[citation needed] In the '90s, Safina began recording with Italian pianist/composer Romano Musumarra and his self-titled debut was issued in September 2001.

In November 2001, Safina sang Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Music of the Night"[2] for Queen Elizabeth II during the Royal Variety Show.

[6] Safina's concert "Only You", featuring Patricia Manterola, was taped in the amphitheatre El Greco in Taormina, Sicily in 2001, and was later broadcast in the series Great Performances by American public channel PBS and released in 2003 on DVD.

[7] In June 2017, Safina performed "'O sole mio" with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli at the Peoples' Friendship Palace in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Currently, Safina and partner Laura Maria Calafeteanu, a marketing consultant, live together in Bucharest, Romania with their son, Christian, born in 2015.