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Alin Gherman is a Belgian Romanian composer born in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) on 6th of October 1981.

Biography
He studied music in his adoptive city, at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Daniel Capelletti. He continued his studies in the musical/instrumental theatre field at the Hochschule der Künste Bern (Switzerland) with Georges Aperghis, Eric Gaudibert and Xavier Dayer. Eventually, he followed the composition courses for film, theatre and media at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste with André Bellmont and Domenico Ferrari.

He was awarded several composition prizes including the « Young Composer’s Project (YCP) prize » awarded by the Beijing Modern Music Festival, Beijing, 2011 the 2e prize at the International Composition Competition « Roads to Romanticism » 2008 for the duo "Vlan !", Bucarest, 2008, « Prix Erasmus » awarded by the Professors' Union of the Royal Conservatory of Music of Brussels, 2006, « Composition prize of Icon Arts Breaza (Romania) International Composition Competition » for the trio "O poveste", 2005, « Prix Emile AGNIEZ » awarded by the Royal Conservatory of Music of Brussels for the trio "Poésie perdue", 2003 and eventually the « Prix de la Création » of  « Festival Musical of Condroz » (Ciney – Belgium) for "Le samouraï et la geisha", as well as  « Prix Albert Schlögel » for its interpretation, 2000. Moreover he received an « Honorable mention » of the jury of the University Carl von Ossietzky Oldenburg (Germany) 2011.

Author of works for the Concours international d'exécution musicale de Genève, l'Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, European Contemporary Orchestra, Ensemble Vortex, Archives sociales suisses, Tonhalle Orchester but also for many other musicians and ensembles.

Scholarship holder of Swiss Confederation from 2006 to 2008. His music is edited and distributed by Éditions Papillon but also on his official website.

Sa musique est éditée et distribuée aux Éditions Papillon ainsi que sur son site officiel.

