Anatol Vieru

Anatol Vieru (; 8 June 1926 – 8 October 1998) was a Romanian music theoretician, pedagogue, and composer. A pupil of Aram Khachaturian, he composed seven symphonies, eight string quartets, concertos, and chamber music. He also wrote three operas: Iona (1976), Praznicul Calicilor (1981), and Telegrame, Temă și Variațiuni (1983). He was awarded the Herder Prize in 1986. Biography Vieru was born in Iași. In 1954 he married Nina Shutikova, with whom he had one son and one daughter; his son is the pianist, writer and mathematician . He was a conductor at the Bucharest National Theatre from 1947 to 1950, when he became editor of magazine. Vieru died in Bucharest at age 72. List of works Dramatic *Iona (opera, 1, after Marin Sorescu and sketches by M.C. Escher), 1972–75, concert performed in Bucharest, 31 October 1976 *Praznicul calicilor The Feast of the Beggars (op, after Mihail Sorbul), 1978–80, Berlin, 1991 *Telegrame (mini-opera, after Ion Luca Caragiale), 1983 *Temă cu Variațiuni Theme and Variations (mini-opera, after Caragiale), 1983 *Ultimele zile, ultimele ore The Last Days, the Last Hours (opera, 3, after Alexander Pushkin: Mozart and Salieri and Mikhail Bulgakov: The Last Days