Aciobanitei, Adrian-Irinel - 1958

My name is Adrian-Irinel Aciobanitei and I was born in Bacau, Rumania in 1958. I started studying the piano at a young age and later took up the organ. My organ teacher was Father Joseph Gerstenengst, one of the greatest organists in Rumania and the world.



I studied mechanical engineering and took post-graduate courses in computer programming. My hobbies are electronics and music (especially organ and composition). In what little free time I have I like to fish in the rivers and waters near my native village of Bacau.



I have studied composition, with all its theoretical disciplines such as harmony, counterpoint, musical forms and orchestration. I have composed toccatas, fugues and chorales for the organ, as well as sacred music (an Ave Maria and a polyphonic mass for four-part choir and organ).



At the moment I play the organ at the Church of the Sacred Heart seven kilometers away, and give regular organ concerts in Bacau's Church of the Holy Cross.