Octavian Nemescu

Octavian Nemescu (born March 29, 1940, Paşcani - died November 6, 2020, Bucuresti) was a Romanian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, electroacoustic, multimedia, metamusic, imaginary, and ritual works that have been heard throughout Europe and elsewhere. 
From 1956 to 1963 Nemescu studied at the "National University of Music Bucharest" composition with "Mihail Jora", harmony with "Paul Constantinescu" and orchestration with "Alexandru Pascanu" and "Anatol Vieru". In 1972 he participated in the "Darmstadt summer courses". From 1971 to 1978 he taught music analysis and counterpoint at the "Transilvania University of Braşov". Until 1990 he was professor of counterpoint, harmony and music history at the "School of Art "George Enescu"" in Iaşi. Since then he was a professor of composition at the "National University of Music in Bucharest". He is the father of the Romanian film director Cristian Nemescu (1979-2006).
Awards.
For his compositions he received the "Aaron Copland Prize", several times the "prize of the Romanian Composers Union", two prizes at the "Concours International de Musique Électroacoustique de Bourges" (1980 and 1982), the "prize of the Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences" (1981) and the "prize of the International Confederation for Electroacoustic Music" (ICEM, 1985).