Dan Voiculescu (born 20 July 1940 in
Saschiz
Saschiz (; , Hungarian pronunciation: ; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Keist'') is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cloașterf (''Klosdorf''; ''Miklóstelke''), Mihai Viteazu (''Zoltan'' until 19 ...
, died 29 August 2009, in Bucharest) was a Romanian composer, doctor of musicology (1983), professor of
counterpoint
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and
composition
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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
Polyphony ( ) is a type of musical texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice ( monophony) or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chord ...
of 20th-century classical music. His compositions are performed frequently, both in Romania and abroad.
Published works
Compositions
*
The Bald Prima Donna
''La Cantatrice chauve '' – translated from French as ''The Bald Soprano'' or ''The Bald Prima Donna'' – is the first play written by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco.
Nicolas Bataille directed the premiere on 11 May 1950 at the ...
, comical chamber opera, after
Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco (; ; born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre#Avant-garde, French avant-garde th ...
, 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 )
* The Bach Fugue, 1986 ("Fuga în creatia lui J. S. Bach", Editura Muzicala, Bucuresti 2000)
* 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
Music Academy in Cluj-NapocaNational Music University of Bucharestin Romania
Institute for the Memory of Culture
Recent performances
Ramnicu Valcea Phylarmonic
(Romanian Global News)
Emanuela Geamanuin the
Romanian Athenaeum
The Romanian Athenaeum () is a concert hall in the center of Bucharest, Romania, and a landmark of the Romanian capital city. Opened in 1888, the ornate, domed, circular building is the city's most prestigious concert hall and home of the "Geor ...
20th-century Romanian classical composers
21st-century Romanian classical composers
Academic staff of the University of Bucharest
Musicians from Bucharest
Musicians from Cluj-Napoca
2009 deaths
1940 births
Romanian male classical composers
20th-century Romanian musicologists
20th-century Romanian male musicians
21st-century Romanian male musicians
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