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Vlad, Ulpiu
(b. January 27, 1945, Zarnesti). Esteemed Romanian composer of orchestral,
chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe.
Mr. Vlad initially studied music theory with Filaret Barbu and oboe with Pavel Tornea at the Music High School in Bucharest from 1958-64. He then studied with Tudor Ciortea, Dan Constantinescu, Octavian L. Cosma, Victor Giuleanu, Myriam Marbe, Aurel Stroe, Zeno Vancea, and Anatol Vieru at the National University of Music in Bucharest, where he graduated in 1971. In 1971-72, he attended composition seminars with Virgilio Mortari at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
His honors include a prize for oboe at the Festival of Young Performers of Romania (1964), the Special Prize from the National University of Music in Bucharest (1971), a Second-Class Medal for Distinction in Culture (1983), and the George Enescu Prize of the Romanian Academy (1985). He has also earned First Prize from the Romanian Composers Union at the National Song of Romania Festival (1987) and three prizes from the Romanian Composers Union (1990, 1995, 2000).
He was active as a researcher in Romanian folk music at the National University of Music in Bucharest from 1971-77 and at the Ethnology and Dialectology Research Institute in Bucharest from 1977-80. He was also editor (1980-84) and manager (1984-92) of the publisher Editura Muzicala.
He served as director of the music
department at the Romanian Ministry of Culture in 1992-93 and has been a
professor at the National University of Music in Bucharest since 1993.
He is married to the composer
Marina-Marta Vlad.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail
address: romanvlad@dnt.ro
Street
address: Mr. Ulpiu Vlad, Str. Av. Andrei Popovici 18, Bldg. 8A, Sc. C, Et. 4,
Apt. 39, 712542 Bucharest, Romania
Telephone:
+ 402 1230 6712
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: As Hardly from Depths (sinfonia concertante), cello, piano,
orchestra, 1971, revised 1981; Dreams I,
string orchestra, 1972; Remembrances,
3 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, percussion, string orchestra, 1973; The Time of Mirrors, small orchestra,
1974; Inscriptions in Hearts – Simfonia Brevis, 1978; Symphony I, 'Roads in the Light', 1979; Dreams
II (concerto), string orchestra, 1982; The
Scales of Light, small orchestra (15 players), 1982 (variation of Mosaic); Symphony II, 'From our Hearts',
1984; Sources (symphonic poem), small
orchestra (4 clarinets [all + saxophone], 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, piano,
percussion), 1987; Lights in the Sunset,
1991; From the Joy of Dreams
(concerto), string orchestra, 1991; The
Game of Dreams I (concerto), small orchestra, 1992; Suddenly, Dreams
(concerto), small orchestra, 1994; The
Light of Dreams, 1995; Interlocking
Dreams II, small orchestra (13 players), 1997; Resonances on a Pale Background (concerto), harp, string orchestra,
2002
CHAMBER MUSIC, 1960s-80s: Sonata, oboe, piano/harpsichord, 1969; Septet, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon,
French horn, trumpet, piano (all except piano + percussion), 1970; Thoughts, flute, harp, 1971; Sketch I, flute, 1974; Sketch II, viola, 1975; Quintet, clarinet, trumpet, violin,
viola, piano, 1977 (variation of Mosaic);
Commentary of Mosaic, 8 French horns,
1977; Mosaic, violin, viola, cello,
1978; Watercolours, oboe, 1981; Winter Landscape, piccolo, clarinet,
bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1981 (variation of Mosaic); Flowers for Peace, string quartet, 1982; Mosaic, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1983; The Spring (string trio no. 1), violin,
viola, cello, 1984; Codex Caioni,
flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1984; Voices of Peace, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, tape,
1986; Portraits, harp, 1987; String Trio, violin, viola, cello, 1987;
Sunlit Landscape (string trio no. 2),
violin, viola, cello, 1987; On this Sunny
Land (string trio no. 3), violin, viola, cello, 1988
CHAMBER MUSIC, 1990s-2000s: String Trio, violin, viola, cello, 1990;
The Joy of Dreams I, flute, violin,
viola, cello, percussion, 1990; The Joy
of the Passage (string trio no. 4), violin, viola, cello, 1991; The Secret of Dreams I, flute, oboe,
clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1992; The
Time of Dreams, flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, 1993; The Secret of Dreams II, flute, oboe,
clarinet, French horn, bassoon, harp, 1993; The
Joy of Dreams II, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, 1994; The Legend of Dreams, flute/oboe,
clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1994; Flash of Dreams, flute, violin, viola, cello, 1995; From the Light of Dreams I, flute,
violin, viola, cello, 1995; From the
Light of Dreams II, flute, violin, viola, cello, 1996; Beyond Dreams, any number of winds, any number of strings,
keyboard, 1996; The Secret of Dreams III,
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, piano, percussion, 1996; Interlocking Dreams I, 3 flutes, oboe,
clarinet, bassoon, French horn, violin, viola, piano, accordion, percussion,
1997; Resonances on a White Background,
soprano saxophone (+ alto saxophone, bass saxophone), trombone, piano,
percussion, 1999; Resonances on a Mauve Background,
oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2000; Resonances on a Light Blue Background,
flute, cello, 2000; Resonances in the
Future (11 solo pieces), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, harp,
violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 1997-2001; Resonances on a Green Background, flute, harp, cello, 2001
CHORAL: Lead (text by George Bacovia), 4 mixed voices, flute, clarinet, 2
trombones, tuba (any player + gong), 1970; This
is the Earth (cantata, text by Eugen Frunza), mixed chorus, orchestra, 1970;
The Joy of Achievement – Wedding Songs, mixed chorus, 1988
VOCAL: Mosaic (24 solo pieces, text by the composer), soprano, alto,
tenor, bass, piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bassoon, French
horn, B-flat trumpet, trombone, tuba, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, double
bass, piano, 3 percussion, 1974-78 (there are also three variations, Quintet; Winter Landscape; The Scales
of Light); The Tears (text by
Lucian Blaga), soprano, English horn, piano, 1970; Mosaic, mezzo-soprano, clarinet, 1984; Interlocking Dreams III (text by the composer), soprano, small orchestra (13 players),
1999
DISCOGRAPHY
Dreams I. Paul Staicu/Orchestra
Camerata (Electrecord: ST-ECE 03516) (LP)
Winter Landscape; The Scales of Light. (Electrecord: ST-ECE 01980) (LP)
Beyond Dreams. Partita Radicale (Edition
Pro Viva: ISPV 186)
The Joy of Achievement – Wedding Songs. Marin Constantin/Madrigal Chorus (Electrecord:
ST-EXE 03475)
Suddenly, Dreams. (Editura Muzicala)
(Last
updated on May 6, 2003)
