Șerban Nichifor was born on 25 August 1954 to Ermil Nichifor (1916–1997) and Livia Nichifor, née Balint (1922–2017) in Bucharest, Romania. Both his parents were physicians. His father was also a musician and conductor of the Orchestra of Physicians in Bucharest.[1][2]
Nichifor studied at the National University of Music Bucharest from 1973 to 1977 and took composition courses in 1978, 1980 and 1984 in Darmstadt, Germany. In 1994, he received a Ph.D. in Musicology from National University of Music and from 1990 to 1994, also studied at the Theology Faculty of the University of Bucharest.[3] In 2015, he was awarded a PhD summa cum laude in conducting , and wrote a thesis SHOAH – The Holocaust Reflected in My Musical Creation.[4]
He has composed many works dedicated to the victims of The Holocaust.[5][6][7] According to musicologist Octavian Cosma, Nichifor's eclectic style is based on neoromanticism but has included elements of jazz (in his Third and Fourth Symphonies) and the use of tape recordings as in his opera Domnişoara Cristina. In the 1990s, he "developed a simplified style employing themes reminiscent of Byzantine chant."[3]
Music of Șerban Nichifor is performed by leading musicians from all around the world. In February 2022, the Russian premiere of his work "Cries from Earth to Heaven" performed by Anastasia Vedyakova and Anastasia Bykova, took place.
Nichifor and his mother, Dr. Livia Nichifor, to whom he dedicated much of his musical outputNichifor and his wife Liana Alexandra. The couple performed together as Duo Intermedia.
Nichifor is a professor at National University of Music. He married the late Romanian musician and composer Liana Alexandra in 1978. They performed together as cellist and pianist in the Duo Intermedia from 1990 and were co-directors of the Nuova Musica Consonante – Living Music Foundation Festival.[8][9]
Homage to my Mother (dedicated to Dr. Livia Balint-Nichifor) (2017)[2]
Chamber, choral, and vocal music
"Postludium" per Organo (1975)
"Sorcova" per Coro Misto a capella (1995)
Quartetto per Archi I – "Anamorphose" (1976)
"Carols" per Trombone e Percussione (1978)
"Invocatio" per Flauto e Celesta (1979)
"Canto di Speranza" per Flauto, Violino, Viola, Cello e Pianoforte (1981)
"Onirophonie" per Fl., Vn.e Pf. (1982)
"Chanson d'Antan" per Vn.e Pf.(1983)
"Carnyx" per Clarinetto (1984)
"Tango for Yvar" per Pf.(1984)
Quartetto per Archi II – "Vallons de l'Oubli" (1984)
"Aprite le porte di questo castel" per Coro Maschile (1984)
"Morendo" per Cb. e Pianoforte (1985)
"6 Melodies Irlandaises d'Amerique" per 2 Ob.,C.i. e 2 Fg. (1985)
"Czarna Rosa" per Mezzo-Soprano e Pf. (1986)
"7 Canti Rumeni di Natale" per 4 Trombe, 4 Tromboni ed Organo (1986)
"Horn Call Rag" per Corno e Pf. (1986)
"Ave Maria" per Soprano ed Organo (1987)
"Isola di Euthanasios" – Sonata "sopra acqua e pietra" per Pianoforte (1988)
"Transgressio" per Fl.,Ob. e Fg. (1989)
"Battuta" per Percussione (1989)
"Il nome della rosa" for violoncello and piano 4 hands (1989)[21]
"Lacrimosa" per Tenore e Pf. (1989)
"Meditatio"per Organo (1990)
Missa "Actio Gratiarum Oecumenica" per Coro Misto a capella (1991)
"Natalis Domini" per Coro Misto a capella (1992)
"Isihia" per Cello (1992)
"Epiphania" per Cello e Pianoforte (1993)
"Rorate Caeli" per Soprano ed Orchestra da Camera (1994)
"Medium per Arpa" (1995)
"Medium per Flauto" (1995)
"3 Christmas German Chorals" for Organ (1997)
"Hommage a Debussy" per 2 Pf. – ossia Pf. e Nastro Magnetico (1998)
"La Nuit Obscure" per Orchestra da Camera (1998)
"Invocation a Themis" per Sax. Alto (2001)
"Isihia" for violoncello and tape (2002)
Tu es Sacerdos (To my Mother Dr. Livia Nichifor) (2017)[22]
Discographyedit
