Dumitru Bughici (;

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: 'דומיטרו בוגיץ) (November 14, 1921,

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– June 10, 2008,

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) was a

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n composer, pianist, conductor and educator.

Early life

Dumitru Bughici was born in

under the name Iosif Bughici. He was the 4th generation of well known

klezmer Klezmer ( yi, קלעזמער or ) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for l ...

dynasty in Iași; his father, Avram David Bughici, was a violinist, and his grandfather a cellist. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the Bughici klezmer family was among the most well known in the region (alongside the Segal and Lemish dynasties); they were highly in demand for wedding and Jewish theatre performances and often toured in Balkan countries and in Istanbul. (Another member of the Bughici family,

Simion Bughici Simion Bughici (b. Simon David, December 14, 1914 – February 1, 1997) was a Romanian communist politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania. Life and career Bughici was born in Iași to a Jewish family of klezmer mu ...

, became involved in Communist politics and was the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1952–55.) Bughici studied music at the Iași Conservatory from 1935 to 1938 under such instructors as Alexandru Zirra, Antonin Ciolan, and Radu Constantinescu. During World War II and the Antonescu regime, the Iași Jewish community was heavily persecuted; several of Bughici's relatives died in the 1941

Iași pogrom The Iași pogrom (, sometimes anglicized as Jassy) was a series of pogroms launched by governmental forces under Marshal Ion Antonescu in the Romanian city of Iași against its Jewish community, which lasted from 29 June to 6 July 1941. Accord ...

. However, Dumitru and other family members managed to survive in hiding. Dumitru's father had built a bunker in the family home in 1940 and hid his family in it in 1941 when summoned by the police, allowing them to survive the war.

Musical career

After the war, Bughici continued his studies at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

(1950–55), where he studied with

Alfred Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, link=no, Alfred Garriyevich Shnitke; 24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer of Jewish-German descent. Among the most performed and re ...

, Alexander Dmitriev and

Boris Arapov Boris Aleksandrovich Arapov (russian: Бори́с Алекса́ндрович Ара́пов; 12 September 1905 in Saint Petersburg – 27 January 1992 in Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of the RSFSR (197 ...

. In 1955, he began teaching music at the National University of Music in

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. It was during this period that he began to compose widely, including concert symphonies for strings, chamber music, piano compositions, ballets, and film scores. He also started publishing academic works on composition and music theory, including "Suites and Sonatas" (1965), which won the Romanian Academy Award, and the Dictionary of Musical Forms and Genres (1978), awarded the UCMR Prize. He served as chairman of the composers' organization in Romania, and was awarded the Romanian "Composer of the Year" award in 1970, 1974, 1976, 1979 and 1981. A 1965 survey of Romanian composers noted that he gained from his studies in Leningrad In 1985, Bughici emigrated to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, where he worked as a composer and music lecturer. Among the most important works he composed were works for the Jerusalem Symphony, from 1987 to 1990. Dumitru Bughici was married to Rodica Peretz. He died in

in 2008.

List of Compositions

Symphonies * Symphony No. 1, Op. 20 "Symphonie-Poem (1961), * Symphony No. 2, Op. 28 "Simfonia Coregrafică" (1964, rev. 1967), * Symphony No. 3, Op. 30, No. 1 "Ecouri de Jazz" (1966), * Symphony No. 4 (1972), * Symphony No. 5 (1977), * Symphony No. 6, Op. 52,"Simfonia Bucegilor" (1978–9), * Symphony No. 7, Op. 61 "Symphony-Ballet" (1983), * Symphony No. 8, Op. 63 "In Memoriam" (Lyric-Dramatic Symphony" (1984), * Symphony No. 9, Op. 65 "Simfonia Romantica" (1985), * Symphony No. 10, Op. 66 "Aspirations" (1985) and * Symphony No. 11 "Symphony of Gratitude" (1987–90). Sinfoniettas * Sinfonietta Tinereții, Op. 13 (1958), * Sinfonietta (1962), * Sinfonietta da Camera, Op. 38 (1969), * Sinfonietta pentru coarde, Op. 53 (1979), * Simfonia. Concertante No.1 for String Quartet and Orchestra, Op..55 (1979–80) * Simfonia. Concertante No. 2, Op. 58 (1980–1). * Dialogurile dramatice pentru flaut și orchestră de coarde

Bibliography

* ''Formele și genurile muzicale'' (Musical forms and genres), Editura muzicală, Bucharest, 1962 * (with Diamandi Gheciu) ''Formele muzicale vocale'' (Vocal musical forms) * ''Suita și sonata'' (Suite and Sonata), Editura Muzicală a Uniunii Compozitorilor din Republica Socialistă România, 1965 * ''Dicționar de forme și genuri muzicale'' (Dictionary of musical forms and genres), Editura Muzicală a Uniunii Compozitorilor, Bucharest, 1974 (ediția I), 1978 (ediția a II-a) * ''Repere arhitectonice în creația muzicală românească contemporană'' (Architectural landmarks in contemporary Romanian musical creation), Editura Muzicală, 1982

References

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