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– Thu 10 Jul: A Musical and Visual Tour of Scotland Macphail Theatre, Ullapool, Scotland
– Thu 10 Jul: GUBAIDULINA'S PERCEPTION - IN PARIS,COMPOSER Present Salle Cortot, Paris, France
– Wed 16 Jul: Pops in Outer Space Columbus Park,Stamford, CT
– Thu 17 Jul: Five Centuries of Great Duets East Meadow, NY, USA
– Sun 20 Jul: Workshop for Contemporary Music Termoli (CB) - Italy

– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008

Birthdays:
– Zoran Bozanic
– David Diamond
– Ingolf Dahl
– Elisabeth Lutyens
– Robert Oboussier
Dying days:
– Randall Thompson
– Oscar van Hemel
– Alexander Gedike
– Giovanni Battista Bononcini
– Johann Rudolf Ahle
Events:
– (1989) Edison Denisov: Premiere of the clarinet concerto, in Lübeck, Germany.
– (1978) Aribert Reimann: Premiere of Lear, in Munich, Germany.
– (1962) Mauricio Kagel: Premiere of Heterophonie, in Darmstadt, Germany.
– (1957) Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Premiere of Simplicius Simplicissimus (new version), in Mannheim, Germany.

– Gabriel Erkoreka (17 Jun)
– Miguel Álvarez Fernández (17 Jun)
– Edward Gonçalves Pinto (17 Jun)
– George Frederic Pinto (17 Jun)
– André Miranda (17 Jun)
– Artur Santos (17 Jun)
– Martin Wesley-Smith (17 Jun)
– Arturo Márquez (17 Jun)
– Giorgos Kyriakakis (17 Jun)
– Thomas Brendan Wilson (17 Jun)

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Born: 4 May 1921 — Bucharest — Romania

Died:

Has composed symphonic music (Simfonieta, 1950; Rhapsody for Orchestra, 1954; Divertimento for String Orchestra, 1959), concertos (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 1952; Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, 1960), film music, chamber music (Nocturne and Scherzo for Piano, 1946; Divertimento for Percussion, Clarinet and Piano, 1958), vocal music.

Studied at the Bucharest Conservatory (1940-1947) with Mihail Jora, Ioan D. Chirescu, George Breazul, Constantin Brailoiu, Vasile Popovici, Ion Ghiga. In parallel, obtained his bachelor’s degree from the Bucharest Commercial Academy (1945).

Assistant, lecturer and associate professor at the Bucharest Conservatory between 1951-1964 (teaching orchestra, orchestration, score reading and orchestral conducting). Conductor and director of the Ensemble of the People’s Council in Bucharest (1953-1954). Permanent conductor (1954-1986) and director (1964-1969) of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest.

Has presented radio and television programs. Has been on extensive tours as conductor of Romanian and foreign orchestras (over 75 tours in Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, France, Luxemburg, England, Ireland, Argentina, Japan, etc. etc.). Jury member for national and international competitions (George Enescu - Bucharest, Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud - Paris, Carl Flesch - London). Has published articles, studies and reviews.

He has been awarded the Order of the Workers, class III (1947) and class II (1960), the titles of Artist Emeritus (1962) and Maestro Emeritus of the Arts (1964), and the Order of Cultural Merit, class II (1966) and class I (1968).

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