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.

Published works

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 — 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

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Memberships

• Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists
• 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