Ada Brumaru (July 5, 1930 – July 7, 2008) was a

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n musicologist and music critic.

Life

Brumaru was born in

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on 5 July 1930. She joined and studied music at the Music Conservatory in Bucharest in 1949. Her teachers included

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(musical forms),

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, 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

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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 Radio" - Brno-Brno, 1969, the "Italy" Prize - Florence, 1970). Brumanu's interests led to her 1962 book ''Romanticism in music'' and to the creation of the ''Enescu'' film. Shewasa member of the Union of Composers and Musicologists in Romania and she received three of their awards. She was a strong supporter of

Radio România Muzical ''Radio România Muzical'', is a publicly funded radio station in Romania. The station broadcasts music of a variety of genres, including symphonic, chamber music, operetta, choral music, folk, jazz, classical music, and soundtracks. It also bro ...

which is the public funded classical and jazz radio station. Brumaru died in

in 2008.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brumaru, Ada 1930 births 2008 deaths Writers from Bucharest Romanian women musicologists Romanian music critics Romanian women critics 20th-century Romanian musicologists