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Ionel Budișteanu
Ionel Budișteanu (8 October 1919, Budești, Ilfov County (today in Călărași County) – 30 October 1991, Bucharest) was a renowned Romanian violinist, conductor and musical arranger, of Roma ethnicity, often called "the lord of Romanian popular music".Cosma, ''Lăutarii de ieri și de azi'', p. 355 Biography He was born on 8 October 1919, in a family of famous musicians from Budești commune, Ilfov county. From the name of the commune he got his name "Budișteanu".Cosma, ''Lăutarii de ieri și de azi'', p. 353 His father, Vasile Budișteanu, played the cimbalom in various Bucharest formations, being later co-opted into the orchestra of Grigoraș Dinicu, participating in the Universal Exhibitions in Paris (1937) and New York (1939). He followed his musical studies at the Royal Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in Bucharest (1933–1936), having as teachers Vasile Filip (violin), Victor Gheorghiu and Ioan D. Chirescu (theory-solfeggio), Constantin Brăiloiu ...
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Budești
Budești ( Romani: ''Budeshti'') is a small provincial town in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania. Three villages are administered by the town: Aprozi, Buciumeni, and Gruiu. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program. Geography The town lies in the southwestern corner of the Bărăgan Plain, where the river Dâmbovița flows into the Argeș. Budești is located in the western part of Călărași County, on the border with Giurgiu County. It lies at a distance of south-east of Bucharest, the capital of the country, and west of Călărași, the county seat. Demographics According to the 2021 census, Budești has a population of 7,126 people. It is the Romanian town with the largest proportion of Romani. As one of two urban areas where Romani make up more than 20% of the total population, Budești is also the one of two towns in Romania where the Romani language has co-official status alongside Romanian, with education, ...
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