Tiberiu Olah

Tiberiu Olah (2 January 1928 – 2 October 2002) was a Romanian composer, teacher, and musicologist of Hungarian ethnicity. Biography Olah was born in Arpășel village, Batăr commune, Bihor County, the son of Ioan Olah, a notary, and Maria Olah, née Molnar. After going to elementary school is his native commune, he attended from 1938 to 1940 the King Carol II High School in nearby Salonta, and then went to Oradea, completing his secondary education in 1946 at the Emanuil Gojdu High School. He then moved to Cluj, where he began his musical studies at the Cluj Conservatory. From 1949 to 1954, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1958 he took a position as a lecturer and later as a professor at the Bucharest Conservatory. with support from a DAAD grant. Works Olah composed orchestral and chamber music works in which he was initially inspired by Béla Bartók, George Enescu, and Igor Stravinsky and later by the Second Viennese School, including a five-part cycle dedicated to the sculptor Constantin Brâncuși, as well as cantatas, an oratorio, choral works, and film music. He was known for popularizing the oratorio. Selected compositions include: *Cantata for women’s choir, two flutes, s