Serban Stanciulescu
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Şerban Stănciulescu was a Romanian Anti-Communist dissident
, audio engineer and disc jockey
.
He was a graduate of the Electronics Department of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest
. Stănciulescu worked as a sound engineer for the only movie studio
in Romania at the time, the Buftea Movie Studios
. Together with composer
Ştefan Niculescu
, he organized modern music lectures in Bucharest in the 1970s.
By writing an open letter to Radio Free Europe
, he demanded to be allowed to leave Romania. After much bullying by the feared Securitate
, the Romanian secret police, he was finally allowed to leave Romania in 1977.
He went first to the Federal Republic of Germany
, where he worked as a disc jokey for Radio Free Europe
.
Later on, he settled down in New York City
, where he a collaborated as a sound engineer on certain modern jazz
recordings by Jim Sauter
, Donald Miller, and Don Dietrich
at the AIMI recording studio.
Dissident
A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution. When dissidents unite for a common cause they often effect a dissident movement....
, audio engineer and disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
.
He was a graduate of the Electronics Department of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Universitatea Politehnica din Bucureşti is a technical university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in 1864 based on the older technical school of Gheorghe Lazăr and it was renamed "Politehnica" in 1920.-History:...
. Stănciulescu worked as a sound engineer for the only movie studio
Movie studio
A movie studio is a term used to describe a major entertainment company or production company that has its own privately owned studio facility or facilities that are used to film movies...
in Romania at the time, the Buftea Movie Studios
MediaPro Pictures
MediaPro Pictures is the largest film and TV production company in Romania, part of MediaPro Entertainment along with other production units from Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Bulgaria....
. Together with composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Ştefan Niculescu
Stefan Niculescu
Ştefan Niculescu was a Romanian composer.Niculescu was born in Moreni, Dâmbovita. He was credited with introducing his own brand of heterophony, a technique based on superimposing melodic material onto variations of itself in order to create textures that are propelled by thematic energy as well...
, he organized modern music lectures in Bucharest in the 1970s.
By writing an open letter to Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a broadcaster funded by the U.S. Congress that provides news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East "where the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed"...
, he demanded to be allowed to leave Romania. After much bullying by the feared Securitate
Securitate
The Securitate was the secret police agency of Communist Romania. Previously, the Romanian secret police was called Siguranţa Statului. Founded on August 30, 1948, with help from the Soviet NKVD, the Securitate was abolished in December 1989, shortly after President Nicolae Ceaușescu was...
, the Romanian secret police, he was finally allowed to leave Romania in 1977.
He went first to the Federal Republic of Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, where he worked as a disc jokey for Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a broadcaster funded by the U.S. Congress that provides news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East "where the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed"...
.
Later on, he settled down in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, where he a collaborated as a sound engineer on certain modern jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
recordings by Jim Sauter
Jim Sauter (musician)
Jim Sauter is a saxophonist and founding member of New York City based improvisational group Borbetomagus....
, Donald Miller, and Don Dietrich
Don Dietrich (musician)
Don Dietrich is a saxophonist and founding member of New York City based improvisational group, Borbetomagus.Recently, he has become involved with the noise/free jazz "supergroup" The New Monuments .-References:...
at the AIMI recording studio.
External links
- http://www.discogs.com/release/805557