Adrian Pop, „Invenzioni”, for flute, viola, cello and percussions. „Ars Nova” Ensemble (Cluj)
Professor at the School of Art in Cluj, Adrian Pop was secretary of music, director and artistic consultant of the Transylvania Cluj-Napoca Philharmonic, contributor and lecturer of the “Gheorghe Dima” Academy of Music Cluj-Napoca. He has published articles and reviews in “Muzica” magazine, “Steaua” (Cluj), “Tribuna” (Cluj), UTUNK (Cluj), etc. Adrian Pop is a founding member of the “Gheorghe Dima” foundation (1990), the “Sigismund Toduta” foundation (1991) and the “Mozart” Romanian Society (1991) Cluj-Napoca. His compositions were awarded the Romanian Composers Union prize (1978, 1980, 1989), Romanian Academy Award, awards from international competitions Tours, Arezzo, Trento, Roodeport / South Africa, Spital an der Drau / Austria.
Adrian Pop began his music studies early, with his father, composer and conductor Dorin Pop, continuing them at Cluj Conservatory with Sigismund Toduta and Cornel Taranu (composition). He attended courses with Stefan Niculescu and Aurel Stroe, Dieter Salbert (Bayreuth, live-electronic music, 1974, 1975), Ton de Leeuw (Burgas, composition workshop, 1979; Amsterdam, 1984, 1988), Joji Yuasa (Amsterdam, composition workshop, 1988). PhD in musicology at the University of Music in Cluj (2001), with the thesis on the Romanian requiem.
