Ada Milea (born August 5, 1975) is a

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n singer and actress. Ada has written several film scores. She has supported a community under threat from a mining company by volunteering her talents for a festival.

Life

Milea was born in

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the list of cities and towns in Romania, 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 ...

. She attended the University of Arts of Târgu Mureș. She worked at the National Theatre of Targu Mures, in 1997. She left to try her own career in 1999. She recorded the album ''

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'' in 2002. In 2005 she was one of the performers volunteering their time for FanFest, a concert in support of

Roșia Montană Roșia Montană (, "Roșia of the Mountains"; ; , ; ) is a Commune in Romania, commune of Alba County in the Apuseni Mountains of western Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the Valea Roșiei, through which the small river Roșia Montană (ri ...

, a community under threat from mining. She wrote the music for the award-winning film ''

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'', which was released in 2008. It was an

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with two actors which was directed by George Dorobanțu and written by based on his own play. Milea and Alexander Balanescu released the CD ''The Island'', featuring the

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, in 2011. In 2019 Milea headlined at London's 'Europalia Romania' festival. She was joined by the Balanescu Quartet to perform a work by Gellu Naum based on the story of ''

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'' on the 300th anniversary of its publication. In 2022 she opened the 26th Arad International Classical Theater Festival with comedic puns.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milea, Ada Romanian actresses Romanian pop singers Romanian women pop singers 1975 births Living people People from Târgu Mureș