Dan Dediu (b. 1967) studied composition in Bucharest with Ștefan Niculescu and Dan Constantinescu, and in Vienna with Francis Burt. He has composed more than 180 works covering almost all musical genres: five symphonies and 20 other pieces for orchestra, 12 concertos (saxophone, violin, violin, piano, cello, trombone, guitar, double concerto for violin and cello, double concerto for cellos, triple concerto for flute, clarinet and cello, triple concerto for violin, cello and piano), seven string quartets, chamber music in various ensembles, piano and choral music, five operas (Post-ficțiunea [Post-fiction], Münchhausen, Eva!, O scrisoare pierdută [A Lost Letter], D’ale Carnavalului [From the Carnival]) and a ConcertOpera (Wagner Under). He is the winner of several national and international composition prizes and has coordinated, as artistic director, the International Week of New Music festival (in 1999-2001, 2007-2008, 2016-2024). Dan Dediu is professor of composition, artistic director of the Profil ensemble, and was rector of the National University of Music in Bucharest between 2008 and 2016. He also holds Doctor Honoris Causa degrees from the George Enescu National University of Arts in Iași, University of Craiova, Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts in Chișinău and Gheorghe Dima National Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca. In June 2022 he was elected president of the Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists, and in January 2024 he was decorated by the President of Romania with the Order of Cultural Merit in the rank of Commander.
