(b. 13 July 1953, Bucharest).
Romanian composer, now resident in Germany, of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed throughout the world.
Prof. Dinescu graduated in mathematics and physics from the Colegiul Național Gheorghe Lazăr in Bucharest in 1972 and studied composition, music pedagogy and piano at the Universitatea Națională de Muzică București from 1972–78, including analysis with Ștefan Niculescu and composition with Myriam Marbe in 1977–78. She later studied musicology in Heidelberg for two years.
Among her honours are four prizes from the Uniunea Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România in Bucharest (1975–76, 1980, 1983), Zweiter Preis in the competition GEDOK in Mannheim (1982), First Prize in a competition in Utah (1983), Terzo Premio in the competition G. B. Viotti in Vercelli (1983), and the Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Preis (1985, for Hunger und Durst). She became a member of the Europäische Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste in 2017.
She is also active in other positions. She has served as a member of the executive board of directors of the International Alliance for Women in Music since 1985. She founded the series Komponisten-Colloquium in Oldenburg in 1996 and has served as its director since 1996. She later founded the Archiv für Osteuropäische Musik in Oldenburg in 2000 and has organised the annual series of symposia Zwischen Zeiten since 2006.
She taught aesthetics and piano at the Școala de Muzică George Enescu in Bucharest from 1978–82, the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Heidelberg from 1986–91 and the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main from 1989–92. She lectured at the Hochschule für evangelische Kirchenmusik Bayreuth from 1990–94. She has taught as Professor für Angewandte Komposition at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg since 1996. In addition, she has given lectures in South Africa and the USA.
She has lived in Germany since 1982.
Her publisher is Verlag Dohr.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Der Kreisel (ballet, scenario after Eduard Mörike), orchestra, 1985
Hunger und Durst (chamber opera, libretto by the composer, after Eugène Ionesco), soloists, small orchestra (14 players), 1985
Der 35. Mai (opera for children, libretto by the composer, after Erich Kästner), 3 soloists, 8 mixed voices, children's chorus, orchestra, 1986
Eréndira (chamber opera, libretto by the composer, after Gabriel García Márquez), 7 soloists, small orchestra, 1992
Schachnovelle (chamber opera, libretto by the composer, after Stefan Zweig), 3 soloists, 2 clarinets, 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, violin, viola, cello, 2 pianos, percussion, 1994
Effi Briest (ballet, scenario after Theodor Fontane), orchestra, 1998
ORCHESTRAL:
Verwandlungen, 1978
Anna Perenna, 1979
Memories, string orchestra, 1980
Akrostichon, 1983
Map 67, small orchestra, 1987
Fresco, youth orchestra, 1989
Kybalion, string orchestra, 1991
Niutao, small orchestra (guitars), 1992
ora x, 1995
Vortex – Wolken I, II und III, small orchestra, 1998
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Sonata, violin/viola, piano, 1975
Arabesques, flute, percussion, 1980
Dialogo, flute, viola, 1980 (also version for clarinet, viola, 1980)
Elogium, trumpet, trombone, 1981
Satya I, violin, 1981
Satya II, bassoon, 1981
Satya III, double bass, 1981
Satya IV, clarinet, 1981
Satya V, clarinet, bassoon, violin, double bass, 1981
Immagini, flute, 1982
Parra Quitarra, guitar, 1982
Alternanzen, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1982
Drei Miniaturen, 4 saxophones, 1982
Aion, clarinet, bassoon, cello, 2 double basses, percussion, 1982
Euraculos, clarinet, viola, 1982
Sonatina, double bass, piano, 1982
Sleep Song, double bass, piano, 1982
The Toy, double bass, piano, 1982
Trio, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 1982
Intarsien, cello, 1983
Auf der Suche nach Mozart..., flute, saxophone, bassoon, French horn, harp, violin, piano (+ celesta), 1983
Flutesplay III, 8 flutes, 1983
Improvisation, saxophone, 1984
Din Cimpoiu, viola, 1984
Flutesplay I, 3 flutes, 1984
Flutesplay II, 6 flutes, 1984
Terra Lonhdana, flute, piano, string quartet, 1984
Improvisation, saxophone, 1985
Abendandacht, trumpet, 1985
Quasaar Paal 2, cello, live electronics, 1985
Scherzo da fantasia III, violin, cello, 1985
Loc Maria, organ, percussion, 1985
Nakris, 4 saxophones, 1985
Melismen, 5 recorders, 1985
Méandre, bass clarinet, piano, 1985
Atréju, flute, guitar, 1986
New Rochelle, synthesizer, 1987
Ostrov I, viola, 1987
Din terra Lonhdana, string quartet, 1987
Trio d'anches, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 1987
Aretusa, violin, 1988
Ostrov II, 4 clarinets, 1989
Contraste, 4 trombones, 1989
