Marius Vlad Budoiu is one of the most appreciated Romanian tenors. He graduated from the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj, and made his debut at the age of 21 as a soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. In 1996 he made his debut on the stage of the Bucharest National Opera as Tamino (Die Zauberflöte by W. A Mozart). He has sung in hundreds of concerts and performances in England, Australia, Austria, Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Turkey.

Tenor Marius Vlad Budoiu has performed a wide range of repertoire, from works by Handel and Mozart to 20th century works. His repertoire has included several successful years as an operatic tenor in roles such as Rodolfo (La Bohme), Alfredo (La Traviata), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Barinkay (Der Zigeunerbaron), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Faust (Faust). Over time, his voice evolved towards the spicy repertoire, he tackled roles such as Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Don José (Carmen), Radames (Aida), Cavaradossi (Tosca), Canio (Pagliacci), Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana), Don Carlo (Don Carlo) and Manrico (Il Trovatore).

In recent years he has tackled difficult dramatic tenor repertoire, becoming Otello (Otello), Calaf (Turandot), Samson (Samson et Dalila), Don Alvaro (La Forza del Destino), Tannhäuser (Tannhäuser), Lohengrin (Lohengrin) and Tristan (Tristan and Isolde). The tenor’s renowned collaborators include Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Antonio Pappano, Lawrence Foster, Cristian Mandeal, Peter Ruzicka, Marek Jankovski, Friedrich Haider. He has collaborated with the Munich Philharmonic, Hamburg Philharmonic, Staatskappelle Berlin, Berliner Symphoniker, Staatskappelle Dresden, Santa Cecilia in Rome, the opera houses of Bucharest, Bratislava, Budapest, Scala in Milan, Staatsoper Berlin, Freiburg, Marseille, Melbourne, Palermo, Toulon and many others.

Marius Vlad Budoiu holds the title of Doctor in Music and since 1995 he has been working as a teacher at the Academy of Music in Cluj. Among the artists trained under his guidance are some of the most important names in the lyric art, artists with remarkable national and international careers: George Petean, Adela Zaharia, Stefan Pop, Bogdan Baciu, Bogdan Taloș, Ovidiu Purcel, Cristian Hodrea, Cristian Mogoșan and many others. He is always invited for master classes at different art and educational institutions: in Iasi, Bucharest, Düsseldorf, Melbourne, Rome, Santa Cecilia Conservatory, Berlin Academy of Music, Graz Academy of Music and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.