyo and Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He has released two albums on Centaur Records and has appeared as soloist with prestigious orchestras, including the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Alicante Philharmonic, George Enescu Philharmonic and Dublin Symphony Orchestra.

In high demand as a performer, clinician, adjudicator and speaker, he appears frequently as a conference presenter and an artist-teacher at international music festivals across Europe, America and Asia. As an artist, a teacher and a scholar, he embraces the exploration of rare piano literature, innovative pedagogy and the advancement of arts entrepreneurship in higher education. He is an active promoter of new music and Romanian composers, with a primary focus on George Enescu and Constantin Silvestri. Negruțiu serves as the Michael and Karen Kitt Distinguished Professor in Piano and Director of Piano Studies in the Kitt School of Music at Northern Arizona University. He is the founder and artistic director of Flagstaff Piano Festival and Northern Arizona Piano Competition.