Compositions

 * A Sky of Light, opus 88 for soprano, counter tenor, clarinet in Bb (+ bass clarinet), trombone, piano, violin, violoncello and percussionist, duration : 10 min 30 s (2015)
 * Aventures et miracles, opus 86a for ensemble of 32 soloists, duration : 16 min 20 s (2012)
 * Aventures et petits miracles, opus 86b for ensemble of 32 soloists, duration : 11 min (2012)
 * , without opus electronic music, duration : 11 min ca  (2012)
 * , sans opus musique électronique, duration : 21 min (2012)
 * Le Papillon par un matin trouble, opus 85 for flute (+ alto flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), percussion, piano, violin, viola and violoncello, duration : 9 min (2011)
 * , opus 82 for trumpet and 3 horns, duration : 1 min (2010)
 * Elongations, opus 84 for flute and percussion, duration : 7 min (2010)
 * , opus 83 for military band concert, duration : 1 min (2010)
 * Les petits démons de la Rose, opus 81 for oboe, percussion, guitar, violin, double bass and live electronics, duration : 8 min 45 s (2010)
 * Addendum : exitum (long version in 3 parts), opus 67b for piano 4 hands and page turner, duration : between 6 and 7 min (2009)
 * , opus 78b for 1 percussionist, duration : 3 min 30 s ca (2009)
 * -, opus 78c for 1 percussionist, duration : 3 min ca (2009)
 * Desert Hopi Frau, opus 77a for string quintet, duration 3 min 34 s (2009)
 * Desert NASCA - airplane view, opus 77b samplings of Duel and various synthesisers, duration : 1 min 56 s (2009)
 * , Opus 80 soundtrack for silent movie, duration : 57 min (2009)
 * , without opus, for clarinet, percussion and double bass, duration : 11 min ca (2009)
 * I, opus 79a for 2 percussionists, duration : 2 min 50 s (2009)
 * II, opus 79b for 2 percussionists, duration : 3 min 10 s (2009)
 * III, opus 79c for 4 percussionists, duration : 4 min (2009)
 * Prestissimo, without opus, ring bell for mobile phone, duration : 2 x 10 s ca (2009)
 * , opus 78a for 1 percussionist, duration : between 9 and 10 min ca (2009)
 * Vibrations, opus 79c for flute and 4 marimbas, duration : 4 min 31 s (2009)
 * Donna Odokia, opus 69 for an actress and 3 musicians (piano, viola and English horn/heckelphone), duration : 12 min (2008)
 * , opus 76 for synthetic guitars, duration : 1 min 28 s (2008)
 * Haute tension, opus 75 for piano and percussion, duration : 6 min 30 s ca (2008)
 * Intermède instrumental for flute, oboe, violoncello, harp and percussion, duration : 2 min 20 s ca (2008)
 * Mouvements, opus 71 for two performers, duration : undetermined (2008)
 * Relations lumineuses, opus 72 for lights, masks, flute, English horn, harp and percussion, duration : 8 min ca (2008)
 * , without opus for 8 musicians/performers + lights designer, duration : 35 min ca (2008)
 * Variations sérieuses : cracked, without opus for piano + 1 performer, duration : undetermined (2008)
 * , opus 73a for violoncello, harp, percussion, extra performer & 2 performers, 3 voices, duration : 13 min ca (2008)
 * Addendum : exitum, opus 67 for piano 4 hands and page turner, duration : undetermined (2007)
 * Hello!, opus 64a for two voices and bass clarinet or horn, duration : 8 min 30 s ca (2007)
 * Hello! (version light), opus 64b for two voices and bass clarinet or horn, duration : 4 min ca (2007)
 * Histoire I, opus 66a for 6 spoken voices, duration : 2 min 5 s ca (2007)
 * Histoire II, opus 66b for 5 to 13 artists, duration : 4 min 30 s ca (2007)
 * Histoire III, opus 66c for 2 wind instruments, duration : 3 min 30 s ca (2007)
 * Klavierstück, opus 65 for piano 4 hands (2 versions), duration : 4 min 30 s ca (version 1), 9 min ca (version 2) (2007)
 * Pot-pourri, opus 68a for symphonic orchestra, duration : 11 min ca (2007)
 * Pot-pourri, opus 68b for chamber orchestra, duration : 6 min ca (2007)
 * Prilude, opus 70 for string quartet or musicians with mannered entrances, duration : between 4 min 30 s to 4 min 45 s ca (2007)
 * Trotinettstück for bassoon and counter-bassoon (or 2 bassoons) (2007)
 * Duel for piano, duration : 3 m ca (2006)
 * , opus 63 for an ensemble of 18 musicians, duration : 7 min 10 s ca (2006)
 * Café mélange, opus 62 for violin, electric guitar, percussion, accordion, coffee machine + conductor, general amplification, duration : 7 min ca (2005)
 * Grains, fleur et son envol, opus 58 for clarinet, percussion, piano and double bass, duration : 7 min 10 s ca (2005)
 * , opus 46b string quartet and clarinet, duration : 8 min ca (2005)
 * Mouths & Strings, opus 61 for string quartet, duration : 5 min ca (2005)
 * O poveste, opus 60 for clarinet, violin and viola, duration : 7 min ca (2005)
 * Shhh!, opus 59 for spoken voices quintet and newspapers, duration : 4 min ca (2005)
 * Ariciul for piano, duration : 1 min (2004)
 * folclor, opus 55 for piano, duration : 6 min ca (2004)
 * Minimes : apocalypse, opus 54 for organ and other instruments and performers, duration : 5 min 10 s (2004)
 * Nadine remix, opus 57, electronic music, duration : 4 min ca (2004)
 * for piano, duration : 42 s ca (2004)
 * Vlan !, opus 53 for voice and piano, duration : 4 min 6 s (2004)
 * , opus 51 for flute, viola and harp, duration : 5 min ca (2003)
 * Origines, opus 52 for an ensemble of 16 musicians, duration : 10 min 30 s ca (2003)
 * Poésie perdue, opus 50 for alto voice, viola and bass clarinet, duration : 5 min 50 s ca (2002)
 * Le manoir imaginaire, opus 47 for violoncello and piano, duration : 6 min 15 s ca (2001)
 * Sextuor, opus 46a for flute, oboe, clarinet, tenor saxophone, violin and violoncello, duration : 7 min 26 s ca (2001)
 * Adagio amoroso, opus 44 no. 1 for violin and piano, duration : 2 min ca (2000)
 * Adagio amoroso & Mélancolie, opus 44 no. 1 and 2 for piano, duration : 1 min 50 s (1) and 3 min (2) ca (2000)
 * Errances, opus 49 for piano, duration : 3 min 42 s ca (2000)
 * La danse des fleurs bleues, opus 46 for piano, duration : 3 min 42 s ca (2000)
 * Le samouraï et la geisha, opus 43 for piano, duration : 4 m 48 s ca (2000)
 * , opus 1 to 42 for piano (1994-1999) ,

Discography

 * CD 01,, "Aventures et miracles", European Contemporary Orchestra 2013
 * CD 02 try-out #3, "Aventures intérieures et petits miracles", 2013 Extrait
 * À la croisée des chemins, Œuvres de la classe de composition 2010, Haute École des Arts de Berne HEAB
 * " / Stefan Länzlinger und Thomas Schärer; hrsg. vom Schweizerischen Sozialarchiv. - Zürich : Chronos, 2009. - 184 S. : Buch mit DVD. ISBN 978-3-0340-0971-3
 * "Purple ritual", l'interprétation des 15 candidats sélectionnés pour le Récital 1 du Concours de Genève, Sidéral Film Genève 2009

References and sources
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