Anatol Vieru (Romanian pronunciation:[anaˈtolviˈeru]; 8 June 1926 – 8 October 1998) was a Romanian-Jewish[1]music theoretician, pedagogue, and composer. A pupil of
Aram Khachaturian, he composed seven symphonies, eight string quartets, concertos, and chamber music. He also wrote three
operas: Iona (1976), Praznicul Calicilor (1981), and Telegrame, Temă și Variațiuni (1983). He was awarded the
Herder Prize in 1986.[2]
Biography
Vieru was born in
Iași. He married in 1954 Nina Shutikova, with who he had one son and one daughter;[3] his son is the pianist, writer, and mathematician
Andrei Vieru [
ro]. He was a conductor at the
Bucharest National Theatre from 1947 to 1950, when he became editor of the
Muzica [
ro] magazine. He died in
Bucharest at age 72.[3]
List of works
Dramatic
Iona (opera, 1, after
Marin Sorescu and sketches by
M.C. Escher), 1972–75, concert performed in Bucharest, 31 October 1976
Praznicul calicilor [The Feast of the Beggars] (op, after
Mihail Sorbul), 1978–80, Berlin, 1991
Temă cu Variațiuni [Theme and Variations] (mini-opera, after Caragiale), 1983
Ultimele zile, ultimele ore [The Last Days, the Last Hours] (opera, 3, after
Alexander Pushkin: Mozart and Salieri and Bulgakov: The Last Days), 1990–95
Film scores
(Names of directors in parentheses):
Când primăvara e fierbinte [When Spring is Hot] (
Mircea Săucan [
ro]), 1960
Anatol Vieru (Romanian pronunciation:[anaˈtolviˈeru]; 8 June 1926 – 8 October 1998) was a Romanian-Jewish[1]music theoretician, pedagogue, and composer. A pupil of
Aram Khachaturian, he composed seven symphonies, eight string quartets, concertos, and chamber music. He also wrote three
operas: Iona (1976), Praznicul Calicilor (1981), and Telegrame, Temă și Variațiuni (1983). He was awarded the
Herder Prize in 1986.[2]
Biography
Vieru was born in
Iași. He married in 1954 Nina Shutikova, with who he had one son and one daughter;[3] his son is the pianist, writer, and mathematician
Andrei Vieru [
ro]. He was a conductor at the
Bucharest National Theatre from 1947 to 1950, when he became editor of the
Muzica [
ro] magazine. He died in
Bucharest at age 72.[3]
List of works
Dramatic
Iona (opera, 1, after
Marin Sorescu and sketches by
M.C. Escher), 1972–75, concert performed in Bucharest, 31 October 1976
Praznicul calicilor [The Feast of the Beggars] (op, after
Mihail Sorbul), 1978–80, Berlin, 1991
Temă cu Variațiuni [Theme and Variations] (mini-opera, after Caragiale), 1983
Ultimele zile, ultimele ore [The Last Days, the Last Hours] (opera, 3, after
Alexander Pushkin: Mozart and Salieri and Bulgakov: The Last Days), 1990–95
Film scores
(Names of directors in parentheses):
Când primăvara e fierbinte [When Spring is Hot] (
Mircea Săucan [
ro]), 1960