Cornel Ionescu (2)

Born 3.12.1948 in Bucharest, he receives the first musical notions from the age of three;, attends the Music School from Bucharest - Igor Turjanski violin class. In 1963 his own group was formed and in 1965 he collaborated with the Sideral group. In 1972 he graduated from the "Ciprian Porumbescu" Conservatory of Music in Bucharest - musicology department, sang with most valuable Romanian bands and orchestras such as Andantino, Mondial, Olimpic'64, Sfinx, Sincron, The Light Music Orchestra of Radio and Television under the baton of Sile Dinicu, Orchestra of Conductors, "Constantin Tănase" Magazine Theater Orchestra. From 1974 begins the activity in the "Cenaclul Flacăra". Makes radio and television broadcasts, in 1975 - "BEYOND NOTES" = "DINCOLO DE NOTE" - show broadcast on TVR and between 1976-1978 the "RADIO WEEK TOP" = "RADIO SĂPTĂMÎNA TOP". Settled in Munich in 1979, in 1982 he attended a course to improve conducting with Sergiu Celebidache, toured the United States, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia. In 1996 he collaborated with the Munich opera in the show Schlachthof5. In 2002 he is a doctoral student of the "George Enescu" Academy of Music. Awards : In 1994 he won the British Composers' Cup and the Prime Times Competition of the British magazine Harmonica World. In 1996 he placed 2nd at the European Music Championships in Trossingen. Soundtracks : "THE LAST NIGHT OF CHILDHOOD" = "ULTIMA NOAPTE A COPILĂRIEI" (1966), "ADVENTURES AT THE BLACK SEA" = "AVENTURI LA MAREA NEAGRĂ" (1972), "NO ONE DIES" = "NIMENI NU MOARE" (1977) in collaboration with Johny Răducanu. In 1997 he made the music for the first Romanian digital artistic film, "NECRO".