Pascal Bentoiu (22 April 1927 – 21 February 2016) was a Romanian modernist

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Life and career

Bentoiu studied

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and composition with

Mihail Jora Mihail Jora (; 2 August 1891, Roman, Romania - 10 May 1971, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian composer, pianist, and conductor. Jora studied in Leipzig with Robert Teichmüller. From 1929 to 1962 he was a professor at the Bucharest Conse ...

and piano with Theophil Demetriescu. He spent three years researching the rhythm and

of Romanian folk music at the Bucharest Folklore Institute and then began composing for the stage. His operas are written with dramatic flair and make use of a variety of elements, including folksong, tape, serialism and

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qualities. His instrumental and orchestral works also contain a variety of contemporary techniques, and Bentoiu's work is characterized by its color and lyricism. He has edited the sketches of the Fourth (1934) and Fifth (1941) Symphonies of Georges Enescu into shape for performance. (There is a recording of both realizations from a 1998 festival.) In 1949, he married Annie Deculescu. Bentoiu died in Bucharest on 21 February 2016 at the age of 88.

Compositions

Orchestral

* Symphony nr. 1, op.16 (1965) * Symphony nr. 2, op.20 (1974) * Symphony nr. 3, op.22 (1976) * Symphony nr. 4, op.25 (1978) * Symphony nr. 5, op.26 (1979) * Symphony nr. 6 "Culori”, op.28 (1985) * Symphony nr. 7 "Volume”, op.29 (1986) * Symphony nr. 8 "Imagini”, op.30 (1987) * "Eminesciana III", Orchestra Concerto, op. 23 (1976) * Symphonic Poem "Luceafărul”, op. 7, on Mihai Eminescu (1957) * Symphonic Suite "Images from Bucharest”, op. 10 (1959) * "Ardelenească" Suite, op. 6 (1955) * Concert Ouverture, op. 2 (1948) * Piano Concerto nr. 1, op. 5 (1954) * Piano Concerto nr. 2, op. 12 (1960) * Violin Concerto, op. 9 (1958) * Cello Concerto, op. 31 (1989)

Theatre

* Nunta lui Figaro (Beaumarchais) *

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(Alecsandri) * Femeia îndărătnică (Shakespeare); de același author ''Doi domni din Verona'', ''Romeo și Julieta'', ''Poveste de iarnă'', ''Hamlet'', ''Visul unei nopți de vară'' precum și pentru alte piese, de alți autori ( Eschil, Euripide, Camus, Rostand ș.a.)

Chamber music

* Piano Sonata, op. 1 (1947, rev. in 1957) * Piano and Violin Sonata op. 14 (1962) * String Quartet nr. 1, op. 3 (1953) * String Quartet nr. 2 „al consonanțelor”, op. 19, (1973) * String Quartet nr. 3, op. 27a (1981) * String Quartet nr. 4, op. 27b (1981) * String Quartet nr. 5, op. 27c (1982) * String Quartet nr. 6, op. 27d (1982)

Songs

* „Patru cântece pe versuri de Șt.O. Iosif”, op. 4 (1953) * Trei sonete ( Mihai Eminescu), op. 8 (1958) * Cinci cântece (

Nina Cassian Nina Cassian (pen name of Renée Annie Cassian-Mătăsaru; 27 November 1924, in Galați – 14 April 2014, in New York City) was a Romanian poet, children's book writer, translator, journalist, accomplished pianist and composer, and film critic. ...

), op. 11 (1959) * Patru cântece ( Mihai Beniuc), op. 13 (1961) * „Flăcări negre” ( Alexandru Miran), op. 21 (1974) * „Incandescențe” ( Alexandru Miran), op. 24 (1977) * „Gelozie” ( George Topîrceanu)

Writings

* ''Imagine și sens'' (1971, ed. 2/1973, French version 1979) * ''Deschideri spre lumea muzicii '' (1973) * ''Gândirea muzicală'' (1975) * ''Capodopere enesciene'' (1984), English translation by Lory Wallfisch, as ''Masterworks of George Enescu: A Detailed Analysis'' (2010) * ''Breviar enescian'' (2005) * ''Opt simfonii și un poem'' (2007)

References

* Cosma, V. (2005). ''Enciclopedia muzicii românești'', vol. 1 (A-B). București: Ed. „Arc 2000”. * Bentoiu, P. (2007). ''Opt simfonii și un poem''. București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică. * Radu, S. (2008). ''În jurul lui Pascal Bentoiu''. vol.1 Sonatele cu pian, vol.2 Liedurile, București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică. * Manoleanu, R. (2008). ''Paradigme ludice în muzica românească''. București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică. * Rotărescu, E. (2010). ''Creația concertantă a lui Pascal Bentoiu'', București: Ed. Universității Naționale de Muzică.

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Biographical data from UCMR (Romanian Union of Composers and Musicologists)
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