Member Since: 2/7/2008
Band Website: isurvived.org/SerbanNichifor-music.html
Band Members: Serban NICHIFOR - Composer.- AMERICAN SYMPHONY NO 3: TARGU MURES SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (ROMANIA), SZALMAN LORANT - Conductor;- AMERICAN SYMPHONY NO 4: ROMANIAN NATIONAL RADIO ORCHESTRA, PAUL POPESCU - Conductor, ILIE VOICU - Solo Trumpet- AMERICAN DANCES: Computer Music
Influences: THE AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION -
ABOUT A MARVELLOUS DREAM:
In September 1982, I had the extraordinary privi
lege of participating in the International Visitor Pro
gram through the United States Information Agency.
Thus, I had the honour of getting to know directly the activi
ties of some famous American institutions: the US Library
Of Congress, the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing
Arts, the Institute of International Education in Washington
D.C., the New York Philharmonic, the University of Illinois
at Urbana –Champaign, the Stanford University Center for
Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, the California
Institute of the Arts, the University of New Mexico, the Uni
versity of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
This is how I got to meet with a number of great
personalities: Mircea Eliade - in connection with my opera
« Miss Christina », composed to his libretto, Alan Mandell,
William Malm, William Albright, Barry Schrader, Rodney
Oakes, Morton Subotnick, Joan La Barbara, Salvatore
Martirano,Chris Chafe, Brian Fennely, Ben Johnston, Scott
Wyatt, Karl Hinterbichler, Leslie Bassett, Herbert Brun,
Andrew Newell, Sever Tipei, Gheorghe Costinescu, Valen
tin Hirsu, Carl Stone, David Koblitz, Paul Hiemstra, Julie
Donat, John Hass, Ruth Sickafus, Bill Topolsky.
This 35-day visit influenced my life and has conti
nued to do so. I hold in my memory the wonderful narra
tive of this trip and, in 1986, I composed my two American
Symphonies, which were much appreciated by President
George Bush Sr. in his letter of October 1, 1992:
« Thank
you for the beautiful recordings of your Third and
Fourth Symphonies, which I recently received through
the U. S. Information Agency. I appreciate your ha-
ving dedicated them to the glory of America and I am
delighted to know that our cities have inspired you in
this uniquely creative way. The recordings have been
donated to the Library Of Congress so that they may
be preserved for the people of the United States.
Your throughtful gift will bring many hours of pleasure
to all who come to enjoy them ».
In fact, all my compositions written since then
reflect an important part of my American memorable expe
rience. For this reason, I like to think of my self as an Ame
rican composer.
Dr. Serban Nichifor, Composer
International Visitor Program Alumnus
http://bucharest.usembassy.gov/Embassy/Cultural_Events/Alumn
i_Newsletter/November2005.pdf
- NOTA BENE: “AMERICAN SYMPHONIES NO. 3 AND 4†SCORES PRESERVED IN THE “ROMANIAN MUSIC COLLECTION†/ GEISLER LIBRARY, CENTRAL COLLEGE PELLA, IOWA, USA; DIRECTOR PROF.DR. DAVID WILLIAMS
Sounds Like: - Symphony No 3, Part 1: New York City; Washington, DC;
- Symphony No 3, Part 2: Las Vegas; Grand Canyon;
- Symphony No 4, Part 1: San Francisco; Disneyland/Los Angeles;
- Symphony No 4, Part 2: New Mexico;
- Symphony No 4, Part 3: Fanfare/Michigan University; New York City....This was my American trip in September 1982, with a grant of the United States Information Agency (USIA), in the International Visitor Program.
I offer you also my "American Dances" (Computer Music).
DECLARATION:
I am very happy and honoured to have this musical connection with you, on this fantasic MySpace Music !
The dedication of my American Symphonies is: "TO THE GLORY OF THE UNITED STATES" .
In my Pics, you can find the letter from October 1, 1992 of His Excellency Mr. President GEORGE H.W. BUSH.
I have the Romanian Citizenship, but In my spirit, like composer, I am American.Faithfully Yours,
Serban Nichifor
Record Label: Major
Type of Label: Major