Background
He was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1925.
He was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1925.
University of California, Los Los Angeles
He became professor of music at California State University, Long Beach, a position he held for over thirty years. Among works published are the definitive edition of Dmitri Shostakovich"s 24 Preludes and Fugues (in collaboration with the composer) M.C.A., New York, New York 1971. The Art of Fingering in Piano Playing, M.C.A., New York, New York, 1971.
An essay on the pianist Vladimir Horowitz, published by Schirmer, New York, New York, 1993.
An essay entitled "Sir Karl Popper and Music", London School of Economics, 1995. Musafia also published numerous articles in Southern California newspapers, most of which were analytic music critiques.
Julien Musafia has left an extensive recording legacy, including radio recordings in Boston, Cologne, Bucharest, Moscow. He has concertized in Moscow, Frankfurt (during the Shostakovich Festival), Salzburg, London, Bucharest, Budapest, Pforzheim, Stresa, Cremona, Edinburgh, New York, Milan, Washington, Boston, Los Angeles (as Artistic Director of the Shostakovich Festival) and in many other locations.
He lived in Long Beach, California, until his passing on November 14, 2015.
There he founded the Consortium Musicum, which he directed between 1971 and 1993, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.