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.

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 &mdash; 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

Memberships

 * http://www.ucmr.org.ro/listMembri.asp?CodP=174#En
 * Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca
 * National Music University of Bucharest
 * International Society of Contemporary Music in Romania
 * Institute for the Memory of Culture

Recent performances

 * Ramnicu Valcea Phylarmonic
 * George Enescu Phylarmonic playing in Jerusalem (Romanian Global News)
 * Emanuela Geamanu in the Romanian Athenaeum