13 Notable alumni of George Enescu University of Arts of Iasi
Updated: June 01, 2026 EliteDegrees
George Enescu University of Arts of Iasi is ranked #8,418 in the world and #48 in Romania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from George Enescu University of Arts of Iasi sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with George Enescu University of Arts of Iasi won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Leon Viorescu
1886-1936 (aged 50)
painter
illustrator
graphic artist
Leon Viorescu was a Romanian painter.
2. Gavriil Musicescu
1847-1903 (aged 56)
music educator
conductor
composer
Gavriil Musicescu was a Romanian composer, conductor and musicologist, father of the pianist and musical pedagogue Florica Musicescu.
3. Elena Moșuc
1964-. (aged 62)
performing artist
musician
opera singer
Elena Moșuc is a Romanian operatic soprano. Associated to the Zürich Opera House, she has an active career primarily in Europe, including guest appearances at the Romanian National Operas since 1990.
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4. Viorica Cortez
1935-. (aged 91)
opera singer
Viorica Cortez is a noted Romanian-born mezzo-soprano, later French by naturalisation. Starting her operatic and concert career in the mid-1960s, she went on to become one of the most prominent female performers of the 1970s and 1980s, and continued singing for many years after that.
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5. Ștefan Dimitrescu
1886-1933 (aged 47)
painter
Ștefan Dimitrescu was a Romanian Post-impressionist painter and draftsman.
6. Jules Cazaban
1903-1963 (aged 60)
actor
Jules Cazaban was a Romanian playwright and director.
7. Aurel Băeșu
1896-1928 (aged 32)
painter
Aurel Băeșu was a Romanian Impressionist landscape and portrait painter. Many of his works show the influence of Nicolae Grigorescu; an influence that was common among painters of his generation.
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8. Constantin Daniel Stahi
1844-1920 (aged 76)
painter
Constantin Daniel Stahi was a Romanian painter and gravure artist.
9. Corneliu Baba
1906-1997 (aged 91)
university teacher
painter
illustrator
Corneliu Baba was a Romanian painter, primarily a portraitist, but also known as a genre painter and an illustrator of books.
10. Anca Parghel
1957-2008 (aged 51)
composer
jazz musician
singer
music educator
Anca Parghel was a Romanian jazz singer, composer, arranger, pianist, choir conductor, and music teacher. As a jazz vocalist, she excelled in scat, vocal percussion, and improvisation. Her voice had a four octave range, this being one of the reasons she was compared to Yma Sumac in the Romanian music press. She had an exceptional ability to interpret songs in...
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11. Camil Ressu
1880-1962 (aged 82)
painter
Camil Ressu was a Romanian painter and academic, one of the most significant art figures of Romania.
12. Octav Băncilă
1872-1944 (aged 72)
painter
activist
Octav Băncilă was a Romanian realist painter and left-wing activist. He was the brother of Sofia Nădejde, a feminist journalist, and the brother-in-law of Ioan Nădejde (an atheist and socialist thinker, editor of the magazine Contemporanul).
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13. Nicolae Tonitza
1886-1940 (aged 54)
painter
caricaturist
lithographer
art critic
graphic artist
Nicolae Tonitza was a Romanian painter, engraver, lithographer, journalist and art critic. Drawing inspiration from Post-Impressionism and Expressionism, he had a major role in introducing modernist guidelines to local art.
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