Mihaela STĂNCULESCU-VOSGANIAN

– Composer –

ARTISTIC BIOGRAPHY

Born on 7th of Mai 1961 in Ploieşti.

Educational Qualification:: Degrees in composition from Music Academy of Bucharest, 1985.

Professional activity: Piano teacher at the Music School, Ploiesti (1988-1990) and at the Music School "Dinu Lipatti", Bucharest (1990-1991).

Counterpoint Lecturer Professor at the Music Academy, from 1990 and presently.

President of ARFA (Romanian Association of Women in Art).

Member of Union of Romanian Composers.

Member of International League of Women in Music.

Member in the Directory of the International Society of Contemporary Music, Romanian section...

Compositions Prizes:

Santa Cecilia Alba Adriatica Composition Prize (Italy, 1999); The 1998 International New Music Consortium Composition Award (SUA); Union of Romanian Composers' Prize (1986); prizes at the "Gheorghe Dima" Composition Contest (1984, 1985).

Special recordings, interviews and broadcasts at the National Radio with chamber and symphonic music.

C.D. MVCD-1101 CP 1997 produced by Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation with symphonic works.

C.D. MVCD-1101 CP 2000 Reverberations with chamber & symphonic works.

CD.EM 009 Romanian Antology, Sax Symphony-Concerto.

CD. JPCD0004 2002, "Un altra Ciaccona" per violino.

CD Romanian Women Composers I, 2003.

Grants, Seminars, Festivals, International Events:

– Composition fellowship for active participant at the International Composers' Workshop, Amsterdam, 1994.
– British Association for Central and Eastern Europe grant – London, Huddersfield, 1994.
– Lecture during the International Festival of Women Composers, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1996,1998.
– Lecture during Symposiums & Festivals DONNE IN MUSICA, Fiuggi (Italy): 1997, 1998, 1999.
– Lecture during the XIth IAWM Congress, London: 1999.
– Chamber and syphonic music performed and commissioned for concerts or festivals in Romania and internationally (England, France, Germany, Italy, USA, Spain, Swizerland, Poland, China etc.)

Founder of the INTER-ART, Contemporary Music & Dance Group

Founder Director of the FORUM-ART SEASON

Director of the 13^th International Week of New Music (2003)

Tours with INTER-ART in USA (1998), Italy (2001), Switzerland (2002), performing her music

Conference about Contemporary Music at the Ateneo de Musica y Danza, Malaga: 2001.

CREATION

MUSIC FOR SOLO INSTRUMENT

"Evolutiv" for doublebass ="Evolutiv" pentru contrabas (1985)
First Performance: 1986: Bucureşti, Ateneul Român
Other Auditions: 1998: Fiuggy

"Sonata" for solo clarinet = Sonata pentru clarinet (1990)
Durations: 8'15"
First Performance: 1994: Chişinău
Other Auditions: 1998: New York, Washington; 1996: Darmstadt; 1999: Londra; 2001: Roma
Recorded: Bucureşti: UCMR-ADA, 2000, CD de autor MVCD 1102 Reverberations (soloist Emil Sein)

"Intro, Fugato and Synthesis" for organ = "Intro, Fugato and Synthesis" pentru orgă (1995)
First Performance: 1999: Londra
Other Auditions: 2000: Roma

"Sax-Suggestions" for saxophone soprano, baritone and 2 mouth piece - "Sax-Suggestions" pentru saxofon soprano, alto şi bariton (1998)
Durations: 9'37"
First Performance: 1998: New York
Other Auditions: 1998: Washington; 2001: Roma
Recorded: Bucureşti: UCMR-ADA, 2000, CD de autor MVCD 1102 Reverberations (soloist Emil Sein)

"Un altra Ciaccona" per violino = "Un altra ciaccona" pentru vioară (2001)
First Performance: 2002: Roma
Other Auditions: 2002: Veneţia, St. Gallen, Hong Kong (World Music Days)
Recorded: CD colectiv JPCD0004, 2002

"Monologue" for trombone = "Monologue" pentru trombon (2001)
First Performance: 2002: Geneva

CHAMBER MUSIC

"Metamorphoses II" for flute and tape = "Metamorphoses II" pentru flaut şi bandă (1985)
First Performance: 1986: Bucureşti, Ateneul Român

"Zamolxe" chamber cantata for bass, horn piano and percussion = "Zamolxe" - cantată de cameră pentru corn, pian şi percuţie (1986)
First Performance: 1986: Bucureşti, Ateneul Român
Other Auditions: 1986: Cluj

"Sonata" for piano and bassoon = "Sonata" pentru pian şi fagot (1986)
First Performance: 1987: Bucureşti, Ateneul Român
Other Auditions: 1988: Bacău

"Indian Interferences" for harp and percussion = "Interferenţe indice" pentru harpă şi percuţie (1988)
First Performance: 1995: Bucureşti, Ateneul Român
Other Auditions: 1998: New York; 2001: Roma; 2002: Geneva (choreographic version)
Edited: Bucureşti: Editura Muzicală, 2001

"Trio" for piano, violin and bassoon=Trio pentru pian, vioară şi fagot (1990)
First Performance: 1991: Ploieşti
Other Auditions: 1995: Anvers

