Death of the organist Michael Radulescu
The German-Austrian organist Michael Radulescu, who directed the International Bach Academy in Porrentruy in the 1990s, has died at the age of 80.
Radulescu taught organ at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts. He was also a freelance composer and juror at composition and organ competitions as well as a Bach interpreter and editor of early organ music. From 1971 to 1990 he directed the organ master classes of the Principality of Liechtenstein and from 1990 the International Bach Academy of Porrentruy (Switzerland). From 2002 to 2004, he was project manager for the interpretation, preparation and performance of Beethoven's symphonies on historical instruments.
In 2004 he completed the recording of the complete organ works of J.S. Bach on the organ of the Jesuit Church in Porrentruy.
As a composer, he was influenced by his early involvement with Hindemith and Webern as well as his exploration of the works of Schönberg, Boulez, Varèse, Ligeti, Bruckner, Messiaen and Orff.
