„Circles are praised, not that abound. In largeness, but the exactly round. So life we praise, that does excel,. Not in much time, but acting well."
Edmund Waller
“We come from a dark abyss. We end up to a dark abyss. The in between space we call it Life”
Nikos Kazantzakis
“To fall in love is to love the coincidences, and to love, is to fall in love with the differences”
Jorge Bucay
Antoniou, Theodore – "Lament for Joseph" (prima auditie romaneasca)
Carneci, Carmen – "Doiniri"
Dediu, Dan – Naufragi I
Seglias, Zesses – "Duo" (prima auditie mondiala)
Dediu, Dan – Naufragi V
Kitsos, Vassilis – "AZA" (prima auditie mondiala)
Enescu, Adrian - "10der"
Rotaru, Diana – "Co(ho)quet(us)" (prima auditie mondiala)
Antoniou, Theodore – "Lament for Michelle" (prima auditie romaneasca)
Rotaru, Doina – "Epistroph" (prima auditie romaneasca)
Rotaru, Doina – "Uroboros"
Doina Rotaru
Born in 1951, Romanian composer Doina Rotaru has a B.A. and a M.A in composition at the National University of Music in Bucharest. She studied here between 1970 and 1975 with - among others - Tiberiu Olah. Since 1996 she has been a professor of composition and, since 2008, the head of the composition department at the same University. In 1991 she obtained a scholarship in Holland (Amsterdam) where she studied with Theo Loevendie. She has written so far over 100 works that cover almost every musical genre: from solo, chamber, choral to orchestral works, from works that mix instrumental with electronic music to theater music. Her music has been performed in many concerts and festivals all over the world : Europe, Far-East, Australia, Canada and South-America. - some of these being "author concerts". Some of Doina Rotaru's works have been commissioned by Radio France, Radio Graz, Suntory Hall Tokyo, French Ministry of Culture, Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, ensembles and soloists from France, Germany, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Switzerland. Doina Rotaru was awarded prizes by the Romanian Academy (Bucharest,1996) and the Romanian Composers' Association (UCRM, Bucharest, 1981, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2007). For her 2nd Symphony, she won in 1994 the first prize at the Gedok - Mannheim International Competition (Germany). She was invited as a lecturer about her music in Germany (Darmstadt, Summer Courses for New Music - 1992, 1994), Holland (Amsterdam, Gaudeamus International Composers’ Workshop - 1990,1992 ), England ( Huddersfield University - 1995, Brighton - 1995), Japan (Tokyo Suntory Hall - 1998, 2001) and Iceland (Skalholt, 2006). Doina Rotaru has been invited to take part in international juries for composition competition in France (Paris, 2002, 2006), Slovenia (Ljublijana, 2004) and Romania (Bucharest, 2006). Since 1998 she also has a PhD in Musicology at N.U.M.B., with the work "Contemporary composers and archaic traditions". Her teaching career has led to the writing of two school books, in collaboration with fellow professor Liviu Comes: "Counterpoint School Book for Music Highschools" (Ed. Didactica, 1977) and "Vocal and Instrumental Counterpoint Treatise " (Ed. Muzicala, 1987). She has made so far over 50 radio and television transmissions. In 1998 she was the Artistic Director of the "Contemporary Music Week" festival in Bucharest. Her works are published by the Musical Publishing House (Editura Muzicala) in Bucharest , Leduc and H.Lemoine, Paris
Dan Dediu
Dediu, Dan (b. March 16, 1967, Braila). Romanian composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere. Dediu graduated in composition at the Academy of Music in Bucharest in 1989, where he studied with Stefan Niculescu, Dan Constantinescu, Dan Buciu, and Octavian Nemescu. He later attended post-graduate courses with Francis Burt, Gόnter Kahowez and Wilhelm Zobl at the Hochschule fόr Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna in 1990-91, as well as the annual Cursus de Composition et Informatique Musicale at IRCAM in 1994. He earned his PhD at the National University of Music in Bucharest in 1995. Among his many honors are First prizes in the National Composers Competition in Cluj- Napoca (1986, 1988), the Brass Chamber Music Competition in Budapest-Barcs (1990) and the Premier Concours pour Orchestre Franηaises de Flϋtes (2000, for Spaima). He earned Second Prize in the Ludwigshafen am Rhein Competition (1991, for 3/2) and Third prizes in the Mozart 1991 (1991, for Motto-Studien) and Carl Maria von Weber (1991, for String Quartet No. 3) competitions. Other honors include the George Enescu Prize in the George Enescu Competition in Bucharest (1991, for Symphony No. 1) and the Music Prize of the Romanian Academy (1991, for String Quartet No. 3). From the Romanian Composers Union, he earned the Prize for Chamber Music (1992, for Hφrner-Stimmen aus einem unbekannten Requiem), the Prize for Symphonic Music (1995, for HYPERKARDIA), the prizes for opera (Post- Fiction) and musicology (with his wife, Valentina Sandu-Dediu) (1998), and the Prize for Choral Music (1999, for Stabat Mater). Lastly, he earned the Prize for EXPO 2000 in Hannover from the Romanian Development Agency (2000), the Prize of the Galliard Ensemble International Composers Competition
in London (2000), the Neukφllner Opernpreis in Berlin (2002), and the Prometheus-Opera Prima, a Romanian cultural award (2002). He has earned scholarships from the Alfred-Tφpfer-Stiftung (1990, Hamburg), the Alban- Berg-Stiftung (1991, Vienna), fellowships from New Europe College (1997-98, Bucharest), the Wissenschaftskolleg (1998, Berlin), the Zuger Kulturstiftung Landis und Gyr (2002, Berlin) and the one year residency of Villa Concordia Bamberg (2005-6). In 2000, his music was heard at the ISCM World Music Days in Luxembourg. In addition to his work as a composer, he served as artistic director of the International Week of New Music Festival in Bucharest in 1999, 2001, 2007, 2008.
