Maia CIOBANU

– Composer –

ARTISTIC BIOGRAPHY

STUDIES:
1975 – National University of Music in Bucharest (composition: Dan Constantinescu and Myriam Marbe, musical forms and analyses: Ştefan Niculescu, harmony: Mircea Chiriac, conterpoint: Liviu Comes, instrumentation: Aurel Stroe, orchestration: Nicolae Beloiu, piano: Aurora Ienei).
Postgraduate studies:
1980 – Fellowship ofered by the "Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik" – Darmstadt, Germany (composition and musical analyses:Brian Ferneyhough, Gerard Grisey, T. Murail, W. Rihm, H. P. Haller, W. Kotonski, T. Murail and others).
1995 – Fellowship ofered by the Swedish Institut at the Göteborg Music Academy .
2002 – Ph.D in Music (National University of Music in Bucharest) with the thesis "The sound-movement relationship; The musical text as an element of the choreographic phenomena" .

PRIZES:
1998 – the "George Enescu" Prize of the Romanian Academy;
1999 – the Prize of the Romanian Composers' Association;
2004 – the Medal "The Order for Cultural Achievments";
1981 – Honourable Mention at the "International Composition Contest – Mannheim GEDOK" – Germany.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:
2002 – 2003 – President of the Romanian section of the ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music).
1995 – 2002 – Director of the Contemporary Music Information Centre.
Founder and chief editor of the "Contemporary Music – Romanian Newsletter" – the first English newsletter of the ISCM – Romanian section.
2002 – Co-organiser of the international festival "Listen and you'll understand " realized with the French Institut in Bucharest.
1992 – Musical Director of the Alternative Group.
1995 – 2000 – Lectures about romanian contemporary music, about her works and aestetics at the Göteborg Music Academy – Sweden (1995), Music Academy in Köln -Wuppertal (1996), Mariaberg Lehrerseminar in Rorschach (1997) and the University of St. Gallen – Switzerland (2000).
1985-1988 – Cycle of lectures "The sound-movement relationship" at the University of Culture and Science in Bucharest
2003 – senior lecturer at the Spiru Haret University of Bucharest.
1993 – associate professor at the National University for Theater and Film in Bucharest.
Essays and articles in "Muzica", "Contemporanul", "România literara", "Flacara", "Actualitatea muzicala", "22"
Radio and TV programmes and essays.
Member of the Symphonic Music Commitee of the Romanian Composers' and Musicologists'Association (2000 – 2002).
Member of the Commitee of the International Week of the New Music Festival in Bucharest (2000).
Member of the Commitee of the UCMR – ADA (1998 – ).
Member of the Jury of the Composition section of "Jeunesse Musicale" Bucharest International Contest 2006.

AFILIATIONS:
Member of the Romanian Composers' and Musicologists'Association;
Member of the International League of Women Composers;
Member of the International Computer Music Association;
Member of the International A ssociation of Women in Music;
Member of SACEM.

DISCOGRAPHY:

THE EARTH MUST LIVE – National Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Razvan Cernat
SETTING I – Valeriu Barbuceanu: clarinet, Maia Ciobanu – piano
DA SUONARE – Maia Ciobanu : piano
(Electrecord, Romanian Contemporary Music, Bucharest ST-ECE 02591)

OSTINATO II for trombone, clarinet, piano and percution – Traiect Ensemble (Intercont Music IMMC 3010)

DA SUONARE for piano – Maia Ciobanu: piano (Fabelsound – 1^st International Women's musical Meeting Athens 1997, Eight pieces for piano)

THE INVISIBLE STRING for violin solo (Juhani Palola Soloprogramm '98 )
CONCERTO for violin and orchestra – National Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Bacs, soloist: Ladislau Horvath (Romanian Symphonic Works, CD4, Musical Edition / Uniunea Compozitorilor şi Muzicologilor din România, 2000)

HE INVISIBLE STRING for violin solo, Elisabeth Sellars – violin (Romanians of the Day, Footscray Community Arts Centre – Australia, 2002)

JOURNAL'99 for violin and tape (Juhani Palola Soloprogramm 2002 – JPCD0004)

IT SHALL COME! – for clarinet and tape – Emil Vişenescu: clarinet (Romanian Women Composers – Star Media Music, 2003)

