Radu Paladi

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Radu Paladi with Gheorghe Crasnaru
At the piano

Radu Paladi (born January 16, 1927 in Storoschynez ; † May 30, 2013 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian composer , pianist and conductor . He composed stage and film music, choral works, vocal and vocal symphonic music, chamber music, symphonic music and instrumental concerts.

education

With George Popovici

Radu Paladi studied piano with Titus Tarnavski at the Chernivtsi Conservatory (then Romania, now Ukraine) from 1941 to 1943 . Between 1947 and 1956 he studied piano with Florica Musicescu , composition with Leon Klepper , harmony with Paul Constantinescu and instrumentation (orchestration) with Theodor Rogalski at the Royal Theater and Music Academy , which later became the “Ciprian Porumbescu” Conservatory in Bucharest.

Didactic career

Radu Paladi taught from 1954 to 1963 as an assistant and from 1963 to 1996 as a lecturer at the theater and film school "Ion Luca Caragiale" in Bucharest.

Artistic career

Radu Paladi has been a member of the Romanian Association of Composers and Musicologists since it was founded in 1949. As a pianist, he has performed in song and chamber music recitals in Romania, Spain and Germany. As a soloist in his own piano concerto, Paladi played with various Romanian orchestras, for example with the Philharmonic Orchestra from Iași at the premiere of the concert, with the Philharmonic Orchestra from Botoșani and with the National Radio Orchestra Bucharest, with which he recorded the piano concerto. Between 1969 and 1972, Radu Paladi was conductor and artistic director of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Botoșani. As a conductor of numerous Romanian amateur choirs and vocal ensembles, he developed a lively activity and acted regularly as a jury member at various national competitions for vocal and instrumental music as well as at composition competitions.

Prizes and awards

  • 1st prize at the national composition competition in Bucharest (1951)
  • 1st prize and gold medal at the international composition competition in Moscow for the cantata "Dar de nunta" (wedding gift) for mixed choir and orchestra (1957)
  • 3rd prize at the international competition in Moscow for the string quartet No. 1 (1957)
  • Order of Work 3rd Class (1959) and Order of Merit 3rd Class in Romania (1968)
  • Romanian Association of Composers and Musicologists Award (1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1996)
  • Order August 23 (1979)
  • Romanian Academy Prize (1980)
  • Award of the Romanian Order of Knights (2000)
  • Excellence Award of the Romanian Association of Composers and Musicologists (2002)
  • Grand Prize of the Romanian Association of Composers and Musicologists as a lifetime achievement award (2007)

Works

Incidental music

  • Pălăria Florentină (A Florentine Hat), 1957
  • Sălbatecii (The Savages), 1958
  • Școala Calomniei (The School of Defamation), 1961
  • D-ale Carnavalului (Mardi Gras), 1962

Film music

  • Fluierașul fermecat, (The Magic Flute), cartoon, directed by Pascal Rădulescu and Constantin Popescu (1957)
  • Ciulinii Bărăganului (The Thistles of Bărăgan), directed by Louis Daquin (1957)
  • La porțile pământului (At the gates of the earth), directed by Geo Saizescu (1965)
  • Pe drumul Thaliei (On the way of Thalia), (1965)

Choral music

  • over 200 works for mixed a cappella choir, choir and piano, choir and orchestra
  • 60 Colinde (including Christmas carols and Easter songs) for mixed choir a cappella based on the collections of Béla Bartók, George Breazul, Gheorghe Cucu (1990–1995)
  • 12 poems for mixed choir a cappella based on verses by Mihai Eminescu (1988–1992)

Vocal music

  • 8 songs for soprano and piano
  • 4 duets for soprano, bass-baritone and piano
  • 13 songs for bass-baritone and piano

Piano works

  • Suite for piano (1949)
  • Theme with variations (1950)
  • Rondo a capriccio (1954)
  • Prelude and Fugue (1955)
  • Cadenza to the Piano Concerto in C minor KV 491 by WA Mozart (2011)

Chamber music

  • String Quartet No. 1 in C minor (1955)
  • Wind quintet (1998)
  • String Quartet No. 2 (2013)

Vocal symphonic works

  • Cantata "Dar de nuntă" (wedding gift), 1957
  • Oratorio "Oratoriul Eliberării" (Oratorio of Liberation), 1959
  • Cantata "Poem de slavă" (Poem of Fame), 1964

Symphonic music

  • Symphonic suite "Fluierașul fermecat" (The Magic Flute), 1954
  • Symphonic Suite "Sălbatecii" (The Wild), 1958
  • Symphonic suite "Ciulinii Bărăganului" (The Thistles of Bărăganului), 1957

Instrumental concerts

  • Concerto for piano and orchestra in C major (1989)
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor (2002)