"Contrastes" for saxophones, percussion and piano = "Contrastes" pentru saxofon, percuţie şi pian (1993)
First Performance: 1994: Timişoara
Other Auditions: 1998: Bucureşti
Edited: Bucureşti: Editura Muzicală, 2002

"Armenian Interferences" for mezzo-soprano, clarinet and string quartet = "Interferenţe armeneşti" pentru mezzo-soprană, clarinet şi cvartet de coarde (1994-1995)
First Performance: 1996: Bucureşti, Festivalul "Săptămâna Internaţională a Muzicii Noi"
Other Auditions: 1998: Washington; 2001: Roma; 2002: Geneva (choreographic version)

"Symmetries" for ensemble = "Symmetries" pentru oboi, clarinet, fagot, percuţie, pian, vioară şi violoncel (1995)
Durations: 7'32"
First Performance: 1996: Bucureşti, Festivalul "Săptămâna Internaţională a Muzicii Noi", Muzeul "George Enescu"
Other Auditions: 1998: Indiana of Pennsylvania; 1999: Huddersfield
Recorded: Bucureşti: UCMR-ADA, 2000, CD de autor MVCD 1102 Reverberations ansamblul FIREBIRD (conductor Barrie Webb)

"Reverberations" for trombone and percussion - "Reverberations" pentru trombon şi percuţie (1996)
Durations: 10'29"
First Performance: 1997: Bucureşti, Festivalul "Săptămâna Internaţională a Muzicii Noi"
Other Auditions: 1999: Fiuggy; 2001: Roma; 2002: Geneva (choreographic version)
Recorded: Bucureşti: UCMR-ADA, 2000, CD de autor MVCD 1102 Reverberations, Barrie Webb (trombone) şi Alexandru Matei (percussion)

"Inter-Flutes" for flute and whistle - "Inter-Flutes" pentru flaut şi fluier (2000)
First Performance: 2000: Bucureşti
Other Auditions: 2000: Columbia

"Dialogue" pentru trombone and saxophone - "Dialogue" pentru trombon şi saxofon (2000)
First Performance: 2001: Roma
Other Auditions: 2002: Bucureşti

SYMPHONIC MUSIC WITH/WITHOUT SOLOISTS

"Symphony I" for three cadential groups of instruments and string orchestra = "Simfonia I" pentru trei grupe de instrumente cadenţiale şi orchestră de coarde (1987)
First Performance: 1988: Ploieşti, Filarmonica
Recorded: CD de autor MVCD-1101, 1997

Concerto for clarinet and orchestra = Concert pentru clarinet şi orchestră (1988)
First Performance: 1989: Ploieşti, Filarmonica
Recorded: CD de autor MVCD-1101, 1997

"Hyposthasis" variations for orchestra = "Ipostaze" variaţii pentru orchestră (1990)
First Performance: 1991: Cluj, Filarmonica
Other Auditions: 1996: Timişoara

"Ego-Visions" pentru orchestră (1992)
First Performance: 1998: Bucureşti, Orchestra Naţională Radio
Other Auditions: 1999: Iaşi (World Music Days)

"Parallel times" - Simfonia a II-a pentru orgă, percuţie şi coarde (1994-1995)
First Performance: 2002: Bucureşti, Orchestra Naţională Radio

Concert pentru saxofon şi orchestră (1997) Durations: 20'02"
First Performance: 1998: Bucureşti, Festivalul "Săptămâna Internaţională a Muzicii Noi" (Orchestra Naţională Radio)
Recorded: Bucureşti: UCMR-ADA, 2000, CD de autor MVCD 1102 Reverberations, Filarmonica din Arad (dirijor Barrie Webb, soloist Emil Sein)

"Ego-Visions" for orchestra = "Esences" concert pentru flaut şi orchestră (1999)
First Performance: 2000: Bucureşti, Festivalul "Săptămâna Internaţională a Muzicii Noi"

"Mega-Dialogue" for saxophone(s) and wind orchestra = "Mega-Dialogue" pentru saxofon şi orchestră de suflători (2001-2002)

CHORAL MUSIC

"De-a v-ati ascunselea" poem for mixed chorus = "De-a v-aţi ascunselea" poem pentru cor mixt (1988)
First Performance: 1995: Bucureşti, Radiodifuziunea Română
Other Auditions: 1995: Craiova
Edited: Bucureşti: Editura Muzicală, 2002

"Credo" poem for mixed chorus = "Credo" poem pentru cor mixt (1998)
First Performance: 1998: Bucureşti

MUSIC FOR THE STAGE

"Glass circle" ballet in 3 acts = "Cercul de sticlă" - balet în 3 acte (1986)
First Performance: 1986: Ploieşti, Filarmonica (versiune de concert)

FILM MUSIC

Music for the film "Pasaj" = Muzică pentru filmul artistic "Pasaj" (1990)
First Performance: 1991: Bucureşti

PUBLISHED WORKS

Tehnical-expressive Modalities of Saxophone in Romanian Concertant Music
Edited: Bucureşti: Editura Muzicală, 2002

Polyphonic Typologies in the Romanian Contemporary Music
Edited: Bucureşti: Editura Muzicală, 2002