Doina Rotaru facts for kids
Marilena Doinița Rotaru (also known as Doina) is a famous composer from Romania. She was born on September 14, 1951, in Bucharest. Doina Rotaru is well-known for creating music for orchestras and smaller groups of instruments. She has won many awards for her amazing music.
Her Life and Music Journey
Marilena Doinița Rotaru started her music studies in Bucharest. She went to the Bucharest Conservatory from 1970 to 1975. There, she learned from a great teacher named Tiberiu Olah. Later, in 1991, she continued her studies in Amsterdam with Theo Loevendie.
In 1991, Doina Rotaru also became a professor at the National University of Music. She has also been a guest teacher in places like Darmstadt, Germany and at the Gaudeamus Composers Workshop in Amsterdam. Her music has been played and ordered by groups all over the world, including in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. She is a member of the Romanian Composers Union.
Doina Rotaru has been a professor of harmony at the Bucharest Conservatory since 1990. Harmony is about how different musical notes sound good together. In 1986, she even wrote an article about the music techniques of famous composers like Johann Sebastian Bach and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
Her music can be found on different music labels, like Stradivarius. Her daughter, Diana Rotaru, is also a composer!
Awards and Recognitions
Doina Rotaru has received many important awards for her musical talent:
- She won seven prizes from the Romanian Composers Union (in 1981, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1997, and 2001).
- In 1986, she received a special prize from the Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- She won first prize in the GEDOK Competition in Mannheim in 1994 for her second symphony. A symphony is a long piece of music for an orchestra.
Her Musical Creations
Doina Rotaru writes many different kinds of music. She creates pieces for orchestras, chamber groups (small groups of instruments), choirs, and even music to help people learn.
Here are some of her well-known works:
- Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1984)
- Symphony I for a large orchestra (1985)
- Métabole II for clarinet and orchestra (2001)
- Sonata for cello (1978)
- String Quartet No. 1 (1981)
- Trias for mezzo-soprano (a type of singer), flute, and piano (1999)
- The Crossroads of the Poppies for piano (1980)
- Sonatina for piano (1981)
You can also find recordings of her music, such as:
- Symphony II performed by the Radio Bucharest Orchestra.
- Over time featuring Yoshikazu Iwamoto on shakuhachi (a Japanese flute) and Pierre-Yves Artaud on bass flute.
- Concerto, ‘Seven Levels to the Sky’ with Daniel Kientzy playing saxophones.
