Ada Brumaru
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Born | July 5, 1930 |
Died | July 7, 2008 |
Nationality | Romania |
Occupation | Music editor |
Ada Brumaru (July 5, 1930 – July 7, 2008) was a Romanian musicologist and music critic.[1]
Life[]
Brumaru was born in Bucharest on 5 July 1930.[2] She joined and studied music at the Music Conservatory in Bucharest in 1949. Her teachers included Ion Nonna Otescu, Tudor Ciortea (musical forms), , , Andrei Tudor (music history) and (piano). She was there until 1955.
In 1950 Brumaru joined the becoming editor in chief in 1954 and director in 1972. A post she held until 1986. From 1982 she and Michel Godard made shows about Romanian music at the in Paris.[3] Romanians were held in some esteem in Paris, Brumanu recalls that she was once denied access asareporter to a music venue. She was asked to name two leading Romanian conductors - which she did.[4]
Brumaru was asked to join national and international juries of musical competitions ("Prix musical de Radio" - Brno-Brno, 1969, the "Italy" Prize - Florence, 1970).[3]
Brumanu's interests led to her 1962 book Romanticism in music[5] and to the creation of the Enescu film. Shewasa member of the and she received three of their awards.[2] She was a strong supporter of Radio România Muzical which is the public funded classical and jazz radio station.[2]
Brumaru died in Bucharest in 2008.[2]
References[]
- ^ "A murit Ada Brumaru".
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "In aceasta seara s-a stins din viata Ada Brumaru - distins muzicolog, critic muzical si colaborator apropiat al postului nostru". Radio România Muzical. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Marian, Petcu (14 June 2016). Istoria jurnalismului din România în date: enciclopedie cronologică. Polirom. ISBN 9789734638543 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cecilia Burescu with a Coda by Murry (7 October 2008). A Romanian Rhapsody: The Life of Conductor Sergiu Comissiona. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 482–. ISBN 978-1-4628-0823-6.
- ^ Ada Brumaru (1962). Romantismul în muzică. Editura Muzicală.
- 1930 births
- 2008 deaths
- Writers from Bucharest
- Romanian musicologists