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Name
Anatol Vieru
Role
Musical composer
Died
October 8, 1998, Bucharest, Romania
Education
National University of Music Bucharest
Books
The Book of Modes, Simfonie concertanta pentru violoncel si orchestra: Sinfonia concertante for cello and orchestra
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Music director
Felix si Otilia, Iacob
The music of anatol vieru by serban nichifor
Anatol Vieru ([anaˈtol viˈeru]; 8 June 1926 – 8 October 1998) was a music theoretician, influential pedagogue, and a leading Romanian-Jewish composer of the 20th century. A pupil of Aram Khachaturian, he composed seven symphonies, eight string quartets, numerous concertos, and much chamber music. He also wrote three operas: Iona (1976), Praznicul Calicilor (1981), and Telegrame, Tema si Variatiuni (1983). He was awarded the Herder Prize in 1986.
Iona (op, 1, after M. Sorescu and sketches by M.C. Escher), 1972–5, concert perf. Bucharest, 31 Oct 1976;
Praznicul calicilor [The Feast of the Beggars] (op, after M. Sorbul), 1978–80, Berlin, 1991;
Telegrame (mini-op, after I.L. Caragiale), 1983;
Tema cu variatiuni [Theme and Variations] (mini-op, after Caragiale), 1983;
Ultimele zile, ultimele ore [The Last Days, the Last Hours] (op, 3, after A.S. Pushkin: Motsart i Sal'yeri and M.A. Bulgakov: Poslednie dni [The Last Days]), 1990–95
Film scores
(names of dirs. in parentheses):
Când primavara e fierbinte [When Spring is Hot] (M. Saucan), 1960;
Ciucurencu (E. Nussbaum), 1964;
Procesul alb [The White Trial] (I. Mihu), 1965;
Brâncusi la Târgu-Jiu [Brâncusi at Târgu-Jiu] (Nussbaum), 1966;
Soarele negru [Black Sun] (S. Popovici), 1968;
O suta de lei [100 Lei] (M. Saucan), 1972;
Felix si Otilia [Felix and Otilia] (Mihu), 1974;
Marele singuratic [The Great Lonesome] (Mihu), 1976;
Intoarcera lui Voda Lapusneanu [Lapusneanu's Return] (M. Ursianu), 1979
Orchestral
Symphonies:
no.1 ‘Oda tacerii’ [Ode to Silence], 1967;
no.2, 1973;
no.3 ‘La un cutremur’ [Earthquake Sym.], 1978;
no.4, 1982;
no.5 (M. Eminescu), chorus, orch, 1984–5;
no.6 [Exodus], 1989;
no.7 ‘Anul soarelui calm’ [The Year of the Silent Sun], 1992–3
Other:
Suita în stil vechi [Suite in an Olden Style], for strings, 1945;
Dansuri simfonice, 1952; Concerto for Orchestra, 1954–5;