He was a guest lecturer at Queen's University of Belfast in 1994. Since 1999, he has been an associate professor of composition at the National University of Music in Bucharest and since 2000, has led its composition department. In the present he is the rector of the National University of Music, Bucharest. Ιditions Lucian Badian (Ottawa), Editura Muzicala (Bucharest) and Peer Music publish his works.
From 1976-81 Carmen Maria Cârneci studied composition and conducting in Bucharest. After maticulating, she continued her studies in Freiburg/Br. with Klaus Huber and Francis Travis, participated in conducting courses with Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös and others, and already gained several prizes and awards. Since 1986, numerous conducting engagements:at the Donaueschingen Festival in 1989 and 1992, regular guest conductor at the State Opera and the Chamber Theatre in Stuttgart, where she gave the premiere performance of Salvatore Sciarrino’s Perseo e Andromeda, also conducting the first Italian performance at Gibellina, and subsequent performances in Milan. In 1993 she was guest conductor at the “Neues Theater für Musik” in Bonn, where she also gave the premiere of her chamber opera Giacometti in March 1996. From 1990-91 she conducted the Freiburg Academic Orchestra; in 1992 she was director of the ”Rossini in Wildbad” festival. While in Freiburg, she also founded the vocal ensemble ”Coloratura”. As a composer, she receives grants, awards and commissions from important institutions and festivals. Since 1994 she has been involved in the administration and program-plannning of the “profectio inititive freiburg” ensemble as conductor and co-organizer. She is currently working as a freelance composer and conductor. She lives in Freiburg and in Bucharest where she teaches at the Music Academy.
Adrian Enescu
Adrian Enescu (born March 31, 1948) is a Romanian composer (film soundtracks & contemporary music). As an individual musician, he also pioneered the local electronic scene during the 1970s-80s. He graduated from the "Ciprian Porumbescu" Music Conservatory in Bucharest , composition - class of Aurel Stroe , Alexandru Pascanu-harmony Among his list of accomplishments are music for ballet in Italy , China and Australia, music for theater in Romania, Holland, Belgium, Japan, Australia, Canada, Columbia and Costa Rica.
Diana Rotaru
Born in Bucharest , 1981, Diana Rotaru has a BA and a MA in composition at the National University of Music in Bucharest, where she studied with Stefan Niculescu and Dan Dediu. During 2005-2006 she was an Erasmus student at the “Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris” where she attended the classes of Frederic Durieux, Michael Levinas, Yann Geslin, Luis Naon and Tom Mays. She participated at different summer courses : Voix Nouvelles-Royaumont (2002 and 2006),the International Bartok Seminary-Szombathely ( 2003) and the Contemporary Music Summer Courses in Breaza (2003, 2004 and 2005) - thus studying with composers such as Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Jarrell, François Paris, Jonathan Harvey, Theo Loevendie, Marco Stroppa etc. She has won numerous prizes, among which the “George Enescu” Prize ex-aequo (Bucharest, 2003 and 2005), the IRINO PRIZE (Tokyo 2004) and the “Prometheus Prize-Opera Omnia” (Bucharest, 2005). Her works have been performed in concerts in Europe and Japan. In 2005, her work, “Shakti” was among the works recommended for broadcasting by international radio stations at the “International Rostrum of Composers”, Vienna. Three of her works have been so far included on CDs. Her creation includes chamber and orchestral music as well as a chamber opera for children. Member of the experimental group SeduCant.