Șerban Nichifor, Liana Alexandra, Anton Șuteu, Anamorphose, Incantații II, Culori, – Cvartetul Gaudeamus, Formația Musica Nova, LP, Electrecord ST-ECE 01694
"Olympia Romanian Concert" – "Four Tablatures for Lute by Valentin Greff Bakfark" by Sigismund Toduță, "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra" by Paul Constantinescu, "American Symphony No.4 – From West to East" by Șerban Nichifor, Audio CD, Olympia, London, OCD 417
Video Music Cyberart – Liana Alexandra, Șerban Nichifor – 12 Variations, Infinite Song, Sticky Dances, Video DVD, Electrecord EDVD 001, Licență Nr. RO8AV20500382
Music from Romania and Belgium: Cesar Franck, Jacques Leduc, Raoul De Smet, Boudewijn Buckinx, Liana Alexandra, Șerban Nichifor – Duo Intermedia, Șerban Nichifor (cello) and Liana Alexandra (piano), Editura Muzicală, Poziție catalog 038, Licență U.C.M.R.-A.D.A. 5AF081508184
Luxembourg Sinfonietta – World Premiere Recordings, “La Nuit Obscure”, Audio CD, Editions LGNM, No. 401, BP 828, L-2018 Luxembourg[23]
^Smith, Sidney Bertram (2005). Classical Musicians Speak Out as a New Century Begins. Cambridgeshire: Melrose Press. p. 41. ISBN1905226020. OCLC 61294964.
^"Past Winners" 28 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Gaudeamus Muziekweek. Retrieved 28 November 2012 (in Dutch).
^Lists sourced from Biography of Serban_Nichifor on Vox Novus, New York. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
^Nichifor, Șerban (2001–2003). Symphony VII “Cello Memoirs”. IMSLP
^Nichifor, Șerban (2007). Cries from Earth to Heaven. IMSLP
^Nichifor, Șerban (2005–2007). Tribute to Joseph Smith. IMSLP
^Nichifor, Șerban (2010–2013). Shoah – music dedicated to the Holocaust martyrs. IMSLP
^Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music. Recordings. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
^Eddins, Stephen. Review: 60x60 2006–2007. AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
Further reading
Tartler, Grete (1984). Melopoetica. Editura Eminescu (in Romanian)
Tyrrell, John and Sadie, Stanley (eds.) (2001). "Nichifor, Şerban", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second Edition, Volume 17, pp. 865–866. Macmillan Publishers Limited ISBN1-56159-239-0
Centrul de Informare Muzicală din România – CIMRO. Şerban Nichifor
National University of Music Bucharest. Serban Nichifor
Romania-on-line, Who's Who. Serban Nichifor
January 01, 1970
Șerban, nichifor, born, august, 1954, romanian, composer, cellist, music, educator, belgian, ambassador, philippe, roland, presenting, with, order, crown, 2008, contents, biography, prizes, honors, principal, works, discography, references, external, linksbiog. Șerban Nichifor OCB born 25 August 1954 is a Romanian composer cellist and music educator Belgian Ambassador Philippe Roland presenting Șerban Nichifor with the Order of the Crown in 2008 Contents 1 Biography 2 Prizes and honors 3 Principal works 4 Discography 5 References 6 External linksBiography editȘerban Nichifor was born on 25 August 1954 to Ermil Nichifor 1916 1997 and Livia Nichifor nee Balint 1922 2017 in Bucharest Romania Both his parents were physicians His father was also a musician and conductor of the Orchestra of Physicians in Bucharest 1 2 Nichifor studied at the National University of Music Bucharest from 1973 to 1977 and took composition courses in 1978 1980 and 1984 in Darmstadt Germany In 1994 he received a Ph D in Musicology from National University of Music and from 1990 to 1994 also studied at the Theology Faculty of the University of Bucharest 3 In 2015 he was awarded a PhD summa cum laude in conducting and wrote a thesis SHOAH The Holocaust Reflected in My Musical Creation 4 He has composed many works dedicated to the victims of The Holocaust 5 6 7 According