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Early days

Butaciu was born in

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. She attended the Music High School in

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, where she started her musical career with the Cluj-Napoca Philharmonic Orchestra.

Artistic career

On April 1, 1961, she came to the Ciocârlia Ensemble of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Bucharest. Butaciu was a singer especially in the Bistrița-Năsăud area. During her career she worked with conductors such as Constantin Arvinte, Ion Mărgean, Paraschiv Oprea, Victor Predescu, George Vancu, and Alexandru Viman.Consilierii bucureșteni ai PSD au acordat titlul de cetățean de onoare al Bucureștiului unor artiști
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'', accessed 17 January 2014 In 2001 she was named "Honorary Citizen of Bucharest". Butaciu died in

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on 11 June 2018 at the age of 78. She is buried at the Ghencea Military Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Butaciu, Maria 1940 births 2018 deaths People from Bistrița-Năsăud County Romanian folk singers 20th-century Romanian women singers 20th-century Romanian singers 21st-century Romanian women singers 21st-century Romanian singers Burials at Ghencea Cemetery