Program Note:
The Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) 2009 that took place at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, selected some of Maya Badian’s compositions for percussion to be displayed and performed at that event.
Badian’s scores were given critically acclaimed reviews in Percussive Notes May 2010, New Percussion Literature and Recordings, Selected Reviews, published by Percussive Arts Society. In the Selected Reviews is stated: “This is a three-movement composition that is available in versions for four (Timpani Quartum) or five (Timpani Quintum) unaccompanied timpani. Although the movements can stand alone, the entire work takes under eight minutes to perform. The title of each movement aptly describes the content of the material and musical elements that are used: Ritmico; Melodico; Moto perpetuo. Either version of this composition provides excellent material for a recital program.”
- George Frock, p. 58, May 2010.

Timpani Quintum: II. Melodico (Solo for Five Timpani) by Maya Badian

Program Note:
CONCERTO GROSSO for four timpani, and piano by Maya Badian. 
The three-movement Concerto: I. Allegro-Sonata II. Serenata III. Toccata.

II. Serenata, the second movement, is a reflection of the Romantic period, containing a rich theme simply presented, in a few bars, by the strings. In this movement, the only contribution of the solo timpani comes in an abstract and unusual glissando passage.

Concerto Grosso for 4 Timpani & Piano: II. Serenata by Maya Badian

Program Note:
Deeply shattered with the dreadfulness of the Nazi Holocaust, its meaning and implications for our times, I composed the Symphony Holocaust - In Memoriam in memory of the Holocaust victims. “The Fifth Son” Elie Wiesel’s novel is the source of inspiration for this work. The tragedy and the depth of this Symphony are suggested by two themes that symbolize Life and Death as an obsession: The first one, inspired by a Hora Lunga, a folklore melody from Sighetul Marmatiei, Maramuresh district, Romania, recalls the place where Wiesel was born. Metamorphosed and leading towards the second theme, this melody symbolizes Life. The second theme, inspired by the song From Suffering Through Hope To Victory, which Jews murmured in the concentration camps, symbolizes Death.
I consider my music a message for peace, love and harmony between people. - Maya Badian
“Dear Maya Badian,
I listened to your music and was moved by its pain as well as by its warmth.”
- Elie Wiesel, writer,
Holocaust survivor

Holocaust In Memoriam Symphony: II. Fugue by Maya Badian

Lucille

Something Inside My Head

While Your Heart

Tomorrow

W. A. Mozart: Rondo Alla Turca (Arr. by Maya Badian For Xylophone & Piano)

Drum Improvisation

One, Two, Three

All Right In The Night

Dr. Maya Badian is a Contemporary Classical Music Canadian Composer of Romanian Origin. 
Maya Badian has more than 100 published original compositions including symphonies, orchestral music, concertos, cantatas, chamber music, music for multimedia, and musicology and pedagogy works. All her works are published and internationally distributed by Lucian Badian Editions. Her musical output is part of the collections of international libraries, such as Library and Archives Canada, The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Bibliothèque Božidar Kantušer, Paris, France, and of many music libraries across Canada, the USA, Europe, Australia, Japan, and National Library of New Zealand. 
”Maya Badian is an important composer, if it does not use some of the extreme devices discovered by earlier 20th century composers, Badian’s music does reflect the accumulated wisdom of a century of experiment and invention.” – The Ottawa Citizen
Dr. Maya Badian have her life and achievements reflected in an international biography work: The Life and The Music of Maya Badian, A Privilege to Soar by Fred Popovici, Pro ARS Publications, Ottawa, 2010.
“An internationally acclaimed composer” – as described in Orchestral Works CD Review, Winnipeg Sun, 1999.
Dr. Badian is a member of the Canadian Music Center, Canadian League of Composers, Association of Canadian Women Composers, Ottawa New Music Creators, Romanian Union of Composers and Musicologists, Union of Composers and Musicologists of Moldova.

Timpani Quintum: II. Melodico (Solo for Five Timpani) by Maya Badian

Maya Badian, Composer

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