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Composer / Sound Designer

Calin Topa is an interdisciplinary artist from Targoviste, Romania, currently active in Bucharest and London. Specializing in experimental music, he creates works that combine ambient styles, neoclassicism and ethereal soundscapes. His compositions are featured in theatrical performances, films and multimedia installations, recognized for their emotional depth and technological innovation.

Music compositions & Sound Design

2025 – Original music and sound design for the performance “Toto!” by Tim Crouch, directed by Bobi Pricop, Masca Theater, Bucharest, Romania

2025 – Original music and sound design for the performance “Secondary” by Alexandra Badea, National Theater, Bucharest

2024 – Original music and sound design for the performance “A Monster Calls” by Siobhan Dowd, directed by Bobi Pricop, Excelsior Theatre, Bucharest

2024 – Original music and sound design for “The Second Coming of Joan of Arc” by Carolyn Gage, Etcetera Theatre, 265 Camden High Street, Londra

2024 – Original music for the experimental movie “White Whisper”, directed by Tudor Cucu

2024 – Original music for the movie “Document56”, directed by Christopher Landry

2023 – Sound Nr. 1 – Orlando by Neil Bartlett, Michael Grandage Company, Garrick Theatre, London

2023 – Original music and sound design for the performance “Nora” by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Chris Simion, National Theater, Bucharest

2022 – Original music and sound design for the performance “Exile” by Alexandra Badea, directed by Alexandra Badea, National Theater, Bucharest

2021 – Original music and sound design for the performance “Let`s Talk About Life!” by Sorina Corneanu, National Theater, Bucharest

2021 – Original music and sound design for the performance “Incognito” by Nick Payne, National Theater, Bucharest

2021 – Original music for a sequence from the movie Saint Maud, directed by Rose Glass

2021 – Original music for a sequence from “Westworld”, directed by Albert Dupontel, HBO production

2020 – Original music and sound design for the movie “Opia Dance Film”, directed by Simona Dabija, National Dance Center, Bucharest

2020 – Original music and sound design for “AlterMind”, video mapping performance, directed by Andrei Cozlac, Theatre Dramatic “I.D. Sârbu”, Petrosani

2019 – Sound design and music for “Three Sisters, An (Un)usually Free Script Based on Chekhov”, directed by Radu Afrim, National Theater, Bucharest

2019 – Sound design and music for “Meerkats House” by David Drabek, directed by Radu Afrim, “Marin Sorescu” National Theatre, Craiova

2019 – Musical illustration for “The Nouveau Criminals” by Edna Mazia, National Theater, Bucharest

2019 – Sound design for “Jake’s Women” by Neil Simon, Maria Filotti Theatre

2018 – Sound design and music for “The Forrest of the Hanged” by Liviu Rebreanu, National Theater, Bucharest

2018 –Music and sound design for “Loose Knit” by Theresa Rebeck, National Theater, Bucharest

2017 – Music and musical illustration for “Old Clown Wanted” by Matei Visniec, National Theater, Bucharest

2016 – Sound design for “No Matter How Hard We Tried” by Dorota Masłowska, National Theater, Bucharest

2016 – Music and sound design for “Du pain plein les poches” by Matei Visniec, International Theatre Festival, Avignon

2014 – Sound design for “The Lesson” by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Diana Tanase, UNATC Bucharest

2014 – Music and sound design for “365 sheep”, UNATC Bucharest, concept and choreography by Teodora Budescu

2013 – Music for the performance “Lazy Shadows” – The Fire Dance Company

2013 – Music for the children's performance “The Little Blue Fish”, directed by Dan Topa, “Mihai Popescu” Children and Youth Theater, Targoviste

2011 – F.I.M.U Music Festival, Belfort, France

Installations & Exhibitions

2025 – Sound design – Art Safari 2025, Ioan Andreescu – “Truth and Imagination”

2024 – “Transcendent Renaissance” sound installation, Palazzo Morra, Venice, Personal Structures Biennale, 6^th Edition

2024 – “Transcendent Renaissance” sound installation – Royal School of Drama, London

2024 – Sound design – Art Safari 2024, “Mysteries and Treasures” – Eustatiu Stoenescu

2024 – Artist video – Experimental Video Festival, University of Kentucky, U.S.A.

2024 – “Border of Angel” Exhibition – Experimental Loop Festival, New York, U.S.A.

2024 – Video & Sound Installation – Museum of Recent Art, Bucharest, “The Monster, the Palace and the Laugh” exhibition

2024 – Video & Sound Installation – Museum of Contemporary Art, Romania, with Victoria Zidaru, “First Day” exhibition

2023 – Performance live – Sound Kitchen, Quadrennial of Scenography and Space, Prague

2023 – “Transcendent Renaissance” sound installation – archaeological site, Constanța, International Scenography Program

2023 – Sound design and sound installation – “Inferno 2.0” by Marian Zidaru, Nicodim Galleries, Bucharest

2023 – Sound design – Art Safari 2023, Love Edition – Constantin Artachino

2021 – Sound design for the multimedia installation “We are Phoenix” by Ada Gales

2021 – Sound design – Romanian Creative Week Iasi – NFT virtual necklace dedicated to Nadia Comăneci, 45 years since the first “Perfect 10”

2020 – Music for the performance “Faceless”, WASP, concept by Flavia Giurgiu

2020 – Music for “Visible/Invisible”, National Theatre Festival, concept by Irina Moscu

Awards

2025 – UNITER Award Nomination - Best Original music and sound design for “Seven Minutes After Midnight” (A Monster Calls) by Siobhan Dowd, directed by Bobi Pricop, Excelsior Theatre, Bucharest

2017 – Sound design – UNATC Bucharest for the performance “The Lesson” by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Diana Tanase

2015 – Corul Appassionato Romania – Krakow Music Festival, Poland

Studies

2019 – Music Theory for Producers Course – Abbey Road Studios Londra

2018 – Master - National University of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art “I.L. Caragiale”, Bucharest, specialization Sound and Lighting Design

2017 – Bachelor's Degree - Valahia University, Faculty of Music, Music Pedagogy Department

2013 – Music and Fine Arts High School “Balasa Doamna”, Targoviste

Translated by Andreea-Boeriu