Dr. Veronica Gaspar

Dr. Veronica Gaspar

Studies:

·  National University of Music, Bucharest, graduated 1979;

·  Ph.D in Musicology, Institute of Art History „George Oprescu” pending on the Romanian Academy. Thesis (1997): Interdisciplinarity in Musical Perception (Dimensiuni interdisciplinare ale receptării muzicale);

·  Master degree in Cultural Management, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest (2002);

Current position:

·  Associate-professor, Piano Department, National University of Music Bucharest;

·  Associate-researcher, Institute for Educational Sciences, Bucharest (2007-2008 Sabbatical leave);

Career:

·  25 years of successful teaching, from international prize-winers pianists (Razvan Dragnea, Lorena Tecu, Violetta Stefanescu-Denneville, Monica Florescu, Gabriel Alexandru Teclu) till beginners;

·  Research areas, pre-eminently theorical, involving Piano performance, Musicology, Psychology of music, Cross-cultural communication, Inter-disciplinarian research;

Public performances:

·  Recitals, lecture-recitals, thematical recitals, lectures;

·  More than 25 participations in International Conferences, Rencontres and Symposia in Romania, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Netherland, Norway, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, facilitated also by useful skills in language profiency (French, English, German and Japanese);

Publications:

·  Books: Spatial and Semantic Marks in the Perception of Music, (Repere spatiale si semantice in receptia muzicala) Ed. Muzicala, 2000, grant from the Ministry of Culture and Cults; “Enchantment – Exorcism” (Incântare/Descântare)). An essay on the perception of music and magic in the social imaginary, Ed. Libra 2004, grant from the Ministry of Education and Research; Therapies in Music and Music Therapy (in progress); Georges Enesco au début de la modernité européenne (in progress);

·  Articles and/or contributions in International Conferences’ Newsletters: “Mozart, the Nonconformist”, “The Subtle Rhetorical Accompaniment of the Musical Language”, “The Polyphony after J.S. Bach”, “The Artistic Performance as a Phenomenon, from Magic to Aesthetic”, “The ‘vertical’ frontier meeting the challenge of the global society”, “The Post-communist Condition in Art Education”, “European Esprit and Musical Culture in Transylvania”, “Pathology in Art Communication and the Internal Gesture”, “ Non-European Traditions in Music Teaching-learning” etc.

Research Projects under governmental support and European grants:

·  DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) grant with a students group from National University of Music Bucharest (Stuttgart-Fellbach, München, Viena, 2001);

·  The Inter-regional project Differentia specifica, Romanian Cultural Centre, Budapest, 2001;

·  Grant from the International Foundation Mariani, 2005;

·  Travel-grant from the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE), 2006;

·  Distant worlds, closer lives - Lifelong Learning Programme Grundtvig Learning Partnerships, Institute for Educational Sciences, 2007-2008;

·  Tejaco Consortium, Leonardo, transfert d'innovation, Commission Européenne, Institute for Educational Sciences, 2007-2008 etc.

Member of:

E.P.T.A. (European Piano Teachers’ Association), I.S.M.E. International Society for Music Education, S.E.M.P.R.E. (Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research), E.S.C.O.M. (European Society for Cognitive Sciences in Music), E.A.J.S. (European Society for Japanese Studies).