Yvonne Timoianu, cello and Alexander Preda, piano are the members of Duo de Salzburg. This ensemble is considered to be highly representative of the distinctive musical traditions of the City of Mozart.

A lively artistic career counting over 1,500 recitals and concerts brought worldwide recognition of the most demanding and specialised critiques:
“Electric display of music excellence”
“A pair of aces!”
“Ideal Duo”
“Passionate and almost incandescent”
“The music came to a glowing life…”
“Masterly interpretation!”

The name “Duo de Salzburg” was first applied in 1985. Since then the Duo has given more than 1,000 recitals and concerts in most of the European countries, North and South America and the Orient.

Their presence in prestigious international music festivals such as
"Pablo Casals" at Vendrell, Ayamonte and Palma de Mallorca (Spain),
"Semanas Musicales de Frutillar" (Chile), "Noord Holland Festival" (Netherlands), Festival de Wallonie and Flanders Festival (Belgium),
"Luxemburg, Musikhauptsstadt Europas 1995", Festivals of Quito (Ecuador), Stellenbosch (South Africa), Panama, Mexico City, Rome, and Seoul characterise a rich and complex concert career.

Several TV and CD recordings together with a large number of radio interviews as well as two documentary films (the most recent “A cello sings…” were shot on location in Salzburg) - reflect their intense concert activities.
Recordings to their credit are Brahms, Cello Sonatas Op.38. Op.78 and Op.99 (Sony, P115.1108Y); Schubert & Onslow (Preiser Records PR 90541); “Le Grand Tango” (Preiser Records PR 90599), and “A Feast for Chopin, 2010”.

Given their active involvement in contemporary music, Timoianu and Preda perform, in addition to the extended classical repertoire, a number of works that were dedicated to them. The most recent one is the memorable Henri Pousseur’s last work for cello and piano “Petit Mausolée pour George Enescu”, 2005. A considerable part of the Duo’s discography is based on “live” concert recordings.