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Romanian violinist Constantin Adrian Pintea has performed throughout Europe and the United States as a soloist and chamber music player. He began his musical studies with Ștefan Gheorghiu, a former David Oistrakh pupil, and was featured as a soloist with the Romanian National Symphony Orchestra and the Bucharest Philharmonic. Mr. Pintea won his first national prize at the age of 12 and was a prize recipient at the Jeunesse Musicales and Remember Enescu international competitions. In 2000 he was selected to appear as a soloist and chamber player at the World Exposition Summit in Hannover, Germany, followed by a tour through France and Italy with the Lyceum Strings chamber symphony, both as a soloist and principal player.

He was accepted at The Juilliard School for his undergraduate studies under the tutelage of Masao Kawasaki and Lewis Kaplan. After completing his Bachelor’s Degree, he was awarded the Eugenia and David Ames Concertmaster Fellowship at the Mannes School of Music and performed as part of the Intermezzo Piano Trio in major halls such as Alice Tully, The Morgan Library and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Pintea also participated in several music festivals, including the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg and the Texas Music Festival, where he was a prize recipient of the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition. Most recently, he became a member of the Breckenridge Music Festival where he performs as an orchestral and chamber player during the festival’s summer series.

After completing his studies, Mr. Pintea joined the New World Symphony where he had the opportunity to serve as concertmaster under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas and Esa-Pekka Salonen, among others. He is currently serving as the assistant concertmaster of the Richmond Symphony.

Jason McComb has been the Assistant Principal Cellist of the Richmond Symphony since 2002. Having received his early musical training in his native Portland, Oregon, Mr. McComb earned a Bachelor of Music from The Juilliard School where he studied with Joel Krosnick and Zara Nelsova. He then went on to study with Bonnie Hampton at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he received a Master of Music in both cello and chamber music.

Mr. McComb has participated in many festivals including Aspen, Musicorda, Kent/Blossom, Banff and Tanglewood, where he was awarded two prizes for outstanding cellist. Among numerous chamber music performances are ones with Joel Krosnick, Donald Weilerstein, Misha Amory, Ian Swensen, William Preucil and the Miami String Quartet. He has been a member of Orchestra London Canada, and has served on the faculty of Brandon University in Canada.

A very active teacher, Mr. McComb has a private studio and is on the faculties of the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2009 Mr. McComb performed the Dvořák Cello Concerto with conductor Keith Lockhardt. He is a founding member of the Atlantic Chamber Ensemble.

Jason McComb lives in Richmond with his wife, cellist Dana McComb, and his three sons.

Daniel Stipe is equally at home as a solo recitalist, collaborator and arranger on both the piano and the organ.

He earned a BM in organ and piano performance from the University of North Texas in 2006, studying with Adam Wodnicki and Jesse Eschbach.  He served as assistant university organist at the University of the South from 2007-2010, and he earned a MM in organ performance from Westminster Choir College in 2012 studying with Ken Cowan.  He served for five years as Director of Music at Trinity Lutheran Church in Richmond, VA from 2013-2017.

He is a prizewinner in the William Hall Pipe Organ Competition in San Antonio, the Tulsa Crescendo Music Awards, the Fort Wayne National Organ Playing Competition, and the AGO/Quimby Region VII Competition for Young Organists.  In 2017 he was a featured recitalist at the convention of the American Guild of Organists in Richmond, and was featured in a solo recital at the Association of Anglican Musicians convention in 2022.

As a collaborator, Daniel has worked with dozens of vocal and choral ensembles, and has an extensive knowledge of the string and wind repertory.  He maintains an active concert schedule.  He is a founding member of the Piedmont Singers of Central Virginia, a professional octet focusing on works by living composers.  He was chosen to be one of the staff accompanists for the 2020 Menuhin International violin competition.  He plays regularly with the Richmond Symphony.

Since 2007 he has served as accompanist for the North Texas Children’s Choir festivals in Dallas, working with acclaimed clinicians like Ruth Dwyer, Herbert Washington, Julie Yu, and Rollo Dilworth.

Daniel lives in Richmond, where he serves as accompanist for the Richmond Symphony Chorus and the Central Virginia Masterworks Chorale, and as principal organist at All Saints Episcopal Church.  Since 2017 he has tuned and serviced pianos in the Richmond area.  In his spare time he enjoys road cycling, hiking, role-playing games, and good literature.