IVANA STEFANOVIC - SERBIA
BORN 14 SEPTEMBER
Ivana Stefanovic completed her studies of composition at the Belgrade Music Academy with Professor Enriko Josif in 1975. In parallel to her studies of composition, she studied the violin with Professor Aleksandar Pavlovic. In 1979, Ivana Stefanovic obtained a two-year scholarship from the French government to pursue advanced studies of composition at the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) in Paris. In 1981, she attended Professor Maurice Kagel’s composition class in Aix en Provence.
Ivana Stefanovic’s first public concert came in 1966 at the Belgrade Music Academy when her composition Tree movements for piano were performed. The concert was held in the hall of the ‘old’ Atelje 212 Theatre. Since then, Ivana Stefanovic’s musical and radiophonic compositions have been performed in France, Denmark, Finland, England, the Netherlands, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Syria, Germany, Spain, the USA, Austria, Italy, Israel, Kazakhstan, and other countries. Her music has been played at a number of festivals, including Gaudeamus (the Netherlands), Bemus (Belgrade Music Festival), Bitef (Belgrade Theatre Festival), the Zagreb Biennale, the International Composers’ Tribune (Serbia), Wings of Sound (Finland), the Pula Composers’ Tribune (Croatia), Roma Europa (Italy), Madrid – World Capital of Culture, Music Temisoara (Romania), Prix Italia, Music Harvest (Odense, Denmark), International New Music Week (Bucharest, Romania), International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) and others.
Source: Ivana Stefanovic Official Website and Wikipedia
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Ordinary Conversations by Ivana Stefanovic
DOINA ROTARU - ROMANIA
BORN 14 SEPTEMBER
Source: Webs and Wikipedia
BORN 14 SEPTEMBER
Doina Rotaru (born 14 September 1951, Bucharest) is a Romanian composer best known for orchestral and chamber works.
Marilena Doinița Rotaru was born in Bucharest and studied with Tiberiu Olah at the Bucharest Conservatory in Bucharest from 1970-1975. In 1991, she continued her studies with Theo Loevendie in Amsterdam. In 1991 she also took a position as a professor at the National University of Music, and has served several times as a guest lecturer in Darmstadt, Germany and the Gaudeamus Composers Workshop in Amsterdam. Her music has been commissioned and performed internationally in Europe, Asia and the Americas. She is a member of the Romanian Composers Union.
In 1986, Rotaru published an article with Liviu Comes on the counterpoint techniques of Johann Sebastian Bach and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina in Editura Muzicala.
Besides orchestral and chamber works, Rotaru also composers choral and instructional pieces. Selected works include: Concerto for clarinet and orchestra, 1984; Symphony I for large orchestra, 1985; Métabole II for clarinet and orchestra, 2001; Sonata for cello, 1978; String Quartet No. 1, 1981 and others.
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Japanese Garden by Doina Rotaru
Japanese Garden by Doina Rotaru
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