Concerto

Concerto Vladimir COSMA was born April 13, 1940 in Bucharest in Romania, in a musical family. His father, Teodor COSMA is pianist and conductor, his mother songwriter, his uncle, Edgar COSMA composer and orchestra leader and one of his grandmothers, pianist, student of the famous Ferruccio Busoni. After the first prize for violin and composition at the National Conservatory in Bucharest, he arrived in Paris in 1963 and continued his studies at the Conservatoire National de Paris with Nadia Boulanger and. In addition to music called "classical", he developed a passion for early jazz, film music and all forms of popular music. From 1964 he toured extensively throughout the world as a concert violinist and devoted himself increasingly to composition. He wrote various works including: "Three movements were" for symphony orchestra, "SLANT" for cello and orchestra, music for theater and ballet ("Volpone" for the French Comedy, the Opera "FANTOMAS" etc.). In 1968, Yves Robert assigned his first film score for "Alexander the Blessed". Vladimir COSMA has since composed over two hundred scores for feature films and film series T. V. He is in numerous successful movies including in collaboration with Yves Robert, Francis Veber Gerard Oury, Claude Pinoteau, Jean-Jacques Beneix, Claude Zidi, Ettore Scola, Pascal Thomas, Pierre Richard, Yves Boisset, Andre Cayatte, Gerard Lauzier, J. P. Mocky, Philippe Muyl, Paul Carpita, Edouard Molinaro, J. M. Perry, and including:. The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Diva, The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, Bal, La Boum, the Ace of Aces, the Goat, The Runaways, The Zozos, Mouth Full Do not cry, Dupont Lajoie, An Elephant it wrong enormously, The Cower, Santa Claus is a trash, The Student, The Sorceress, The Glory of my father, my mothers Castle, The Dinner, Kitchen and outbuildings, The Jaguar, the best job in the world, the Palmes Mr Schutz, The Dinner Game, The Closet. Vladimir COSMA s is also shown in d major French and American television productions:Michael, The Adventures of David Balfour (Kidnapped), The Love Legacy (Mistrals Daughter), Chateauvallon, The Great Families, The Mysteries of Paris, The Infernal year (Nightmare Years), The Burned Hearts, Eye of Helena, Marseilles Trilogy (Marius, Caesar, Fanny). Film music allows him to discuss and deepen various musical trends: jazz (with works written for soloists like Chet Baker, Toots Thielemans, Don Byas, Stephane Grappelli, Jean Luc Ponty, Philip Catherine, Tony Coe , Pepper Adams), song (for Nana Mouskouri, Marie Laforet, Richard Sanderson, Diane Dufresne, Herbert Leonard, Mireille Mathieu, Nicole Croisille, Lara Fabian, Guy Marchand etc.), works of folk inspiration (for Gheorghe Zamfir, Stanciu Simion "Syrinx" pan-flute, Liam O Flynn-pipes, Roman guitar-and-classical forms (Berlin Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra, Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Iberian, Shorts for brass quintet. )He has just completed "Well! Dance Now "entertainment for narrator and symphony orchestra, after the Fables of Jean de la Fontaine, which he conducted the world premiere at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande as soloist with Lambert Wilson. Currently, he works in the composition of the Opera "Marius and Fanny," according to Marcel Pagnol whose creation is expected in September 2007 at the Opéra de Marseille.