SYMPHONY I JOURNAL '88, THREE SCULPTURES FOR STRING QUARTET, JOURNAL '99 for violin and tape (Maia Ciobanu: "Journey through my life" (I) – EDC 526 Electrecord, 2003)

EDITED WORKS:

DA SUONARE – Editura Muzicala 1983 (Piano pieces by Romanian composers)
DORUL – DOR and DECEMBER IN ARDEAL – Editura Muzicala 1985 – (Choral Poems)
THREE SCULPTURES FOR STRING QUARTET – Editura Muzicala 1987
SYMPHONY I JOURNAL '88 – Editura Muzicala 1994
SETTING I for clarinet and piano – Editura Muzicala 1997
FOREST SPIRITS madrigal – Editura Muzicala 1999
OSTINATO II for clarinet, trombone, piano and percussion – Editura Muzicala 2001

MUSICAL WORKS

SYMPHONIC MUSIC
THE EARTH MUST LIVE for big orchestra (1975) ~ 8 min.
(f.p. 1 april 1982, Bucharest, the Great Hall of the Romanian Radiotelevision, the Symphonic Orchestra of the Romanian Radiotelevision, conductor: Răzvan Cernat)
RIDDLES – cantata for mixed choir and orchestra (1975) ~ 8 min. (f. p. 13 January 1981, the Great Hall of the Romanian Radiotelevision, the Symphonic Studio Orchestra of the Romanian Radiotelevision, conductor:Ludovic Bacs, the GAUDEAMUS Choir of the "Ciprian Porumbescu" Music University in Bucharest, conductor: Gh.Oprea)
CONCERTO for violin and orchestra (1980) ~ 19 min. (f.p.. 11 January 1987, Bucharest, the Great Hall of the Romanian Radiotelevision, the Symphonic Orchestra of the Romanian Radiotelevision, conductor: Ludovic Bacs, violin: Ladislau Horvath)
SYMPHONY I – JOURNAL'88 (1988) ~ 33 min. (F.p. 4 November 1988, Tg. Mureş, the Philarmonic Orchestra of Tg.Mureş, conductor: Cristian Mandeal
CONCERTO for clarinet and string orchestra (2004) ~ 15 min. (f.p. 28 May 2004 Bucharest, the National Radio Orchestra, conductor: Ludovic Bacs, clarinet: Peter Handsworth – Australia)
SYMPHONY II... from Enescu (2006) ~ 20 min.

