Horaţiu Rădulescu
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Horațiu Rădulescu (7 January 1942 – 25 September 2008) was a Romanian-French composer, best known for the spectral technique of composition.
Rădulescu was born in Bucharest on January 7 1942. He is best known for the spectral technique of composition which he has developed since the late 1960s. He studied the violin privately with Nina Alexandrescu, a pupil of Enescu, and later studied composition at the Bucharest Academy of Music (MA 1969), where his teachers included Niculescu, Olah and Stroe, some of the leading figures of the newly emerging avant garde. Upon graduation Rădulescu left Romania for the west, and settled in Paris.
One of the first works to be completed there (though the concept had come to him in Romania) was Credo for nine cellos, the first work to employ his spectral techniques. This technique "comprises variable distribution of the spectral energy, synthesis of the global sound sources, micro- and macro-form as sound-process, four simultaneous layers of perception and of speed, and spectral scordaturae, i.e. rows of unequal intervals corresponding to harmonic scales." In the early 1970s he attended classes given by Cage, Ligeti, Stockhausen and Xenakis at the Darmstadt summer courses, and by Ferrari and Kagel in Cologne; later, from 1979 to 1981, he studied computer-assisted composition and psycho-acoustics at IRCAM.
Rădulescu's spectral techniques, as they evolved through the 1970s and beyond, are quite distinct from those of his French contemporaries Gérard Grisey and Tristan Murail. He has a large catalogue of works (now spanning more than 100 compositions), including six string quartets, five piano sonatas, a piano concerto, and many works for unconventional ensembles.
In 1974, Rădulescu became a citizen of France, having lived in Paris since 1969. He died in Paris on September 25, 2008.
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Horațiu Rădulescu (7 January 1942 – 25 September 2008) was a Romanian-French composer, best known for the spectral technique of composition.
Rădulescu was born in Bucharest on January 7 1942. He is best known for the spectral technique of composition which he has developed since the late 1960s. He studied the violin privately with Nina Alexandrescu, a pupil of Enescu, and later studied composition at the Bucharest Academy of Music (MA 1969), where his teachers included Niculescu, Olah and Stroe, some of the leading figures of the newly emerging avant garde. Upon graduation Rădulescu left Romania for the west, and settled in Paris.
One of the first works to be completed there (though the concept had come to him in Romania) was Credo for nine cellos, the first work to employ his spectral techniques. This technique "comprises variable distribution of the spectral energy, synthesis of the global sound sources, micro- and macro-form as sound-process, four simultaneous layers of perception and of speed, and spectral scordaturae, i.e. rows of unequal intervals corresponding to harmonic scales." In the early 1970s he attended classes given by Cage, Ligeti, Stockhausen and Xenakis at the Darmstadt summer courses, and by Ferrari and Kagel in Cologne; later, from 1979 to 1981, he studied computer-assisted composition and psycho-acoustics at IRCAM.
Rădulescu's spectral techniques, as they evolved through the 1970s and beyond, are quite distinct from those of his French contemporaries Gérard Grisey and Tristan Murail. He has a large catalogue of works (now spanning more than 100 compositions), including six string quartets, five piano sonatas, a piano concerto, and many works for unconventional ensembles.
In 1974, Rădulescu became a citizen of France, having lived in Paris since 1969. He died in Paris on September 25, 2008.
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06Being and Non-being Create Each Other, Op. 82 "Piano Sonata No. 2": I. ImmanenceHoraţiu RădulescuHoraţiu Rădulescu
07Being and Non-being Create Each Other, Op. 82 "Piano Sonata No. 2": II. Byzantine BellsHoraţiu RădulescuHoraţiu Rădulescu
08Being and Non-being Create Each Other, Op. 82 "Piano Sonata No. 2": III. JoyHoraţiu RădulescuHoraţiu Rădulescu
11Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 106 "Settle Your Dust, This Is the Primal Identity": II. Darkness Within DarknessHoraţiu RădulescuHoraţiu Rădulescu
13Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 106 "Settle Your Dust, This Is the Primal Identity": III. Use Your Own LightHoraţiu RădulescuHoraţiu Rădulescu
15Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 106 "Settle Your Dust, This Is the Primal Identity": I. The Path into the Light Seems DarkHoraţiu RădulescuHoraţiu Rădulescu
17Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 82 "being and non-being create each other": I. ImmanenceHoraţiu RădulescuHoraţiu Rădulescu
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