About me
Born in Bucharest, Romania, Adrian Jojatu studied bassoon at the George Enescu School of Music. In 1982, 1984, and 1985 he won the 1st prize at the woodwind Romanian national competitions. In 1985, he was the only woodwind player from the Enescu High School invited to participate at the International Orchestra Festival Fedele Fenaroli in Lanciano, Italy. In 1990, Mr. Jojatu was invited to perform at the summer residence of Pope John Paul II in Rome. In 1989, he was appointed assistant principal bassoon at the Radio Orchestra and TV, Bucharest, Romania. In 1991, he received full scholarship at Boston University for Master degree in bassoon performance. His teacher was Matthew Ruggiero, former assistant principal bassoonist of the Boston Symphony.
He is the founder of the Mozarteum quartet and in 1995 and 2001 was the winner of the concerto competition at Boston University. In 1995 he performed as soloist with the Boston Pops with Keith Lockhart conducting. In 1998, he released his first CD recording with the bassoon Mozart Concerto K191 with the George Enescu Chamber Orchestra, on the Euromusic label. In 1999, he performed as a National premiere the bassoon concerto of Jiri Pauer (1949) with the National Radio Orchestra, Bucharest, Romania.
In 2007, he performed the same concerto as National premiere in Mexico with the Mexico State Orchestra. Since 1993 he performed with many classical ensembles in the Boston area and New England such as Boston Classical, BMOP, Boston Philharmonic, Rhode Island Philharmonic Cantata Singers, Spectrum Singers, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Ballet, Boston Pops, and Boston Symphony. Between 2005-2008 he was appointed principal bassoon of the State Symphony of Mexico.
He has performed over 20 concertos as soloist with many orchestras across the globe, including the Chamber Orchestra of Boston and the Boston Pops.
