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Dinescu, Violeta (b. July 13, 1953,
Bucharest). Romanian-born German composer of stage, orchestral, chamber,
choral, vocal, and piano works that have been successfully performed and
recorded across Europe.
Prof. Dinescu graduated from the Gheorghe Lazar Lyceum in Bucharest in
1972, studied composition with Myriam Marbe at the Conservatory Ciprian
Porumbescu in Bucharest from 1972-78 (receiving a one-year study of composition
in 1977-78) and subsequently had two years of musicology studies in Heidelberg.
She taught at the George Enescu Music School from 1978-82, and then moved to Germany, where she taught at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Heidelberg from 1986-91 and the Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt from 1989-91, and lectured at the Fachakademie Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Bayreuth from 1990-94. Since 1996, she has been Professor für Komposition at the Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. She has also given guest lectures in South Africa and the USA.
She is the recipient of numerous awards, including four Romanian
Composers Union awards (1975-76, 1980, 1983), Second Prize at the GEDOK
International Composition Competition (1982) and First Prize at the
International Competition for Composers (Utah, 1983). In addition, she has
received Third Prize at the G.B. Viotti International Music and Dance
Competition (1983) and the Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Preis for her opera Hunger und Durst (1985); she has also
received mentions from numerous other competitions and commissions from
numerous festivals.
She has been a member of the Romanian Composers Union since 1980 and an
executive board member of the International League of Women Composers since
1985.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address:
violeta.dinescu@uni-oldenburg.de
Street address: Prof. Violeta Dinescu, Presuhnstrasse 39, D - 26133
Oldenburg, Germany
Telephone: + 49 4414 2979
Fax: + 49 441 949 0455
Street address (university): Prof. Violeta Dinescu, Universität
Oldenburg FB 2 Musik Pf. 2503, D - 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
Telephone (university): + 49 441 798 2027
Fax (university): + 49 441 798 4016
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Der Kreisel (ballet, scenario after
Eduard Mörike), orchestra, 1985; Hunger
und Durst (chamber opera, libretto by the composer, after Eugène Ionesco),
small orchestra (14 players), 1985; Der
35. Mai (children’s opera,
libretto by the composer, after Erich Kästner), 3 soloists, 8 mixed voices,
children’s chorus, orchestra, 1986; Eréndira
(chamber opera, libretto by the composer, after Gabriel García Márquez), 7
soloists, small orchestra, 1992; Schachnovelle
(chamber opera, libretto by the composer, after Stefan Zweig), 3 soloists, 2
clarinets, 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, violin, viola, cello,
2 pianos, percussion, 1994; Effi Briest
(ballet, scenario after Theodor Fontane), orchestra, 1998
ORCHESTRAL: Verwandlungen, 1978; Anna Perenna, 1979; Memories, string orchestra, 1980; Akrostichon, 1983; Map 67,
small orchestra, 1987; Fresco, youth
orchestra, 1989; Kybalion, string
orchestra, 1991; Niutao, guitar
orchestra, 1992; ora x, 1995; Vortex – Wolken I, II und III,
small orchestra, 1998
CHAMBER MUSIC: Sonata, violin/viola, piano, 1975; Arabesques, flute, percussion, 1980; Dialogo, flute, viola, 1980 (also arranged
for clarinet, viola, 1980); Elogium,
trumpet, trombone, 1981; Satya I,
violin, 1981; Satya II, bassoon,
1981; Satya III, double bass, 1981; Satya IV, clarinet, 1981; Satya V, clarinet, bassoon, violin,
double bass, 1981; Immagini, flute,
1982; Parra Quitarra, guitar, 1982; Alternanzen, flute, oboe, clarinet, French
horn, bassoon, 1982; Drei Miniaturen,
4 saxophones, 1982; Aion, clarinet,
bassoon, cello, 2 double basses, percussion, 1982; Euraculos, clarinet, viola, 1982; Sonatina, double bass, piano, 1982; Sleep Song, double bass, piano, 1982; The Toy, double bass, piano, 1982; Trio, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 1982; Intarsien, cello, 1983; Auf
der Suche nach Mozart…, flute, saxophone, bassoon, French horn, harp,
violin, piano (+ celesta), 1983; Flutesplay
III, 8 flutes, 1983; Improvisation,
saxophone, 1984; Din cimpoiu, viola,
1984; Flutesplay I, 3 flutes, 1984; Flutesplay II, 6 flutes, 1984; Terra Lonhdana, flute, string quartet,
piano, 1984; Improvisation,
saxophone, 1985; Abendandacht,
trumpet, 1985; Scherzo da fantasia III,
violin, cello, 1985; Loc Maria, organ,
percussion, 1985; Nakris, 4
saxophones, 1985; Melismen, 5
recorders, 1985; Méandre, bass
clarinet, piano, 1985; Atréju, flute,
guitar, 1986; New Rochelle,
