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Roman Vlad (29 December 1919 – 21 September 2013) was a Romanian-born Italian composer, pianist, and musicologist . Biography. Born in Cernăuți, Kingdom of Romania (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine ), he studied with Titus Tarnawski and Liviu Russu in Romania earning a piano diploma.
Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș [ˈ v l a d ˈ ts e p e ʃ]) or Vlad Dracula (/ ˈ d r æ k j ʊ l ə,-j ə-/; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea [ˈ d r ə k u l e̯a]; 1428/31 – 1476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77.
Vlad the Impaler (born 1431, Sighișoara, Transylvania [now in Romania]—died 1476, north of present-day Bucharest, Romania) was a voivode (military governor, or prince) of Walachia (1448; 1456–1462; 1476) whose cruel methods of punishing his enemies gained notoriety in 15th-century Europe.
Roman Vlad was born on 29 December 1919 in Cernauti, Bukovina, Romania [now Chernivtsi, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for The Walls of Malapaga (1949), Beauty and the Devil (1950) and Sunday in August (1950). He died on 21 September 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Romanian composer and writer. Comp. in 12‐note idiom from 1943. Taught at Dartington summer sch., 1954 and 1955. Art. dir., Accademia Filarmonica Romana 1955–8, Maggio Musicale, Florence, 1964, and Teatro Comunale, Florence, 1968–72.
Vlad, Roman, prominent Romanian-born Italian composer, administrator, teacher, pianist, and writer on music; b. Cernăuťxi, Dec. 29, 1919. After training at the Cernauăťi Cons., he went to Rome and studied engineering at the Univ. and attended Casella’s master classes at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia (graduated, 1942).
Roman Vlad is the author of symphony, chamber and theatrical works, including Cinque elegie su testi biblici (1990), Melodia variata (1990) and the recent Stagioni giapponesi, 24 Haiku (1993-1994). He has composed music for the stage and film, including La beautè du diable by Renè Clair.
