|
CRISTIAN MARINA was born in 1965 in Cluj, Romania, where he received his basic
musical training, as a cello player at the School of Music and in
composition at the "Gh. Dima" Music Academy, with Cornel
Taranu.
Since 1987 he has
been living in Sweden, where he completed his studies in composition at the
Royal Music College in Gothenburg and Stockholm, with Magnus Lindberg and
Sven-David Sandström a.o.
He attended the
"Academie d'été" - IRCAM, Paris 1995, with Luca Francesconi
and the "Accademia Chigiana", Siena 1996, with Franco
Donatoni.
He also studied
with Miklos Marós and he attended courses with Brian Ferneyhough, Philippe
Manoury a.o.
His music, which
covers almost all genres, has been performed at concerts and festivals, as
well as broadcast in most European countries, Japan and Hong Kong.
His works were
performed at the ISCM-World Music Days: in Hong Kong, China, 2002 and 2007, Slovenia
2003 and Croatia, 2005.
His scores have
been published by Edition Suecia and his works have been recorded on CD by
Phono Suecia and Fylkingen Records (Sweden)
as well as Edition LGNM (Luxembourg).
Prizes:
- 1st prize at the
APERTO International Composition Competition, Bucharest 2006, for
Intorno
- 3rd prize at the
International Composition Prize, Luxembourg 2003, for Density-Intensity
His works have
been performed by a.o.
- the George Enescu
Philharmonic Orchestra (Bucharest)
- the Transylvania
Philharmonic Orchestra (Cluj)
- the Luxembourg Sinfonietta
- l'Orchestre de
Flûtes Français (Paris)
- Musica Vitae
(Växjö)
- Archaeus ensemble
(Bucharest)
- Trio
Vitreux (Dramstadt)
- Süddeutsche
Saxofon-Kammerorchester (Darmstadt)
- KammarensembleN
(Stockholm)
- Stockholm
Saxophone Quartet
- Zagreb Saxophone
Quartet
- Sonanza Ensemblen
(Stockholm)
- The Gothenburg
Combo
- Gothenburg
Chamber Soloists
- Ars Nova (Cluj)
- Ensemble of the
Conservatory of Amsterdam
- Ensemble 4 Saxess
(Vienna)
- Duo Jörgen
Pettersson-Ivo Nilsson (Stockholm)
- Trio
Tribukait-Pettersson-Berg (Sweden)
- Pro Musica Nova
(Cluj)
- Cluj Percussion
Ensemble
- The Harmonies of
the World (Odessa)
- GAME Percussion
ensemble (Bucharest)
- Trio Aperto
(Bucharest)
Cristian Marina
is a member of the Swedish Composers' Society (FST), the Swedish section of
the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) (chairman
2001-2004) and the Swedish contemporary music societies Samtida Musik
and Fylkingen.
|