Aleksandër Peçi

Who is Aleksandër Peçi?

Aleksandër Peçi is an Albanian composer; one of the most important figures of the contemporary Albanian classical music.

He graduated from the State Conservatory in Tirana, then worked as the director of Palace of Culture in Përmet; from 1979 he was the artistic director of the National Ensemble of Popular Songs and Dances. Since 1986 he is a full-time composer. In 1989 he composed the song Toka E Diellit which won the major Albanian music contest, Festivali i Këngës. Since 1992 he is also teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana. His composition technique is based in the cartesian production and his formula is "CC2-composition".

The most important pieces of his works are as follows:

Koncert per piano dhe orkester nr. 1 = Concerto for Piano and orchestra, nr. 1, 1976

Kecat dhe ujku = The Goats And The Wolf, balley, 1979

Koncert per Violoncel dhe orkester = Concerto for Violoncello and orchestra, 1982

Sinfoni nr. 1 = Symphony nr. 1, 1985

Sinfoni nr. 2 = Symphony nr. 2, 1988

Oirat, 2000

12 Cartesius Cantus, piano cycle, 2002

Etera tonda, acoustic and electro-acoustic music, + installation, 2006

Piano concerto nr. 2, 2007