Dan-Alexandru Voiculescu


Dan Voiculescu was a Romanian composer, doctor of musicology, professor of counterpoint and composition at the Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca and the National Music University of Bucharest, and a member of the Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists.
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 soloRibattuta 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
  • The Bach Fugue, 1986
  • many other studies on musicology
His works are published by Editura Muzicala, Bucharest, Editura Arpeggione, Cluj-Napoca and Musikverlag Gentner Hartmann, Trossingen.

Career

  • 1958-1964 Attended the "Gh. Dima" Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca
  • 1963 Obtained diploma for Piano
  • 1964 Obtained diploma for Composition
  • 1965 Became a member of the Union of Romanian Composers
  • 1968 Studied composition with V. Mortari in Venice
  • 1971-1972 Studied composition with K. Stockhausen in Cologne
  • 1972, 1978 Attended the Darmstädter Kurse für Neue Musik
  • 1979-1991 Editor of Lucrari de Muzicologie, 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

Memberships

  • http://www.ucmr.org.ro/listMembri.asp?CodP=174#En
  • in Romania

Recent performances