Alin Cristian Oprea

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Alin Cristian Oprea (born July 11, 1986 in Bucharest ) is a Berlin based film music composer , pianist , sound engineer and director of music videos.

Career

After working as a music producer , arranger and keyboard player in the "U7 Media Network" in Germany and the USA, he completed his studies with honors as a sound engineer / sound designer at the University of Film and Television in Potsdam / Babelsberg . He studied piano at the Rostock University of Music and Theater as well as a master's degree in film music at the University of Film and Television Babelsberg .

Oprea's compositions have been recorded by several renowned orchestras and ensembles, such as the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg under the direction of Bernd Wefelmeyer , the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under the direction of Frank Strobel , the Georgien Sinfonietta Ensemble. and the piano trio "Some Handsome Hands".

As a sound designer and sound engineer, he was involved in several major film productions, such as the film adaptation of the novel Die Vermessung der Welt , directed by Detlev Buck (2012).

Alin Cristian Oprea has directed various music and ballet videos since 2013. Through close cooperation with the choreographer Anna Svitlychenko and the Berlin State Ballet School , artistic music videos such as B. Elegie - Nostalgia , Sonata-Nostalgia , Modern Time Fugue .

honors and awards

  • 2007: 2nd prize at the “Eastwest Filmmusikwettbewerb” for the short film “Digital Loneliness” in Hollywood / Los Angeles
  • 2010: 2nd prize for the a cappella jazz choir composition "Das Karussell" (poem by Rainer Maria von Rilke) at the Fabulous Fridays competition in Berlin
  • 2014: 1 prize - "Games Music Award" at FilmSound in Hamburg.
  • 2014: Nomination for “The Golden Eye - Best international Film Music 2014” and honorable mention (together with Lidia Kalendareva) at the International Film Music Competition during the Zurich Film Festival. World premiere of the competition composition with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich.
  • 2015 - 1 prize “Best Orchestral Soundtrack” for the music for the 90-minute feature film Stones from the Desert at the “Garden State Film Festival” in New Jersey, USA.
  • 2015 - 3rd prize at the international film music competition "Oticons Faculty"
  • 2016 - German Short Film Award for the 30-minute film Und ich so: Äh (Director: Steffen Heidenreich, Music: Alin Cristian Oprea), with the film music explicitly mentioned in the jury statement.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 'Article about the recordings with the Georgian Sinfonietta for Oprea's new album with Roba Music Verlag ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ 'CD release of the piano trios Some Handsome Hands by AMA Verlag
  3. ↑ Measuring the World at the Internet Movie Database
  4. ^ Sonata Nostalgia at the Internet Movie Database
  5. ↑ Entry on the Games Music Award from MediaSoundHamburg
  6. ↑ Article about the award ceremony and the performance with the Tonhalle Orchestra during the Zurich Film Festival (p. 12 German Film Composers Union) ( Memento from May 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Stones from the Desert at the Internet Movie Database
  8. ↑ Entry of the film music competition winner of the "Garden State Film Festival New Jersey
  9. ↑ Article on the jury rationale for the German Short Film Award 2016 for the short film "And I like that: Uh"
personal data
SURNAME Oprea, Alin Cristian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian-German film music composer, pianist, sound engineer and director of music videos
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Bucharest