Bassoonist, Accordionist, Musicologist, and educator Emilian Badea graduated from one of Romania’s most prestigious Music Academies. He earned a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degree both as a Dean’s scholar from Boston University. Emilian Badea has performed most of the symphonic repertoire with the Romanian Radio Symphony Orchestra and as a freelance musician in the Boston area, he has performed with The Boston Ballet, The Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Classical Players, The Boston Academy of Music, The New Hampshire Symphony, The Rhode Island Philharmonic, The Brockton Symphony, and many other New England ensembles.
Dr. Badea has presented Master classes at the "George Dima" Academy of Music in Cluj, Romania and "G. Donizetti" Conservatorio di Musica, Bergamo, Italy. He is a member of The National Music Honor Society "Pi Kappa Lambda", of the American Federation of Musicians, The International Double Reed Society, The American Accordionists’ Association, and the Accordion Teachers Association of Massachusetts. Dr. Badea is currently on the music faculty of the University of Massachusetts Boston and The Brookline Music School.
He also maintains his music studio in Natick, Massachusetts with many successful students at local and national levels. Among his hobbies are Italian Renaissance, photography, and Jazz. Dr. Badea recommends listening to Mozart every day in order to sweeten up our souls, ...and.... don't neglect Rossini!
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