CHAMBER MUSIC
SONATA for clarinet, piano and percussion (1979) ~ 8 min.
(f. p. 15 January 1976 Bucharest, the Little Hall of the Palace, Ştefan Korody – clarinet, Maia Ciobanu – piano,Viorica Ciurilă, Eugen Gheorghe – percussion)
DA SUONARE for piano (1976) ~ 8 min.
(f. p. 18 April 1978 Bucharest, the Little Hall of the Palace, Maia Ciobanu – piano)
AN APPOINTMENT WITH ANOTHER MELODY for percussion and tape (1979) ~ 8 min.
(f. p. 3 April 1979 Bucharest, the Little Hall of the Palace, Viorica Ciurilă – percussion )
PRELUDIO FOR CLARINET, GUITAR AND TROMBONE ~ 8 min.
(f. p. 28 April 1981 Bucharest, Dalles Hall, Florian Popa – clarinet, Ioan Boeru – guitar, Al.I.Graur – trombone)
THREE SCULPTURES FOR STRING QUARTET (1981) ~ 19 min.
(f. p. 21 May 1982 Bucharest, the T8 Hall of the Romanian Radiotelevision, the "George Enescu" String Quartet (Andrei Roşianu, Daniela Basno, Gabriel Bâlă, Laurenţiu Sbârcea)
FOREST SPIRITS for panpipe (1982) ~ 5 min.
(f. p. 22 November 1982, Bucharest, the Nottara Museum, Cornel Pană – panflute)
SETTING I for clarinet and piano (1983) ~ 9 min.
(f.p.6 June 1984 Bucharest T8 Hall of the Romanian Radiotelevision, Florian Popa – clarinet, Maia Ciobanu – piano)
SETTING II for flute and piano (1984) ~1o min.
(f. p. 10 ianuarie 1986 Bucharest, the Studio Hall of the Romanian Athenee, Vasile Ganţolea – flute, Maia Ciobanu – piano)
SETTING III for clarinet, piano and synthesizer (1988) ~ 9 min. 30 sec.
(f.p.18 September 1988 Bucharest, the Studio Hall of the "Ciprian Porumbescu" National Music University, Leontin Boanţă – clarinet, Inna Oncescu – piano, Maia Ciobanu – synthesizer (the International Festival "George Enescu", the XIth Edition)
SETTING IV for clarinet and viola (2003) ~ 10 min.
(f.p. 19 November 2003, Bucharest, the Hall of the Cantacuzino Palace, A.O. Popa – clarinet, Sanda Crăciun – viola (Composer's Portrait – Maia Ciobanu)
SETTING V for 2 flutes and panpipe or 2 flutes in C and 1 flute alto in G (2000) ~ 11 min. (f.p. 27 aprilie 2000, Cluj, the National Art Museum, Cynthia Whitman – flute, Adrian Buciu – flute, Dalila Cernătescu – Panflute )
FOUNTAIN I for organ and percussion (1985) ~ 13 min.
(f.p. 18 January 1987, Bucharest, the Great Hall of the Romanian Athenee, Florin Chiriacescu – organ, Gabriel Teodorescu and Lucica Minea – percussion)
FOUNTAIN II for cello and organ (1986) ~ 9 min.
(f.p. 10 June 1988 Bucharest, the Studio Hall of the "Ciprian Porumbescu" National Music University, Constantin Gheorghiu – Holban – cello, Maia Ciobanu – electronic organ)
FOUNTAIN III for piano, synthesizer and percussion (1992) ~ 10 min.
(f.p. 10 December 1992 Bucharest, the T8 Hall of the Romanian Radiotelevision, Anca Macarie – piano, Maia Ciobanu – synthesizer, Sorin Săceanu – percussion)
COMMENTARIES for clarinet, piano, synthesizer and percussion (1993) ~13 min. (f.p. 28 May 1993 Bucharest, the "Ciprian Porumbescu" National Music University, the International Week of the New Music – Bucharest, the IIIrd Edition, Cristian Vlad – clarinet, Carmen Rotaru – piano, Maia Ciobanu -
synthesizer, Sorin Săceanu – percussion)
OSTINATO II for trombone, clarinet, piano and percussion (1995) ~ 9 min.
(f.p. 24 May 1995, Bucharest, the Concert Hall of the "Ciprian Porumbescu" National Music University, the International Week of the New Music – Bucharest, the Vth edition, the Group TRAIECT directed by Sorin Lerescu, Cătălin Bucerzan – trombone, Sorin Oancea – clarinet, Andrei Podlaha – piano, Georgeta Scurtu – percussion)
DO YOU KNOW THE EPISODE, WHEN...for 2 flutes, violin, viola and accordion (1997) 16 -20 min. (f.p. Bucharest, 25 May 1997, the AUDITORIUM Hall of the National Art Musem, the concert of PARTITA RADICALE Ensemble: Ute Volker – accordion, Karola Pasquay – flute, Ortrud Kegel – flute, Gunda Gottschalk – violin, Thomas Beimel – viola, the International Week of the New Music – Bucharest, the VIIth edition)
THE INVISIBLE STRING for violin solo (1998) ~ 9 min.
(f.p. . St. Gallen – Switzerland, 5 November 1998, Tonhalle, Juhani Palola – violin)
SELFPORTRAIT with violin, cello and piano (2000) ~ 15 min.
(f.p. St. Gallen – Switzerland , 14 December 2000, Tonhalle, Concert – Portrait Maia Ciobanu, Trio Weimar: Volkmar Lehmann – piano, Juhani Palola – violin, Martin Merker – cello)
SILENCE WITH VARIATIONS for clarinet, trombone, violin, cello, piano and percussion (2000) ~ 15 min.
(f.p. St. Gallen – Switzerland, 14 December 2000, Tonhalle, Concert – Portrait Maia Ciobanu, Franco Mettler – clarinet, Alain Pasquier – trombone, Juhani Palola – violin, Martin Merker – cello, Claire Pasquier – piano, Ernst Brunner – percussion )
3 COMMENTARIES for the "ensemble für neue musik – zürich" (2006) ~8 min.
(f.p. Bucharest, 27 May 2006, the "George Enescu" Hall of the National Music University, the "ensemble für neue musik zürich", conductor: Bruno Stöckli, Hans-Peter Frehner – flute, Manfred Spitaler – clarinet, Urs Bumbacher – violin, Nicola Romano -cello, Viktor Müller – piano, Lorenz Haas – percussion, the International Week of the New Music – Bucharest, the XVIth edition)

ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC
OSTINATO I for percussion and tape (1989) ~ 12 min.
f. p. 22 November 1989 Bucharest, the Studio Hall of the Romanian Athenee, Alexandru Matei – percussion
CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND TAPE (1990) ~ 19 min.
f. p. 10 April 1990 Bucharest, the Great Hall of the Romanian Radiotelevision, Ilinca Dumitrescu – piano
THE SIX SEALS cantata for mixt choir, soloists and tape on a fragment of the Sf.John's Apocalypse (1991) ~ 25 min.
f. p. 26 May 1992 Bucharest, the Great Hall of the Romanian Radiotelevision, the Choir of the "George Enescu" Philharmonic, conductor Valentin Gruescu (the International Week of the New Music – Bucharest, the IInd edition)
IT SHALL COME ! – for tape or clarinet and tape (1992) ~ 14 min.
f.p. 10 December 1992 Bucureşti, Bucharest, the T8 Hall of the Romanian Radiotelevision, Cristian Vlad – clarinet
CONCERTO FOR PERCUSSION AND TAPE (1998) ~ 19 min. 27 sec.
the "George Enescu" Prize of the Romanian Academy (1998)
f. p. 29 May 1998, Bucharest, the AUDITORIUM Hall of the National Art Musem Bucureşti, CONCERT of ELECTROACUSTIC MUSIC (the International Week of the New Music, the VIIIth edition), Adrian Ştefănescu – percussion
JOURNAL'99 for tape or violin and tape (1999) – 16 min. 30 sec.
the Prize of the Romanian Composers' Association for 1999
f. p. 30 May 1999, Bucharest, the Hall of the Cantacuzino Palace (the International Week of the New Music, the IXth edition)
EXCESIV PIANO for tape (2003) 8 min. 45 sec.,
f. p. 19 November 2003, Bucharest, the Hall of the Cantacuzino Palace (Composer's Portrait – Maia Ciobanu)
EXCESIV PIANO II for piano, an actor and tape on poetry by Tudor Mihai Cazan (2004) ~9 min.,
(f. p. 17 February 2004, Bucharest, the "Mihail Jora" Hall of the Romanian Broadcast (Andrei Tănăsescu – piano, Rareş Stoica – actor)
MEDIUM I for tape (2003) – 10 min.
f. p. 19 November 2003, Bucharest, the Hall of the Cantacuzino Palace (Composer's Portrait – Maia Ciobanu)
ALTERNATIVE MUSIC (I, II, III) for electroacoustic medium, piano and dancers (2005) ~37 min.,
f.p. 27 May 2005, Bucharest, the ARCUB Hall, "ALTERNATIVES" – concert-show (the Week of the Contemporary Music the XVth edition), choreography: Andreea Căpitănescu, Andrei Tănăsescu – piano
CLIMATS for tape or (n) instruments and tape (2006) ~ 11 min.
f.p. 7 May 2006, Bucharest, the "Alfred Alessandrescu" Concert Hall of the Romanian Broadcast, the Vth edition of the Inernational Festival of the Electronic and Computer Assisted Music "ACOUSMANIA", "HYPERION" Ensemble, conductor: Ana-Maria Avram.

