Dora Cojocaru (born 20 August 1963 in
Baia Mare) is a Romanian composer.
Cojocaru studied at the
Gheorghe Dima Music Academy
Gheorghe Dima National Music Academy is an educational institution located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The institution was founded in 1919, and currently comprises various departments including composition, conducting, musicology, musical pedagogy, c ...
in
Cluj-Napoca
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and obtained diplomas in composition, pedagogy and piano there in 1986. After studying with
Johannes Fritsch at the
Hochschule für Musik Köln, she was awarded a master's degree in composition. In 1997, she obtained a
Ph.D.
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in
musicology
Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...
with a thesis on
György Ligeti
György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" ...
. After publication in 1999, the work was awarded the prize of the Romanian Composers' Union.
From 1990 to 2002, Cojocaru taught at the Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca, and from 1993 to 1995 she worked for the
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
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. She has been living in Montreal since 2002 and teaches at different music institutions.
on societateamuzicala.ro
Work
*''Structuri'' for orchestra, 1985
*''Luci, soare, luci'', cantata for choir and orchestra, 1986
*''Bocet pentru Manole'', cantata for vocal soloists and chamber ensemble, 1987
*''Cantos ll'' for mezzo-soprano and clarinet, 1991
*''Vitalitate!'' for string orchestra, 1991
*''Poarta Soarelui'' for flute and percussion, 1992
*''A3'' for clarinet, piano and percussion, 1992 (CD: Hungaroton, Budapest, 1998)
*''Trills'', string trio, 1992
*''String Quartet No. 1'', 1994
*''Riga Crypto si Lapona Enigel'', Chamber Opera, 1994
*''Concertare'', trombone quartet, 1995
*''Galgenlieder in der Nacht'', chamber cantata after Christian Morgenstern for soprano and ensemble, 1995
*''Fragmenti'' for trombone solo, 1996
*''5 Moments Efemere'' for wind quintet, 1996
*''String Quartet No. 2 "...esser loro Padre, Guida ed Amico! - in memoriam A. Kaercher"'', 1996
*''...on revient toujours!'' for clarinet and ensemble, 1996
*''Refrains'' for clarinet solo, 1997 (CD: Computer Music Production, Cluj, 2002)
*''Qu.-Sax.'', Saxophone Quartet, 1997
*''Trio Violinissimo'', 1998
*''Violinissimo'' for string ensemble, 1998
*''Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra'', 1999
*''Dati-mi lampa lui Aladin'', chamber cantata for soprano and ensemble, 1998 (CD: Computer Music Production, Cluj, 2002)
*''The other side of silence'' for oboe, violin, viola and cello, 2001 (CD: GunPowderTower Studio, Sibiu, 2002)
*''Concerto'' for oboe and strings, 2001 (CD: Sibiu, 2002)
*''Transparencies'' for clarinet and ensemble, 2002
*''Basel Concerto'' for trombone and chamber ensemble, 2002
*''De doinit'' for flute and harpsichord, 2003
*''Etudes oubliées'', clarinets (bassoon) quartet, 2003
*''Virelais et virelangues'', chamber cantata for voice and ensemble, 2003
*''Schattenspiel'' for oboe and cello (or clarinet), 2004
*''Clopote si orgi'' for organ, two organ positives and tubular bells, 2004
*''Venice'' for voice, flute, baroque cello and harpsichord (text after Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...
), 2005
References
External links
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Romanian composers
Romanian women composers
20th-century classical composers
Romanian emigrants to Canada
Academic staff of McGill University
1963 births
Living people
People from Baia Mare