Mircea Tiberian (born May 4, 1955 in
Cluj
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,
Romania
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) is a jazz musician and professor of music at the National University of Music in Bucharest. He coordinates the Jazz Department, which he set up in 1991.
Musical career
Tiberian spent his childhood and adolescence in
Sibiu
Sibiu ( , , , Hungarian: ''Nagyszeben'', , Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'' or ''Hermestatt'') is a city in central Romania, situated in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles th ...
,
Transylvania
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where he made his debut at the International Jazz Festival in 1974. He holds a doctorate in music. He currently lives in Bucharest. He has performed the world over with such musicians as
Larry Coryell
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,
Tomasz Stanko,
Herb Robertson,
John Betsch,
Ed Shuller,
Nicholas Simion,
Adam Pierończyk
Adam Pierończyk (born 24 January 1970) is a Polish jazz saxophonist and composer. He plays tenor and soprano saxophones, as well as the zoucra.
Early life
Pierończyk was born in Elblag, Poland, on 24 January 1970. He learned the piano for three ...
,
Maurice de Martin,
Theo Jörgensmann and the Romanians
Johnny Raducanu,
Aura Urziceanu,
Anca Parghel
Anca Parghel (September 16, 1957– December 5, 2008) was a Romanian jazz singer, composer, arranger, pianist, choir conductor, and music teacher. As a jazz vocalist, she excelled in scat, vocal percussion, and improvisation. Her voice had a f ...
and
Dan Mandrila.
Awards
*Composers Union Award (1990, 1996, 2000, 2003)
*Romanian Musician of the Year Award (2003, 2007, 2008)
*The Enescu-Brancusi Scholarship granted by the Romanian Cultural Institute
Publications
*''Tehnica Improvizatiei in Muzica de Jazz'' (A Course of Improvisation Techniques), Editura UNMB, Bucharest, 2005
*''Notes on Music and Music Notes'' (book and CDs), Editura Muzeului National al Literaturii Romane, Bucharest, 2005
*''Cartea de muzica'' (An anthology of musicology studies), Editura Tracus Arte, Bucharest, 2008
Intercultural Projects
Liniada (2000), Agnus Dei (2001), Les annes folles de Bucharest (2004), Jazz and Cinema (2005 –present), Dark (2006), Eurotique (2006), Jazzy Tarot - musical (2007–2008) – theatre Metropolis Bucuresti
Discography
*''Magic Bird'' (Electrecord, 1990)
*''Never Ending Story'' (Blue Label, 1992)
*''Working Underground'' (Prima Records, 1994)
*''Alone in Heaven'' (Intercont, 1998)
*''Hotel of Three Beginnings'' (Intercont, 1999)
*''Interzone'' (Editura Casa Radio, 2000)
*''Interzone plays with Adam Pieronczyk'' (Not Two, 2001)
*''Crossing Atlas 45'' (Not Two, 2002)
*''Eleven'' (Jazz and More, 2002)
*''Back to my Angel'' (Editura Muzicala, 2002)
*''Viata Lumii'' (Jazz and More, 2003)
*''Lumini'' (La Strada, 2003)
*''Palindrome'' (Jazz and More, 2004)
*''Shining of the Abyss'' (Jazz and More, 2004)
*''Notes on Music and Music Notes'' – double CD anthology (Editura Muzeului National al Literaturii Romane, 2005)
*''Dark'' (Editura Muzeului National al Literaturii Romane, 2006)
*''November'' (Openart Records, 2008)
*''Ulysses'' (Openart Records, 2008)
References
Mircea Tiberian's Biography (RO)
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1955 births
Living people
Romanian jazz pianists
21st-century Romanian pianists