en Dan-Alexandru Voiculescu

Dan Voiculescu (born 20 July 1940 in Saschiz, died 29 August 2009, in Bucharest) was a Romanian composer, doctor of musicology (1983), professor of counterpoint and composition at the Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca (since 1963) and the National Music University of Bucharest (since 2000), and a member of the Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists (since 1965).

His musicological studies fill a niche in the Romanian bibliography; they are significant contributions towards understanding the polyphony of 20th-century classical music. His compositions are performed frequently, both in Romania and abroad.

Published works

Compositions

The Bald Prima Donna, comical chamber opera, after Eugène Ionesco, 1992–1993
Cantata for baritone, choir and orchestra, 1977
Simfonia ostinato, 1963
Visions cosmiques, 1968
Music for strings, 1971
Pieces for orchestra, 1975
Suite from Codex Caioni for strings, 1996
Inflorescences for strings,2001
Works for piano solo
- Fables
- Dialogs
- Sonata
- Croquis
- Sonantes
- Spirals
- Toccata piano
- Toccata armonica
- Toccata robotica
- Toccata for a hand
Book without end — 3 volumes of piano pieces for children
Sonata brava for harpsichord
9 Sonatas for flute solo
Sonata for clarinet solo
Sonata for oboe solo
Ribattuta for viola solo, 1976
Fiorituri for violin and piano
about 60 Songs
5 volumes of choral music for children
Choral poems

Musicology

Baroque Polyphony in the Works of J. S. Bach, 1975
20th Century Polyphony, 1983 ("Polifonia secolului XX", Editura Muzicala, Bucuresti 2005 ) ISBN 973-42-0407-6
The Bach Fugue, 1986 ("Fuga în creatia lui J. S. Bach", Editura Muzicala, Bucuresti 2000) ISBN 973-42-0247-2
many other studies on musicology

His works are published by Editura Muzicala, Bucharest (Romania), Editura Arpeggione, Cluj-Napoca (Romania) and Musikverlag Gentner Hartmann, Trossingen (Germany).

Career

1958–1964 Attended the "Gh. Dima" Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
1963 Obtained diploma for Piano (under the supervision of Magda Kardos)
1964 Obtained diploma for Composition (under the supervision of Sigismund Todutza)
1965 Became a member of the Union of Romanian Composers
1968 Studied composition with V. Mortari in Venice (Italy)
1971–1972 Studied composition with K. Stockhausen in Cologne (Germany)
1972, 1978 Attended the Darmstädter Kurse für Neue Musik
1979–1991 Editor of Lucrari de Muzicologie (Musicological Works), published by the "Gh. Dima" Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca
1983 Doctor of Musicology
1984 Awarded the George Enesco Prize of the Romanian Academy
1989 Awarded the Mihai Eminescu Prize
1972–2005, seven times, Prize of the Union of Romanian Composers

External links

Memberships

http://www.ucmr.org.ro/listMembri.asp?CodP=174#En Archived 2016-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca
National Music University of Bucharest
International Society of Contemporary Music in Romania
Institute for the Memory of Culture^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Recent performances

Ramnicu Valcea Phylarmonic Archived 2011-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
George Enescu Phylarmonic playing in Jerusalem^{[permanent dead link‍]} (Romanian Global News)
Emanuela Geamanu^{[permanent dead link‍]} in the Romanian Athenaeum

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Dan-Alexandru Voiculescu