Marius Brenciu (born 11 November 1973 in

Brașov Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census ( 2011), Brașov has a po ...

) is a Romanian operatic

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors i ...

. He won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 2001. He won the second prize at the

Queen Elisabeth Competition The Queen Elisabeth Competition ( nl, Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd, french: Concours musical international Reine Élisabeth) is an international competition for career-starting musicians held in City of Brussels, Brussels. The competition is n ...

in 2000; he was a jury member on that competition in 2018. His older brother is the singer of popular music Horia Brenciu.

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Living people Romanian operatic tenors Musicians from Brașov 1973 births 21st-century Romanian male opera singers {{Romania-opera-singer-stub