About me

ROBERT COZMA –  Jazz Composer, Arranger,  Trombonist

Musical Studies

Robert Cozma (born 1993) is  a Romanian jazz composer, arranger, trombonist and pianist. He began his musical journey at the “Octav Băncilă” National College of Art in Iași, Romania. His passion for jazz led him to the “George Enescu” National University of Arts Iași where he majored in Jazz Composition. 

Between 2016-2017, he received an Erasmus scholarship and studied Jazz Trombone at the Hochschule für Musik in Nuremberg, Germany, under Professor Jürgen Neudert. He graduated in 2019, refining his skills in trombone performance, jazz theory, and composition. From 2019 to 2021, he studied jazz composition and arrangement with Steffen Schorn. He also took jazz piano lessons with Rainer Böhm and Andreas Feith, two leading figures in contemporary German jazz.

 Musical Projects, Collaborations, Commissioned Works 

In 2019, the Sunday Night Orchestra in Nuremberg invited him to arrange Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Almen se non possio for big band. For the Sunday Night Orchestra he composed A Special View, inspired by Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, to mark the composer’s 250th anniversary. In September 2021, he way invited by Sunday Night Orchestra to conduct a full concert of his compositions.

In January 2022, he joined the NDR Big Band in Hamburg for the Podium for Composers and Conductors. His composition Midnight Visions was conducted by David Hveem (NO).

Teaching Career & Affiliations

His impact in jazz grew in 2022 when he became a member of the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Romania. completed his Doctorate in Music at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iași. His PhD Thesis, Jazz Styles and Writing Techniques for Big Band in My Own Works.

Currently, Robert Cozma is a Teaching Assistant (PhD) at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts. He teaches jazz improvisation and composition.