New York-based Canadian professional musician Joenne Dumitrascu (born Oana Dumitrascu) began her musical studies at the age of six and continued in the pre-college division of the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) in Toronto, pursuing both violin and piano training. She continuedcollege training at the RCM’s Glenn Gould Professional School (B. Mus., A.D.), The Boston Conservatory at Berklee College (M.M.), and furthered her training with additional studies at the the Hochschule für Muzik und Theater München, and the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna as well as numerous summer academies in North America and Europe. Dumitrascu completed her doctorate in music at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY Stony Brook), where she also studied ethnomusicology.
The winner of the 2011 Glenn Gould Chamber Music Competition, Dumitrascu was on the national and international competition circuits for nearly a decade. Dumitrascu was invited to make her orchestral debut at the age of 14 with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra and appeared on CBC Radio a year later performing Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor. Dumitrascu is a former scholarship and grant recipient of Kiwanis International (Canada Region), Ontario and Canada Arts Councils.
Dumitrascu has toured internationally and performed at such venues as the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s Glenn Gould Studio, Koerner Hall, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and Stern Auditorium, the Four Seasons Center’s Richard Bradshaw Amphitheater, Boston’s Jordan Hall, La Scala, and the Romanian Atheneum in Bucharest, Romania. She has regularly recorded for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and CityTV in Toronto, WGBH in Boston, WFMT Chicago, NBC, ABC, and many others. She has performed frequently in the Noon Hour Concert Series at the National Ballet of Canada/Canadian Opera Company’s Four Seasons Center and for then-Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall’s visit to the Royal Conservatory in 2009.
She was a guest artist on WFMT’s Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: Discovery Series, with performances at National Sawdust and (le) Poisson Rouge. She has collaborated with members of the nine-time Grammy-winning Emerson String Quartet on several chamber music projects, including the New Music for Strings Festival in Denmark. As an orchestral player, Dumitrascu was Concertmaster of the Boston Opera Collaborative and she has performed in the orchestra of the National Ballet of Canada and the Canadian Opera Company, Oakville Chamber Orchestra, and Boston Civic Orchestra. ​​
As a collaborative pianist, Dumitrascu has worked as an audition coach for opera and musical theater in Toronto, Boston, and NYC. Formerly, she worked with the pre-college vocal students at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto as well as vocal diction classes in the undergraduate vocal program at the Glenn Gould School.
Outside of classical music, Dumitrascu has worked on several film and TV projects, including Atom Egoyan’s 2009 movie Chloe, Resident Evil 7, the History Channel, as well as recording work with the Screen Composers' Guild of Canada. As a crossover artist, she has performed as backup musician for Dr. Draw, Carrie Underwood, and Il Divo. Dumitrascu is on the musician roster for Access Contemporary Music and Instrumental Casting. The organization aims to bring artists and communities together through music, largely focusing on intimate performances of historically-rooted music, but also through larger corporate partnerships.​
Dumitrascu is Chair at JSE Music Education, an elite pre-college music training program in NYC. She was featured on Canada's Quebec-based documentary TV show, Les enfants prodigés, which showcased her day to day coaching work with young artists. Her students' ensemble (JSE Ensemble) has performed at the White House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, the Ellen Show, Steve Harvey's Little Big Shots, Wonderama, Good Morning America, Ravinia Festival, and on stage at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. From 2015 to 2021 she was a chamber music coach in the undergraduate program at SUNY Stony Brook. She is also the Artistic Director of the Solomon Mikowsky International Music Competition for young artists and she regularly appears as guest lecturer and clinician.
Other industry credits include editorial work for Taiwanese guitarist Ming-Jui Liu's new work, Morning of the Sunshine, published through Canadian publishing house Les Éditions Doberman-Yppan. Dumitrascu was recently featured on composer Gabriel Vicéns' fourth studio album, Mural, released on Milan-based label Stradivarius Italia Dischi in March 2024. ​
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Dumitrascu is a member of the American Federation of Musicians, and was highlighted in their digital magazine in May 2024.
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