Vladimir Cosma

Vladimir Cosma (b. 1940) is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist. He was born into a family of musicians. After receiving first prizes for violin and composition at the Bucharest Conservatoire of Music, he arrived in Paris in 1963 and continued his studies at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris, working with Nadia Boulanger. As well as for classical music, he discovered early on a passion for jazz, film music and all forms of popular music. From 1964 he made a number of international tours as a concert violinist and began to devote himself more and more to composing. He wrote various compositions including Trois mouvements d'été for symphony orchestra, Oblique for violoncello and string orchestra, music for theatre and ballet. In 1968, Yves Robert entrusted him with his first film music for Alexandre le Bienheureux. Vladimir Cosma has since composed more than three hundred scores for feature films and TV series. His numerous successes in the cinema have notably been in collaboration with Yves Robert, Gérard Oury, Francis Veber, Claude Pinoteau, Ettore Scola, Pascal Thomas, Pierre Richard, etc. Among his most famous film scores are Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, Diva, Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Le Bal, Les Fugitifs, etc. Vladimir Cosma received two Césars, as well as a number of prizes and awards in France and other countries. He is Chevalier de l'ordre National la Légion d'Honneur, Grand Officier du Mérite Culturel Roumain, as well as Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.