- Ştefan Niculescu
Ştefan Niculescu (
July 31 ,1927 –January 22 ,2008 ) was a Romaniancomposer .Niculescu was born in
Moreni ,Dâmbovita . He was credited with introducing his own brand of heterophony, a technique based on superimposing melodic material onto variations of itself in order to create textures that are propelled by thematic energy as well as by the more common textural factors of density and levels of activity. This creative approach bears similarities withGyörgy Ligeti 'smicropolyphony , but important aesthetic and stylistic differences set them apart.Niculescu's work as a teacher made him a mentor to a whole generation of younger Romanian composers, among them
Dan Dediu .Niculescu's work "Ison II" for wind and
percussion permutates simultaneous segments of adiatonic melody producing a reverberating complexity of sound which is held together by a strong sense of modal clarity. "Opus Dacicum" fororchestra applies similar textural explorations but with a stronger sense of harmonic movement, often with a Wagnerian lushness that lends this music a sensuous appeal a world apart from Ligeti's cluster-oriented sonorities.Among his honors are many awards from the
Romanian Academy and theThe Society of Romanian Composers . He also received awards from the Académie des Beaux-Arts inParis (1972), the International Record Critics Award (1985), and theHerder Prize inVienna (1994).In the 1970s he contributed to the popularization of modern music by organizing public listenings in
Bucharest together withŞerban Stănciulescu .References
* [http://composers21.com/compdocs/niculess.htm Niculescu, esteemed Romanian composer]
* [http://www.evz.ro/article.php?artid=338222 Obituary] ro icon
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