to musicologist Octavian Cosma Nichifor s eclectic style is based on neoromanticism but has included elements of jazz in his Third and Fourth Symphonies and the use of tape recordings as in his opera Domnisoara Cristina In the 1990s he developed a simplified style employing themes reminiscent of Byzantine chant 3 Music of Șerban Nichifor is performed by leading musicians from all around the world In February 2022 the Russian premiere of his work Cries from Earth to Heaven performed by Anastasia Vedyakova and Anastasia Bykova took place nbsp Nichifor and his mother Dr Livia Nichifor to whom he dedicated much of his musical output nbsp Nichifor and his wife Liana Alexandra The couple performed together as Duo Intermedia Nichifor is a professor at National University of Music He married the late Romanian musician and composer Liana Alexandra in 1978 They performed together as cellist and pianist in the Duo Intermedia from 1990 and were co directors of the Nuova Musica Consonante Living Music Foundation Festival 8 9 Prizes and honors editAmong Nichifor s prizes and honors are the 1977 Gaudeamus International Composers Award and the Belgian Order of the Crown conferred in 2008 10 Principal works editOpera symphonic vocal symphonic and visual music 11 Constellations for Orchestra 1977 Symphony I Shadows 1980 Cantata Sources 1977 Cantata Gloria Heroum Holocausti 1978 Opera Miss Christina libretto by Mircea ELIADE 1981 Symphony II Via Lucis 1985 Symphony III American Symphony I 1986 Symphony IV American Symphony II 1987 Symphony V Pro Patria 1987 Symphony VI Time Archways 1988 Cantata Remember 1988 Missa da Requiem 1990 Chamber Opera Talaria libretto by Etienne DE SADELEER 1994 Cantata Per Christum 1997 Concerto GRIEGoriano for Piano and Orchestra 1997 Chamber Opera Le Martyre de Saint Claude Debussy libretto after Claude Debussy and E A Poe 1999 Symphony VII Cello Memoirs 2001 2003 12 Cries from Earth to Heaven to the Holocaust martyrs 2007 13 Tribute to Joseph Smith The American Prophet visual music 2005 2007 14 Shoah music dedicated to the Holocaust martyrs 2010 2013 15 Pentagon visual music 2010 16 God Bless America visual music 2010 17 Symphony VIII Tom amp Huck 2011 2012 18 Symphony IX God Bless Romania 2016 19 Piano Concerto No 2 2016 20 Homage to my Mother dedicated to Dr Livia Balint Nichifor 2017 2 Chamber choral and vocal music Postludium per Organo 1975 Sorcova per Coro Misto a capella 1995 Quartetto per Archi I Anamorphose 1976 Carols per Trombone e Percussione 1978 Invocatio per Flauto e Celesta 1979 Canto di Speranza per Flauto Violino Viola Cello e Pianoforte 1981 Onirophonie per Fl Vn e Pf 1982 Chanson d Antan per Vn e Pf 1983 Carnyx per Clarinetto 1984 Tango for Yvar per Pf 1984 Quartetto per Archi II Vallons de l Oubli 1984 Aprite le porte di questo castel per Coro Maschile 1984 Morendo per Cb e Pianoforte 1985 6 Melodies Irlandaises d Amerique per 2 Ob C i e 2 Fg 1985 Czarna Rosa per Mezzo Soprano e Pf 1986 7 Canti Rumeni di Natale per 4 Trombe 4 Tromboni ed Organo 1986 Horn Call Rag per Corno e Pf 1986 Ave Maria per Soprano ed Organo 1987 Isola di Euthanasios Sonata sopra acqua e pietra per Pianoforte 1988 Transgressio per Fl Ob e Fg 1989 Battuta per Percussione 1989 Il nome della rosa for violoncello and piano 4 hands 1989 21 Lacrimosa per Tenore e Pf 1989 Meditatio per Organo 1990 Missa Actio Gratiarum Oecumenica per Coro Misto a capella 1991 Natalis Domini per Coro Misto a capella 1992 Isihia per Cello 1992 Epiphania per Cello e Pianoforte 1993 Rorate Caeli per Soprano ed Orchestra da Camera 1994 Medium per Arpa 1995 Medium per Flauto 1995 3 Christmas German Chorals for Organ 1997 Hommage a Debussy per 2 Pf ossia Pf e Nastro Magnetico 1998 La