Theodore Antoniou
Theodore Antoniou (born February 10, 1935), is a Greek composer and conductor. His works vary from operas and choral works to chamber music, from film and theatre music to solo instrumental works. In addition to his career as composer and conductor, he also holds the position of professor of composition at Boston University. His education includes studies in violin, voice, and composition at the National Conservatory of Athens, the Hellenic Conservatory, and conducting at both The Munich Musikhochschule and the International Music Centre in Darmstadt. Antoniou was born in Athens, Greece. He has held teaching positions at Stanford University, the University of Utah, and the Philadelphia Musical Academy. He currently holds the position of professor among the composition staff at Boston University, where he has served since 1978. He also leads and conducts the new music ensemble Alea III, which holds residence at Boston University. The ensemble performs frequently with new and premiering compositions, has worked with numerous renowned artists, and has toured Europe on numerous occasions. As a conductor, Antoniou has worked with orchestras, small and ensembles, and musical organizations all over the globe. He has been engaged by several major orchestras and ensembles, such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, the Radio Orchestras of Berlin and Paris, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra (Zurich), the National Opera of Greece, and the Berkshire Music Center Orchestra. In 1974 he was engaged as assistant director of contemporary activities at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lennox, Massachusetts, and held that position until the summer of 1985. As as enthusiast and active performer of new music, Antoniou has founded various contemporary music ensembles, including ALEA II at Stanford University; ALEA III, at Boston University; the Philadelphia New Music Group; and the Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music. He also directs the ALEA III International Composition Competition. Furthermore, he has held the position of president of the National Greek Composers' Association and director of the Experimental Stage of National Opera of Greece since 1989. As a composer, Antoniou has written more than a hundred and fifty compositions for theatre and film music. Many of Antoniou's compositions were commissioned by major orchestras around the world. Over two hundred of his works have been published by Bärenreiter Verlag (Germany), G. Schirmer (USA) and Philippos Nakas (Greece). In terms of style, Antoniou's earlier works employed, or were inspired by Greek folk music, set with atonal colors. He later developed serial techniques and applied them in various refined forms.
Theodore Antoniou (born February 10, 1935), is a Greek composer and conductor. His works vary from operas and choral works to chamber music, from film and theatre music to solo instrumental works. In addition to his career as composer and conductor, he also holds the position of professor of composition at Boston University. His education includes studies in violin, voice, and composition at the National Conservatory of Athens, the Hellenic Conservatory, and conducting at both The Munich Musikhochschule and the International Music Centre in Darmstadt. Antoniou was born in Athens, Greece. He has held teaching positions at Stanford University, the University of Utah, and the Philadelphia Musical Academy. He currently holds the position of professor among the composition staff at Boston University, where he has served since 1978. He also leads and conducts the new music ensemble Alea III, which holds residence at Boston University. The ensemble performs frequently with new and premiering compositions, has worked with numerous renowned artists, and has toured Europe on numerous occasions. As a conductor, Antoniou has worked with orchestras, small and ensembles, and musical organizations all over the globe. He has been engaged by several major orchestras and ensembles, such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, the Radio Orchestras of Berlin and Paris, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra (Zurich), the National Opera of Greece, and the Berkshire Music Center Orchestra. In 1974 he was engaged as assistant director of contemporary activities at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lennox, Massachusetts, and held that position until the summer of 1985. As as enthusiast and active performer of new music, Antoniou has founded various contemporary music ensembles, including ALEA II at Stanford University; ALEA III, at Boston University; the Philadelphia New Music Group; and the Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music. He also directs the ALEA III International Composition Competition. Furthermore, he has held the position of president of the National Greek Composers' Association and director of the Experimental Stage of National Opera of Greece since 1989. As a composer, Antoniou has written more than a hundred and fifty compositions for theatre and film music. Many of Antoniou's compositions were commissioned by major orchestras around the world. Over two hundred of his works have been published by Bärenreiter Verlag (Germany), G. Schirmer (USA) and Philippos Nakas (Greece). In terms of style, Antoniou's earlier works employed, or were inspired by Greek folk music, set with atonal colors. He later developed serial techniques and applied them in various refined forms.
