Vladimir Cosma

Romanian composer, conductor, and violinist. Born April 13, 1940 in Bucharest, Romania. Since 1963, he lives in Paris, France. He was born in a family of musicians, his father, Teodor Cosma, was Orchestra Electrecord's conductor. His uncle, Edgar Cosma, was a composer & conductor. Vladimir Cosma studied music in Bucharest and in September 1962 emigrated to Paris, France with his family. There he continued his musical education at the École Normale de Musique de Paris under Nadia Boulanger's guidance as well as at the Conservatoire National Supérieur De Musique Et De Danse De Paris. He started as the assistant of Michel Legrand. He has written the music for many well known French movies. He received two Césars for the best movie score, for "Diva" (1982) and "Le Bal" (1984), two 7 d'Or for the best music for television, as well as a number of prizes and awards in France and other countries.