Born in Ploiesti, Romania (1985), he is a former pupil of the Carmen Sylva Art School where he studied violin with Adrian Ceapa (and privately with Ioana Croitoru) and piano with his mother, Sanda Hîrlav-Maistorovici. At age 16, with support from pianist Lory Wallfisch, he gained a full scholarship at The Yehudi Menuhin School, where he continued his violin studies with Natalia Boyarskaya. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance and Composition (under Felix Andrievsky and Jonathan Cole), a Postgraduate Diploma in Composition (under Mark-Anthony Turnage) from the Royal College of Music London, and a Soloist Master Degree from Conservatoire de Lausanne (under Pierre Amoyal).
His performances display “technical assuredness, balanced by interpretative willingness to push boundaries that can, and often does make sparks fly” (MusicWeb International). Winner of Remember Enescu International Competition, The Tillett Trust and a Finalist of Young Concert Artist Trust, he has performed concerti and recitals that have included appearances at major venues such as London Wigmore Hall, South Bank Centre, The Sage Gateshead, Salle Flagey Bruxelles, Kulturhaus Helferei Zurich, Merkin Hall New York, as well as various festivals across Europe. Highlights of 2011 include Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor with Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne.
A committed chamber musician, he has had the privilege of performing alongside renowned musicians and ensembles, such as Pierre Amoyal, Dora Schwartzberg, Jeremy Menuhin, Ivry Gitlis, Gordan Nikolich, Idomeneo Quartet. He has duo partnershipsth pianists Diana Ionescu and Dario Bonuccelli, with the later having explored a repertoire that includes the complete works for violin and piano by Schubert under the mentorship of Bruno Canino. Their 2008 Ysaye Memorial tour was recieved with great ethusiasm and gave Vlad the opportunity to share his knowledge with younger musicians in masterclasses at schools such as Lilla Akademien in Stokholm.
A versatile performer, he dedicates a lot of time and energy to experimentation and new music. Highlights of 2011 include Pascal Dusapin's Violin Concerto Quad at Festival Archipel Geneva. He is a member of The Mercury Quartet, a dynamic ensemble that focuses on 20th Century and contemporary repertoire. In only 2 years of existence, the quartet has inspired over 10 new works by composers from different generations. 2011 has seen the launch of Mercury Radar, a concert series at London’s The Forge, which aims to commission 8 new works per year. The ensemble also explore uncharted territories in contemporary classical music improvisation, as can be heard in Mercury Acoustic, an innovative album of live-composed music, released in 2010 by NonClassical and produced by Gabriel Prokofiev.
As a composer, he is a winner of The George Enescu International Competition and an alumnus of the Britten-Pears Programme. His music features ’’vivid contrasts’’ (London Financial Times) and was praised for its ’’clarity of expression’’ (Actualitatea Muzicala Bucharest). To date he has composed mainly chamber and orchestral works which have been performed and broadcast in Europe and beyond. 2011 highlights include the premiere of Halo by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Hall in a concert conducted by Sir Colin Davis, and Tribute to Freddie Mercury, a project that features classical redentions of compositions by the legendary rock musician intertwined with chamber works by Vlad Maistorovici. Champions of his music have been LSO, LPO, EUCO, Britten-Pears Orchestra, Andrew Zolinsky, Antoine Francoise, Yuko Amoyal, Daniel Kyenzy.
He performs on a 1852 Rafaele ed Antonio Gagliano of Naples, kindly lent to him by Mr. Hans van Swaay.