MUSICAL CREATION BETWEEN ARCHETYPE, TRADITION AND CONTEMPORANEITY MAIN STRATEGIES IN COMPOSITION TOWARDS ARCHETYPAL TRANS-REALISM - Part 1 -

Abstract

This study is dedicated to my main strategies in composition related to the correlation with the idea of tradition towards the new aesthetic that I founded and I called the Archetypal Trans-Realism. The introduction gives an overview on Romanian composers and their folklore-oriented works (from George Enescu onwards). The paper focuses on three personal directions in composition, namely: 1. exploring traditional resources (both Romanian and universal), 2. archetypal and spiritual multi-level approachand 3. archetypal trans-realism. The study centres on some of my related works – the ongoing cycleInterferences, the pieces involving a spiritual approach – the oratorio Jesus with a Thousand Arms or The Path of the Human Angel (dramatic or orchestral version) and four of the trans-real syncretic works–Dynamic Meditation,White Lady’s Power Places, the opera The Dreamer Awake and the Shamanic Prologue. This study is a guide for soloists and performers in generalto a new aesthetic orientation, the archetypal trans-realism, which offers a perspective on discovering the potential of artas a source of selfdevelopment and spiritual growth.