Maria Răducanu (born 3 November 1967, Huși, jud. Vaslui) is a

self-taught Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) or self-education (also self-learning and self-teaching) is education without the guidance of masters (such as teachers and professors) or institutions (such as schools). Generally, autodidacts are individua ...

Romanian

ethno jazz Ethno jazz, also known as world jazz, is a subgenre of jazz and world music, developed internationally in the 1950s and '60s and broadly characterized by a combination of traditional jazz and non-Western musical elements. Though occasionally equ ...

singer-

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

, noted for her vocal range and considered as representative of the new Romanian jazz. She mixes jazz with Romanian

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

, songs by

Maria Tănase Maria Tănase (; 25 September 1913 – 22 June 1963) was a Romanian singer and actress. Her music ranged from traditional Romanian music to romance, tango, chanson and operetta. Tănase has a similar importance in Romania as Édith Piaf in F ...

, to whom she has been compared, fado and European music from the 16th century.

Discography

* ''Ziori'' (

Tzadik Tzadik ( he, צַדִּיק , "righteous ne, also ''zadik'', ''ṣaddîq'' or ''sadiq''; pl. ''tzadikim'' ''ṣadiqim'') is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. The ...

, 2010) with Marc Ribot (guitars, bass) and Nicolai Adi Chiru (2nd guitar) * ''Pure Music'' (The End Film, 2008) with Krister Jonsson (guitar) * ''Troika – Chansons Russes'' (Arbore Sonor, 2005) with Maxim Belciug (guitar) * ''La Tarara – Chansons Espagnoles'' (Arbore Sonor, 2005) with Maxim Belciug (guitar) * ''Cantece din Rasarit / Chants du Levant'' (Institut Francais de Bucarest, 2005) with Jan Roder (bass) * ''Lumini'' (La Strada Music, 2004) with

Mircea Tiberian Mircea Tiberian (born May 4, 1955 in Cluj, Romania) is a jazz musician and professor of music at the National University of Music in Bucharest. He coordinates the Jazz Department, which he set up in 1991. Musical career Tiberian spent his childho ...

(piano) * ''Viata Lumij'' (2003) with Mircea Tiberian Quartet * ''Colinde'' (La Strada Music, 2002) with Vlaicu Golcea (double bass) and Sorin Romanescu (guitar) * ''Pe vale'' (La Strada Music, 2002) with Vlaicu Golcea (double bass) and Sorin Romanescu (guitar) (nominated in Romania for the best jazz creation award)

Special contribution

Maria Răducanu received an offer from

The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

, and she provides the Romanian voice of

Ariel Ariel may refer to: Film and television *Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award * ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki * ''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', 1989 and 1991 anime video series based on the novel series ...

, in ''The Little Mermaid'' (TV series) (1992– Ager Film), and in 2005 in the classic eternal Disney dubbing, '' The Little Mermaid''.theFest.ro , Concert: Live Maria Raducanu (RO) & Krister Jonsson (SWE)
''Brasov, 2015''

References

External links

Maria Răducanu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raducanu, Maria Romanian jazz musicians Living people 1967 births People from Huși