Fred Popovici

Fred Popovici (born July 27, 1948 in Brăila ) is a Romanian composer .

Popovici studied until 1972 at the Music Academy of Bucharest and studied composition with Ştefan Niculescu and Aurel Stroe . In 1978, 1980 and 1982 he attended the Darmstadt summer courses , where he a. a. studied with Cristóbal Halffter , Helmut Lachenmann and Brian Ferneyhough . In 1990, 1993 and 1996 he worked at IRCAM in Paris.

From 1973 to 1985 Popovici taught music theory and counterpoint at the "George Enescu" music school in Bucharest. 1990–91 he was a composition professor at the Music Academy of Iași. He worked as the coordinator of the International George Enescu Festival, was the founder of the international courses for computer music at the Centrul European de Cultura in Sinaia and a member of the music and mathematics research group of the Romanian Academy .

In 1995, 1996 and 2001 he was a juror at the Valentino Bucchi competition in Rome. He gave lectures at the Technical University in Berlin (1993) and the University of London (1997 and 1998). As a music critic and musicologist, he also wrote articles and treatises for magazines and newspapers in Romania, Germany ( Neue Zeitschrift für Musik ) and Austria ( Der Standard ). He wrote the monograph "Maya Badian. Her Life and Her Music, A Privilege to Soar" about the Romanian composer Maya Badian (* 1945) who emigrated to Canada , which was published in 2003 by the Editura Muzicală in Bucharest.

Works

• Sinfonietta , 1972-73
• Sequencies for eleven string instruments, 1974
• Melos I, II, III for violin, string quartet, orchestra, 1977–79
• Heterosynthesis for chamber ensemble and wind ensemble, 1979
• Clarinet Concerto , 1980–82
• Introduction to the Anatomy of Sound I-IV for double bass, chamber ensemble, string ensemble with or without live electronics, 1981–83
• D'al un Concerto grosso for solo wind instrument, five soloists, orchestra and electronic music, 1986–89
• ... G ... , Opera, 1986-88
• Itineraires a l'Interieur du Son I, II for chamber ensemble, 1990–93
• Triangolo, Aperto for three orchestral groups, three soloists and electronic music, 1999