2010-2011 In 2010 Mariana played the main role in a short film called
Doina directed by Italian filmmaker Nikolas Grasso. She played along renown Romanian actresses such as
Maria Dinulescu and Carmen Ungureanu. For her performance, she received two awards: Best Actress at the
Monaco International Film Festival in 2010 and Best Actress at the Festival du Cinema de Paris in 2011.
2014 In 2014 Mariana directed her first short film named "Life". The short won the Independent Spirit Award at the
Monaco International Film Festival in December 2014. Life was also screened in New York at the
Long Island International Film Expo.
2015 On Monday 23 March 2015 she performed in a show named "Clipe de Viață" at the National Theatre of Bucharest along with famous Romanian actors and performers such as
Maria Dinulescu,
Ion Caramitru,
Felicia Filip,
Maia Morgenstern and many others. Mariana performed at the first edition of the
Untold Festival, the largest
electronic music festival held in
Romania, taking place in
Cluj-Napoca. During the summer she performed twice at
Expo in Milan In November Dutch composer
Merlijn Twaalfhoven chose Mariana as ambassador for Romania for the opening song performed at the
Amsterdam Light Festival.
2016 On 7 January 2016 at the
LSRS Gala which took place at the
Palace of the Parliament, Mariana has been given a special recognition for being one of the best Romanian students abroad in the field of the arts. On March 18, Ambassador of Romania in Belgium hosted, at his Residence, a literary evening celebrating the
International Francophonie Day. The literary event, moderated by
Jacques De Decker benefited of the musical intermezzos of Mariana Preda. On 1 April, Mariana has performed in London at
St. Martin in The Fields together with organist Donald MacKenzie. This was the very first pan flute concert organized at this venue. On 15 May, Mariana Preda performed at the 'Romania Day on Broadway' in New York. The occasion drew together the almost 200,000 Romanian-Americans living in New York City. On 28 May, Mariana opened the concert of the renown Romanian musician
Tudor Gheorghe at
St. Martin's Cathedral in
Utrecht. On 6 July, Mariana held the very first pan flute concert in
Havana at
San Francisco de Paula's Church, event organized by the Romanian Embassy and Ambassador Dumitru Preda. On 7 August, Mariana performed at the second edition of
Untold Festival for the second time. On 24 September, Mariana opened the Film Exhibition "Romanian cinematographic landmarks in the diaspora" with a pan flute performance at 'La Casa del Cinema' in
Rome, Italy, prior to the projection of her short films '
Doina' and 'Life'. On 2 December, Mariana Preda has been invited to perform in the Preston Bradley Hall of the
Chicago Cultural Center together with Romanian Cimbalom player Nicolae Feraru, pianist Gerard Cademcian and singer Laura Bretan for the
Romanian National Day organized by the Romanian consulate and H.E. Consul Mihaela Deaconu.
2017 On 10 April Mariana performed at an event organised by the Romanian Embassy in
The Hague in the presence of H.E.
Bert Koenders, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs at that time. On 3 August Mariana played for the third time at
Untold Festival in
Cluj Napoca. On 27 August Mariana Preda held a concert with Japanese pianist Daisuke Kanamaru at
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ for the 40th Edition of the
Uitmarkt, one of the most important cultural events in The Netherlands. On 8 September Mariana performed a lunch concert for the Gaudeamus Muziekweek in
Tivoli Theatre, Utrecht, The Netherlands. On 16 September Mariana performed at the Romanian Days in
De Rijp. On 7 and 8 October Mariana Preda played at 'Be Romanian for A Day' Festival in
Los Angeles, California. On 27 October she was invited at "Vorbeste Lumea", a Romanian TV Show on
Pro TV. On 17 November her new album "The Untold Story" was released as a tribute to the
Untold Festival where she performed for three times since its beginning. In 2017 Mariana Preda performed at three official events for the Romanian National Day.: On 29 November Mariana has been officially invited by the Romanian Embassy in Copenhagen,
Denmark, to open the celebration of the Romanian National Day with a recital in the presence of Romanian actor
Florin Piersic. On 4 December she performed in Turin during the day at Teatro Valdocco. On the same day she performed for the Romanian Consulate in Milan in the presence of the Ambassador of Romania in Italy, H.E. George Gabriel Bologan opening her performance by performing on her panflute the national anthem of Italy followed by the one of Romania.
2018 On 6 January she performed a lunch concert with Japanese pianist Daisuke Kanamaru at OBA Cinetol in Amsterdam. On 15 February Mariana Preda performed for the opening of the photo exposition "Romanian and the Great War" in the presence of
Willibrord van Beek, the King's commissioner of Utrecht and of Romania's Ambassador H.E. Brandusa Predescu, at the museum
Huis Doorn. She got in the semi-finals of
Romania's Got Talent after a great performance during her first audition. Romanian actor
Florin Călinescu said "You are the Jimi Hendrix of the Pan Flute" while Romanian musician
Andra said "I don't think I've ever heard anyone play like you do".
2019 She received the Béla Bartók Award by the IBLA Foundation On 4 May she received the Honorary Citizenship of the city of
Jacksonville by Mayor
Bob Johnson On 7 May she debuted at
Carnegie Hall in New York City ==References==