Dan Iordăchescu (; 2 June 1930 – 30 August 2015) was a Romanian

baritone A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the ...

. A native of

Vânju Mare Vânju Mare is a small town located in Mehedinți County, Romania. Four villages are administered by the town: Bucura, Nicolae Bălcescu, Orevița Mare, and Traian. It is situated in the historical region of Oltenia. Natives * Victor Gomoiu (188 ...

, he was the father of opera singers

Cristina Iordachescu Cristina Iordachescu is a Romanian mezzo-soprano and pianist. She was born October 8, 1966, in Bucharest. Biography Cristina Iordachescu was born into a family of artists. Her father, Dan Iordachescu, was a baritone who sang professionally in ope ...

Irina Iordachescu Irina Iordachescu is a Romanian soprano opera singer. Early life Soprano Irina Iordachescu was born in Bucharest, into a family of musicians. Her father is Dan Iordachescu, a professional singer (baritone). Her sister, Cristina, is a mezzo-so ...

and Raluca Iordachescu. He was active in various countries for a number of years and has received awards."Dan Iordăchescu"
daniordachescu.ro (in Romanian) He is the author of two books of autobiography: ''Un drumeț al cântului'' Journey of Singing Editura Eminescu, București, 1990 .

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Nicolas Astrinidis Nicolas Astrinidis (Greek: Νίκος Αστρινίδης; 6 May 1921, in Cetatea Albă– 10 December 2010, in Thessaloniki) was a Romanian-born Greek composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. After receiving diplomas in piano performance an ...

(in French, with English subtitles) 1930 births 2015 deaths People from Vânju Mare Romanian operatic baritones 20th-century Romanian male opera singers {{Opera-singer-stub