42 Notable alumni of National University of Music of Bucharest
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
National University of Music of Bucharest is 8315st in the world, 1st in North America, and 47st in the United States 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.
1. Șerban Nichifor
1954-. (aged 72)
composer
Șerban Nichifor OCB is a Romanian composer, cellist and music educator.
2. 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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3. 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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4. Tudor Ciortea
1903-1982 (aged 79)
composer
Tudor Ciortea was a Romanian composer, musicologist, and music educator.
5. Petre Munteanu
1916-1988 (aged 72)
opera singer
Petre Munteanu was a Romanian operatic tenor particularly associated with Mozart and lighter Italian roles.
6. Radu Boureanu
1906-1997 (aged 91)
painter
poet
translator
Radu Boureanu was a Romanian poet, prose writer and translator.
7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. Ștefan Gheorghiu
1926-2010 (aged 84)
violinist
music educator
Ştefan Gheorghiu was a Romanian musician, violinist and teacher, born in Galați, Romania.
11. György Selmeczi
1952-. (aged 74)
musician
opera director
composer
classical pianist
conductor
György Selmeczi is a Hungarian composer, conductor, opera director, and pianist.
12. Sorin Chifiriuc
1950-. (aged 76)
singer
guitarist
disc jockey
songwriter
monk
Sorin Chifiriuc is a rock, new wave, and blues guitarist and vocalist.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. Floria Capsali
1900-1982 (aged 82)
ballet dancer
choreographer
Floria Capsali was a Romanian ballerina, choreographer and dance teacher.
17. 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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18. Génica Athanasiou
1897-1966 (aged 69)
actor
Genica Athanasiou was a Romanian-French stage and film actress.
19. Liana Alexandra
1947-2011 (aged 64)
university teacher
music educator
composer
Liana Alexandra Șaptefrati was a Romanian composer, pianist, and music educator.
20. Temistocle Popa
1921-2013 (aged 92)
composer
songwriter
actor
film score composer
Themistocles Popa was a Romanian composer, musician, and film actor.
21. Constantin Silvestri
1913-1969 (aged 56)
composer
pianist
conductor
university teacher
Constantin-Nicolae Silvestri was a Romanian conductor and composer.
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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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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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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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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26. Iancu Dumitrescu
1944-. (aged 82)
composer
conductor
Iancu Dumitrescu is a Romanian avant-garde composer.
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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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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29. 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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30. 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.
31. 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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32. Alexandru Giugaru
1897-1986 (aged 89)
actor
Alexandru Giugaru was a Romanian stage and film actor.
33. 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.
34. 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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35. 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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36. 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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37. 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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38. 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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39. 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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40. Gheorghe Zamfir
1941-. (aged 85)
painter
conductor
composer
Gheorghe Zamfir is a Romanian nai (pan flute) musician.
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.
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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