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, , was 's conductor. His uncle, [a=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 under [a=Nadia Boulanger]'s guidance as well as at the . He started as the assistant of [a=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.