Ștefan Aprodu Winner of the 30th Edition of Johannes Brahms Competition in Portschach 2024, laureate of the George Enescu Competition with the 2nd Prize, as well as winner of Vasco Abadjiev International Violin Competition in Bulgaria and laureate of the Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition in Belgium, Ștefan Aprodu is a renowned Romanian violinist, who started studying violin at the age of 7 in Bucharest at the Dinu Lipatti National College of Arts under the guidance of Magdalena Ursu.

He is currently a student in the class of Prof. Krzysztof Węgrzyn at the University of Music, Theatre and Media in Hannover, Germany (HMTMH).