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42 Notable alumni of National University of Music of Bucharest

Updated: June 01, 2026 EliteDegrees

National University of Music of Bucharest is ranked #8,315 in the world and #47 in Romania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 42 notable alumni from National University of Music of Bucharest sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with National University of Music of Bucharest won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Liana Șerbescu

1. Liana Șerbescu

1934-. (aged 92)
writer pianist musicologist music educator
Liana Șerbescu, is a Romanian pianist, piano pedagogue and musicologist, a pioneer in the field of women's music. Through her many-sided activity as a performing pianist, researcher and writer, she contributed to enriching the repertoire of classical piano music.
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Șerban Nichifor

2. Șerban Nichifor

1954-. (aged 72)
composer
Șerban Nichifor OCB is a Romanian composer, cellist and music educator.
Mircea Tiberian

3. Mircea Tiberian

1955-2025 (aged 70)
pianist composer jazz musician
Mircea Tiberian was a Romanian jazz musician and academic who was a professor of music at the National University of Music in Bucharest. He coordinated the jazz department, which he set up in 1991.
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Iulia Maria Dan

4. Iulia Maria Dan

1987-. (aged 39)
opera singer
Iulia Maria Dan is a Romanian operatic soprano. She was a member of the ensemble of the Hamburg State Opera from 2015 to 2018, and then moved on to the Semperoper in Dresden. She appeared at international opera houses and festivals in leading roles such as Mozart's Fiordiligi and Massenet's Manon, but also in unusual repertoire including Ofelia in the...
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Tudor Ciortea

5. Tudor Ciortea

1903-1982 (aged 79)
composer
Tudor Ciortea was a Romanian composer, musicologist, and music educator.
Petre Munteanu

6. Petre Munteanu

1916-1988 (aged 72)
opera singer
Petre Munteanu was a Romanian operatic tenor particularly associated with Mozart and lighter Italian roles.
Radu Boureanu

7. Radu Boureanu

1906-1997 (aged 91)
painter poet translator
Radu Boureanu was a Romanian poet, prose writer and translator.
Ion Nonna Otescu

8. Ion Nonna Otescu

1888-1940 (aged 52)
composer
Ion Nonna Otescu was a Romanian composer and head of the Bucharest Conservatory (now the National University of Music) from 1918 until 1940. He was born in Bucharest and died there at the age of 51, having played an influential role in the musical life of his native country.
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Liana Alexandra

9. Liana Alexandra

1947-2011 (aged 64)
university teacher music educator composer
Liana Alexandra Șaptefrati was a Romanian composer, pianist, and music educator.
Carmen Petra-Basacopol

10. Carmen Petra-Basacopol

1926-2023 (aged 97)
music educator composer
Carmen Petra Basacopol was a Romanian composer, pianist, musicologist and academic teacher. She taught at the National University of Music Bucharest, between 1962 and 2003, and at the Rabat Conservatoire in Morocco in the 1970s. As a musicologist, she achieved a PhD from the Sorbonne University in Paris in 1976, with a dissertation about three Romanian composers who had influenced...
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Ștefan Gheorghiu

11. Ștefan Gheorghiu

1926-2010 (aged 84)
violinist music educator
Ştefan Gheorghiu was a Romanian musician, violinist and teacher, born in Galați, Romania.
György Selmeczi

12. György Selmeczi

1952-. (aged 74)
musician opera director composer classical pianist conductor
György Selmeczi is a Hungarian composer, conductor, opera director, and pianist.
Sorin Chifiriuc

13. Sorin Chifiriuc

1950-. (aged 76)
singer guitarist disc jockey songwriter monk
Sorin Chifiriuc is a rock, new wave, and blues guitarist and vocalist.
Vladimir Mendelssohn

14. Vladimir Mendelssohn

1949-2021 (aged 72)
music educator violist composer
Vladimir Mendelssohn was a Romanian composer, violist, and professor. He had served as Director of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival since August 2005.
Harry Tavitian

15. Harry Tavitian

1952-. (aged 74)
composer pianist jazz musician singer
Harry Tavitian is a Romanian jazz pianist and singer, whose style covers free-jazz, blues, ethno-jazz and avant-garde.
George Stephănescu

16. George Stephănescu

1843-1925 (aged 82)
music educator conductor composer
George Stephănescu was a Romanian composer, one of the main figures in Romanian national opera.
Floria Capsali

17. Floria Capsali

1900-1982 (aged 82)
ballet dancer choreographer
Floria Capsali was a Romanian ballerina, choreographer and dance teacher.
Mariana Sîrbu

18. Mariana Sîrbu

music educator
Mariana Sîrbu, also credited as Sârbu, was a Romanian classical violinist and academic teacher, who made an international career performing and recording. She was focused on chamber music, founding the Academica String Quartet in 1968, joining the Trio di Milano in 1985, and founding the Quartetto Stradivari in 1994. She was concertmaster of I Musici from 1993 to 2003. She...
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Génica Athanasiou

19. Génica Athanasiou

1897-1966 (aged 69)
actor
Genica Athanasiou was a Romanian-French stage and film actress.
Temistocle Popa

20. Temistocle Popa

1921-2013 (aged 92)
composer songwriter actor film score composer
Themistocles Popa was a Romanian composer, musician, and film actor.
Constantin Silvestri

21. Constantin Silvestri

1913-1969 (aged 56)
composer pianist conductor university teacher
Constantin-Nicolae Silvestri was a Romanian conductor and composer.
Dan Andrei Aldea

22. Dan Andrei Aldea

1950-2020 (aged 70)
singer guitarist composer keyboardist musician
Dan Andrei Aldea was a Romanian multi-instrumentalist (guitars, violin, and keyboards, mainly) and vocalist, best known for his work with the band Sfinx, but also for his solo career.
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Emil Botta

