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Ada Brumaru
Ada Brumaru (July 5, 1930 – July 7, 2008) was a Romanian musicologist and music critic. Life Brumaru was born in Bucharest on 5 July 1930. She joined and studied music at the National University of Music Bucharest, Music Conservatory in Bucharest in 1949. Her teachers included Ion Nonna Otescu, Tudor Ciortea (musical forms), Constantin Bugeanu, Adriana Sachelarie, Andrei Tudor (music history) and Nelly Antonescu (piano). She was there until 1955. In 1950 Brumaru joined the Romanian Broadcasting Society 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 Radio-France Musique in Paris. 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. Brumaru was asked to join national and international juries of musical competitions ("Prix musical de Rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital of Romania in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly Eclectic, but also Neoclassical and Art Nouveau), interbellum ( Bauhaus, Art Deco and Romanian Revival architecture), socialist era, and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of 'Paris of the East' ( ro, Parisul Estului) or 'Little Paris' ( ro, Micul Paris). Although buildings and districts in the historic city centre were heavily damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and even Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
