Maia Ciobanu

Maia Ciobanu (born 5 May 1952) is a Romanian composer and music educator. She is also the author of books, studies and papers on music.

Early years Maia Ciobanu was born in Bucharest and studied at the Conservatory Ciprian Porumbescu. She studied composition with Dan Constantinescu and Myriam Marbe and piano with Aurora Ienei, and also studied with Ștefan Niculescu, Mircea Chiriac, Liviu Comes, and Aurel Stroe. In 1980 she attended the Darmstadt summer courses, and studied composition with Brian Ferneyhough, Gérard Grisey, Wolfgang Rihm, Hans Peter Haller, Włodzimierz Kotoński, and Tristan Murail. In 1995, she studied at the Swedish Academy of Music in Gothenburg.

Career Since 1992 Ciobanu has been musical director of the Group for Alternative Contemporary Music. In 1993 she became a professor at the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, and has taught courses on contemporary Romanian music at music academies in Gothenburg (1995) and Cologne (1996), at the Pedagogical College of Rorschach (1997), and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland (2000).

Ciobanu won Honorable Mention at the "International Composition Contest – Mannheim GEDOK" in Germany (1981), the Romanian Academy "George Enescu Prize" (1998), the Romanian Composers' Association Prize (1999, 2022) and "The Order for Cultural Achievements" medal (2004).

Ciobanu was president of the Romanian Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music between 2002 and 2003, and is the founder and editor of the English-language journal Contemporary Music – Romana Newsletter of the section. Ciobanu is also active in publishing and produces music programs for Romanian radio. She is a member of the Romanian Composers Union, the International League of Women Composers, the International Computer Music Association and the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique .

Selected works

Sonata for clarinet, piano and percussion, 1974 Pămîntul trebuie să Trăiască for orchestra, 1975 Since Suonare for piano, 1976 Întilnire cu o altă melody for percussion and tape, 1978 Prelude for clarinet, guitar and trombone, 1980 Concerto for violin and orchestra, 1980 Trei Sculpturi for string quartet, 1981 Toamna, Madrigal for mixed choir to words by Ioan Nicolae Stănescu, 1981 Portret, Madrigal for mixed choir to words by Emil Botta, 1982 Pădurencele for nai, 1982 Decor I for clarinet and piano, 1983 Decembrie în Ardel for mixed choir, organ and drums on verses by Petru *Anghel, 1983 Dorul – Dor, Madrigal for mixed choir to words by Lucian Blaga, 1984 Decor II for flute and piano, 1984 Fîntîna I for organ and percussion, 1985 Fîntîna II for cello and organ, 1986 Urare de Belşug for female choir, 1986 De Dor for women's choir, 1986 Sorcova Peste de Vara for female choir, 1986 Povestea Vorbii, Chortryptichon for mixed choir to poems by Anton Pann, 1987 Decor III for clarinet, piano and synthesizer, 1988 Symphony No. 1 – Jurnal '88, 1988 3 Ostinato I for percussion and tape, 1989 Doina, Doinna, Cintec dulce, 1989 Concerto for piano and tape, 1990 Incidental music for Merlin of Tancred Dorst for electronic music, 1991 Veni-va! for tape, 1992 Fîntîna III for piano, synthesizer and percussion, 1992 Valsul Pelicanului for choir, flute, 2 pianos and percussion on verses by Robert Desnos, 1992 Comentarii for clarinet, piano, synthesizer and percussion, 1993 Radical political change , ballet, 1993 Eu, Nu, Ballet, 1994 Ostinato II for trombone, clarinet, piano and percussion, 1995 STII Episodul tu în care ... for flute, violin, viola and accordion, 1997 Invizabila Struna for violin, 1998 Concerto for percussion and tape, 1998 Jurnal'99 for tape, 1999 Autoportret for violin, cello and piano, 2000 Tacere cu Variaţiuni for clarinet, trombone, violin, cello, piano and percussion, 2000 Decor V for 2 flutes and nai, 2000 Decor IV for clarinet and viola (2003) for tape, 2003 Medium I for tape, 2003 Pădurencele for chorus to words by Emil Botta, 2003 for piano, actors and tape, 2004 Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra, 2004 Muzica Alternative I, II, III and electronic media, piano and dancers, 2005 Symphony No. 2, 2006 for ensemble, 2006 Climate for tape, 2006 NR.273,16: Intersecţii (Crossroads) for saxophone, viola and live electronics (2007)

Discography

Ciobanu's recorded work includes:

The Earth Must Live Ostinato II Da Suonare The Invisible String Concerto Journal '99 It Shall Come! Symphony i Journal '88, Three Sculptures for String Quartet, Journal '99 for violin and tape