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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,

Fylkingen Records (Sweden), 7 Dreams Records (Romania) as well as Edition LGNM (Luxembourg).

Prizes: 

• Carin Malmlöf-Forssling Composition Prize of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music, 2009

• 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 Banatul Philharmonic Orchestra (Timisoara)

• Brasov Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

• the Luxembourg Sinfonietta

• l'Orchestre de Flûtes Français (Paris)

• Musica Vitae (Växjö)

• Trio Contraste (Romania)

• Archaeus ensemble (Bucharest)

• Trio Vitreux  (Dramstadt)

• Süddeutsche Saxofon-Kammerorchester (Darmstadt)

• KammarensembleN (Stockholm)

• Stockholm Saxophone Quartet

• Zagreb Saxophone Quartet

• Sonanza Ensemblen (Stockholm)

• The Pearls before swine experience (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)

• Nicolas Simion Jazz Group

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.

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