Paradigms of the Concerto for Orchestra in Romanian Music
Paradigms of the Concerto for Orchestra in Romanian Music

Summary/Abstract: Beginning with the second half of the 20th century, the “concerto for orchestra”, in variable instrumental components (with or without obbligato instrument/instruments), has become one of the very well represented genres in Romanian music. Notable representatives of Romanian composition such as Doru Popovici, Zeno Vancea, Dan Buciu and others have turned their attention to a musical genre in which the orchestra is treated as a concertante instrument. This implies the combination of certain forms and writing styles in which the musical ideas are developed into ample forms with a specific orchestration, close to the symphonic characteristics, but which also considers the emancipation within the orchestral ensemble of certain instruments, whose investment with a soloistic role and revelation of certain virtuosity techniques contribute to the creation of the concertante spirit in all its components: melodic, rhythmic, dynamic and timbral-coloristic.

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