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Octavian Nemescu
Person · male · Romania · Pașcani · born 1940 · died 2020 · recording since 1984
Romanian composer (1940–2020)
Timeline
16 events▣ Album 13◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1940s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Gradeatia / Natural
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography186 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1375810596
Biography
Octavian Nemescu (29 March 1940 – 6 November 2020) was a Romanian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, electroacoustic, multimedia, metamusic, imaginary and ritual works.
Born in Pașcani, Nemescu studied from 1956 to 1963 at the National University of Music in Bucharest, where he took composition with Mihail Jora, harmony with Paul Constantinescu and orchestration with Alexandru Pașcanu and Anatol Vieru. In 1972 he participated in the Darmstadt summer courses. From 1971 to 1978 he taught music analysis and counterpoint at the Transilvania University of Brașov. Until 1990 he was professor of counterpoint, harmony and music history at the George Enescu National University of Arts in Iași. Since then he was a professor of composition at the National University of Music in Bucharest.
Nemescu died in Bucharest at age 80. He was the father of the Romanian film director Cristian Nemescu (1979–2006).
Legacy
Nemescu is considered one of the most important and "one of the most original Romanian composers". In the 1950s and 1960s, under the Romanian dictatorship, he is known to have been part of the resistance group and one of the first "ecologists" amongst Romanian composers.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 14 | 84.5th |
| Studio albums | 13 | 93.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 16 | 91.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 36 | 75.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (14 release groups · 13 studio albums)
Albums · 13
1984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 45:00
A„Gradeatia”, muzică electronică24:35B„Natural”, pentru pian și bandă magnetică20:25Metabizantinirikon / Trisson / Sonatu(h)r
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 59:13
1Metabizantinirikon19:252Trisson18:483Sonatu(h)r21:00Deus Ex Machina / Au-Delà De Vienne / Trellis
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:18:38
1Spectacle pour un instant1:532Quatre dimmensions en temps IV (Illuminations)7:503In par20:004Spectacle pour une instance2:205Deus ex machina16:006Au-delà de Vienne11:207Treillis19:15Les ÉTATS du TEMPS et de l'ESPACE 1
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:10:45
1ALPHA2:002Concentric16:003Spectacle pour un INSTANT7:354Metabizantinirikon19:205Finalis - septima14:506OMEGA - recidiva11:00Les États du temps et de l'espace 2
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 1:08:43
1Quindecimortuorium pour 1 heure du matin34:532Negantidiadua pour 2 heures du matin33:502007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 1:13:07
1PhosisTriPereMetaMor pour 3 heures du matin20:302SeptuOR pour 4 heures du matin26:173Quintabeit pour 5 heures du matin26:20Musique pour réveil 2 (Meditation Music)
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 4:37:34
Disc 11The Last Unycorn11:172BeitSonorum pour 6 heures du matin29:473BeitIntervallum pour 7 heures du matin31:01Disc 21BeitTrissonum pour 8 heures du matin47:132Naturel-Culturel20:30Disc 31rouaUruauor pour 9 heures du matin32:512OUA pour 10 heures du matin35:47Disc 41OU pour 11 heures du matin51:452AM UAT17:232012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 1:15:36
1EUI or ErUImII (for 2 o'clock PM)39:212OUIEIUO (for 3 o'clock PM)36:15Musique pour descendre 2 (Meditation Music)
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 4:36:31
Disc 11ITRIssonumBE oder ssonumBEITRI pour 4 heures après midi, et. VII46:242GRADEATIA26:40Disc 21ITintervallumBE oder vallumBEITinter pour 5 heures après midi, et. VI46:022TRISSON21:34Disc 31ITsonorumBE pour 6 heures après midi, et. V39:102ULYSSE26:35Disc 41BEseptimaIT pour 7 heures du soir, et. IV35:362Combinaisons en cercles16:253AS CEN SIO18:052018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 1:02:21
1NonSimfonia V (a sfârșiturilor)29:412PreSimfonia VI (a începuturilor)32:40Musique pour réveil 3 (Around the Throne)
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:11:51
1A = 1 pour midi, et. XI17:082ErAlmll or EAE ou EA pour 1 heure après-midi, et. X31:533Four Dimensions in Time IV (ILLUMINATIONS)8:004Parallel Destinies14:502020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:15:50
1FINALPHA a.FINAL8:492ORsept pour 8 heures du soir, Et.336:143PercMETAMor pour 9 heures du soir Et.216:054BrokenSpirEggEchoCristi9:055FINAPLHA b.ALPHA5:372025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 2:06:35
1Secula‐seculorum9:562Parallel Destinies14:423Concentric16:174Sonatu(h)r20:525A T17:156Ulysse26:357Le Roi va Mourir!20:58
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Spectacle pour un instant / Quatre dimmensions en temps IV / IN PAR / Spectacle pour une instanceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 32:121Spectacle pour un instant1:52 2Quatre dimmensions en temps IV (Illuminations)7:50 3IN PAR20:31 4Spectacle pour une instance1:59 | Compilation | 1996 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Octavian Nemescu head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 14 | 84.5th |
| Studio albums | 13 | 93.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 16 | 91.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 36 | 75.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c48b9bc6-8886-4499-9771-2e22024ee62adiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c48b9bc6-8886-4499-9771-2e22024ee62acore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1282762seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavian_Nemescubiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavian_Nemescu
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Romanian musicians
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Wikidata: Q1282762 · MusicBrainz: c48b9bc6-8886-4499-9771-2e22024ee62a
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