Ion Alexandru Ardereanu

ion.ardereanu@uav.ro

Ion Alexandru Ardereanu

ion.ardereanu@uav.ro

Born on December 16, 1985, Archdiocese. Lect. Univ. Dr. Ion – Alexandru Ardereanu began his musical training in 1992, at the “Ion Vidu” National College of Art in Timișoara, majoring in Violin and, later, Theoretical Studies. Between 2004 and 2008, he followed two undergraduate specializations in parallel, Musical Interpretation – Singing and Orthodox Pastoral Theology at the West University of Timișoara. Later, between 2008 and 2012, he successfully completed his first doctoral research, in the field of Orthodox Theology, at “Babeș – Bolyai” University in Cluj – Napoca, under the direction of Rev. Prof. Univ. Dr. Vasile Stanciu.

Wanting to broaden his professional horizons, in 2015 he enrolled at the “Gheorghe Dima” Academy of Music in Cluj-Napoca, in the undergraduate courses of the Music Pedagogy specialization, which he graduated in 2018, as head of promotion. Also in 2015, he enrolled in his second doctoral specialization, in the field of Musicology, at the West University of Timișoara, under the supervision of Prof. Univ. Dr. Habil. Lucian – Emil Roșca. The public defense of the second doctoral thesis will take place in February 2020, with the work receiving the maximum qualification, summa cum laudae.

Since 2008, after completing his first undergraduate studies, he remains at the Chair of Choral Singing at the Faculty of Music of the West University of Timișoara, as an associate teacher. In 2013, he is tenured at the same institution as a University Assistant and since 2015 he has been promoted to the didactic rank of University Lecturer, also being entrusted with the Religious Music course. Starting from 2021, he is tenured as a University Lecturer at “Aurel Vlaicu” University in Arad, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Music Studies Program, with responsibility for the History of Music and Musical Aesthetics subjects. In parallel, from 2009 until now he has been working as a deacon within the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Timisoara, since 2017 also receiving the honorary title of Archdeacon.