Euphonium concerto vladimir cosma biography

Romanian musician (born 1940)

Musical artist

Vladimir Cosma (born 13 April 1940) is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist, who has made his career in France and the United States.

Euphonium Concerto, Cosma - YouTube

He was born into a family of Jewish 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 Ferruccio Busoni.

Career

After receiving first prizes for violin and composition at the Bucharest Conservatory, 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.

Vladimir Cosma Euphonium Concerto - Movement 2: Andantino

He wrote various compositions including: Tr Vladimir COSMA, his biography. The works of Vladimir COSMA ... PIZ