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Feraru, Tudor (b. 1976, Cluj-Napoca). Romanian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and electroacoustic works that have been performed in Canada and Europe; he is also active as a pianist.
Mr. Feraru studied composition with Cornel Ţăranu and orchestral conducting with Petru Sbarcea at the Gheorghe Dima Academy of Music in Cluj-Napoca, where he earned his BMus in both subjects in 2001. He studied composition with Omar Daniel at the University of Western Ontario in Canada from 2001–04, where he earned his MMus in 2003, and has studied composition with Stephen Chatman at the University of British Columbia since 2004, where he is working on his DMA.
Among his honors are two scholarships from the Sigismund Toduţă Foundation in Cluj-Napoca (1998, 2000), two grants to attend the masterclasses in Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic (1998–99) and the Full International Graduate Scholarship from the University of Western Ontario (2001–03).
As a pianist, he has performed in Canada and Romania and has often played his own music. He has also occasionally served as a conductor.
Musaţinii Edition in Suceava, Romania publishes some of his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: tudorfer@hotmail.com
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Unforgotten Seasons, small orchestra, 2002; Concerto, piano, orchestra, 2003; Ricochet, large orchestra, 2006
CHAMBER MUSIC: Il Passaggio, flute, piano, 1998; Three Bagatelles, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2000; Sonata a tré, 3 guitars, 2000; Amando la musica, piano, string quartet, 2000; Passaggio 2, oboe, cello, 2001; Flautissimo, 4 flutes (all + alto flute, piccolo), 2004; Echoes, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2005; Repercussions, 10 flutes (1st, 2nd, 3rd + piccolo, 9th, 10th + alto flute) (with coordination by stopwatch), 2005; À la pluie du matin, harp, 2005; Utopia, clarinet, 2006; Capriccio rustico, violin, 2006; In the Swiftness of Time, flute, 2006
CHORAL: At the Gates of Heaven (text from Romanian folk sources), mixed chorus, 1998; Sleep (text by Lucian Blaga), mixed chorus, 2000; Moldova (text by Grigore Ureche), male speaker, 8 mixed voices, 2004
VOCAL: Ba Ro Ch (cantata, text by Friedrich Chrysander), alto, organ, string orchestra, 2001; Cantiones Sacræ (oratorio, text from the Bible), soprano, baritone, mixed chorus, orchestra, 2001; Four Canadian Songs (texts by Bliss Carman, Christopher Roberts, E.J. Pratt, Marjorie L.C. Pickthall), baritone, piano, 2002
PIANO: Dragon Attack, 1998; Sonata, 1999; Piano Anticoncerto, 2003
ELECTROACOUSTIC: A Morning like any other, tape, 2002; Harmonica Étude, harmonica, tape, live electronics, 2003
(Last updated on August 1, 2007)
