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Rotaru, Doina
(b. September 14, 1951, Bucharest). Romanian composer of mostly orchestral and
chamber works that have been performed throughout the world.
Ms. Rotaru studied composition with
Tiberiu Olah at the National University of Music in Bucharest from 1970-75. In
1991, she was awarded a grant to study composition with Theo Loevendie in
Amsterdam.
Her honors include seven prizes from
the Romanian Composers Union (1981, 1986, 1989-90, 1994, 1997, 2001), the Prize
of the Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences (1986) and First Prize in the
GEDOK Competition in Mannheim (1994, for Symphony
II). Ensembles, orchestras and soloists from France, Germany, The
Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK have commissioned her, as well as the
French Ministry of Culture, Radio France, Radio Graz, the Stockholm Saxophone
Quartet, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo, among others.
Her music has been performed
throughout Romania, as well as in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada,
China, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan,
Luxembourg, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UK.
Since 1997, she has been a professor
of composition at the National University of Music in Bucharest. In addition,
she was an invited lecturer at Darmstadt in 1990, 1992 and 1994 and at the
Gaudeamus Composers Workshop in Amsterdam in 1990 and 1992.
In addition to the works listed below, Ms. Rotaru has composed choral and didactic music, as well as a treatise on the counterpoint of Johann Sebastian Bach and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1986, Editura Muzicala).
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail
address: dorotaru@pcnet.ro
Street
address: Ms. Doina Rotaru, Blvd. Alex. Obregia 4, Bldg. OD1, Sc. 5, Apt. 181,
75576 Bucharest, Romania
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Concerto, clarinet, orchestra, 1984; Symphony I, large orchestra (60 players), 1985; Concerto I, flute (+ piccolo, alto
flute), 2 percussion, 13 strings, 1986; Cello
Concerto, 1987; Symphony II,
large orchestra (75 players), 1988; Concerto
II, ‘Spiralis II’, flute (+ alto
flute, bass flute), orchestra, 1991; Lights
from a Rainbow, small orchestra (15 players), 1993; Concerto, ‘Seven Levels to
the Sky’, soprano saxophone (+ alto saxophone, baritone saxophone), orchestra,
1993; Concerto III, ‘Cercles magiques’, flute (+ piccolo,
alto flute, bass flute), orchestra, 1993; Clocks
II, small orchestra, 1994; Chimeras,
small orchestra, 1994; Concerto IV, ‘Florilegium’, flute, flute orchestra (24
players), 1996; Polychromies, 1996; Umbre, viola, 2 percussion, 15 strings,
1999; Wings of Light, flute orchestra
(24 players), 2000; Percussion Concerto,
2000; Symphony III, ‘Spirit of Elements’, large orchestra (92
players), 2001; Métabole II, clarinet
(+ E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet), orchestra, 2001; Vitralii, flute orchestra (24 players), tape, 2002
CHAMBER MUSIC: Sonata, cello, 1978; String
Quartet No. 1, 1981; Legend, flute, 1982; Balance of Light, clarinet, violin,
viola, cello, piano, 1982; String Quartet
No. 2, 1982; Jeu de miroirs, 4 flutes (4th + alto flute), 1984; Quatrotempi, cello, percussion, 1985; Aux portes du rêve, flute, percussion,
1985; Clocks, clarinet, piano,
percussion, 1987 (also version for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello,
piano, percussion, 1987); Metamorphosis,
bass clarinet, 1987; Masks, clarinet,
cello, 1989; Spiralis I, harp, 1989; Dor, alto flute, 1989; Troïte, clarinet (+ soprano saxophone),
piano (+ synthesizer), percussion, 1990; Runa,
flute (+ alto flute), oboe (+ English horn), guitar, cello, harpsichord, 1991; Spiralis III, alto flute, guitar, 1992; Joker, clarinet (+ bass clarinet),
piano, percussion, 1992; Over time,
shakuhachi, bass flute, 1992; String
Quartet No. 3, 1993; Noesis, 4 percussion, 1995; Reina, soprano saxophone, tape, 1996; Fum, clarinet, 1996; Legend II, oboe, 1996; Alean, 4 saxophones, 1997; Tempio di fumo, flute, 1997; Uroboros, 2 flutes, 1998; Métabole I, 7 clarinets, 1999; L’éternel
REtour, 8 celli, 2000; Dragonfly,
piccolo, 2000; Crystals, flute,
piano, 2002; Umbre II, violin, cello,
piano, 2002; Dincolo…, oboe,
percussion, 2002
VOCAL: Trias, mezzo-soprano, flute, piano, 1999
PIANO: The Crossroads of the Poppies, 1980; Sonatina, 1981
DISCOGRAPHY
Legend; Balance of Light; Sonata
(cello). Pierre-Yves Artaud, flute; Anca Vartolomei, cello; Musica Nova
(Electrecord: ST-ECE 02889) (LP)
Cello Concerto; Symphony II. Anca Vartolomei, cello; Ludovic Bács/Radio Bucharest
Orchestra (Electrecord: ST-ECE 03669) (LP)
Troïte. Ensemble Contrastes
(Attacca Babel)
Concerto II, ‘Spiralis II’; Dor; Concerto III, ‘Cercles magiques’; Concerto
IV, ‘Florilegium’. Pierre-Yves
Artaud, flutes; Ludovic Bács/Radio Bucharest Orchestra; Pierre-Alain
Biget/Dutch Flute Orchestra, Orchestre Français de Flûtes (Romanian Radio
Broadcasting Corporation: DRCD 1001)
Over time; Metamorphosis; Masks; Tempio di fumo; Troïte; Noesis. Yoshikazu
Iwamoto, shakuhachi; Pierre-Yves Artaud, flutes; Vasile Mocioc, clarinet; Emil
Sein, bass clarinet; Anca Vartolomei, cello; Trio Contrastes; GAME Ensemble
(Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation: DRCD 1002)
Concerto I; Symphony II; Concerto, ‘Seven Levels to the Sky’. Pierre-Yves
Artaud, flutes; Emil Sein, saxophones; Barrie Webb/Huddersfield University
Orchestra (MPS: CD 007)
Clocks; L’éternel REtour; Concerto IV, ‘Florilegium’; Symphony III.
Pierre-Yves Artaud, flute; Trio Contrastes; Violoncellissimo; Pierre-Alain
Biget/Orchestre Français de Flûtes; Norichika Iimori/Tokyo Philharmonic
(Electrecord: EDC 461)
Symphony II. Ludovic Bács/Radio
Bucharest Orchestra (Editura Muzicala: EM 007)
Over time. Yoshikazu Iwamoto,
shakuhachi; Pierre-Yves Artaud, bass flute (Editura Muzicala: EM 1002)
Concerto, ‘Seven Levels to the Sky’. Daniel Kientzy, saxophones; Emil
Simon/Cluj-Napoca Philharmonic (Nova Musica: NMCD 5105)
(Last
updated on February 15, 2003)
