26–27 January 2020
Iancu Dumitrescu, the enfant terrible of Spectral Music, returns to Cafe OTO for two evenings of primordial sounds and spectral explosions. The first evening will be dedicated to ensemble work and will be performed by the latest incarnation of the Hyperion Ensemble, consisting of some of the UK’s finest improvising musicians and conducted by Dumitrescu. The second evening, Charismatic Numbers, will be dedicated to small groups and will include a rare cello solo set played by Dumitrescu himself.
Participating musicians: Angharad Davies, Mayah Kadish, Hannah Marshall, Gwen Reed, Otto Willberg, Mark Sanders, Chris Cutler, Sarah Gail Brand, Alex Paxton, Yoni Silver, Tim Hodgkinson, and John Edwards.
This residency is part of the UM-SCENE project, which has received grants from the European Union’s “Creative Europe” programme.
Iancu Dumitrescu (b. 1944) graduated from composition at the University of Music in Bucharest in 1968 and studied phenomenology and conducting with Sergiu Celibidache, 1978. Founder and conductor of the Hyperion Ensemble, his music is also performed by other soloists and ensembles. He has given lectures, masterclasses, workshops, and founded of the first Electronic Music Studio in Bucharest in 1967, as well as a published music criticism widely in Romania before 1989.
His music is published by Editions Salabert (Paris), Gerig Musikverlage (Cologne), ReR Megacorp (London), Edition RZ (Berlin), l'Escargot - CBS Disques (Paris), ARTGallery (Paris), Generation Unlimited (New-York & Boston), Electrecord and Editura Muzicală (Bucharest), Mego (Austria).
Opera omnia is published on 32 CDs and 2 DVDs by EDITION MODERN (London-Paris)
