Tudor Dominik Maican

Tudor Dominik Maican was named Composer in Residence Fellow at Dumbarton Concerts in 2006. His four year fellowship includes commissions for four works to be premiered at Dumbarton Concerts by acclaimed ensembles. The Washington Post reviewer on hearing his first commission, the String Quartet No. 2 premiered by the Borromeo String Quartet last April, raved…”it is not an exaggeration to say he has everything…it will be fascinating to see what becomes of this gifted artist.”

Following his success at Dumbarton Concerts and a feature interview on NPR's Weekend Edition , Dominik was invited to write an opera for the grand reopening of the Cluj National Opera House in Romania as well as chamber pieces for the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music and the North South Chamber Orchestra. A very busy schedule for a freshman also studying math and sciences at Indiana University as well as traveling to New York City on weekends to study with renowned composer Mario Davidovsky!

Dominik began playing the piano at the age of three, and by five he was composing. He has written four symphonies, numerous instrumental works and a requiem. He spent six years as a scholarship student commuting on weekends from his home in suburban Washington , DC to Juilliard's Pre-College Division. He has studied composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Germany and conducting with Maestro Arie van Beek in France . When Dominik received a $25,000 fellowship from the Davidson Institute for Talent Development at the Library of Congress in 2005, he met renowned American composer Milton Babbitt, who invited Dominik to study with him at Juilliard and at Princeton .

This young composer has received more than 45 international awards and honors for his work, a remarkable accomplishment for an 18 year old. In 2006 alone, he received top honors at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory's Competition for Young Composers, Italy 's Cultural Music Association's 7 th Annual International Competition for Solo Instrument (piano), and, for the second time, the Juilliard School of Music's Annual Competition for Young Composers. His String Quartet No. 2 was the winning composition in the prestigious New York Art Ensemble 2007 Composer Competition.

In early 2007 Dominik was a finalist in the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Presidential Scholarship Competition. He has received the ASCAP Foundation competition. Morton Gould Young Composer Award for three consecutive years and was featured on NPR's “From the Top” in June 2006.

His next work, String Quartet No. 3, will be performed by the St. Petersburg String Quartet on February 21, 2009 at Dumbarton Concerts.

Dr. Andrew Thomas, Director of Juilliard's Pre-College division says, “Dominik is one of the most extraordinary composers of symphonic and chamber music I have seen in my 35 years of teaching. He has shown a tremendous affinity for writing music that is very theatrical and gripping. It's modern, but very involving to the audience, extremely expressive, and it shows what I call a real composer's control over the material.”

The Washington Post profiled Dominik in “An Inspiration for His Peers,” a feature article that appeared in the newspaper November 2005.

When Dominik received a $25,000 fellowship from the Davidson Institute for Talent Development at the Library of Congress in 2005, he met renowned American composer Milton Babbitt, who encouraged Dominik to continue his studies with him at Juilliard and at Princeton .

Dominik has received the ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award for three consecutive years. He was featured on NPR's “From the Top” in June 2006 and was NBC Today Show's “Amazing Child of the Year” in 2001.

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Recent Commissions:

Mixed Chamber Ensembles
Labyrinth - Wind Trio for Flute, Clarinet in B-flat, and Piano (2004)
Reflections on James Joyce for Soprano, Clarinet, and Piano (2004
Three Dances for clarinet and piano (1997)
Trio for flute, clarinet and bassoon (2002)
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet (2000)

String Music
String Quartet No. 3 (2007) - Commissioned by Dumbarton Concerts, world premiere to be given on February 21, 2009
String Quartet No.2 (2005)
String Quartet No.1 (2004)
Pavane pour une Inconue , for Violin solo (2003)
Sonata for cello and piano (2002)
Andantino and Presto for String Quartet (2002)
Allegro for string quartet (2001)
Three Sketches for viola solo (1998)
Theme and 6 Variations for piano and violin (1997)
Three little preludes for violin solo (1995)

Piano Music
La, ou la mer rencontre le ciel - prelude for piano solo (2005)
"D'un Monde a L'autre" - Prelude de Concert for Piano Solo (2004) - Commissioned by Dumbarton Concerts
“Imaginary letter to Gershwin” - prelude for piano solo (2002)
Grand Prelude for piano solo (2000)
Theme and Variations for piano solo (1996)
Six Romanian Dances for piano solo (1996)
Prelude and Toccatina for two pianos (1995)
My Favorite Animals suite for piano solo (1994)
Four games for piano solo (1994)

Brass Ensemble
Brass quartet (2003)
Moderato and Presto for Brass Quintet (2001)