CD recordings

  • String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Quartetto Academica, prodotto della DYNAMIC srl Genova, 1979
  • 2 Colinde: "Dimineața di Crăciunu", "Colo sus la răsăritu", Corul Academic Radio, dirijor Aurel Grigoraș, UCMR-ADA 1523011 Editura Casa Radio, 2001
  • 2 Colinde, Corul Academic Radio, dirijor Aurel Grigoraș, Producător: Editura Muzicală UCMR, 2005
  • "De ce nu-mi vii?", Corul Academic Radio, în: Antologia Muzicii româneşti, Creații corale româneşti no. 1, Producător: UCMR-ADA 2A 18481
  • "Noapte de vară", Corul Academic Radio, dirijor Aurel Grigoraş, în: Antologia Muicii româneşti, Creații corale româneşti no. 2, Producător: UCMR-ADA 031.076050
  • Atât de fragedă, Corul Academic Radio, dirijor Dan Mihai Goia, în: Antologia Muzicii româneşti, Creații corale româneşti nr. 9, Producător: UCMR-ADA RO9AF125012655
  • 2 Colinde: "Dimineața di Crăciunu", "Colo sus la răsăritu", Corul Academic Radio în: Antologia Muzicii româneşti, Creații corale româneşti no. 10, Producător: UCMR-ADA RO9AF105012464, 2009
  • String Quartet No. 1 in C minor (String Quartet No. 1 in C minor), Lupot String Quartet, ars sonandi, 2015
  • String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Martfeld Quartet, Coviello Classics, 2016 COV 91607

Works published in print

  • Suita pentru pian (piano suite), Editura de Stat, București, 1951 (out of print)
  • Suita pentru pian (piano suite), Editura de Stat pentru literatură și artă, București (out of print)
  • Suita pentru pian (piano suite), Editura Muzicală, București, 1968 (out of print)
  • Suita pentru pian (piano suite, fragment) in: Romanian piano miniatures, Leipzig, Peters Verlag, 1976
  • Rondo a capriccio, Editura Muzicală a Uniunii Compozitorilor din România, București, 1953 (out of print)
  • Rondo a capriccio, Editura Muzicală a Uniunii Compozitorilor din România, București, 1954 (out of print)
  • Coruri (choirs), Editura de Stat pentru literatură si artă, București 1956 (out of print)
  • Cântece și Coruri (chants and choirs), Editura Muzicală a Uniunii Compozitorilor din România, București, 1967 (out of print)
  • Poem de slavă pentru tenor, soliști, cor mixt si orchestră, pe versuri de Corneliu Șerban (Poem of Fame for tenor, soloists, mixed choir and orchestra based on verses by Corneliu Șerban), Editura Muzicală a Uniunii Compozitorilor din România, 1968 (București, 1968 out of print)
  • Două piese pentru cor și orchestră pe versuri de Vlaicu-Bârna (Two pieces for choir and orchestra based on verses by Vlaicu-Bârna), Editura Muzicală, București, 1975
  • Dar de Nuntă, Cantată pentru cor mixt și orchestră pe versuri de Ion Serebreanu (wedding gift, cantata for mixed choir and orchestra based on verses by Ion Serebreanu), Editura Muzicală, București, 2003
  • Dar de Nuntă, reducție pentru pian (wedding gift, piano reduction), Editura Muzicală, București 2003
  • 8 Lieduri pentru soprană și pian (8 songs for soprano and piano), Editura Muzicală, București, 2013
  • Concert pentru vioară și orchestră (Concerto for violin and orchestra), Editura Muzicală, București, 2014
  • Cvintet de suflători (Wind Quintet), Editura Muzicală, București, 2014
  • Lieduri și Duete pentru voci grave, medii, înalte și pian (songs and duets for low, medium and high voices and piano), Editura Muzicală, București, 2014
  • 12 Poeme pe versuri de Mihai Eminescu (12 poemes based on verses by Mihai Eminescu), Editura Muzicală, București, 2014
  • Cvartet de coarde no. 2 (String Quartet No. 2), Editura Muzicală, București, 2014
  • Concert pentru pian și orchestră (Concerto for piano and orchestra), Editura Muzicală, București, 2015
  • Cvartet de coarde no. 1 do minor (String Quartet No. 1 in C minor), Editura Muzicală, București, 2017
  • Cvartet de coarde no. 1 do minor, (String Quartet No. 1 in C minor), Editura Muzicală, București, 2017

literature

  • Viorel Cosma: Muzicieni români , Lexicon, Editura Muzicală, 1970
  • Doru Popovici: Radu Paladi, Poeme corale pe versuri de Mihai Eminescu , revista Muzica 6, no. 3 1995
  • Doru Popovici: Radu Paladi, Colindele pentru cor a cappella , revista Muzica 8, no. 1
  • Veronica Zbarcea: Radu Paladi, Spiritul compozitorului , revista Radio România nr. 259, January 14, 2002
  • Petre Codreanu: Radu Paladi, concertul pentru vioara și orchestră , programul Filarmonicii George Enescu, 15 February 2007
  • Dan Scurtulescu: Radu Paladi, din nou , revista Actualitatea muzicală nr. April 4, 2007
  • Carmen Manea: Concertul pentru pian de Radu Paladi , revista Modele umane și repere profesionale , Colecția AkadeMusica no. 4, ed. UNMB, 2012
  • Ozana Alexandrescu: Radu Paladi, Concert pentru pian și orchestră , programul Filarmonicii George Enescu, January 24, 2013
  • Ozana Alexandrescu: Radu Paladi, concert pentru vioară și orchestră , programul Filarmonicii George Enescu, 8 decembrie 2016
  • Dan Dediu: Radu Paladi - o evocare , revista Actualitatea muzicală nr. 6 June 2013
  • Marcus Stäbler: Review of the CD of the Martfeld Quartet (2015), FonoForum, 9/2016, p. 51
  • Eberhard Kneipel: Review of the CD of the Martfeld Quartet (2015), Das Orchester, 12/2016, p. 72

swell

  • Muzicieni români, Lexicon, Editura Muzicală, 1970

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Paladi, Radu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Storoschynez
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 2013
Place of death Bucharest