- Iancu Dumitrescu
Iancu Dumitrescu (born
July 15 ,1944 inSibiu ,Romania ) is aRomania n avant-garde composer.Dumitrescu received a master's degree in composition in Bucharest; Alfred Mendelssohn was among his teachers. Later, he studied conducting and philosophy with
Sergiu Celibidache ; Celibidache led Dumitrescu to an engagement with the philosophy ofEdmund Husserl and an effort to apply the principles ofphenomenology to music.He began composing his mature works in the early 1970's. In 1976 he founded the
Hyperion Ensemble , which he describes as "a multimedia group dedicated to experimental music." Several of Dumitrescu's early works for solo contrabass were recorded by the noted avant-garde bassistFernando Grillo .Dumitrescu has composed a large body of works for acoustic instruments and ensembles as well as works combining acoustic and electronic sounds and works composed entirely using tape or computer. In its emphasis on long tones that undergo transformations of timbre, Dumitrescu's music can be loosely grouped with that of Italian composer
Giacinto Scelsi and with thespectral music of fellow RomanianHoratiu Radulescu and the French composers of the spectral school.Dumitrescu describes his music as "acousmatic" but disclaims a relationship with the
Acousmatic music of French musique concrete pioneerPierre Schaeffer . He accepts the "spectralist" label, though he distinguishes his work from some others in the spectral school in that it is not serial. "I think of myself as a spectralist, but in completely different way from the French." [ [http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/utah/549/dumitrescu.english.html dumitrescu.english.html ] ]Dumitrescu is married to fellow composer
Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961); they have more than 20 joint CD releases on their Edition Modern label. Recordings of Dumitrescu's works have also been released by Edition RZ, ReR Megacorp, Generations Unlimited, and other record labels. He is represented by Editions Salabert.References
External links
* [http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/utah/549/dumitrescu.iancu.html Iancu Dumitrescu homepage]
* [http://ronsen.org/dumitrescu.html Unencumbered Sound: a guide to Iancu Dumitrescu and Ana-Maria Avram]
* [http://ronsen.org/monkminkpinkpunk/7/contents.html Interviews with Dumitrescu and Avram] translated into English, in Monk Mink Pink Punk #7
* [http://www.festivalenescu.ro/eng/artisti/dumitresu.html Biography from the 2007 George Enescu Festival]
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