Irina Odagescu Explained

Irina Odăgescu-Țuțuianu (born 1937) is a Romanian music educator and composer.

Biography

Irina Odăgescu was born on 23 May 1937 in Bucharest, and studied at the Bucharest Music Conservatoire with Tudor Ciortea and . She also took summer courses with Iannis Xenakis, György Ligeti, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. After completing her studies, she became a professor at the Bucharest Conservatoire.^[1]

Odăgescu's works have been performed internationally in Europe, Asia, and the United States, and she has lectured at international conferences held at the University of Pau in France and at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She has co-written the texts Practical Studies for Reading in Keys for Two Voices in 1972, and Practical Studies for Reading in Old Choral Keys in 1982.^[2]

Honors and awards

• The Romanian Union of Composers’ Prize (1978–2004)
• The Romanian Academy’s George Enescu Prize (2001)
• The Viotti- Valesia Prize (Italy)
• The ‘Ciudad Ibague’ Silver Medal (Columbia)

Works

Odăgescu has composed symphonic, choral, ballet and chamber music. Selected works include:

• Youth Everlasting and Life Without End (2005)
• The Pyre of Bread
• Tall Song, Ballet^[3]
• Melos, Sonata for viola solo, Op.48 (1982)

Notes and References

1. Book: The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 19. Tyrrell, John. 2001. 9780195170672. 11 November 2010.
2. Book: Heinrich, Adel . Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog . New York . . 1991 . 306 . 978-0-31326-802-1.
3. Web site: Irina Odăgescu. 18 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716131406/http://www.iawm.org/articles_html/odgescu_romanian_composers.html. 16 July 2011. dead.