synthesizer, 1987; Ostrov I, viola,
1987; Din terra Lonhdana, string
quartet, 1987; Trio d’anches, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 1987; Aretusa, violin, 1988; Ostrov II, 4 clarinets, 1989; Contraste, 4 trombones, 1989; ‘…wenn der freude thränen fliessen…’,
cello, piano, 1990; Cime lointaine,
oboe, 1990; Immaginabile, recorder,
1990; Fragment II, flute, harp, 1990;
Figuren, 3 double basses, 1990; Figuren III, 3 guitars, 1990; Fragment V, flute, clarinet, violin,
cello, piano, 1990; Lichtwellen,
clarinet/bass clarinet, 1991; Kata,
flute, piano, 1991; Figuren II, 2
guitars, 1991; ICHTHYS, violin,
cello, piano, 1991; Tautropfen,
clarinet, piano, 1992; Shan-Shui, 3 percussion, 1993; Streichquartett, 1993; Notte di festa, vibraphone, 1993; et les fruits passeront la promesse des
fleurs…, flute, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, viola, cello, piano,
percussion, 1995; au coeur du silence…,
recorder, 1995; Flammentropfen,
ensemble (4 players), 1995; Reversing
Fields, clarinet, 1996; Kathargos,
zither, 1996; Les cymbales du soleil,
oboe, 2 percussion, 1996; Rand,
clarinet, viola, 1996; Sonatina,
piano, percussion, 2001; Licht-Bruch, accordion, 2001; Rugá, clarinet, double bass, accordion,
2001
CHORAL: Ballade, children’s chorus, 1976; Verzaubere mich in einen Silbervogel,
mixed chorus, orchestra, 1977; Latin
Sequences (text from an anonymous source), children’s chorus, 1977; Das Spiel, children’s chorus,
percussion, 1978; Arpagic (text by
Ana Blandiana), children’s chorus, 1980; Tamina
(text by Delia Dorcea), children’s chorus, 1980; In meinem Garten (text by Ana Blandiana), children’s chorus, 1980; Blumenlied (text by Ion Caraion),
children’s chorus, 1980; Lied in einer
Flöte (text by Ion Caraion), children’s chorus, 1980; Doinasland, children’s chorus, 1981; Sonnenuntergang (text by Dan Mihailescu), children’s chorus, 1982; Zori de flori, children’s chorus, 1982; Frühlingslied, children’s chorus, 1984; Rondo über den Frühling, children’s
chorus, flute ensemble, 1984; Pfingstoratorium,
5 soloists, mixed chorus, small orchestra, 1993
VOCAL: Euracolus (text by Ion Caraion),
mezzo-soprano, clarinet, 1980; Mondnacht
(text by Joseph von Eichendorff), mezzo-soprano, organ, 1982; Amont (text from a letter written to
Guillaume de Machaut), mezzo-soprano, harpsichord, 1983; Zebaoth (text from various psalms), baritone, 2 organs, 1985; Ich bin in Sehnsucht eingehüllt (text by
Selma Meerbaum Eisinger), soprano, harpsichord, 1985; Mein Heim ein Stein, voice, flute, percussion, 1985; Concerto, voice, orchestra, 1986; Quatrain (text by François Villon),
female voice, 1986; Mondnächte (text
by Joseph von Eichendorff), mezzo-soprano, saxophone, percussion, 1986; Dona nobis pacem, mezzo-soprano, cello
(+ percussion), 1987; Concertino,
mezzo-soprano, orchestra, 1988; Psalm 126,
soprano, flute, organ, 1988; SchattenRosenSchatten,
female voice, percussion, 1992; Frühlingsland,
female voice, piano (+ percussion), 1998; Ballade
vom Verlonensein, female voice, piano, percussion, 2001
PIANO: Akanua, 1974; Story, 1977; Echoes I,
1979; Echoes II, piano (+
percussion), 1982; Dies Diem Docet,
1986; Cyclotron, piano 4 hands, 1994
ORGAN: Echoes III, 1982; Ambo, 1996
HARPSICHORD: Prelude, 1982
FILM SCORE (FOR SILENT MOVIE) (DIRECTOR): Tabu, small
orchestra (17 players), 1988 (Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau)
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Quasaar Paal 2, cello, computer-organ,
1985; Self-Reflections I/II, piano,
live electronics, 1996-97
DISCOGRAPHY
Satya I-II; Euracolus;
Immagini; Alternanzen; Scherzo da
fantasia III; Mondnacht; Echoes I. (CPO: 999 016, 1985) (LP)
Euracolus; Mondnächte. (Electrecord: ST-CS 0217,
1988) (LP)
Euracolus. (Mediaphon
Classic: MED 72115, 1991)
Figuren II. (Intersound:
ISPV 165, 1992)
‘…Wenn der freude thränen
fliessen…’ (Private recording of Dorothea von Albrecht, Christine Olbrich,
1994)
Echoes I. (Bayer: LC 8498
DDD 100169, 1994)
Cime lointaine. (Pan Classics:
510087, 1995)
‘…Wenn der freude thränen
fliessen…’ (Living Artists Recording, 1996)
Ambo. (Meli: 7114,
1996)
Niutao. (Bayer: LC 8498
CAD 800916, 1997)
Din terra Lonhdana. (Troubadisc:
TRO-CD 01418, 1997)
Méandre. (NSS: 36931,
1997)
Euracolus. (Intersound:
ISPV 180, 1997)
Quatrain. (New Music
International Public Organization, 1997)
Au coeur du silence… (Cybele:
260.501, 1998)
‘…Wenn der freude thränen
fliessen…’ (Vienna Modern Masters: 2027, 1998)
Vortex -
Wolken I,
II und III. (Symposion: 1 SCL 0207, 1998)
Reversing Fields. (Living Artists
Recording, 1998)
Lichtwellen;
Rand;
Reversing Fields; Dialogo; Improvisation; Din cimpoiu; ICHTHYS. (Sargasso: SCD 28027, 1999)
Kathargos. (Cavali: LC
05724, 1999)
(Last updated on April 3, 2002)
