Liana Alexandra Explained

Liana Alexandra Septefrati[1] (born Liana Moraru; 27 May 1947  – 10 January 2011) was a Romanian composer, pianist and music educator.

Biography

Alexandra was born in Bucharest, Romania, on 27 May 1947.[2] From 1965 to 1971, she studied at the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory (now the National University of Music Bucharest) under Tudor Ciortea and Tiberiu Olah and took composition courses in 1974, 1978, 1980 and 1984 in Darmstadt, Germany. She had a doctorate in musicology and taught composition, orchestration, and music analysis at the Conservatory from 1971 until her death in 2011. A prolific composer in the neoromantic style, Alexandra had over 100 of her works performed and published in Romania. According to musicologist Octavian Cosma, she was "in her element with orchestral and chamber music, employing repetitive and evolving techniques, with melodic lines which suggest lyricism and meditation" and an instrumentation that used "a palette of delicate, pastel colours."[3] Iuliana Porcos described her work as "characterized by a clarity of orchestration and particularly by an evolving repetitive structure which induces a feeling of plenary meditation. Her composing style is defined by simplicity, accessibility and clarity, in accord with the 20th century composers’ wish to approach consonance (a new type of consonance), minimalism and archetype."[4]

Alexandra married the Romanian cellist and composer Şerban Nichifor in 1978. They performed together as Duo Intermedia from 1990 and were co-directors of the Nuova Musica Consonante - Living Music Foundation Festival.[5] [6]

Liana Alexandra died at her home in Bucharest on 10 January 2011 of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63.[7] On 12 January 2011, two days after her death, the broadcast Univers muzical românesc on Radio România Muzical was dedicated to her.[8] In May of that year, Liana Alexandra: Marturii despre muzica ei (Liana Alexandra: Confessions about her Music) was published by Editura Stephanus in a bilingual Romanian and English edition. Edited by Şerban Nichifor, the book is an anthology of writings on Alexandra's music by composers, critics and musicologists including Viorel Cosma, Grete Tartler, Robert Voisey, and Jacques Leduc. Later that month, her 1987 opera În labirint (The Maze) was performed in her memory by the Banatul Philharmonic of Timișoara as the closing concert of the Timișoara International Music Festival (31 May 2011).[9] [10]

Prizes and honors

Alexandra's compositions have won numerous prizes and honors, including:

Selected works

Symphonic, vocal-symphonic and concert music[11]

Opera

Chamber music

Books

Discography

Alexandra was a member of the Vox Novus consortium. Several of her compositions for the consortium's 60x60 project appear on:

Her 1981 choral work Soarele Si Luna appears on:

Symphonies number 2, “Imnuri”, and number 3, “Diacronii”, were released on Electrecord LP ST-ECE 02183, recorded in 1977, performed by the Romanian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Iosif Conta and Liviu Ionescu.

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Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cohen, Aaron I. . International encyclopedia of women composers. 2: Sai - Zyb, Appendices . 1987 . Books & Music . 978-0-9617485-1-7 . 2. ed., revised and enl . New York . 13, 617.
  2. Book: Heinrich, Adel . Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers . New York . Greenwood Press . 1991 . 242 . 978-0-3132-6802-1.
  3. Cosma, Octavian. "Alexandra, Liana (Moraru)".Grove Music Online. Retrieved 23 April 2013 .
  4. Porcos . Iuliana . Highlights of repetitive minimalism in the work of composer Liana Alexandra . Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov . 2018 . 11 . 2 . 5 December 2022 . Porcos 2018.
  5. Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura (2005). "Alexandra, Liana". Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Retrieved online via HighBeam Research 23 April 2013.
  6. Book: Smith, Sidney Bertram . 2005 . Classical Musicians Speak Out as a New Century Begins . Cambridgeshire . Melrose Press . 1905226020 . 61294964 . 41 .
  7. Realitatea Evreiasca (January 2011). "Liana Alexandra (Z.L.)", p. 20. Retrieved 24 April 2013 .
  8. Bojin, Maria Monica (10 January 2011). "In memoriam Liana Alexandra". Radio România Muzical. Retrieved 24 April 2013 .
  9. [Banatul Philharmonic of Timișoara]
  10. [Radio România]
  11. Lists of works sourced from Liana Alexandra on Vox Novus, New York. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  12. Eddins, Stephen. [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=60x60-2006-2007-w182420/review|pure_url=yes}} Review: ''60x60'' 2006–2007]. AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

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