COSMIC METAL: IANCU DUMITRESCU + HYPERION ENSEMBLE (UK)

HYPERION ENSEMBLE (UK) performing a program of hyper-spectral works by Iancu Dumitrescu with works by Ana-Maria Avram and Tim Hodgkinson.

HYPERION ENSEMBLE (UK) are:

Angharad Davies & Mayah Kadish: violins

Gwen Reed & Otto Wilberg: double basses

Mark Sanders & Chris Cutler: percussions

Ed Lucas & Alex Paxton: trombones

Yoni Silver & Tim Hodgkinson: bass clarinets

Iancu Dumitrescu: conducting, piano

Lucy Railton: cello

Iancu Dumitrescu (born 15 July 1944, Sibiu, Romania) is a Romanian composer, conductor, and musicologist. Between the ages of 7 and 22 he pursued conventional musical studies leading to an M.A. in composition at the National Conservatoire in Bucharest and after that period he became interested in electroacoustic music. In 1976, Dumitrescu founded Hyperion Ensemble. In 1990, with his wife Ana-Maria Avram, he formed the record label Edition Modern.

LINKS

https://www.discogs.com/artist/291894-Iancu-Dumitrescu

http://www.furious.com/perfect/iancu.html (interview)

https://soundmorphology.blogspot.com/2014/10/iancu-dumitrescu-compositeur-de-tissus.html

https://www.last.fm/music/Iancu+Dumitrescu

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