Doina Rotaru (born 14 September 1951,

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) is a Romanian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

best known for orchestral and

chamber works Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

Biography

Marilena Doinița Rotaru was born in Bucharest and studied with

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at the

Bucharest Conservatory The National University of Music Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Naţională de Muzică București, UNMB) is a university-level school of music located in Bucharest, Romania. Established as a school of music in 1863 and reorganized as an academy in ...

in Bucharest from 1970-1975. In 1991, she continued her studies with

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in Amsterdam. In 1991 she also took a position as a professor at the National University of Music, and has served several times as a guest lecturer in

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and the Gaudeamus Composers Workshop in Amsterdam. Her music has been commissioned and performed internationally in Europe, Asia and the Americas. She is a member of the Romanian Composers Union. In 1986, Rotaru published an article with

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on the counterpoint techniques of

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

and

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in ''Editura Muzicala''.

Prizes and awards

*Seven prizes from the Romanian Composers Union (1981, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2001) *Prize of the Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences (1986) *First Prize in the GEDOK Competition in Mannheim (1994, for Symphony II).

Selected works

Besides orchestral and chamber works, Rotaru also composers choral and instructional pieces. Selected works include: *''Concerto'' for clarinet and orchestra, 1984 *''Symphony I'' for large orchestra, 1985 *''Métabole II'' for clarinet and orchestra, 2001 *''Sonata'' for cello, 1978 *''String Quartet No. 1'', 1981 *''Trias'' for mezzo-soprano, flute, piano, 1999 *''The Crossroads of the Poppies'' for piano, 1980 *''Sonatina'' for piano 1981 A number of recordings of Rotaru's music are available, including: *''Symphony II''. Ludovic Bács/Radio Bucharest Orchestra (Editura Muzicala: EM 007) *''Over time''. Yoshikazu Iwamoto, shakuhachi;

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bass flute The bass flute is a member of the flute family. It is in the key of C, pitched one octave below the concert flute. Despite its name, its playing range makes it the tenor member of the flute family. Because of the length of its tube (approximate ...

(Editura Muzicala: EM 1002) *''Concerto, ‘Seven Levels to the Sky’''. Daniel Kientzy, saxophones; Emil Simon/Cluj-Napoca Philharmonic (Nova Musica: NMCD 5105)

References

External links

Artistic biography and list of works

at The Living Composers Project. Romanian classical composers 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers Women classical composers Musicians from Bucharest Living people 1951 births National University of Music Bucharest alumni 20th-century women composers 21st-century women composers {{romania-composer-stub