CHORAL MUSIC
AUTUMN (1981) madrigal for mixt choir on poetry by Nicolae Ioan Stănescu ~ 3 min., SATB
PORTRAIT (1982) madrigal for mixt choir on poetry by Emil Botta ~ 8 min., SATB
DECEMBER IN TRANSYLVANIA (1983) choral poem for mixt choir, organ and percussion on poetry by Petru Anghel (De profundis) and Mihai Gavril (Old Beginning) ~ 8 min., SATB, organ, percussion
f. p Constanţa, 13 July 1998, the Choir of the "Black Sea" Philharmonic, Gabriela Oprea – organ, Adriana Dragomir – percussion, conductor: Daniel Kessner (the Romanian-American Music Days, the Vith edition)
DORUL – DOR (1984) madrigal for mixt choir on poetry by Lucian Blaga ~ 3 min., SATB
URARE DE BELŞUG (1986)for female choir, traditional Romanian poetry
DE DOR (1986) for female choir, traditional Romanian poetry
SORCOVA DE PESTE VARĂ (1986) for female choir, traditional Romanian poetry
f.p. 11 April 1991 Bucharest, Romanian Opera, VOCES PRIMAVERAE Choir, conductor Claudiu Negulescu
The STORY OF THE WORD (1987) choral triptic for mixt choir on poetry by Anton Pann and traditional Romanian poetry (Wish, the Story of the Word, Folks,folks) ~ 8 min., SATB
DOINĂ, DOINĂ, SWEET SONG (1989) for male choir on traditional Romanian poetry ~ 5 min., TB
the PELICAN's VALS (1992)choir for female or children voices, flaut, 2 pianos and percussion on poetry by Robert Desnos ~ 5 min.
f. p. 17 May 1992 Bucharest, the Great Hall of the Romanian Athenee, VOCES PRIMAVERAE Choir, conductor: Claudiu Negulescu
FOREST SPIRITS (1992) female or children choir on poetry by Emil Botta ~ 4 min.
f. p.6 March 2003, Bucharest, the Hall of the Cantacuzino Palace, the Girls' Choir "IMPULS", conductor Lăcrămioara Ana Pauliuc

MUSIC FOR THEATER, CHOREOGRAPHIC AND MULTIMEDIA SHOWS
MERLIN by Tankred Dorst – director: Cătălina Buzoianu (Bulandra Theater) – electronic music and songs (1991)
f. p. – 27 February, 1991, "Lucia Sturza-Bulandra" Theater in Bucharest
The UNCOMPOUND DREAM OR THE WAY TOWADRS THE CENTER – ballet music, choreography: Raluca Ianegic, scenography: Nicolae şi Mihaela Ularu (1993)
f.p. Bucharest, 18 Decemberi1993, The ODEON Theater
ME, NOT – ballet music, choreography: Raluca Ianegic, scenography: Constantin Ciubotaru and Lia Manţoc
f. p.: 10 December 1994, The dramatic Theater in Galaţi, 16 December1994 The ODEON Theater in Bucharest
JOURNAL '99 – choreographic version by Liliana Iorgulescu (Bucharest, 2002) and Mindora (Paris, 2002)
ALTERNATIVES – musical – choreographic and multimedia show; choreography by Andreea Căpitănescu, scenography by Petre Staicu, video: Lucian Năstase (Bucharest, 27 May 2005, the ARCUB Hall)
REMEMBER (Concerto for percussion and tape) – choreography by Diana Ferencz (Bucharest, May 2005)

MUSICOLOGY

BOOKS, STUDIES and PAPERS
THE MUSICAL TEXT AS AN ELEMENT OF the CHOREOGRAPHIC SHOW. ANALYSE MODELES(The Edition of the "Tomorrow Romania" Foundation, Bucharest 2003)
MUSICAL FORMS (The Edition of the "Tomorrow Romania" Foundation, Bucharest 2006)
Hypostases of the temporality in the sound – movement relationship (Muzica, 2/1998)
The sound – movement relationship and the importance of its rhythmic aspect in the choreographic show (Muzica, nr. 9/1988)
The Ambiguity of the musical text in the the choreographic show (Muzica nr. 4/1999)
Surrealism in the sound – movement relationship – The International Symposium "The European Surrealism (The Contribution of the west, central and est-europeean countries) 17 – 20 May 2001" organized by ICARE (The Research Institut of the Romanian and European Avangarde)
Time – an instrument of knowledge and illumination – 28 April 2002 the Workshop of the Music Faculty of the "Spiru Haret" University
General semantic aspects of the sound – movement relationship – May 2004, the Workshop of the Music Faculty of the "Spiru Haret" University