Iancu Dumitrescu
Dumitrescu was born in Sibiu, Romania. He received a master's degree in composition in Bucharest, where his teachers included Alfred Mendelsohn. Later, he studied conducting and philosophy with Sergiu Celibidache, who led Dumitrescu to engage with the philosophy of Edmund Husserl and apply the principles of phenomenology to music
Dumitrescu was born in Sibiu, Romania. He received a master's degree in composition in Bucharest, where his teachers included Alfred Mendelsohn. Later, he studied conducting and philosophy with Sergiu Celibidache, who led Dumitrescu to engage with the philosophy of Edmund Husserl and apply the principles of phenomenology to music
Ansamblul Hyperion
It's a miracle that some records ever get made. Right in the middle of Ceausescu's ultra-repressive dictatorship, composer Iancu Dumitrescu managed to arrange for his first LP, a compilation of radical new music by Dumitrescu and three of his Romanian colleagues, all older than him: Ocavian Nemescu, Stefan Niculescu, and Corneliu Cezar. Dumitrescu was -- and remains -- one of the most iconoclastic figures in contemporary music. Often referred to as a spectralist (though he distances himself from…
At the GRM Paris
A ghostly visage on a cosmic scale, these remains of shocked, glowing gas haunt planet Earth's sky toward the constellation of Cygnus and form the Veil Nebula. The nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, an expanding cloud born of the death explosion of a massive star. Light from the original supernova explosion likely reached Earth over 5,000 years ago. Also known as the Cygnus Loop, the Veil Nebula now spans nearly 3 degrees or about six times the diameter of the full Moon. That translates…
Live In Berlin
Iancu Dumitrescu, 'Ultrasonic sublime I' for crystals, artificial dimonds, contact microphones prepared piano, stretchable steel and computer. 'Gnosis IV' for solo doublebass. Soloist Ion Ghita. Ana-Maria Avram, 'Nocturnal' for two bass clarinets and computer sounds. Soloists Yoni Silver & Tim Hodgkinson. 'Metalstorm III' for ensemble and computer sounds.Hyperion International.
Pierres Sacrees / Hazard and Tectonics
Two monumental pieces for prepared and amplified pianos, computer-assisted sound, plates and metallic objects creating shock and awe through their polyphonies of polluted noise. Dumitrescu explorations into the fabric of sound make a worryingly broad spectrum of modern composition feel humdrum and slight, his stubborn intransigence and principled intention nailing precisely."Born in Romania in 1944, Iancu Dumitrescu is one of the leading personalities in contemporary music, whose significance e…
In Israel (II)
Iancu Dumitrescu 'Plutonian frenzy' for ensemble and electronic. 'Galaxy III' for tape and electric guitar (soloist Stephen O'Malley). 'Hyperspectres I' (for three doublebasses, and percussions). Ana-Maria Avram 'Textures liminales II' for ensemble and live electronics. 'Textures liminales I' computer assisted music. Contemporary music ensemble under the direction of the composers with Stephen O'Malley, Maya Dunietz, Ilan Volkov, Ronald Boersen, Yoi Silver, Eran Bril, Eran Sachs, Assaf Ta…
in Tokyo
Four pieces of computer music. Iancu Dumitrescu \'Hazard and tectonics\' (2009 - 2013), \'Crepuscule I\' (2011-12), \'Early, before all times\' (2010-11). Ana-Maria Avram \'Metalstorm I\' (2012).
Live in LSO St. Luke's, London
Iancu Dumitrescu 'Extreme point of gravity' (2009) for ensemble (Hyperion & Talea Ensemble). 'Le silence d'or (V)' (2009) for ensemble and computer sounds. Ana-Maria Avram 'Telesma (X)' for three percussion groups and computer sounds (G. Aguilar, P. Teodorescu, A. Lipovsky). 'Textures (III) / Penumbra' for two bass clarinets (Rane Moore and Tim Hodgkinson) and ensemble (Hyperion & Talea Ensemble).
Live in Israel
Iancu Dumitrescu 'Liminal involvement' for ensemble. 'Le silence d'or' (Israel version) for ensemble and computer sounds. Ana-Maria Avram 'Lux animae XII' for ensemble and computer sounds. 'Telesma' (Israel version) for bass clarinet, ensemble and computer sounds. Contemporary Music Ensemble from Tel Aviv under direction Ilan Volkov with special guest Stephen O'Malley.
