Vladimir Cosma
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| Vladimir Cosma | |
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| Born | April 13, 1940 |
| Origin | Romania |
| Genre(s) | symphony, jazz, film score |
| Occupation(s) | composer, conductor |
| Instrument(s) | violin |
| Years active | 1967—present |
Vladimir Cosma (born April 13, 1940) is a composer, conductor and violinist, born in Bucharest, Romania.
He was born in a family of musicians - his father Teodor (Theodor) Cosma was a pianist and conductor, mother was a composer and his uncle Edgar Cosma was a composer and conductor. Vladimir Cosma studied music in Bucharest and in 1963 moved to Paris to continue his musical education at The École Normale de Musique de Paris under Nadia Boulanger's guidance.
He has written the music for many well known French movies (such as La Boum, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe) since the early 1970s.
He is perhaps most famous for the incidental music he composed for Jean-Jacques Beineix's 1981 film Diva, featuring impressionistic piano pieces in the style of Erik Satie. His compositions also include such works for the concert hall as his Trois mouvements d’éte for orchestra. One of his compositions was reworked by German trance musician DJ Sakin in 1999, with the track reaching the Top 20 in the UK.
Since 1963 he has lived in Paris, France.
[edit] External links
- Vladimir Cosma at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with SCORE magazine
- Interview with Vladimir Cosma (French)
- Vladimir Cosma Fan Site
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Golden Boll Award for Best Music Score 1993 for Sarı Mercedes |
Succeeded by Timur Selçuk |
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