The symposium will take place across multiple venues in Bucharest.
The conference on Friday, 29 May 2026, will be held at the New Europe College (Plantelor 21).
Please consult the organisers’ website for detailed location information and the updated program: ISCM Romanian Section | Secțiunea Națională Română a SIMC

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György Kurtág and Anatol Vieru – 100
Musical Conference part of the ISCM World New Music Days – “Columna Infinită” (23-31 May 2026, Bucharest)

PROGRAM
Friday, 29 May 2026

Coordinator: Valentina Sandu-Dediu

László Tihanyi (Budapest, Liszt Academy)
György Kurtág – an atypical great composer

Olguța Lupu (National University of Music Bucharest)
Anatol Vieru – A Portrait Sketch

Arnaud Arbet
Five years as György Kurtág’s assistant during the composition of his opera “Fin de partie” (2014-2019)

Laurențiu Beldean (Brașov, Transylvania University)
Composition as a Labyrinth. Concerto No. 1 for Flute and orchestra / Ricercare by Anatol Vieru

Irina Nițu (Bucharest, George Enescu National Museum)
Composer and virtuoso in dialogue: Daniel Kientzy and the saxophone repertoire of Anatol Vieru

George Păiș (National University of Music Bucharest)
Modes and sets. A parallel between Anatol Vieru’s modal thinking and pitch-class set theory

Valentina Sandu-Dediu (National University of Music Bucharest & New Europe College)
Anatol Vieru in context: different perspectives on Eratosthenes’ Sieve

László Vikarius (Budapest, Liszt Academy of Music; Bartók Archives, Institute for Musicology, ELTE RCH)
The Composition of Kurtág’s Seven Songs, Op. 22

Patrick Zuk (Durham University),
Anatol Vieru and the Soviet Context

Iulia Mogoșan (National Academy of Music Gheorghe Dima, Cluj)
Kurtág and Vieru – Mirrored Views