Radu Goldis
Encyclopedia
Radu Goldiş is a Romania
n-born American
jazz
guitarist and composer
. He was born in Bucharest
, Romania
.
Goldiş is a graduate of the Bucharest Music Conservatory in the musicology
department. Originally influenced by the playing style of Kenny Burrell
, Joe Pass
, Wes Montgomery
and Rune Gustafsson, he later developed his own personal style. He has played with many famous Romania
n musicians, such as Johnny Răducanu
, Eugen Gondi
and Horia Moculescu
, he composed the music for the Romanian movies Zile fierbinṭi and Accident (both in 1976). Together with Adrian Enescu
he composed the music for the Romanian movie Al patrulea stol (1978) and with Petru Mărgineanu he composed the music for the American-Romanian movie Point Zero- Cry of Redemption (1995).
He has worked as an orchestrator for Margareta Pâslaru
.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n-born American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
guitarist and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. He was born in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
.
Goldiş is a graduate of the Bucharest Music Conservatory in the musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
department. Originally influenced by the playing style of Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
Kenneth Earl "Kenny" Burrell is an American jazz guitarist. His playing is grounded in bebop and blues; he has performed and recorded with a wide range of jazz musicians.-Biography:...
, Joe Pass
Joe Pass
Joe Pass was an Italian-American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century...
, Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and influencing countless others, including Pat Martino, George Benson, Russell Malone, Emily...
and Rune Gustafsson, he later developed his own personal style. He has played with many famous Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n musicians, such as Johnny Răducanu
Johnny Raducanu
Johnny Răducanu was a Romanian jazz pianist of Romani ethnic background, whose family has a long musical tradition dating back to the 17th century....
, Eugen Gondi
Eugen Gondi
Eugen Gondi is a Romanian-born jazz drummer.He graduated from the Arts Middle School in his hometown.He started his musical career by playing with the "Paul Weiner Free Jazz" trio....
and Horia Moculescu
Horia Moculescu
Horia Moculescu is a self-taught Romanian pianist, composer and producer.After finishing high school in Turda, he studied at the Mining Institute in Petrosani....
, he composed the music for the Romanian movies Zile fierbinṭi and Accident (both in 1976). Together with Adrian Enescu
Adrian Enescu
Adrian Enescu is a Romanian composer .As an individual musician, he also pioneered the local electronic scene during the 1970s-80s...
he composed the music for the Romanian movie Al patrulea stol (1978) and with Petru Mărgineanu he composed the music for the American-Romanian movie Point Zero- Cry of Redemption (1995).
He has worked as an orchestrator for Margareta Pâslaru
Margareta Pâslaru
Margareta Pâslaru or Pîslaru is a Romanian singer, actress, composer & lyricist, TV producer & artistic director. The multifaceted artist celebrated 50 years from her 1958 debut, at The Romanian Union of Composers in Bucharest 2008. Married to George Sencovici until his death, they have a...
.
Discography
- Alter Ego (LP), ElectrecordElectrecordElectrecord is a Romanian record label founded in 1932. It served as the only record label in Communist Romania. It was then transformed into the national recording company, following the centralization-oriented socialist doctrine...
, 1980 - Jazz Restitutio 4 (LP, RP) Spinning Wheel, Electrecord, 1993
- Romanian Jazz: Jazz From The Electrecord Archives 1966-1978 (LP) Balada, Sonar Kollektiv, 2007
- Romanian Jazz: Jazz From The Electrecord Archives 1966-1978 (CD) Balada, Sonar Kollektiv, 2007