Biographical data
		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. more 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. hide 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, Portugal and Australia.  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, Editura Muzicala Romania, and Babeş-Bolyai Studia Universitatis Press.
		Latest update: December 4, 2009

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