Liviu Marinescu

Liviu Marinescu (b. February 12, 1970, Bucharest) is a Romanian composer of orchestral and chamber music, currently teaching at California State University, Northridge. His music has been recorded and released by Capstone Records and Centaur Records, and has been performed by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Orchestra 2001, Bohuslav Martinu Symphony, as well as the National Chamber Radio Orchestra and the Bucharest Music Academy Symphony in Romania. He studied music composition at the National University of Music Bucharest with Adrian Iorgulescu, and Cleveland State University with Edwin London. In 2000 he completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at University of Maryland, where he worked with Lawrence Moss. In 2002 he was awarded a prize and commission by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University.

Students of Liviu Marinescu: Juan Martin Gendelman, Milen Kirov, Yu Oda, Martin Jaroszewicz, Michael West, David Gordon, Evan Meier, Ethan Braun, David Dominique.

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'List of Works'

DIALOGUES (work in progress) chamber ensemble and sampler

HARMONIC FIELDS (2010) fl/cl/perc/pno/vn/cello and sampler

ECHOES (2009) flute and pre-recorded sound

FOCUS (2008) chamber orchestra

INSTANT (2008) chamber orchestra

RESONANCE (2008) ob/cl/pno

MORPHING (2007) chamber orchestra

MOTO PERPETUO (2007) ob/bass cl/perc/vla (1st version)* fl/vn/cello/pno (2nd version) ob/cl/bsn/perc/pno/vn/cello (3rd version)

DUO PERPETUO (2006) bass clarinet and percussion

OSTINATO (2005) cello solo and chamber orchestra

HOMAGE COLLAGE (2004) clarinet and piano

MIRAGE (2003) large orchestra

PASTICHE (2003) guitar solo

CADENZA (2003) clarinet solo

ÜBER ALLES (2002) * cl/vn/cello/pno/perc

BACH VARIATIONS (2002) * alto sax and pre-recorded sound

DÉJÀ VU (2001) chamber orchestra

MOZAMORPHOSIS (2000) fl/vn/cl

A-GAIN (1999) fl/cl/hn/perc/pno/vn/vc/cb (1st version) ob/cl/bn/perc/pno/vn/vc (2nd version)

QUODLIBET SONATA (1997) * cello (1st version) viola (2nd version)

GULAG (1996) chamber orchestra

A PIACERE (1996) fl/ob/tp/perc/pno

ARS NOVA (1996) organ

SPIRALS (1995) chamber orchestra

EQUILIBRIUM (1994) large orchestra

CHAMBER CONCERTO (1993) string orchestra

POINTS, LINES, SPHERES (1992) fl/cl/bn/vn/cello/pno/perc

40% OBSCURITÉ (1992) vn/vla/cello/cbass/pno/2 perc

SEQUENCES (1991) cl/pno

0.001 (1990) piano

STRING QUARTET NO.1 (1990) 2 vlns/vla/cello