10 Quartet
Four performances of Iancu Dumitrescu & Ana-Maria Avram's iO String Quartet playing their compositions for string quartet & tape live in London, Brussels and Paris. Iancu Dumitrescu: 'Spectrum (VI¡' (2006) for string quartet. Live performance in London, Conway Hall, 22.11.2008. 'Perspective au movemur' (1975) for string quartet. Live performance in Brussels, 16.11.2008. Ana-Maria Avram: 'Nouvelle axe (V)' (2007) for string quartet. Live performance in London, Conway Hall, 22.11.2008. 'Ikarus' (1…
Musique Directe
Entering their twentieth year of existence, the GOL orchestra, together with the label Planam, celebrates and starts a new program of collaborations: the Gollaboration series.Volume 1, hence the title "Musique Directe", shows the band facing the leaders of Roumenian spectralism Ana-Maria Avaram and Iancu Dumitrescu. Electric and intense spontaneous experiments, on the edge of electroacoustic music and primitive avant-garde. Live recordings in Marseille and Paris with the participation of Ansamb…
Medium II, Cogito
An expanded version of the previous rz LP by Christou. All works by Christou, the late, legendary "freely-atonal" Greek composer. Features: "Enantiodromia" (1965-68, for orchestra); "Praxis" (1966-69, for string orchestra and piano), "Epicycle" (1968, for instruments, actors and voices); "Anaparastasis III" (1968-69, for soloist, ensemble and continuum [tapes]); "Mysterion" (1965-66, for narrator, actors, 3 choirs, orchestra and tapes)
in Tokyio
Implosive Eternity -- computer assisted music; 'Abysses Latents -- for voice, tenor saxophone and percussion; 'Bolids & Contemplations (III) -- computer assisted music; 'La Legende D'Icaire' -- for bass clarinet, ensemble and computer assisted sounds; 'Penumbra' -- for saxophone solo. Performed by: Keiko Hatanaka, Robert Reigle, Gustavo Aguilar, Tim Hodgkinson, Hyperion Ensemble
Soleil Explosant
First CD in a while from the Romanian composers Dumitrescu and Avram (potenially associated with the European "spectralism" contingent, what The Wire referred to as "the altered harmonic dimensions and numinous sonorities of the European avant garde composition movement"). Iancu Dumitrescu: "Remote Pulsar (I)" (computer assisted music), "Movemur (III)" (spectral music for viola solo, performed by: Cornelia Petroiu), and "Numerologie Sect*te (I)" (computer assisted music). Ana-Maria Avram : "Inca…
monades
Two pieces by Dumitrescu: "Au Dela de Movemur" (for orchestra & strings) & "Monades (Gamma & Epsilon)" (for 6 monocords, crystals & metallic objects). Avram is a young Rumanian composer, and of similar interest, with 3 pieces: "Ekagrata" (for orchestra), "Signum Geminai" (for ensemble and tape) & "Zodiaque III" (for prepared piano, percussion and tape).
galaxy
GALAXY ( acousmatic music for gongs, harryphones, metallic plaques and percussions ) & MOVEMUR ET SUMUS for 2 cellos 2 double basses. ( HYPERION Ensemble ) & RELIEFS for piano and orchestra (Alexandrina ZORLEANU) & ALTERNANCES for string quartet & BAS-RELIEFS for large orchestra
s/t
PIERRES SACREES ( acousmatic music ) & HARRYPHONIES - alpha ( with Fernando GRILLO & HYPERION Ensemble /Cond.; Iancu Dumitrescu ) & ìGRANDE OURSEì chamber ensemble and tape ( Hyperion Ensemble/ Cond. Iancu Dumitrescu ) & HARRYPHONIES - epsilon, Large orchestra and soloists: Fernando GRILLO, Barry WEBB, Melvin POORE, ConductorS Iosif CONTA & Iancu DUMITRESCU - Romanian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Medium III
Medium III" for double bass (1983), "Cogito / Trompe L'Oeil" for prepared piano, two double basses, Javanese gongs, crystals & metallic objects (1982), "Aulodie Mioritica (gamma)" for double bass and orchestra (1984), "Perspectives au Movemur" for string quartet (1978), "Apogeum" for 22 wind instruments & 3 percussion groups (1972).Fernando Grillo (double bass), Ion Ghita (double bass), Iancu Dumitrescu (prepared piano), Costin Petrescu (Javanese gong), Cristian Valeanu (metallic objects), Horia…
Musique-action
Compositions for the Hyperion ensemble by Dumitrescu, Avram, Hodgkinson and Cutler recorded at the Nancy-Vanoeuvre festival. Contents: New Meteors and Pulsars (Dumitrescu, 1982). For Tape and Percussion. Tape by Iancu Dumitrescu, Soloist, Chris Cutler. Nouvelle Axe (Avram, 1988) Hyperion Ensemble. Life On Earth (Cutler, 1998) Hyperion Ensemble with Ana Maria Avram, Prepared Piano and Tim Hodgkinson, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet. Black Death and Errors in Construction (Hodgkinson, 1988) Hyperion En…