Irina Olga Hasnaş is a Romanian

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 composer. She was born in Bucharest

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, Romania

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, and studied at the Ciprian Porumbescu Academy of Music with Ştefan Niculescu

Stefan Niculescu

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, Aurel Stroe, Alexandru Paşcanu and Nicolae Beloiu. She continued her studies with composer Theodor Grigoriu, and in 2000 received a doctorate in music from the Cluj-Napoca Academy of Music. After completing her studies, Hasnas worked as a composer and an editor for Romanian National Radio

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. Her works have been performed internationally.

Works

Selected works include:

• Concerto for Orchestra, (1978)
• Evocation, (1980) lyric poem for chamber orchestra
• Symphony I, for orchestra (1990)
• Metamorphose, for chamber and vocal ensemble (1978)
• Melismas, for piano (1979)
• Voices of Mioritza, for wind quintet (1980)
• Polychomie, for chamber ensemble and tape (1982)
• Evolutio I, for clarinet and string quartet (1983)
• Evolutio II, for trio - oboe, cello and piano (1985)
• Evolutio III, for string quartet (1988)
• Monodie, for solo bassoon (1989)
• Games, for solo cello (1993)
• Inner Voices, for wind quintet (1994)
• Endless Column, for solo flute ( 1996)
• The Musical Box, for trio – clarinet,piano and violin (2000)
• The Rooster, The light announcer, for bassclarinet, clarinet, alto, violin, piano and percussion (2005)
• Dance, for bassoon and violin (2009)
• A Possible Valse, for solo bassoon 2010
• Romania, poem for chorus on the lignes of Ioan Alexandru (1981)
• The Earth, cycle of four songs for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, cello, percussion and tape on the lignes of Ion Barbu (1983)
• The Time, cycle of four songs for soprano or tenor, violin, alto and cello on the lignes of Nichita Stanescu (1983)
• Metamorphose, cycle of five songs for soprano and piano on the lignes of Nichita Stanescu (1990)