Dora Cojocaru
Dora Cojocaru (born 20 August 1963 in Baia Mare) is a Romanian composer.
Cojocaru studied at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca and obtained diplomas in composition, pedagogy and piano there in 1986. After studying with Johannes Fritsch at the Hochschule für Musik Köln, she was awarded a master's degree in composition. In 1997, she obtained a Ph.D. in musicology with a thesis on György Ligeti. After publication in 1999, the work was awarded the prize of the Romanian Composers' Union.
From 1990 to 2002, Cojocaru taught at the Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca, and from 1993 to 1995 she worked for the Westdeutscher Rundfunk. She has been living in Montreal since 2002 and teaches at different music institutions.
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