Transylvanian Bash

A work written for the Brass Trio, premiered in 2014

Incidental Brass Music - Random Pieces for Brass Trio

Written in 2014 and premiered the same year by Starkville Symphony, this work evokes images and sounds from my native Romania, specifically Transylvania.   

Transylvanian Sights for Symphony Orchestra

Short pieces for saxophone and piano, meant to project a single image.  

Miniatures for Soprano Saxophone and Piano

This work uses short musical gestures that replace the more traditional (phrase based) thematic material.  It was written for violin, cello, clarinet, flute, and piano.  

Fugitive Gestures

Work written for Two Pianos, featuring a subdued melody which in turn is used as basis for the following variations.  The performance featured pianists Julia Mortyakova and Valentin Bogdan (the composer himself). 

Theme and Variations 2 Pianos

Etudes for Solo Piano  - 1. Introduction

Etudes for Solo Piano - 2. Basso Ostinato

Etudes for Solo Piano - 4. Sets

Etudes for Solo Piano - 4. Aug.

Valentin Mihai Bogdan  is a composer and pianist. His music was performed in Europe and North America, at the Assisi Festival of Performing Arts (Italy), Festival Miami, Music at MOCA Concert Series, the Oregon Bach Festival, and at new music concerts hosted the College Music Society, NACUSA, the Society of Composers Inc., and the International Trumpet Guild.   His music was premiered by musicians of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, Beta Collide, Grambling State University Wind Ensemble, Grambling Chorale, Black Bayou Brass Trio, and the AWC Wind Ensemble. The past years, he has fulfilled commissions by trumpet virtuosi James Zingara, Randall Sorensen, the University of Alabama Birmingham Trumpet Ensemble, the Starkville-MSU Symphony, and the AWC Concert Band.  He was also commissioned by the Dranoff Two Piano Foundation of Miami.  Valentin was named the 2010 Florida State Music Teachers Association commissioned composer of the year, and the 2015 Mississippi Music Teachers Association commissioned composer.  As a pianist, he has won awards at national and international competitions, and he has performed in Europe, Asia, and North America, including France, England, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Jordan, Canada, and the US.  He is a graduate of Wayne State University, Michigan 

Valentin Bogdan

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