Nuit Obscure per Orchestra da Camera 1998 Invocation a Themis per Sax Alto 2001 Isihia for violoncello and tape 2002 Tu es Sacerdos To my Mother Dr Livia Nichifor 2017 22 Discography editȘerban Nichifor Liana Alexandra Anton Șuteu Anamorphose Incantații II Culori Cvartetul Gaudeamus Formația Musica Nova LP Electrecord ST ECE 01694 Olympia Romanian Concert Four Tablatures for Lute by Valentin Greff Bakfark by Sigismund Toduță Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Paul Constantinescu American Symphony No 4 From West to East by Șerban Nichifor Audio CD Olympia London OCD 417 Video Music Cyberart Liana Alexandra Șerban Nichifor 12 Variations Infinite Song Sticky Dances Video DVD Electrecord EDVD 001 Licență Nr RO8AV20500382 Music from Romania and Belgium Cesar Franck Jacques Leduc Raoul De Smet Boudewijn Buckinx Liana Alexandra Șerban Nichifor Duo Intermedia Șerban Nichifor cello and Liana Alexandra piano Editura Muzicală Poziție catalog 038 Licență U C M R A D A 5AF081508184 Luxembourg Sinfonietta World Premiere Recordings La Nuit Obscure Audio CD Editions LGNM No 401 BP 828 L 2018 Luxembourg 23 60x60 2004 2005 Vox Novus VN 001 60x60 2006 2007 Vox Novus VN 002 24 References edit Călinescu Georgeta 19 May 2017 O viață dăruită pediatriei Viata Medicala Retrieved 30 June 2017 in Romanian a b Nichifor Șerban 2017 Homage to my Mother IMSLP a b Cosma Octavian Nichifor Serban Grove Music Online Retrieved 23 April 2013 subscription required National University of Music Bucharest Teze de abilitare Retrieved 3 July 2017 in Romanian Holocaust Survivors and Remembrance Project Serban Nichifor Retrieved 23 April 2013 Shoah Music by Serban Nichifor Retrieved 23 April 2013 Realitatea Evreiasca 28 February 2009 Ofrandă muzicală p 11 Retrieved 23 April 2013 in Romanian Slonimsky Nicolas and Kuhn Laura 2005 Alexandra Liana Baker s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians via Highbeam Research 23 April 2013 Smith Sidney Bertram 2005 Classical Musicians Speak Out as a New Century Begins Cambridgeshire Melrose Press p 41 ISBN 1905226020 OCLC 61294964 Past Winners Archived 28 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Gaudeamus Muziekweek Retrieved 28 November 2012 in Dutch Lists sourced from Biography of Serban Nichifor on Vox Novus New York Retrieved 23 April 2013 Nichifor Șerban 2001 2003 Symphony VII Cello Memoirs IMSLP Nichifor Șerban 2007 Cries from Earth to Heaven IMSLP Nichifor Șerban 2005 2007 Tribute to Joseph Smith IMSLP Nichifor Șerban 2010 2013 Shoah music dedicated to the Holocaust martyrs IMSLP Nichifor Șerban 2010 Pentagon visual music IMSLP Nichifor Șerban 2010 God Bless America visual music IMSLP Nichifor Șerban 2011 2012 Symphony VIII Tom amp Huck IMSLP Nichifor Șerban 2016 Symphony IX God Bless Romania IMSLP Nichifor Șerban 2016 Piano Concerto No 2 IMSLP Error Nichifor Șerban 2017 Tu es Sacerdos IMSLP Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music Recordings Retrieved 23 April 2013 Eddins Stephen Review 60x60 2006 2007 AllMusic Retrieved 23 April 2013 Further reading Tartler Grete 1984 Melopoetica Editura Eminescu in Romanian Tyrrell John and Sadie Stanley eds 2001 Nichifor Serban The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Second Edition Volume 17 pp 865 866 Macmillan Publishers Limited ISBN 1 56159 239 0External links editFree scores by Serban Nichifor at the International Music Score Library Project IMSLP Centrul de Informare Muzicală din Romania CIMRO Serban Nichifor National University of Music Bucharest Serban Nichifor Romania on line Who s Who Serban Nichifor Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Șerban Nichifor amp oldid 1221008366, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
