Cornelia Catangă (9 March 1958 – 26 March 2021) was a Romanian lăutar musician of Roma origin.

Biography

In 1979, she sang for a short time with Romica Puceanu. In 1985 she had her first show at the Polyvalent Hall. Since 1986 she toured abroad and released her first LP in 1989, accompanied by the Ion Onoriu's orchestra. She sang together with her husband Aurel Pădureanu. Catangă died on 26 March 2021, aged 63, from

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. She was buried on 27 March 2021, in the city's Ghencea Cemetery.

References

1958 births 2021 deaths People from Buzău County Lăutari and lăutărească music 20th-century Romanian women singers 20th-century Romanian singers 21st-century Romanian women singers 21st-century Romanian singers Romanian Romani people Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania Burials at Ghencea Cemetery {{Romania-singer-stub