Between 1996 and 2000 she studies with M° Salvatore Accardo at the “Walter Stauffer” Academy in Cremona (Italy). During this period she wins the international competition “L. Perosi” (Biella-Italy) and she takes the position of concertmaster with Orchestra Filarmonia Veneta and Orchestra Internazionale d’'Italia with whom she records a CD as a soloist.
Starting from 2002 till today Mrs. Costea led the following orchestras: BBC Symphony (UK), Royal
Philarmonic (UK), Foundation Gulbenkian (Lisbon, Portugal), Stanislavskij Theater (Moscow, Russia), San
Carlo Theater (Naples, Italy), Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala (Milano, Italy - M.o Daniel Harding) the
Orchestre, Suisse Romande (M.o Charles Dutoit) and becomes member of London Philharmonic Orchestra (UK) as Leader of Second Violins (Principal conductor Kurt Masur).
From 2000 till today she is the official Concertmaster and Soloist of Filarmonica “Arturo Toscanini” in
Parma Italy working with conductor like M.o Lorin Maazel, M.o George Pretre, M.o Jurai Valcuha, M.o
Tugan Sokhiev, M.o Vladimir Jorowski, M.o Carlo Rizzi, M.o Roberto Abbado, M.o Ton Koopman, M.o
Kazushi Ono, M.o James Conlon, M.o Yoel Levi, M.o Yves Abel, M.o Stephane Denève, M.o Yuri
Temirkanov, M.o Dmitri Kitaenko, M.o Sergej Boreiko, M.o Steven Mercurio.
In 2006, she records for the Arsus agency (Verona) a CD with Orchestra Sinfonica di Latina (Italy) (music by Sarasate and Saint Saens) and a DVD with the pianist Victor Derevianko (music by Bach, Tartini, and
Paganini).