23. Emil Botta

1911-1977 (aged 66)
actor poet writer
Emil Botta was a Romanian actor, poet and prose writer, the younger brother of poet-essayist Dan Botta. Though born in Western Moldavia, the two boys were raised by their Corsican mother in Muscel County; as a teenager, Emil rebelled against his upbringing and ran away to Bucharest. Upon arriving there, he embraced a bohemian lifestyle that clashed with Dan's academic...
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Maria Filotti

24. Maria Filotti

1883-1956 (aged 73)
film actor actor theatrical director
Maria Filotti was a Romanian actress. She was described as one of the "prestigious actors of the great realistic school" and the "directress" of a theater "that made an important contribution to transmitting the experience from one generation to the next."
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Alexandru Tomescu

25. Alexandru Tomescu

1976-. (aged 50)
violinist
Alexandru Tomescu is a Romanian violinist. He plays a 1702 Stradivarius known as the Elder Voicu, which is on loan from the Romanian government until 2023.
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Iancu Dumitrescu

26. Iancu Dumitrescu

1944-. (aged 82)
composer conductor
Iancu Dumitrescu is a Romanian avant-garde composer.
AMI

27. AMI

1989-. (aged 37)
singer songwriter
Andreea Ioana Moldovan, professionally known as AMI, is a Romanian singer and songwriter. She rose to fame following her 2012 single "Trumpet Lights" with producer David Deejay.
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Elena Cernei

28. Elena Cernei

1924-2000 (aged 76)
opera singer musicologist
Elena Cernei was a Romanian operatic mezzo-soprano, musicologist, and voice teacher. During her 25-year career as an opera singer, she sang in leading opera houses in both Europe and North America. In 1963, she was made Artistă Emerită (Honoured Artist) of the Republic of Romania and in 1999 received the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from the National University of...
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Grigoraș Dinicu

29. Grigoraș Dinicu

1889-1949 (aged 60)
violinist lăutar composer
Grigoraș Ionică Dinicu was a Romanian violin virtuoso and composer of Roma ethnicity. He is most famous for his often-played virtuoso violin showpiece "Hora staccato" (1906) and for making popular the tune Ciocârlia, composed by his grandfather Angheluș Dinicu for nai. It is rumored that Jascha Heifetz once said that Grigoraș Dinicu was the greatest violinist he had ever heard....
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Mădălin Voicu

30. Mădălin Voicu

1952-. (aged 74)
violinist conductor politician
Mădălin Ştefan Voicu is a Romanian musician and politician of Romani ethnicity. Voicu is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and has been a parliamentarian in the Chamber of Deputies since 1996. He is one of only two ethnic Romani politicians in the current parliament; the other is Nicolae Păun, who holds the seat specifically reserved for a...
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Valentina Naforniță

31. Valentina Naforniță

1987-. (aged 39)
opera singer
Valentina Nafornița is a Moldovan operatic soprano. She is best known for her interpretation of Mozart and bel canto repertoire.
Paul Constantinescu

32. Paul Constantinescu

1909-1963 (aged 54)
composer conductor university teacher film score composer
Paul Constantinescu was a Romanian composer. Two of his main influences are Romanian folk music and Byzantine chant, both of which he used in his teaching. One of his students was composer Margareta Xenopol.
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Alexandru Giugaru

33. Alexandru Giugaru

1897-1986 (aged 89)
actor
Alexandru Giugaru was a Romanian stage and film actor.
Vladimir Cosma

34. Vladimir Cosma

1940-. (aged 86)
conductor pianist film score composer composer violinist
Vladimir Cosma is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist, who has made his career in France and the United States.
Angela Gheorghiu

35. Angela Gheorghiu

1965-. (aged 61)
actor musician opera singer
Angela Gheorghiu is a Romanian soprano, especially known for her performances in the operas of Puccini and Verdi, widely recognised by critics and opera lovers as one of the greatest sopranos of all time.
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Edward Maya

36. Edward Maya

1986-. (aged 40)
singer songwriter disc jockey composer record producer
Eduard Marian Ilie, better known by his stage name Edward Maya, is a Romanian musician, record producer, DJ and songwriter. He is known for his 2009 smash hit single "Stereo Love".
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Attila Dorn

37. Attila Dorn

1970-. (aged 56)
singer
Karsten Brill, best known professionally as Attila Dorn, is a German singer. He has been the lead vocalist of the power metal band Powerwolf since 2003.
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Radu Beligan

38. Radu Beligan

1918-2016 (aged 98)
director film director writer actor theatre manager
Radu Beligan was a Romanian actor, director, and essayist, with an activity of over 70 years in theatre, film, television, and radio. On 15 December 2013, confirmed by Guinness World Records, the actor received the title of "The oldest active theatre actor" on the planet. He was elected honorary member of the Romanian Academy in 2004.
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Elvira Popescu

39. Elvira Popescu

1894-1993 (aged 99)
film actor theatrical director stage actor
Elvira Popescu was a Romanian-French stage and film actress and theatre director. During the 1930s and 1940s, she starred in a number of French comedy films.
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Gheorghe Zamfir

40. Gheorghe Zamfir

1941-. (aged 85)
painter conductor composer
Gheorghe Zamfir is a Romanian nai (pan flute) musician.
Octavian Ursu

41. Octavian Ursu

1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Octavian Ursu is a Romanian-German politician for the Christian Democratic Union and mayor of Görlitz since June 2019.
George Georgescu

42. George Georgescu

1887-1964 (aged 77)
conductor
George Georgescu was a Romanian conductor. The moving force behind the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra for decades beginning shortly after World War I, a protégé of Artur Nikisch and a close associate of George Enescu, he received honors from the French and communist Romanian governments and lived to make recordings in the stereo era.
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