- Vladimir Cosma
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Name = Vladimir Cosma
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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Born = birth date and age|1940|4|13Bucharest ,Romania .
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Origin = Romania
Instrument =violin
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Genre =symphony ,jazz ,film score
Occupation =composer , conductor
Years_active = 1967—present
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Notable_instruments =Vladimir Cosma (born
April 13 1940 ) is acomposer , conductor andviolinist , born inBucharest ,Romania .He was born in a family of musicians - his father Teodor (Theodor) Cosma was a pianist and conductor, mother was a composer and his uncle Edgar Cosma was a composer and conductor. Vladimir Cosma studied music in Bucharest and in 1963 moved to
Paris to continue his musical education at TheÉcole Normale de Musique de Paris underNadia Boulanger 's guidance.He has written the music for many well known French movies (such as "
La Boum ", "The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe ") since the early 1970s.He is perhaps most famous for the incidental music he composed for
Jean-Jacques Beineix 's 1981 film "Diva", featuring impressionistic piano pieces in the style ofErik Satie . His compositions also include such works for the concert hall as his "Trois mouvements d’éte" for orchestra. One of his compositions was reworked by German trance musicianDJ Sakin in 1999, with the track reaching the Top 20 in the UK. He was also the original composer for the animated French TV series Les Mondes Engloutis (known in English speaking territories as "Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea ")Since 1963 he has lived in Paris, France.
External links
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* [http://www.scoremagacine.com/Entrevistas_eng_det.php?Codigo=25 Interview with SCORE magazine]
* [http://fgimello.free.fr/publications/cosma.htm Interview with Vladimir Cosma] fr icon
* [http://uk.geocities.com/vlcosma/ Vladimir Cosma Fan Site]
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