History

On July 8, 1991, after the composer’s death, the musical community of Cluj, with the participation and support of 40 founding members, initiated the establishment of a Foundation committed to the preservation and dissemination of the vast spiritual legacy of the founding father of the music school of Cluj.

Georg Todutza (Steinberg, Germany), the composer’s only son and heir, welcomed the initiative and donated to this non-profit organization, as future patrimony, all the books, archive and manuscripts found in the house where his unforgettable father had spent the last 30 years of his prolific creative life (1960-1991). Moreover, the value of Toduta’s oeuvre was boosted over time by the copyright royalties derived from his works, donated to the Foundation in 2004, for a period of 70 years, through the generosity of the same Georg Toduta.

Following the approval of the Ministry of Culture and the immediate signing of the rental agreement in July, 1991, the Sigismund Toduta Foundation officially opened its headquarters at 11:00 hours on May 17, 1992. Many musicians and cultural personalities of Cluj had the opportunity to admire for the first time the place where the unforgettable Maestro had spent his life and created his works. On the same evening, the Studio Hall of the “Gheorghe Dima” Academy of Music hosted a concert in Sigismund Toduta’s memory, featuring several of his works.

During the Foundation’s first years of existence, two of the composer’s meritorious disciples, composers Hans Peter Türk and Dan Voiculescu, managed to make a scientific inventory of all of the more than 5,000 titles of musical works, books and documents.

As the detailed research of this valuable heritage continues, the Foundation’s archives and library is continuously expanding, with the generous involvement and participation of its successive management teams.

 

Founding members – July 8, 1991

  1. Grigore ZANC
  2. Ştefan PASCU
  3. Alexandru FARCAŞ
  4. Cornel ŢĂRANU
  5. Dan VOICULESCU
  6. Hans Peter TÜRK
  7. Gerda TÜRK
  8. Ninuca Oşanu POP
  9. Aurel MARC
  10. Gavril COSTEA
  11. Emil SIMON
  12. Edith SIMON
  13. Florin MIHĂESCU
  14. Valentin TIMARU
  15. Maria TIMARU
  16. Eduard TERENYI
  17. Liviu GHITEA
  18. Francisc LASZLO
  19. Dora COJOCARU
  20. Cristian MISIEVICI
  21. Constantin RÎPĂ
  22. Diana RÎPĂ
  23. L.Ilse HERBERT
  24. Ileana PRADA
  25. Graziella GEORGIA
  26. Carmen OPRIŞANU
  27. Voichiţa TINIŞ
  28. Alexandru MELAC
  29. Gheorghe ROŞU
  30. Cornel GROZA
  31. Victor DUMĂNESCU
  32. Bujor DÎNŞOREANU
  33. Georgeta ANGHEL
  34. Victoria NICOLAE
  35. Alexandru MARC
  36. Grigore POP
  37. Doina HAPLEA
  38. Ioan HAPLEA
  39. Pavel PUŞCAŞ
  40. Mihail GUTTMAN

 

Management Boards

1991 – 1996

  • Prof. univ. dr. Hans Peter Türk – Președinte
  • Prof. univ. dr. Dan Voiculescu – Secretar general
    Members:
  • Prof. univ. Alexandru Farcaș
  • Prof. univ. dr. Cornel Ţăranu
  • Prof. univ. Ninuca Pop
  • Emil Simon, dirijor
  • Prof. Mihail Guttman

1996 – 2001

  • Prof. univ. dr. Dan Voiculescu – Președinte
  • Prof. Mihai Ghircoiaş – Secretar general
  • Prof. dr. Hilda Iacob – Secretar – Trezorier
    Members:
  • Prof. univ. Alexandru Farcaș, rector AMGD
  • Prof. univ. dr. Cornel Ţăranu
  • Conf. univ. Adrian Pop, Filarmonica “Transilvania”
  • Ciprian Rusu, redactor Radio Cluj
  • Prof. Teodora Tugui, director Liceul de Muzică “S. Toduţă”
  • Prof. Mihail Guttman

2001 – 2006

  • Prof.univ.dr. Ninuca Oşanu Pop, A.M. G.D. – Președinte
  • Prof. univ. dr. Dan Voiculescu, U.N.M.B – Vicepreședinte de onoare
  • Prof. Mihai Ghircoiaş – Secretar general
  • Prof. dr. Hilda Iacob – Secretar – Trezorier
    Members:
  • Prof. univ. Aurel Marc, rector A.M.G.D.
  • Acad. prof. univ. dr. Cornel Ţăranu
  • Conf. univ. dr. Adrian Pop
  • Ciprian Rusu, redactor Radio Cluj
  • Prof. Nicolae Dăian, Liceul de Muzică “S. Toduţă”
  • Prof. Mihail Guttman, Liceul de Muzică “S. Toduţă”

2006 – 2012

  • Prof. univ. dr. Ninuca Oşanu Pop – Președinte
  • Prof. univ. dr. Gabriel Banciu – Vicepreședinte
  • Prof. Mihai Ghircoiaș – Secretar știinţific – Trezorier
  • Prof. dr. Hilda Iacob – Secretar știinţific
    Members:
  • Prof. univ. dr. Cornel Ţăranu
  • Prof. univ. dr. Adrian Pop
  • Prof. univ. dr. Aurel Marc
  • Dr. Dorina Mangra, Filarmonica „Transilvania”
  • Ciprian Rusu, redactor Radio Cluj
  • Prof. Mihail Guttman

2012 – to date

  • Conf. univ. dr. Ecaterina Banciu – Președinte
  • Prof. Mihai Ghircoiaș – Secretar știinţific – Trezorier
    Members:
  • Prof. univ. dr. Vasile Jucan, rector AMGD
  • Prof. univ. dr. Adrian Pop
  • Prof. univ. dr. Cornel Groza
  • Conf. univ. dr. Mihaela Gavriş
  • Lect. univ. dr. Cristian Bence Muk