Maia Ciobanu

Maia Ciobanu (born May 5, 1952 in Bucharest ) is a Romanian composer .

Ciobanu studied composition with Dan Constantinescu and Myriam Marbe and piano with Aurora Ienei at the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory , as well as with Ștefan Niculescu , Mircea Chiriac , Liviu Comes and Aurel Stroe . In 1980 she attended the Darmstadt Summer Course in composition with Brian Ferneyhough , Gérard Grisey , Wolfgang Rihm , Hans Peter Haller , Włodzimierz Kotoński , Tristan Murail and others. In 1995 she studied at the Swedish Music Academy in Gothenburg.

Since 1992 she has been the musical director of the contemporary music group Alternative . Since 1993 she has been a professor at the Bucharest Theater and Film School ( Institutul de Artă Teatrală și Cinematografică “IL Caragiale” ). She gave courses on contemporary Romanian music at the music academies in Gothenburg (1995) and Cologne (1996), at the Pedagogical College in Rorschach (1997) and the University of St. Gallen (2000).

Ciobanu is the founder and editor of the English-language magazine Contemporary Music - Romanian Newsletter of the Romanian section of the International Society for Contemporary Music , of which she was president in 2002 and 2003. Ciobanu is also active as a journalist and produces music programs for Romanian radio. She is a member of the Romanian Composers Union , the International League of Women Composers (ILWC), the International Computer Music Association (ICMA) and the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM).

Works

• Sonata for clarinet, piano and percussion, 1974
• Pămîntul Trebuie să Trăiască for orchestra, 1975
• Da Suonare for piano, 1976
• Întilnire cu o altă melody for percussion and tape, 1978
• Prelude for Clarinet, Guitar and Trombone, 1980
• Concerto for violin and orchestra, 1980
• Trei Sculpturi for string quartet, 1981
• Toamna , madrigal for mixed choir based on verses by Nicolae Ioan Stănescu , 1981
• Portret , madrigal for mixed choir based on verses by Emil Botta , 1982
• Pădurencele for Nai, 1982
• Decor I for clarinet and piano, 1983
• Decembrie în Ardel for mixed choir, organ and percussion based on verses by Petru Anghel , 1983
• Dorul - Dor , madrigal for mixed choir based on verses by Lucian Blaga , 1984
• Decor II for flute and piano, 1984
• Fîntîna I for organ and percussion, 1985
• Fîntîna II for cello and organ, 1986
• Urare de Belșug for female choir, 1986
• De Dor for female choir, 1986
• Sorcova de Peste Vară for female choir, 1986
• Povestea Vorbii , choral triptych for mixed choir based on verses by Anton Pann , 1987
• Decor III for clarinet, piano and synthesizer, 1988
• 1st Symphony - Jurnal '88 , 1988
• 3 Ostinato I for percussion and tape, 1989
• Doina, Doinna, cîntec dulce , 1989
• Concerto for piano and tape, 1990
• Incidental music to Merlin by Tankred Dorst for electronic music, 1991
• Veni-Va! for tape, 1992
• Fîntîna III for piano, synthesizer and percussion, 1992
• Valsul Pelicanului for choir, flute, two pianos and percussion based on verses by Robert Desnos , 1992
• Comentarii for clarinet, piano, synthesizer and percussion, 1993
• Visul descompus sau Drumul către Centru , Ballet, 1993
• Eu, Nu , Ballet, 1994
• Ostinato II for trombone, clarinet, piano and percussion, 1995
• Știi tu Episodul în care ... for flutes, violin, viola and accordion, 1997
• Invizabila Strună for violin, 1998
• Concerto for percussion and tape, 1998
• Jurnal'99 for tape, 1999
• Autoportret for violin, cello and piano, 2000
• Tăcere cu Variațiuni for clarinet, trombone, violin, cello, piano and percussion, 2000
• Decor V for two flutes and Nai, 2000
• Decor IV for clarinet and viola, 2003
• Pian Excesiv for tape, 2003
• Medium I for tape, 2003
• Pădurencele for choir based on verse by Emil Botta, 2003
• Pian Excesiv II for piano, actor and tape, 2004
• Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra, 2004
• Muzica Alternative I, II, III for electronic media, piano and dancer, 2005
• 2nd symphony , 2006
• 3 comentarii for ensemble, 2006
• Climate for tape, 2006