Carmen Petra Basacopol

2004 – Piccolo sonata op. 105 for flute, contralto flute in G and pian/Variațiuni pe o temă elegiacă op.106 for 2 harps/Tristeți bacoviene op. 107 for low voice and piano

2003 – Legandă op. 97 for violin and organ/ Elegie op. 96 for harp and clarinet/ Duo Opus op.100 for violin and viola/ Cântece imaginare op.99 for soprano and piano/ Diptic bucovian op.101/ Cântece naive pentru Nichita op.102/Mărturisiri op.104 for mezzo-soprano and piano

2002 – Serenada op. 92 for 4 cellos/Fantasy Op. 94 for horn in F and piano/Măiastra op. 95 for instrumental ensemble/Hymn II op.93 – four Lieders for soprano and piano/Îngerul a strigat op. 96 – three Lieders for soprano and piano

Elena Moșuc, Notre Amour, ... Zorile-si mâna cerbii de foc ..., CD, Arte Nova, 2002

2001 – Viziuni dansante op. 86 for violin and piano/Naive paintings op. 91 for instrumental ensemble

2001 – Improvizații op. 87 pentru pian/Incantații op. 88 pentru corn solo/Fantezii op. 89 pentru fagot solo

2000 – Dramatic Sonata Op. 83 for cello and piano/Psalms of David op.84 – five Lieders for soprano and piano/Meșterul Manole op.85 – five Lieders for soprano and piano

1999 – Character pieces, op. 80 for oboe and piano

1999 – Lamaneto Op. 82 for 2 flutes and percussion

1998 – 7 viziuni ale Profetului Ezechiel op. 78 pentru orgă

Damase, Inghelbrecht, Lauber, Petra-Basacopol, Takemitsu, ... Muzică pentru Flaut și Harpă ..., BIS-CD-650, 1998

1996 – Harp and strings orchestra concert, no.2, Rituale op. 75

1996 – Songs of Exile Op. 74; seven songs for soprano and piano

1995–1996 – Cei șapte corbi, op. 73, ballet for children

1994 – Flute and chamber orchestra concert, op.71

1994 – Musica per cinque op. 72 for flute, harp, violin, viola and cello

1993– Imne op. 65 for soprano and piano/File de acatist for voice and flute/Low voice and piano Lieders. 70

1992 – The jungle book, op. 61; șapte piese pentru copii și pentru harpă solo

1990 – Imagini europene op 59 pentru harpă solo/Preludiu, Interludiu, Postludiu, op. 60 pentru orgă

1988–1990 – Apostol Bologa, op. 58, 2 acts opera

1987 – Trio Op. 57 for flute, harp and clarinet/Sângele pământului op. 55 – three Lieders for bass and piano

1987 – Incantațiile pământului op. 56 pentru harpă solo

1984 – Cântecele vieții op. 53-cycle 5 lieders for soprano and piano

1983 – Inimă de copil op.52, 2 acts opera for children

1980 – Tablouri dacice op. 46, trio for pan flute, vibraphone and cello

1980 – Salutul păcii, op.48 nr. 2 – 2 voice female choir

She has published a number of professional articles, studies, music chronicles in papers as Muzica, Contemporanul, Informația Bucureștiului, Revista de Etnografie și Folclor and a book, L'originalité de la musique roumaine: á travers des oeuvres de chambre et de scène d'Enesco, Jora et Constantinesco, Editura Muzicală, București, 1979.

1979 – Variations on a Macedonian-Romanian theme op. 44 for harp and cello

1979 – Seasons, op. 45 nr.2 – 2 voice children choir

1978 – Craiul munților quartet op. 43 for flute, violin, cello and piano/Moroccan poems op.42 – three Lieders for mezzo-soprano and wind quartet

1978 – Cinci miniaturi pentru copii, op. 45 nr.1 pentru pian

1977 – Acuarele argheziene op. 91. nr. 2, two Lieders for the soprano and the lion

1976 – Cântece haiducești for Baritone and Piano Op. 41. nr.1

1975 – Harp, strings orchestra and timpani concert, op.40

1974 – Trio for flute, clarinet and bassoon op. 39

1971 – Two Lieders for bass and harp op. 22 nr. 2/Propas op. 34 – three Lieders for soprano, flute and piano

1970 – Pulstio vitae op. 33 for harp, clarinet, xylophone, bells, percussion and moving choir

1969 – Entertainment for harp, wind quartet, double bass and xylophone, octet op.30

1968 – Ofrnade op. 29 – two lieders for soprano and piano

1967 – Un cântec despre jertfe mari și despre lumină, op.28- cantata

1966 – Crengile op.26, vision for moving choir and orchestra

1966 – Moartea căprioarei, op. 27- ballad for strings orchestra, clarinet, piano, percussion and solo baritone

1965 – Violin and orchestra concert, no.2, op. 25

1965 – Two Lieders for Soprano and Piano Op. 18 no. 2

1964 – Nostalgia for baritone and English horn op. 23. nr. 1

1964 – Opium Flower Op. 23 nr. 2 for baritone and piano

1963 – Five Lieders for tenor and harp op. 22, nr. 1

Petra-Basacopol received her PhD from the University of Sorbonne in Paris. She became teaching assistant at the National University of Music Bucharest in 1962, becoming lecturer (1966–1972) and teacher of musical analysis and harmony later (1976–2003). She was also a teacher of harmony, counterpoint, music history and improvisation at the conservatory of Rabat (Morocco) between 1974 and 1976.

1961 – Sonata for flute and harp op. 17/Three Lieders for Soprano and Piano Op. 18 no. 1

1960 – Images from Valea Crişului op. 16, no. 1 for harp and violin

1960 – Fetelor, surorilor, op. 16 nr. 2 – female choir

1959 – Trio for Violin, cello and piano, op. 11/Lieders for mezzo-soprano and piano op. 12 nr. 1/Seasons op. 12 nr. 2 for soprano and piano

1958 – Three Lieders for the mezzo-soprano and piano op. 9, nr. 1/ Three Lieders for Soprano and Piano Op. 9, nr. 2

1957 – Three sketches for oboe and piano, op.8 nr. 2

1957 – Seven songs for soprano and piano, op.8 no. 1

She won the 4th place of the International Contest in Bucharest (1953), the International Youth Contest in Warsaw (1955), Meritul Cultural Order cls. IV (1969), The Composers Union Award (1974, 1979, 1999, 2003), The Romanian Composers Academy Award (1980), Meritul Cultural Order in knight rank (2004). She was jury member of the Harp Contest in Jerusalem (1979).

Petra-Basacopol was born in Sibiu. She studied at the Bucharest Conservatory of Music between 1949–1956 with Ioan D. Chirescu (music theory), Leon Klepper, and Mihail Jora (composition), Paul Constantinescu (harmony) and Tudor Ciortea (musical analysis), Nicolae Buicliu (counterpoint), Theodor Rogalski (orchestration), Ion Vicol and Ion Marian (choir, choral conducting), Adriana Sachelarie and George Breazul (music history), Tiberiu Alexandru and Emilia Comișel (folklore), Silvia Căpățână and Ovidiu Drimba (piano). She attended improvisation classes at Darmstadt (1968) with György Ligeti, Erhard Karkoschka, Günther Becker, Christoph Caskel, Saschko Gawriloff, and Aloys Kontarsky.

Carmen Petra Basacopol (born 5 September 1926) is a Romanian composer and music teacher.