Șerban Nichifor

Şerban Nichifor and his wife Liana Alexandra. The couple performed together as Duo Intermedia.

Şerban Nichifor OCB (born 25 August 1954) is a Romanian composer, cellist and music educator.

Biography

Nichifor was born in Bucharest, Romania. He studied at the National University of Music Bucharest from 1973 to 1977 and took composition courses in 1978, 1980 and 1984 in Darmstadt, Germany. In 1994, he received a Ph.D. in Musicology from National University of Music and from 1990 to 1994, also studied at the Theology Faculty of the University of Bucharest.[1]

He has composed many works dedicated to the victims of The Holocaust.[2][3][4] According to musicologist Octavian Cosma, Nichifor's eclectic style is based on neoromanticism but has included elements of jazz (in his Third and Fourth Symphonies) and the use of tape recordings as in his opera Domnişoara Cristina. In the 1990s, he "developed a simplified style employing themes reminiscent of Byzantine chant."[1]

Belgian Ambassador Philippe Roland presenting Serban Nichifor with the Order of the Crown in 2008

Nichifor is a professor at National University of Music. He married the late Romanian musician and composer Liana Alexandra in 1978. They performed together as cellist and pianist in the Duo Intermedia from 1990 and were co-directors of the Nuova Musica Consonante - Living Music Foundation Festival.[5][6]

Prizes and honors

Among Nichifor's prizes and honors are the 1977 Gaudeamus International Composers Award and the Belgian Order of the Crown (conferred in 2008).[7]

Principal works

Opera, symphonic, and vocal-symphonic music[8]

Chamber, choral, and vocal music

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 Cosma, Octavian. "Nichifor, Şerban".Grove Music Online. Retrieved 23 April 2013 (subscription required).
  2. ↑ Holocaust Survivors and Remembrance Project. Serban Nichifor. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Shoah Music by Serban Nichifor. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Realitatea Evreiasca (28 February 2009). "Ofrandă muzicală", p. 11. Retrieved 23 April 2013 (Romanian).
  5. ↑ Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura (2005). "Alexandra, Liana". Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Retrieved online via Highbeam Research 23 April 2013 (subscription required).
  6. ↑ Smith, Sidney Bertram (2005). Classical Musicians Speak Out as a New Century Begins. Cambridgeshire: Melrose Press. p. 41. ISBN 1905226020. OCLC 61294964.
  7. ↑ "Past Winners". Gaudeamus Muziekweek. Retrieved 28 November 2012 (Dutch).
  8. ↑ Lists sourced from Biography of Serban_Nichifor on Vox Novus, New York. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  9. ↑ Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music. Recordings. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  10. ↑ Eddins, Stephen. Review: 60x60 2006–2007. AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

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