Mircea Tiberian

Mircea Tiberian
Background information
Born	(1955-05-04) May 4, 1955 (age 66) Cluj, România
Origin	Romania
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, professor
Instruments	piano
Years active	1974 - present

Mircea Tiberian (born May 4, 1955 in Cluj, Romania) is a jazz musician and professor of music at the National University of Music in Bucharest. He coordinates the Jazz Department, which he set up in 1991.

Musical career[]

Tiberian spent his childhood and adolescence in Sibiu, Transylvania where he made his debut at the International Jazz Festival in 1974. He holds a doctorate in music. He currently lives in Bucharest. He has performed the world over with such musicians as Larry Coryell, Tomasz Stanko, Herb Robertson, John Betsch, , , Adam Pierończyk, , Theo Jörgensmann and the Romanians Johnny Raducanu, Aura Urziceanu, Anca Parghel and .

Awards[]

• Composers Union Award (1990, 1996, 2000, 2003)
• Romanian Musician of the Year Award (2003, 2007, 2008)
• The Enescu-Brancusi Scholarship granted by the Romanian Cultural Institute

Publications[]

• Tehnica Improvizatiei in Muzica de Jazz (A Course of Improvisation Techniques), Editura UNMB, Bucharest, 2005
• Notes on Music and Music Notes (book and CDs), Editura Muzeului National al Literaturii Romane, Bucharest, 2005
• Cartea de muzica (An anthology of musicology studies), Editura Tracus Arte, Bucharest, 2008

Intercultural Projects[]

Liniada (2000), Agnus Dei (2001), Les annes folles de Bucharest (2004), Jazz and Cinema (2005 –present), Dark (2006), Eurotique (2006), Jazzy Tarot - musical (2007–2008) – theatre Metropolis Bucuresti

Discography[]

• Magic Bird (Electrecord, 1990)
• Never Ending Story (Blue Label, 1992)
• Working Underground (Prima Records, 1994)
• Alone in Heaven (Intercont, 1998)
• Hotel of Three Beginnings (Intercont, 1999)
• Interzone (Editura Casa Radio, 2000)
• Interzone plays with Adam Pieronczyk (Not Two, 2001)
• Crossing Atlas 45 (Not Two, 2002)
• Eleven (Jazz and More, 2002)
• Back to my Angel (Editura Muzicala, 2002)
• Viata Lumii (Jazz and More, 2003)
• Lumini (La Strada, 2003)
• Palindrome (Jazz and More, 2004)
• Shining of the Abyss (Jazz and More, 2004)
• Notes on Music and Music Notes – double CD anthology (Editura Muzeului National al Literaturii Romane, 2005)
• Dark (Editura Muzeului National al Literaturii Romane, 2006)
• November (Openart Records, 2008)
• Ulysses (Openart Records, 2008)

References[]

• Mircea Tiberian's Biography (RO)
• Mircea Tiberian's Discography
• Daniel, Erdmann, Daniel Erdmann's Discography, archived from the original on 2008-04-29, retrieved 2008-05-02
• , Ben Abarbanel-Wolff's discography, archived from the original on 2008-11-20, retrieved 2008-05-02
• NotTwo records - Transylvanian Grace, archived from the original on 2004-11-28, retrieved 2008-05-02
• NotTwo records - Interzone, archived from the original on 2008-05-21, retrieved 2008-05-02
• NotTwo records - Crossing Atlas 45°, archived from the original on 2007-11-30, retrieved 2008-05-02
• Nicolas, Simion, biography, archived from the original (– ^{Scholar search}) on October 17, 2007, retrieved 2008-05-02
• Marta, Hristea, biography, archived from the original on 2008-05-17, retrieved 2008-05-02