{"id":134,"date":"2019-09-29T14:37:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T14:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doinarotaru.ro\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2019-12-04T11:02:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T11:02:21","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/doinarotaru.ro\/index.php\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\ndoi\u00b7na | \\ \u02c8d\u022fin\u0259\\
\nplural doinas\\ -n\u0259z \\ also doine\\ -\u02ccne \\
\nDefinition of doina: a Romanian folk song usually in the form of a lament<\/p>\n

(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_column_text]Romanian composer Doina Rotaru often works with archetypes and symbols that she carefully weaves in her liquid-like heterophonies, blending archaic Romanian influences (particularly in the type of ornamentation or the frequent use of the flute) with contemporary techniques and structures.<\/p>\n

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Born in 1951, in Bucharest, Doina Rotaru studied composition at the National University of Music in Bucharest, between 1970 and 1975, with \u0218tefan Niculescu and Tiberiu Olah. In 1991 she was granted a scholarship in Holland (Amsterdam) where she studied with Theo Loevendie.<\/p>\n

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She has written so far over 120 works that cover almost every musical genre: from solo, chamber, choral to orchestral works, from works that mix instrumental with electronic music to puppet theatre music.<\/p>\n

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Her music has been performed in many concerts and festivals all over the world: Europe, Far-East, Australia, Canada and South-America \u2013 some of these being \u201cauthor concerts\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Her works have been commissioned by Warsaw Autumn Festival, Radio France, Radio Graz, Suntory Hall Tokyo, French Ministry of Culture, various ensembles and soloists from Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland. She collaborated with prestigious musicians such as flutists Pierre-Yves Artaud, Mario Caroli or Ion Bogdan \u0218tef\u0103nescu, saxophonist Daniel Kientzy, shakuhachi player Iwamoto Yoshikazu, conductors Barrie Webb, Pierre-Alain Biget, Ludovic Bacs, Christian Badea, Horia Andreescu, Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, Ergon Ensemble (Athens), Profil Ensemble (Bucharest), Arcadia String Quartet (Cluj), XXth Century Ensemble (Vienna), Caput Ensemble (Iceland), Les Percussions de Strasbourg, French Flute Orchestra (Paris), Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Malm\u00f6 Philharmonic Orchestra and so on.<\/p>\n

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Doina Rotaru was awarded prizes by the Romanian Academy (Bucharest – 1996) and the Romanian Composers’ Association (UCMR, Bucharest \u2013 10 prizes between 1981-2015). In 1994 she was awarded the First Prize at the Gedok – Mannheim<\/em> International Competition (Germany) for her 2nd Symphony.<\/p>\n

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She was invited to hold lectures about her music in Germany (Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music \u2013 1992, 1994), Holland (Amsterdam, Gaudeamus International Composers\u2019\u00a0 Workshop \u2013 1990, 1992), UK (Huddersfield University \u2013 1995, Brighton \u2013 1995), Japan (Tokyo \u2013 1998, 2001, Akiyoshidai \u2013 2011), Iceland (Skalholt \u2013 2006), Sweden (Stockholm \u2013 2010), Poland (Bydgoszcz \u2013 2018), \u00a0Italy (Bari \u2013 2011, Venice \u2013 2019), Spain (Madrid and Bilbao \u2013 2019).<\/p>\n

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Doina Rotaru has been invited to take part in international juries for composition competitions or festival selections in France (Paris \u2013 2002, 2006), Slovenia (Ljublijana \u2013 World Music Days 2004) and Romania (Bucharest \u2013 2006), as well as numerous Romanian composition competitions.<\/p>\n

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She has taught since 1990 at the National University of Music in Bucharest, where she was also Head of the Composition Department between 2008-2013. Since 1998 she has a PhD in Musicology at the National University of Music in Bucharest, with the dissertation Contemporary composers and archaic traditions<\/em>. Her teaching career has led to the writing of two school books, in collaboration with fellow professor Liviu Comes:Counterpoint School Book for Music Highschools<\/em> (Editura Didactic\u0103, 1977) and Vocal and Instrumental Counterpoint Treatise<\/em> (Editura Muzical\u0103, 1986).<\/p>\n

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In 1998 and 2009 she was the Artistic Director of the International Week of New Music<\/em>, the most important contemporary music festival in Bucharest.<\/p>\n

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Her works are published by the Editura Muzical\u0103 (The Musical Publishing House) in Bucharest, \u00c9ditions Leduc and Henry Lemoine in Paris, as well as by Babel Scores<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal” color=”#666666″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_column_text]SHORT BIO:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Romanian composer Doina Rotaru often works with archetypes and symbols that she carefully weaves in her liquid-like heterophonies, blending archaic Romanian influences (particularly in the type of ornamentation or the frequent use of the flute) with contemporary techniques and structures.<\/p>\n

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Born in 1951, in Bucharest, she has written so far over 120 works that cover almost every musical genre: from solo, chamber, choral to orchestral works, from works that mix instrumental with electronic music to puppet theatre music.<\/p>\n

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Her music has been performed in many concerts and festivals all over the world. She has received comissions from Warsaw Autumn Festival, Radio France, Radio Graz, Suntory Hall Tokyo, French Ministry of Culture, various ensembles and soloists from Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland.<\/p>\n

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Doina Rotaru was awarded prizes by the Romanian Academy (1996) and the Romanian Composers’ Association (10 prizes between 1981-2015), as well as the First Prize at the Gedok – Mannheim<\/em> International Competition (1994). She was invited to hold lectures about her music in Germany, Holland, UK, Japan, Iceland, Sweden, Poland, Italy or Spain.<\/p>\n

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She has taught since 1990 at the National University of Music in Bucharest, where she was also Head of the Composition Department between 2008-2013.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1575457033156{padding-bottom: 32px !important;}”]\"Madrid,<\/p>\n

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Madrid, March 2019<\/p>\n

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With the conductor Peter Burwik, in Gratz, 2005<\/p>\n

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With Mario Caroli, after his recital in Japan 2011<\/p>\n

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With the composer Joji Yuasa, Tokyo 2001<\/p>\n

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