Nicolae Brânduș

Nicolae Brânduș (born April 16, 1935 in Bucharest ) is a Romanian composer .

Life

Brânduș studied piano at the Bucharest Conservatory from 1952 and 1957 and composition from 1960 to 1964. He also took part in the Darmstadt summer courses several times . In 1981 he graduated from the Cluj-Napoca Music Academy with a doctorate in musicology.

After a short time as solo pianist in the Ploieşti Symphony Orchestra, he taught chamber music at the National University of Music in Bucharest from 1969 to 1981 . After a time as editor of the magazine Muzica , he became professor of chamber music here in 1991.

He is a member of the Romanian Composers Union and SACEM . Between 1991 and 1993 he was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), of which he headed the Romanian section until 2002.

Works

• Pieces for piano, 1961
• Ostinato for piano, 1962
• Sonata for two pianos, 1963
• Logodna , opera pantomime based on a poem by Mihai Eminescu , 1964–1966
• Simfonia - Baladă:
  • I. Pintea Viteazul , 1964
  • II. Voinicul și Calul , 1978
  • III. Gheorghilaș , 1978
• Seven Psalms for baritone, piano and percussion based on verses by Tudor Arghezi , 1965
• Domnișoara Hus , cantata based on verses by Ion Barbu, 1968
• 8 madrigals for a cappella choir, 1968
• Phtora I for orchestral groups, 1968, premiered with the Orchestra Radioteleviziunii Române under Emanuel Elenescu 1973
• Cantus-Firmus (PHTORA III) for keyboard instrument (s) and other instruments, 1970
• Antiphonia for chamber string orchestra, 1971 premiered with the Orchestra de Camera von Cluj-Napoca under Mircea Cristescu 1971
• SOLILOQUE I - play back , 1971
• Vagues for piano, violin, viola, cello, clarinet and percussion, 1972
• Match II - Monodie I & Polyphony IV for chamber orchestra and tape, 1973, premiered with the Ars Nova chamber orchestra from Cluj-Napoca under Cornel Țăranu 1973
• Kitsch-N , instrumental theater for clarinet, flute or saxophone and tape, 1974
• Infrarealism , instrumental theater for clarinet, piano and voice based on a poem by Ion Barbu , 1975
• Dialogos , 1st concerto for piano and orchestra, 1978, WP Filarmonica Moldova under Ion Baciu with Șerban Dimitrie Soreanu , 1979
• La Țiganci , opera based on a short story by Mircea Eliade , 1978–1985
• Languir me fais , instrumental theater for one percussionist, 1979
• From the world of children - for children's choir , 1980
• Prolegomene I, II & III “Dănilă Prepeleac” , Instrumentral-Theater for tenor and piano or bass and double bass and bass clarinet based on a text by Ion Creangă , 1981–1995
• Melopedia & Fugue for solo bassoon , 1981
• Rhythmodia Concerto for Solo Percussion , 1982
• SOLILOQUE II "Jubilatio" - play back , 1983
• SOLILOQUE IV "Reverberations" - play back , 1984
• SIN - Euphonia , 1986
• KN-Comment - 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 for flute, chamber ensemble, clarinet, saxophone, oboe and tape
• Ouvedennerode , instrumental theater for saxophone and tape, 1993
• SIN EU PHONIA I , Symphony for tape, two organs and orchestra, 1986–1987, WP WP Philharmonie von Chișinău under Dorel Pascu-Rădulescu , 1994
• Concerto for violin and orchestra , 1990–1991, UA Philharmonic of Timișoara under Remus Georgescu with Mălina Dandara , 1991; reworked in:
  • Second concert for piano and orchestra , 1993, premiere of the Chișinău Philharmonic under Valentin Doni with Inna Oncescu , 1995
• EKSTASIS 256 / n , 1997
• Bizarmonia , instrumental theater for six instrumentalists and tape, 1998
• Oratorio for male choir, tenor, soprano and electronic music, 1998
• European Parody , 2000, UA Banatul Philharmonic Orchestra under Remus Georgescu 2000
• Madrigals & Drums for voice, piano and percussion, 2001
• Bowstring for solo violin, 2002
• Tubulatures for flute orchestra, 2003, WP OFF under Pierre Alain Biget 2003