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a guide to Iancu Dumitrescu and Ana-Maria Avram

Although two of the most compelling and exciting living composers (at least in my opinion), the work of Romanian composers Iancu Dumitrescu and Ana-Maria Avram remain largely unknown and underappreciated. I have thus made this web site to provide what little info I know and promote their amazing music. Please email me with any updates, corrections, or additions.

Josh Ronsen / joshronsen (at) yahoo.com
last update on 20 October 2009


Avram and Dumitrescu have their own website, which details their activities as composers, as members of the Hyperion Esemble and publishers of Edition Modern.

News!

(forthcoming)

Interviews

Discography

Dumitrescu's WorksAvram's Worksother's workslabel catalog#
Apogeum, Reliefs, Bas Reliefs, Alternances I-II  Electrocord LP SST-CS 0191
Medium II, Cogito works by Nemescu, Cazaban and SurianuElectrecord 2LP 10981/82
Medium II, Cogito  Editions RZ LP 1001
Multiple I-III  CBS/Escargot LP ESC 325
Aulodie Mioritica (Gamma), Ursa Mare (Grande Ourse)  Electrecord LP 02720
Aulodie Mioritica (Gamma), Ursa Mare (Grande Ourse)  Editions RZ LP 2001
Movemur et Sumus II + V (for 'cello, doublebass & percussion)  works by Nemescu, Niculescu and CezarElectrecord LP 01754
Harryphonie (Alea) works by Popovici and DecoustElectrecord LP ?????
Nimbus, Zenith  Generations Unlimited LP gulp 1005
Monades (Alpha) & (Beta) works by PrescotGenerations Unlimited LP gulp 1006
Medium III, Cogito/Trompe l'Oeil, Aulodie Mioritica, Perspectives au Movemur, Apogeum  Edition Modern CD 1001
Au dela de Movemur, Monades Ekagrata, Signum Gemini, Zodiaque III  Edition Modern CD 1002
Pierres Sacrées, Harryphonies (alpha), Grande Ourse, Harryphonies (epsilon)   Edition Modern CD 1003
Astrée Lointaine, HolzwegeArchaeAstalos's SymetriesEdition Modern CD 1004
Galaxy, Movemur et Sumus III, Reliefs II, Memorial Alternances, Basoreliefs Symphoniques   Edition Modern CD 1005
A Priori, 5 Implosions, MythosDe Sacrae Lamentationem, Icarus  Edition Modern CD 1006
Mnemosyne, Impulse, Clusterum IQuatre Etudes d'Ombre, Asonant III, Metaboles  Edition Modern CD 1007
Holzwge Kronos, Fluxus, Sirius Kronos Quartet Ikarus II, On the Abolition of the Soul  Edition Modern CD 1008
Ouranos II, Gnosis, Orion I and IISwarms III, Labyrinth I  Edition Modern CD 1009
Meteors & Pulsars, Profondis, OrigoChaosmos, Axe  Edition Modern CD 1010
Meteors & Pulsars IINouvel Axeworks by Cutler and HodgkinsonEdition Modern CD 1011
Etioles Brisees I & IIAnamorphosis, Seconde Axe  Edition Modern CD 1012
Pulses and Universe Reborn, New ZenithNew Archae, Axe  Edition Modern CD 1013
Eon I - Dans un Desordre Absolu, Temps Condenses, Eon IIOrbit of Eternal Grace, Ascent  Edition Modern CD 1014
Oiseaux Celestes, ColossusNew Arcana, Ec-Static Crickets II, "Horridas Nostrae Mentis Purga Tenebras"   Edition Modern CD 1015
Soleil Explosant I, New Meteors I, Multiples I (from Escargot LP), Oiseaux Celestes II Traces Sillons Sillages, Doryphones I   Edition Modern CD 1016
Object Sonore Mysterieux I-II, Diachronies III (Op.1b) Telesma II, Apokatastasis   Edition Modern CD 1017
Remote Pulsar I, Movemur III, Numerologie Sect*te Incantatio, Quinconce   Edition Modern CD 1018
Implosive Eternity (computer assisted music), Abysses Latents (voice, tenor saxophone & percussion), Bolids & Contemplations III (computer assisted music) La Légende D'Icaire (bass clarinet, ensemble & computer assisted sounds), Penumbra II (saxophone solo)   Edition Modern CD 1019
Remote Pulsar II, Clusterum, Numerologie Sect*te Galaxy-Reflection, Quatre Etudes D'Ombre, Lux Animae   Edition Modern CD 1020
Fluxus 3 (live excerpt)  works by othersResonance 6.1 CD
Ouranos I (live excerpt) works by othersBananafish 12 CD
 ?works by othersRadio France??? CD
 Axe 2works by othersMusicworks 71 CD
 Ec-static Cricketsworks by othersMusicworks 76 CD
 Etude (I)works by othersBananafish 15 CD

These records can be ordered through Sonic Tiger or Forced Exposure in the USA. In Europe, ReR (who have co-released 6 of the Editions Modern CD's) and V2_Archief have these recordings. In Canada, Verge.

Contact

Iancu Dumitrescu / Ana-Maria Avram
16 Dr Draghiescu, Sect 5
76224 Bucharest
ROMANIA
idamahyp (at) spacenet.ro