Vassilis Kitsos
Vassilis Kitsos was born in 1972. He studied musicology at the Music Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He also graduated with the Composition Diploma (first prize) in the class of the professor Christos Samaras and the Piano Diploma in the class of Christine Fressinier. He received a Phd in Composition at the University of Edinburgh under the supervision of the professor Nigel Osborne. He has attended composition and analysis masterclasses with Th.Antoniou, Em.Hadjiev, T.Murail and Helmut Lachenmann and piano masterclasses with G.Hadjinikos, R.Szidon, J.Lagarde, M.Tirimo, P.Badura-Skoda. His compositions include works for orchestra, chorus, ensembles and solo instruments and the Ballet “Echoes of Flux” that have been performed in Greece, France, Germany, USA, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Switzerland, Serbia and Great Britain and broadcasted by the BBC and National Radios of Greece, Spain and Romania. Many of them are commissions by organisations and ensembles such as The Greek Composers’ Union, The Athens Concert Hall, The Orchestra of Colours, München ‘Philharmonia’, Tangos a Quatro and many distinguished soloists. As a pianist he has made several concerts of chamber music in Greece and Europe, focusing on the works of greek composers and 20th century music in general (Sani Festival, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Kleiner Konzersaal Gasteig München e.t.c..),. Vassilis Kitsos has been teaching music theory, chamber music and composition at various conservatories in Greece since 1991 and also at the Music Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki since 1999. He is Artistic Director at the Nakas Conservatory (Thessaloniki) and he has also been the Artistic Director of the Mediterranean Music Centre of Lamia (Hellenic Ministry of Culture) during the period 2000-2006. He has participated at international conferences with articles about the music of J.S. Bach and Alban Berg, 20th century music and issues about analysis and performance. He is a member of the Greek Composers’ Union and the Greek Society for Music Education. His works are edited by Europa Edition.
Zesses Seglias
Born in 1984 in Edessa, northern Greece. Music studies 2009 - MA in Composition and Music Theatre at the University of Music and performing Arts of Graz, Austria / B. Furrer * 2006 - Composition class at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki, Greece / K. Siembis 2002 - 2008 * Bachelor in Composition at the Aristotles University of Thessaloniki, Greece / M. Lapidakis * Master / other courses P. Ablinger, G. F. Haas, T. Simaku, T. Antoniou, J. Papadatos, Dissonart Ensemble * Performances Greece, UK, Austria * Scholarships State Scholarships Foundation, Greek Composers Union. In his music he develops different aspects of time as the main dimension of sound and his seeks for a special way of communication with the performers and -finally- the listener.
Ana Chifu
Ana Chifu studied the flute in the National University of Music in Bucharest, in the University of Music Dortmund, in the Ecole Normale in Paris. She wan seven national and international prizes and she had concerts and recitals in Romania, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland. She is also part time musician in orchestras in Romania, she is member of contemporary ensembles such as Profil-Simfonietta, Propuls, Devotio Moderna, Opus.art, SeduCant, member of the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra. As a soloist, Ana Chifu played with the Orchestre de Flute Francais, Concerto Orchestra, Lyceum Strings Orchestra. Ana has also an active presence in the contemporary musical life, participating to festivals such as in Warschau Herbst, Poland, International Week of Contemporary music and Meridian in Romania, International Festival of Music in Castelpollard, Ireland, Tom Johnson Festival in Germany.
He was born in Thessaloniki, where he started the flute lessons. Graduated on 2004 from the “Hellenik Conservatory” from the flute class of Nikos Nikopoulos (principal flute in GreekNational Opera House) with Excellent all votes and 1st Prize, he continued his studies in Royal Academy of Music in London, where from he received the postgraduate title of Master of Music in Performance (Mmus). His teachers in Royal Academy of Music were Michael Cox, Kate Hill and Patricia Morris in piccolo studies. Zacharias was active participant in masterclasses with Jacques Zoon, Peter-Lucas Graf, William Bennet, Mario Caroli, and also next to pianist and conductor George Hadjinikos ("Essence and Origins of Musical Interpretation"). He is member of the “Transcription Ensemble” that on 2007 recorded on behalf of European Broadcast Union. Zacharias has cooperated with maestros and orchestra directors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, sir Collin Meters, Lawrence Cummings, Isin Metin. As soloist with orchestra he has appeared in Megaron Concert Hall in Thessaloniki, in Duke’s Hall of London. On 2006 he received the 3rd prize in the International flute competition “Flute Meetings” On 2007 in the flute competition of Royal Academy of Music he received 3rd prize with Jacques Zoon on the jury. On the period 2007-8 he was 2nd flutist in Athens State Symphony Orchestra. The period 2008-9 he was the solo flutist of the National Opera House in the department of the ”Opera for children”and regular collaborator in the “Orchestra of Colours”. On 2008 and 2009 he was principal flutist in the Greek Turkish Youth Orchestra under conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy and Isin Metin. On 2009-10 he was principal flutist on the Thessaloniki Municipality Symphony Orchestra. From December of 2010 and onwards he is 2nd flutist in the Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra (ERT, National Symphonic Orchestra).
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