Sigismund Toduță


Sigismund Toduță was a Romanian composer, musicologist, and professor.

Biography

Toduță graduated from the Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art in Cluj in 1936. His instructors consisted of Ecaterina Fotino-Negru and Marțian Negrea.
Between 1936 and 1938, he continued his music studies in Rome, Italy, at the Academy of Santa Cecilia with Ildebrando Pizetti and Alfredo Casella. He became a music teacher at the Saint Vasile High School in Blaj until 1943. Between 1945 and 1949, he became artistic director for the "Ardealul" Philharmonic in Cluj. He then worked as a theory and solfege professor at the G. Dima Conservatory. Between 1971 and 1974, he conducted the State Philharmonic in Cluj. In 1938, he obtained a PhD in musicology at the Pontifical Institute for Sacred Music.

Selected works

Vocal symphonic music