Vladimir Cosma
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Born:
Apr 13, 1940

Age: 86 Alive

From:
Bucharest, Romania

Department:
Sound

Total Credits: 193

Avg Rating: 6.8

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Vladimir Cosma

Also known as: Miroslav Cadim, Wladimir Coma, Wladimir Cosma, Richard Eldwyn, C. Pïmper

Biography

Vladimir Cosma (born 13 April 1940) is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist.

He was born into a family of musicians. His father, Teodor Cosma, was a pianist and conductor, his mother a writer-composer, his uncle, Edgar Cosma, composer and conductor, and one of his grandmothers, pianist, a student of the renowned Ferruccio Busoni.

After receiving first prizes for violin and composition at the Bucharest Conservatoire of Music, he arrived in Paris in 1963 and continued his studies at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris, working with Nadia Boulanger. As well as for classical music, he discovered early on a passion for jazz, film music and all forms of popular music.

From 1964 he made a number of international tours as a concert violinist and began to devote himself more and more to composing. He wrote various compositions including: Trois mouvements d'été for symphony orchestra, Oblique for violoncello and string orchestra, music for theatre and ballet (V...

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