Aurel Stroe
Aurel Stroe (5 May 1932, in Bucharest – 3 October 2008, in Mannheim) was a Romanian composer, philosopher and linguist. In 2002 he was awarded the Herder Prize from the University of Vienna; and in 2006 he was awarded the Promaetheus Prize by the Anonimul Foundation.[1]
Life and career
From 1951 to 1956 Stroe studied piano with Maria Totino, composition with Mihail Andricu, and harmony with Marṭian Negrea at the Bucharest Conservatory. He also took summer courses at the Darmstadt Conservatory from 1966 to 1969 where he was a pupil of Mauricio Kagel, György Ligeti, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He was awarded a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service which enabled him to pursue research at the International Comparative Musicology Institute of Alain Danielou in 1972-1973.[1]
Stroe was appointed the position of reader at the Bucharest Conservatory in 1962. He left that position in 1985 to become a visiting professor at the University of Illinois. From 1986 to 1993 he was a professor of composition at the Mannheim Hochschule für Musik.[1]
Musical works
Including electronic music.
Opera
- Asta nu va primi Nobel prize (1969) - opera în three parts (Paul Sterian)
- Pacea (1973) - opera în three acts (Aristophanes)
- Trilogia Cetății Închise (1973-1988) opera, libretto after Aeschylus: Agamemnon / Orestia I (1973), Choeforele / Orestia II (1983), Eumenidele / Orestia III (1988)
- Conciliul Mondial (1987) - chamber opera in two acts (Vladimir Solovyov}
- Copilul și diavolul (1989) - opera in 5 scenes (Maria Tvetaeva)
Theatre music
- Music for "Oedip la Colonos" (1963) - incidental music (Sophocles);
- Rituelle Handlung ohne Gegenstand (1967) - dance music.
Vocal-symphonic music
- Cantata festivă (1957) - for choir and orchestra (Pablo Neruda)
- Chipul păcii (1959) - music for chamber orchestra and mezzo-soprano (Paul Eluard)
- Țării mele (1959) - cantata for choir and orchestra (Victor Tulbure)
- Monumentum I (1961) - poem for choir and orchestra (Nichita Stănescu)
- Numai prin timp timpul poate fi cucerit (1965) - poems for baritone (T.S. Eliot)
- Missa puerorum (1983) - for a cappella choir, organ and eight instruments
Symphonic music
- Scherzo simfonic (1951)
- Sinfonia for the Orchestra Mare (1954)
- Burlesque Overture (1961)
- Arcade (1962)
- Laude I (1966)
- Canto I (1967)
- Laude II (1968)
- Canto II (1971)
- Simfonia (1973)
- Accords et Comptines (1988)
- Ciaccona con alcune licenze (1995)
- Preludii lirice (1999)
- Mandala cu o polifonie de Antonio Lotti (2000)
Concertante music
- Concerto for string orchestra (1950, rev.1956)
- Concert music for piano, brass and percussion (1965)
- Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1975)
- Concerto for violin and ensemble of soloists Capriccios and Ragas (1990)
- Concerto for saxophone and orchestra Prairie, Priere (1994)
- Concerto for accordion and orchestra (2001)
- Simfonia concertante for percussion and orchestra (1996)
Chamber music
- Colinde (Christmas Carols) for piano (1947)
- Baladă (Ballad) for piano (1948)
- Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1953)
- Sonata No. 1 for piano Morphogenetic (1955)
- Fragment dintr-un proces sonor (Excerpt from a sound-process) (1969)
- În vis desfacem timpurile suprapuse (1970)
- String quartet in A major (1972)
- Grădina structurilor I (Garden Structures I) (1974)
- Ten pastoral pieces for organ and clavecin (1979)
- Pe drumul către focurile cerești (Journey to Celestial Fires) for solo viola (1979)
