Bogdan Bácanu studied marimba at the Mozarteum University in his present hometown with his great mentor, Professor Peter Sadlo.

Since then, Bogdan Băcanu has given solo concerts and concertos with orchestra and ensembles, touring in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, England, Germany, France, Spain, Romania, Cyprus, Greece, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, Canada, Turkey, Switzerland, Mexico and the United States.

Renowned, international awards and exuberant concert reviews from around the world have continued to attend his career as soloist and educator in equal measure.

Due to the resounding, continual success of his festivals, he then founded the International Marimba Competition in Linz in 2006, featuring a prestigious jury.

Composers like John Thrower (Canada/Germany), Alexander Mullenbach (Luxembourg/Austria) and Emmanuel Sejourne (France) have written pieces and concertos dedicated to him which he has released in part on his CDs.