Radu Ratoi, accordion

Winner of the Léonie Sonning Talent Prize, Radu Ratoi travels worldwide, attracting the public with his musicality, technique, and charisma. In 2024 Ratoi was appointed as a soloist with the National Chamber Orchestra of Moldova. With his transcriptions of J. S. Bach, D. Scarlatti, J. P. Rameau, F. Liszt and many more, he has reinvented and improved the accordion repertoire.
Praised for his originality, versatility, and virtuosity in the classical and contemporary repertoire, Ratoi describes the accordion as "an instrument with almost unlimited possibilities.”