THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT  

Marina-Marta Vlad

(b. 8 March 1949, Bucharest).

Romanian composer of mostly chamber works that have been performed in Europe.

Ms. Vlad initially studied violin with Cecilia Geantă at the Music High School in Bucharest from 1960–65. She later studied with Tudor Ciortea, Emilia Comișel, Victor Iusceanu, Myriam Marbe, Grete Miletineanu, Ștefan Niculescu, Ioana Ștefănescu, Aurel Stroe, and Zeno Vancea at the Universitatea Națională de Muzică București, where she graduated in 1973.

Among her honours are a prize from the Universitatea Națională de Muzică București (1972, for Resonance [withdrawn]).

She served as an assistant at the Universitatea Națională de Muzică București from 1973–90 and taught as a professor there from 1990–2002.

She is married to the composer Ulpiu Vlad and is the mother of the composer Roman Vlad.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: romanvlad@dnt.ro

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

ORCHESTRAL:

Symphonic Movement, 1979

Images, string orchestra, 1980

CHAMBER MUSIC:

Sonata, violin, piano, 1978

String Quartet No. 1, 1981

String Quartet No. 2, 1982

Inscriptions for Peace (string trio no. 1), violin, viola, cello, 1984

Dream of Peace (string trio no. 2), violin, viola, cello, 1985

String Trio No. 3, violin, viola, cello, 1986

Light Rays, flute, oboe, clarinet, 1988

Thoughts for the Future, flute, violin, viola, cello, 1989

Still Life I, oboe, 1996

Still Life II, clarinet, 1997

Still Life IV, violin, 1998

Still Life V, viola, 1999

Still Life VI, cello, 2000

Still Life VII, flute, 2000

Still Life VIII, bassoon, 2001

CHORAL:

This Country's Land (cantata, text by Ion Brad), baritone, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1987

PIANO:

Rondo, 1978

Sonata, 1981

Legend, 1983

In Search of the Game No. 1, 1983

In Search of the Game No. 2, 1994

Still Life III, 1997