- Fiicele Soarelui (Daughters of the Sun) (1979)
- Sonata No. 2 for piano Thermodynamic (1983)
- Anamorfoze canonice (1984)
- Sonata No. 3 for piano En Palimpseste (1992)
- Mozart sound introspection, string trio (1994)
- Gesang der Geister über den Wassern for voice, clarinet and piano or clavecin (celesta) (1999)
- Humoreske mit zwei Durchblicken zum Seeren (2002)
Choral music
- Vine trenul (Coming by Train) (1961)
- Cântec simplu (Simple Song) (1962)
Vocal music
- 5 Songs for Soprano and piano: Colind, Moștenire, Făcătură, Doi copii s-au dus, În perdea (1949)
- 5 Songs on verses by Clément Marot (1949)
- Two Songs on verses by Ion Pillat (1953)
- Two Romances for mezzo-soprano and piano: Și dacă..., La steaua (1954)
Electronic music
- Midi le Juste (1970)
References
- ^ a b c Ruxandra Arzoiu. "Stroe, Aurel", Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, retrieved 15 December 2015 (subscription required)
Bibliography
- Cosma, V. (2005). Muzicieni din România. Lexicon. Vol. 8 (P-S). București: Editura muzicală. (in Romanian)
- Omul zilei (Man of the Day) - Aurel Stroe, 20 October 2006, Violeta Cristea, Ramona Vintilă, Jurnalul Național (in Romanian)
External links
- Aurel Stroe website
- (in Romanian) Aurel Stroe, biography website 433.ro - contemporary and classical Romanian musicians and composers
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- 1964: Oto Bihalji-Merin
- Jan Kott
- Stanisław Lorentz
- Lucijan Marija Škerjanc
- 1965: Tudor Arghezi
- Manolis Hatzidakis
- Emanuel Hruška
- Zoltán Kodály
- László Németh
- Hugo Rokyta
- Hristo Vakarelski
- 1966: Ján Cikker
- Dezső Dercsényi
- Zlatko Gorjan
- Aleksander Kobzdej
- Anton Kriesis
- Niko Kuret
- Dimiter Statkov
- 1967: Iván Fenyő
- Vladimír Kompánek
- Witold Lutosławski
- Spyridon Marinatos
- Alexandru A. Philippide
- Mihai Pop
- Svetozar Radojčić
- 1968: Constantin Daicoviciu
- Roman Ingarden
- Miroslav Krleža
- Ludvík Kunz
- Anastasios Orlandos
- Lajos Vayer
- Pancho Vladigerov
- 1969: Jolán Balogh
- Albín Brunovský
- Bohuslav Fuchs
- Mihail Jora
- Marijan Matković
- Ksawery Piwocki
- France Stele
- 1970: Jan Białostocki
- Jan Filip
- Zoltán Franyó
- Milovan Gavazzi
- Gyula Illyés
- Yiannis Papaioannou
- Zeko Torbov
- 1971: Jiří Kolář
- Blaže Koneski
- Georgios Megas
- Kazimierz Michałowski
- Mihail Sokolovski
- Zaharia Stancu
- Bence Szabolcsi
- 1972: Dragotin Cvetko
- Atanas Dalchev
- Branko Maksimović
- Gyula Ortutay
- Jaroslav Pešina
- Henryk Stażewski
- Virgil Vătășianu
- 1973: Veselin Beshevliev
- Stylianos Harkianakis
- János Harmatta
- Zbigniew Herbert
- Eugen Jebeleanu
- Petar Lubarda
- Jan Racek
- 1974: Władysław Czerny
- Ivan Duichev
- Ivo Frangeš
- László Gerő
- Stylianos Pelekanidis
- Ján Podolák
- Zeno Vancea
- 1975: Józef Burszta
- Hristo M. Danov
- Stanislav Libenský
- Maria Ana Musicescu
- Gábor Preisich
- Pandelis Prevelakis
- Stanojlo Rajičić
- 1976: Jagoda Buić
- Marin Goleminov
- Ioannis Kakridis
- Dezső Keresztury
- Nichita Stănescu
- Rudolf Turek
- Kazimierz Wejchert
- 1977: Nikolaos Andriotis
- Riko Debenjak
- Emmanuel Kriaras
- Albert Kutal
- Máté Major
- Krzysztof Penderecki
- Anastas Petrov
- Ion Vladutiu
- 1978: Eugen Barbu
- Đurđe Bošković
- Kazimierz Dejmek
- Stoyan Dzudzev
- Béla Gunda
- Jiří Hrůza
- Yiannis Spyropoulos
- 1979: Magdalena Abakanowicz
- Ferenc Farkas
- Zdenko Kolacio
- Atanas Natev
- András Sütő
- Pavel Trost
- Apostolos E. Vacalopoulos
- 1980: Gordana Babić-Đorđević
- Iván Balassa
- Kamil Lhoták
- Manousos Manousakas
- Vera Mutafchieva
