biography

Adrian Mocanu (b. 1989) is a Romanian-Ukrainian composer currently based in Valencia, Spain.

He studied at the National Music Academy of Ukraine and carried out his postgraduate studies in electroacoustic composition at Centro Superior Katarina Gurska in Madrid.

His works have been awarded at such competitions as the 38th Frederic Mompou International Award (Barcelona, 2017), IV International Composition Competition GMCL/Jorge Peixinho (Lisbon, 2019), 5th Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition (Vienna, 2022), XXXIII Young Composers Prize SGAE-CNDM (Madrid, 2022), “George Stephănescu" International Composition Competition (Bucharest, 2024), 1st San Francisco de Asís International Composition Competition (Madrid, 2025) and the Azrieli Music Prizes - Commission for International Music (Montreal, 2026).

He was the composer-in-residence of JM Spain for the 23/24 season and carried out artistic residencies at the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome, Casa de Velázquez - the Academy of France in Madrid, The Green Room for Performing Artists (Cologne), Malévoz Quartier Culturel (Monthey, Switzerland) and Schleswig-Holsteinisches Künstlerhaus otte1 (Eckernförde, Germany). He also received scholarships in programs such as “Cămine în mișcare: Moving Fireplaces” (Timișoara, Romania), “Odyssée” from the Association of Cultural Meeting Centres/ACCR and the Ministry of Culture of France, “Gaude Polonia” from the Ministry of Culture of Poland, “Postcolonial Recherche” from Goethe-Institut and the Weltoffenes Berlin Fellowship from the Senate of Berlin.

He collaborated with and wrote works for such ensembles as Ensemble Musikfabrik, Maulwerker, Ensemble Recherche, IEMA-Ensemble, Ensemble Mosaik, PinkNoise Ensemble, Barcelona Modern, Bilbao Sinfonietta, KEA Vocal Ensemble, Continuum XXI, the Würzburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, among others.

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