Tudor Ciortea (28 November 1903 – 13 October 1982) was a

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n composer, musicologist, and music educator.

Life and career

Ciortea was born in

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and began his music studies under

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. He went on to study at the Bucharest Conservatory (now the National University of Music) under

Ion Nonna Otescu Ion Nonna Otescu (15 December 1888 – 25 March 1940) was a Romanian composer and head of the Bucharest Conservatory (now the National University of Music) from 1918 until 1940. He was born in Bucharest and died there at the age of 51, having pla ...

and in Paris under

Nadia Boulanger Juliette Nadia Boulanger (; 16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French music teacher and conductor. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist. From a ...

and

Paul Dukas Paul Abraham Dukas ( or ; 1 October 1865 – 17 May 1935) was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical, having abandoned and destroyed many of his compositions. His b ...

. He lived most of his life in

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where he taught for over thirty years at the Bucharest Conservatory.Sadie, Julie Anne (2005)
''Calling on the Composer: A Guide to European Composer Houses and Museums''
p. 150.

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Slonimsky, Nicolas Nicolas Slonimsky ( – December 25, 1995), born Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy (russian: Никола́й Леони́дович Сло́нимский), was a Russian-born American conductor, author, pianist, composer and lexicographer. B ...

(1965)
"Modern Composition in Rumania"
p.240. ''

The Musical Quarterly ''The Musical Quarterly'' is the oldest academic journal on music in America. Originally established in 1915 by Oscar Sonneck, the journal was edited by Sonneck until his death in 1928. Sonneck was succeeded by a number of editors, including Ca ...

'', Vol. 51, No. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2013 . Amongst his students there were the composers

Liana Alexandra Liana Alexandra (born Liana Moraru; 27 May 1947 – 10 January 2011) was a Romanian composer, pianist and music educator. Biography Alexandra was born in Bucharest, Romania, on 27 May 1947. From 1965 to 1971, she studied at the Ciprian P ...

, Irina Odagescu,

Maya Badian Maya Badian (born 18 April 1945 in Bucharest) is a Romanian-born Canadian composer, musicologist, and professor. Biography Badian began to compose at five years of age, and later attended the Bucharest National University of Music in Bucharest ...

, and

Carmen Petra Basacopol Carmen Petra Basacopol (born 5 September 1926) is a Romanian composer and music teacher. Life Petra-Basacopol was born in Sibiu. She studied at the Bucharest Conservatory of Music between 1949–1956 with Ioan D. Chirescu (music theory), Leon Klep ...

. His compositions concentrated on

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small num ...

and

art song An art song is a Western vocal music composition, usually written for one voice with piano accompaniment, and usually in the classical art music tradition. By extension, the term "art song" is used to refer to the collective genre of such son ...

and were influenced by the French chamber music tradition and the traditional folksongs of

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. According to

Nicolas Slonimsky Nicolas Slonimsky ( – December 25, 1995), born Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy (russian: Никола́й Леони́дович Сло́нимский), was a Russian-born American conductor, author, pianist, composer and lexicographer. B ...

, Ciortea's best chamber music was remarkable for its "contrapuntal complexity." In 1964, Ciortea won the "

George Enescu Prize The Enescu Prize is a prize in music composition founded by Romanian composer George Enescu, awarded from 1913 to 1946, and afterwards by the National University of Music Bucharest. Enescu is regarded by many as Romania's most important musician. ...

" of the Romanian Academy for his octet ''Din isprăvile lui Păcală'' (Some of

Păcală

Vera Proca-Ciortea Vera may refer to: Names *Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) **Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarrag ...

. The music school, Liceul de Muzică "Tudor Ciortea", in Brașov is named in his honour, as is the city's annual chamber music festival.Liceul de Muzică "Tudor Ciortea"
''Istoric"
Retrieved 25 April 2013

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ciortea, Tudor 1903 births 1982 deaths People from Brașov Romanian classical composers 20th-century classical composers National University of Music Bucharest alumni Academic staff of the National University of Music Bucharest Male classical composers Enescu Prize winners 20th-century male musicians