Romanian violinist Mihaela Martin has continued, through her teacher Stefan Gheorghiu, a violinistic line including David Oistrakh and Georges Enesco. Major prizes in the Tchaikovsky Competition and the First Indianapolis International Violin Competition ensured her international career. Her chamber music partners have included Martha Argerich, Yuri Bashmet, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nobuko Imai, Leon Fleischer & Menahem Pressler. She is a professor at the Musikhochschule in Cologne and the Geneva Conservatory.