She started her first piano lessons at the age of 7 at the Arts School in her native town. In 1999 she settled with her family in Brasov, Transylvania, to study piano with Professor Stela Drăgulin from the Faculty of Music. Aged only 16, she passed the entrance examination at the Franz Liszt Music University in Weimar, Germany, becoming Grigory Gruzman’s student. She attends in parallel the courses of the National College Andrei Saguna in Brasov. She gave her first concert with an orchestra at only 9, and soon performed at noted stages in Europe, America and Asia including: The Romanian Athenaeum and Mihail Jora Studio from the Radio Broadcast Hall in Bucharest, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Teo Otto Theater - Remscheid, Prinzregententheater München, Musikhalle-Hamburg, Auditorium - Rome, Tonhalle Zürich, Carnegie Hall and Theatre du Vevey. Bercu has given more than 200 concerts with widely known orchestras and made recordings for several European broadcasters.
Education
Schools
1998–2005–secondary school at the Normal School No. 6 from Brasov
1998–2006 in Brasov – private piano courses with Prof. Stela Drăgulin from the Faculty of Music in Transylvania University
2005–2009 student at The National College Andrei Saguna Brasov- “social sciences” section
2006–student at The University of Music Franz Liszt from Weimar with Prof. Grigory Gruzman
Piano Master classes
July 2000 – Braşov, Romania “Summer Academy” with Lory Wallfish
July 2005–Zürich, Switzerland “International Master Class for Piano” with Rudolf Buchbinder
March 2007– Weimar, Germany “Klavier-Akademie “ with Leslie Howard
27 May 2011, Italy – Alina Bercu and Dragos Manza in ensemble DUO ENESCU, the 3rd Prize, Central European Initiative Special Award and Young Award 2011 at the 12th International Competition for Chamber Music Ensembles “Premio Trio di Trieste”
19 January 2006 Bucharest – Romanian Television The National Contest for ”Eurovision Young Musicians 2006”: The First Prize and the “Great Winner” to represent Romania in the European Contest “Eurovision Young Musicians Competition 2006”
4 July 2004 Cincinnati – Ohio, USA: "The 2004 World Piano Competition": the First Prize for "solo" section, the First Prize for the "concerto" section, the Gold Medal & Grand Prize Winner
2 November 2002Hamburg, Germany – International Piano Competition "Steinway & Sons": the First Prize awarded by the Jury and the Audience Prize
Other prizes
2006–“Radio Romania Cultural” Broadcast Channel awarded Alina the special Prize "In memoriam Iosiv Sava"
2004–The "Artistic Performances" Prize awarded by the Romanian Society of Radio Broadcast, Bucharest
2004–The special prize awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "For Promoting Romania Through Culture", Bucharest
The Prize "The Young of the Year 2003" awarded by the “Monitorul Expres” Journal of Brasov
Charity concerts
In The Netherlands "Concerto for Alexandra" held in the Roermond, a project supported by the Dutch Foundation "Heart for Romania" to collecting funds for building a special school for blind children in Sibiu.
In Switzerland, organized by the International Rotary Club for a Romanian music school of orgs in Harman / Brasov
In Romania, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Hospice Medical Care Centre and for fund raising required for the building of a modern surgery unit at the Children’s Hospital from Brasov organized by the International Rotary Club. In December 2005 "Christmas Concert" for the elderly home in Brasov.
In Indonesia three concerts for the financing of a rehabilitation program for physically challenged children,
