Bogdan Dulu is a dynamic concert pianist, orchestral musician, mentor, educator, and arts administrator based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He plays keyboard instruments in the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO), and serves as Co-Director of Keyboard Studies at the VSO’s own School of Music. Additionally, he is the Artistic Director of the Pacific International Youth Music Society, which hosts an annual festival and competition for piano, violin, and chamber music—now proudly in its 13th season.

His career has taken him across four continents, working with more than 50 conductors and numerous celebrated soloists in repertoire spanning over 400 years. Highlights include collaborating with composer Tan Dun on the Canadian premiere of his Buddha Passion; performing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons alongside violinists Lara St. John

or Timothy Chooi; working with Marc-André Hamelin on his piano etudes; and presenting artists like Bruce Liu and Sir Stephen Hough in masterclasses.

 

Bogdan has competed in some of the more prestigious international piano competitions—including Sendai, Minnesota, Helsinki, New Orleans, Calgary (Honens), Bucharest (Enescu), Cincinnati, Prague, Bratislava, and Seattle—only to win the latter. He toured extensively across Canada as a featured artist with Jeunesses Musicales and Debut Atlantic, and his High-Voltage Piano / Piano Haute-Voltige recital series, showcasing the works of Marc-André Hamelin, captivated audiences in 19 solo recitals over just 7 weeks. His performances have reached even the most remote corners of the country, including communities above the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories. His radio appearances span from NHK Tokyo and YLE Finland to Romanian Radio, KING FM Seattle, WFMT Chicago, and the CBC.

 

Outside the concert hall, Bogdan is an experienced adjudicator, mentor, and lecturer. His students have been accepted to institutions such as the Manhattan School of Music, Berklee, Stanford, and Juilliard. They’ve earned top prizes in competitions, concerto auditions, and have been featured in CBC’s prestigious “30 Under 30” list—a who's who of rising stars in Canada’s classical scene. His academic and pedagogical interests include virtuosity, musical syntax, as well as the anatomy and physiology of pianistic apparatus, with a particular focus on injury prevention.

 

Bogdan holds graduate degrees in piano performance from the Mannes School of Music in New York City (Master’s, under Irina Morozova) and the University of British Columbia (Doctorate, under Jane Coop), as well as an undergraduate degree in piano and collaborative studies from his native Romania. His doctoral dissertation—written with direct guidance from the composer—is the first scholarly work devoted to Marc-André Hamelin’s Piano Études.

Dr. Dulu has served as a sessional instructor at the University of British Columbia and is currently on the College Division faculty at the Vancouver Academy of Music. He is on summer faculty at MusicFest Perugia, the Vancouver Island Music Academy, and the Prague Piano Festival.

A proud Canadian citizen, he balances his musical life with a passion for competitive cycling—and a costly affinity for carbon road bikes. He does not like viola jokes.