'...wenn der freude thränen fließen...', cello, piano, 1990
Cime lointaine, oboe, 1990
Immaginabile, recorder, 1990
Fragment II, flute, harp, 1990
Figuren I, 3 double basses, 1990
Figuren III, 3 guitars, 1990
Fragment V, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1990
Lichtwellen, clarinet/bass clarinet, 1991
Kata, flute, piano, 1991
Figuren II, 2 guitars, 1991
ICHTHYS, violin, cello, piano, 1991
Tautropfen, clarinet, piano, 1992
Shan-Shui, 3 percussion, 1993
Streichquartett, string quartet, 1993
Notte di festa, vibraphone, 1993
et les fruits passeront la promesse des fleurs..., flute, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 1995
au cur du silence..., recorder, 1995
Flammentropfen, 4 players, 1995
Reversing Fields, clarinet, 1996
Kathargos, zither, 1996
Les Cymbales du soleil, oboe, 2 percussion, 1996
Rand, clarinet, viola, 1996
Sonatina, piano, percussion, 2001
Licht-Bruch, accordion, 2001
Rugá, clarinet, double bass, accordion, 2001
CHORAL:
Ballade, children's chorus, 1976
Verzaubere mich in einen Silbervogel, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1977
Latin Sequences (text from an anonymous source), children's chorus, 1977
Das Spiel, children's chorus, percussion, 1978
Arpagic (text by Ana Blandiana), children's chorus, 1980
Tamina (text by Delia Dorcea), children's chorus, 1980
In meinem Garten (text by Ana Blandiana), children's chorus, 1980
Blumenlied (text by Ion Caraion), children's chorus, 1980
Lied in einer Flöte (text by Ion Caraion), children's chorus, 1980
Doinasland, children's chorus, 1981
Sonnenuntergang (text by Dan Mihăilescu), children's chorus, 1982
Zori de flori, children's chorus, 1982
Frühlingslied, children's chorus, 1984
Rondo über den Frühling, children's chorus, flutes, 1984
Pfingstoratorium, 5 soloists, mixed chorus, small orchestra, 1993
VOCAL:
Euracolus (text by Ion Caraion), mezzo-soprano, clarinet, 1980
Mondnacht (text by Joseph von Eichendorff), mezzo-soprano, organ, 1982
Amont (text from a letter written to Guillaume de Machaut), mezzo-soprano, harpsichord, 1983
Zebaoth (texts from various psalms), baritone, 2 organs, 1985
Ich bin in Sehnsucht eingehüllt (text by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger), soprano, harpsichord, 1985
Mein Heim ein Stein, voice, flute, percussion, 1985
Concerto, voice, orchestra, 1986
Quatrain (text by François Villon), female voice, 1986
Mondnächte (text by Joseph von Eichendorff), mezzo-soprano, saxophone, percussion, 1986
Dona nobis pacem, mezzo-soprano, cello (+ percussion), 1987
Concertino, mezzo-soprano, orchestra, 1988
Psalm 126, soprano, flute, organ, 1988
SchattenRosenSchatten, female voice, percussion, 1992
Frühlingsland, female voice, piano (+ percussion), 1998
Ballade vom Verlonensein, female voice, piano, percussion, 2001
PIANO:
Akanua, 1974
Story, 1977
Echoes I, 1979
Echoes II, piano (+ percussion), 1982
Dies Diem Docet, 1986
Cyclotron, piano 4 hands, 1994
Reflections I/II, piano, live electronics, 1996–97
ORGAN:
Echoes III, 1982
Ambo, 1996
HARPSICHORD:
Prelude, 1982
SCORE FOR SILENT FILM:
Tabu, small orchestra (17 players), 1988 (for Tabu by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau)
DISCOGRAPHY
Satya I; Satya II; Euracolus; Immagini; Alternanzen; Scherzo da fantasia III; Mondnacht; Echoes I. (classic production osnabrück: cpo 999 016-2, 1985) (LP)
Euracolus; Mondnächte. (Electrecord: ST-CS 0217, 1988) (LP)
Euracolus. (Mediaphon Classic: MED 72115, 1991)
Figuren II. (Edition Pro Viva: ISPV 165, 1992)
Echoes I. (P+O-Pallas: RK 93-004, 1993)
Echoes I. (Bayer: LC 8498 DDD 100169, 1994)
Tautropfen; Echoes I; Satya IV; '...wenn der freude thränen fließen...'; Lichtwellen; Aretusa; Ostrov II. (Adesso, 1995)
Fresco. (Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, 1995)
Cime lointaine. (Pan Classics: 510087, 1995)
'...wenn der freude thränen fließen...'. (Living Artists Recording, 1996)
Ambo. (Meli: 7114, 1996)
ICHTHYS. (Living Artists Recording, 1996)
Niutao. (Bayer: LC 8498 CAD 800916, 1997)
Din terra Lonhdana. (Troubadisc: TRO-CD 01418, 1997)
Méandre. (NSS: 36931, 1997)
Euracolus. (Edition Pro Viva: ISPV 180, 1997)
Quatrain. (New Music International Public Organization, 1997)
au cur du silence.... (Cybele Records: 260.501, 1998)
'...wenn der freude thränen fließen...'. (Vienna Modern Masters: 2027, 1998)
Euracolus (excerpt); Tautropfen (excerpt); Ostrov II (excerpt). (RAABE: 3-8183-0010, 1998)
Vortex – Wolken I, II und III. (Symposion: 1 SCL 0207, 1998)
Reversing Fields. (Living Artists Recording, 1998)
Echoes I; Méandre; Les Cymbales du soleil; Akanua; Dies Diem Docet; Improvisation; Echoes II; Mein Heim ein Stein. (UCMR–ADA: 8629045, 1999)
Lichtwellen; Rand; Reversing Fields; Dialogo (version for clarinet, viola); Improvisation; Din Cimpoiu; ICHTHYS. (Sargasso Records: SCD28027, 1999)
Kathargos. (Cavalli Records: LC 05724, 1999)