Tiberiu Olah or Tibor Oláh (2 January 1928 – 2 October 2002) was a Romanian-Hungarian composer, teacher and musicologist.

Biography

Tiberiu Olah was born in Arpad, Bihor, and began his studies at the Cluj Conservatory in 1946. From 1949-54 he studied at the

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, and in 1958 he took a position as a lecturer and later as a professor at the Bucharest Conservatory. Notable students include Doina Rotaru, Costin Miereanu,

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and Christian Wilhelm Berger. Olah was a member of the Csodamalom Bábszínház Puppet Theater where he acted as a puppeteer. He received grants for research in musicology and presented studies and papers internationally. He also published reviews and articles in journals including ''Studii de Muzicologie'', ''Muzica'', ''România Literară'' and ''Melos''. He died in

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Works

Olah was known for popularizing the oratorio. Selected compositions include: *''Cantata'' for women's choir, two flutes, string and percussion instruments 1956, Csango popular texts, translated by Nina Cassian *''Prind visele aripi'' 1959, cantata for mixed choir and orchestra *''Lumina lui Lenin'' 1959, cantata for male choir and string orchestra on lyrics by Nina Cassian *''O stâncă se înalță'' 1959, cantata for mixed choir and orchestra lyrics by Maria Banus *''The Galaxy of Man'' 1960, oratorio for reciter, high voice, mixed choir and orchestra by Vladimir Mayakovsky lyrics *''Symphony'' 1956 *''Michael the Brave'' 1971, symphonic suite from the film music *''Homonymous Crescendo'' 1972, piece for orchestra *''Condemnation'' 1976, music video His music has been recorded and issued on media including: * lectrecord ST-ECE 02941Invocations III, Harmonies IV, Sonata for Clarinet solo, Sonata for Flute solo, Space and Rhythm (LP, 1986) * lectrecord ST-CS 0201''Daniel Kientzy - Stockhausen / Cavanna / Harrison / Olah / Ioachimescu''- Saxophone Contemporain (LP, 1986)

Awards

*Romanian Academy Award, 1965 *Film Music Award for ''White Pelican'', 1966 *International Prize for ''Koussewitzky'', USA, 1967 *Grand Prize of the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Romania for ''All Creation'', 1993

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20101119150720/http://www.tiberiuolah.ro/home.html 1928 births 2002 deaths 20th-century classical composers People from Bihor County Romanian musicologists Hungarian musicologists Romanian classical composers Hungarian classical composers Romanian musicians of Hungarian descent Moscow Conservatory alumni Academic staff of the National University of Music Bucharest Male classical composers 20th-century musicologists 20th-century male musicians {{Romania-composer-stub