- Alexandru Rosetti
- Wiktor Zin
- 1981: Emil Condurachi
- Sándor Csoóri
- Stefka Georgieva
- Dimitrios Loukatos
- Vjenceslav Richter
- Eugen Suchoň
- Elida Maria Szarota
- 1982: Athanasios Aravantinos
- Ana Blandiana
- Vojislav J. Đurić
- Sona Kovacevicová
- Aleksandar Nichev
- Jan Józef Szczepański
- Imre Varga
- 1983: Władysław Bartoszewski
- Géza Entz
- Jozef Jankovič
- Gunther Schuller
- Zdenko Škreb
- Stefana Stoykova
- C. A. Trypanis
- 1984: Emilijan Cevc
- Konstantinos Dimaras
- Karel Horálek
- György Konrád
- Constantin Lucaci
- Krasimir Manchev
- Krzysztof Meyer
- 1985: Branko Fučić
- Růžena Grebeníčková
- Adrian Marino
- Demetrios Pallas
- Károly Perczel
- Simeon Pironkov
- Andrzej Wajda
- 1986: Georgi Baev
- Tekla Dömötör
- Boris Gaberščik
- Konrad Górski
- Johannes Karayannopoulos
- Jiří Kotalík
- Anatol Vieru
- 1987: Roman Brandstaetter
- Doula Mouriki
- József Ujfalussy
- Vladimir Veličković
- Velizar Velkov
- Gheorghe Vrabie
- 1988: Roman Berger
- Christos Kapralos
- Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga
- György Györffy
- Donka Petkanova
- Mieczysław Porębski
- Edvard Ravnikar
- 1989: Maria Banuș
- Ákos Birkás
- Jerzy Buszkiewicz
- Václav Frolec
- Nikolai Genchev
- Petar Miljković-Pepek
- Nikos Gabriel Pentzikis
- 1990: Liviu Calin
- Bronisław Geremek
- Aris Konstantinidis
- Dejan Medaković
- Virginia Paskaleva
- Adriena Šimotová
- András Vizkelety
- 1991: Maja Bošković-Stulli
- Gerard Labuda
- Andor Pigler
- Yorgos Sicilianos
- Emil Skála
- Marin Sorescu
- Stoimen Stoilov
- 1992: Manolis Andronikos
- Jenő Barabás
- Blaga Dimitrova
- Stefan Kaszynski
- Jiří Kořalka
- Zmaga Kumer
- Jon Nicodim
- 1993: Vasilka Gerasimova-Tomova
- Petro Kononenko
- György Kurtág
- Jerzy Tchórzewski
- Răzvan Theodorescu
- Elena Várossová
- Māra Zālīte
- Dionysis Zivas
- Viktor Žmegač
- 1994: István Borzsák
- Dževad Juzbašić
- Ștefan Niculescu
- Andrzej Szczypiorski
- Jitka and Květa Válová
- Takis Varvitsiotis
- Zigmas Zinkevičius
- 1995: Sándor Kányádi
- Mirko Kovač
- Milcho Lalkov
- Michael G. Meraklis
- Mindaugas Navakas
- Wisława Szymborska
- Jaan Undusk
- 1996: Tamás Hofer
- Karel Hubáček
- Konstantin Iliev
- Marin Mincu
- Jože Pogačnik
- Pēteris Vasks
- Marian Zgórniak
- 1997: Tasos Athanasiadis
- Bogdan Bogdanović
- Oskár Elschek
- Ferenc Glatz
- Lech Kalinowski
- Jaan Kross
- Dunja Rihtman-Auguštin
- 1998: Imre Bak
- Andrei Corbea-Hoișie
- Eliška Fučíková
- Ismail Kadare
- Justinas Marcinkevičius
- Dorota Simonides
- Elena Toncheva
- 1999: Svetlana Alexievich
- Vera Bitrakova-Grozdanova
- Mircea Dinescu
- István Fried
- Henryk Górecki
- Dževad Karahasan
- Ferdinand Milučký
- 2000: Ján Bakoš
- Ivan Čolović
- Nikola Georgiev
- Imre Kertész
- Milan Kundera
- Karolos Mitsakis
- Arvo Pärt
- 2001: Yurii Andrukhovych
- Janez Bernik
- János Böhönyey
- Maria Kłańska
- Marek Kopelent
- Andrej Mitrović
- Evanghelos Moutsopoulos
- 2002: George Demetrius Bambiniotis
- Māris Čaklais
- Péter Esterházy
- Radost Ivanova
- Nedjeljko Fabrio
- Aurel Stroe
- Lech Trzeciakowski
- 2003: Vasil Gyuzelev
- Drago Jančar
- Károly Manherz
- Stanisław Mossakowski
- Ales Rasanau
- Ludvík Václavek
- Ana Maria Zahariade
- 2004: Theodore Antoniou
- Michał Głowiński
- Dušan Kováč
- Fatos Lubonja
- Éva Pócs
- Kazimir Popkonstantinov
- Romualdas Požerskis
- 2005: Károly Klimó
- Hanna Krall
- Primož Kuret
- Jiří Kuthan
- Andrei Marga
- Eimuntas Nekrošius
- Krešimir Nemec
- 2006: Włodzimierz Borodziej
- Nicos Hadjinicolaou
- Gabriela Kiliánová
- Ene Mihkelson
- Vojteh Ravnikar