Mihai Brediceanu was a Romania

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n composer, conductor and musicologist, son of the composer Tiberiu Brediceanu

Tiberiu Brediceanu

Tiberiu Brediceanu was a Romanian composer. He is the father of the composer and conductor Mihai Brediceanu....

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Brediceanu studied the piano at the Brasov Conservatory, and music theory

Music theory

Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...

, composition

Musical composition

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 and conducting at the Academy of Music, Bucharest. His teachers were Mihail Jora

Mihail Jora

Mihail Jora was a Romanian composer, pianist, and conductor.Jora studied in Leipzig with Robert Teichmüller. From 1929 to 1962 he was a professor at the conservatoire of Bucharest. He worked 1928 to 1933 as a director/conductor of the Broadcasting Orchestra in Bucharest...

, Martian Negrea, Florica Musicescu

Florica Musicescu

Florica Musicescu was a renowned Romanian pianist and musical pedagogue, daughter of the renowned composer, conductor and musicologist Gavriil Musicescu....

, Silvia Serbescu and Ionel Perlea. Besides this he pursued graduate courses in law and mathematics in Bucharest.

From 1959 to 1966 he was director general of the National Opera of Bucharest

Romanian National Opera

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, from 1969 to 1971 musical director of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra

The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra was a 79 member orchestra located in Syracuse, NY. In its time it was the 43rd largest orchestra in the United States and performed a variety of programs including the Post-Standard Classics Series and M&T Bank Pops Series....

 in New York, and by 1975 a professor at Syracuse University

Syracuse University

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. Between 1978 and 1980 he was director general of Opera in Istanbul and between 1982 and 1990, director general of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra

George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra

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. In 1991 he was appointed the new director general of the National Opera of Bucharest.

In addition to numerous pieces of music for the theatre, Brediceanu composed a symphony, four symphonic dances, a suite for chamber orchestra, choral works, chamber music and songs.