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 Adrian
Borza has been recognized as a versatile musician, dedicated
to writing instrumental and electroacoustic music, to music
software development, to audio post-production, and to music
teaching. His recent compositions and interests have been focused
on the interaction between live performers and computer.
While in Romania, he studied violin and piano at the
“Sigismund Toduţă” College in Cluj-Napoca. Later on he
pursued advanced studies in Music Composition at the
“George Enescu” University of Arts in Iaşi between 1987 and
1990, and with Cornel Ţăranu at the “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy
in Cluj-Napoca between 1990 and 1992. He has also completed
Music Analysis and Composition courses with Pascal Bentoiu in
1988, Aurel Stroe in 1994, and Lucian Meţianu in 1995.
In 1992 he joined the professorial staff of the “Gheorghe Dima”
Music Academy where he has been teaching Musical Forms and Analysis
between 1992 and 2004, Harmony and Choral writing between 1993
and 1995. In 1995, he initiated the introduction of Electronic
Music course into the Theoretical Faculty’s curriculum, which
he taught until 2001. He was awarded a PhD in Music at the “Gheorghe
Dima” Music Academy in 2004. Currently, he is an associated
member of the ISCM, GEMA, UCMR and UCMR-ADA.
During this time, he founded and directed the CMP/Computer Music
Production recording studio between 2000 and 2004, devoted to
producing avant-garde music. While living in Canada, he continued
to work as Audio counselor at the Faculty of Music of the University
of Montreal in 2005.
His music has been performed in concerts and broadcasted across
Switzerland, Greece, the United States, Italy, Hungary, Germany,
Netherlands, Canada, Austria, France, the United Kingdom, Poland,
Czech Republic, Slovenia, Belgium, and in festivals of new music
in Romania, Sweden, Latvia, Ukraine, Japan, Chile, Spain, Colombia,
Mexico, Serbia, and Portugal. He has received commissions from soloists,
ensembles and institutions, such as Stockholm Saxophone Quartet,
Magnus Andresson, Swedish Concert Institute, Lucian Blaga National
Theatre, Transylvania Baroque Ensemble, Cluj Television Studio,
Jörgen Pettersson, and Daniel Kientzy.
His music has been published by Lucian Badian Editions Ottawa
Canada, recorded on CDs by Hungaroton Classic Hungary, Amori
Switzerland, CMP Romania, Nova Musica France, and on DVD by
SAR Transilvania Romania. His books were published by Lucian
Badian Editions Ottawa Canada and Editura Muzicala Romania.
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