Georgeta Stoleriu
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Georgeta Stoleriu (born 19 January 1946) is a Romanian soprano who has had a career in opera and as a music educator.{{cite web |url=http://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/2006-01-18/astazi-e-ziua-ta-soprana-georgeta-stoleriu.html|title="Astazi e ziua ta..." – Soprana Georgeta Stoleriu|language=Romanian|trans-title="Today is your day..." – Soprano Georgeta Stoleriu|work=9AM News|date=18 January 2006|access-date=17 January 2016}} She has won numerous singing awards and medals, and her students have received multiple honors. She established the Yolanda Marculescu Scholarship in honor of her former teacher. She has also served as an international juror for singing competitions.
Early life and education
Georgeta Stoleriu was born on 19 January 1946 in Bucharest and began studying music at an early age.{{cite web|title=Georgeta Stoleriu|url=http://www.societateamuzicala.ro/georgeta-stoleriu|publisher=Societatea Muzicala|access-date=12 January 2016|location=Bucharest, Romania|language=Romanian|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112192609/http://www.societateamuzicala.ro/georgeta-stoleriu|archive-date=12 January 2016}} She entered her first competition in 1953 and took first prize in the Youth Festival of Bucharest.{{cite news|title=Bucureşti: Soprana Georgeta Stoleriu a susţinut peste 1200 de concerte|url=http://adevarul.ro/news/bucuresti/bucuresti-soprana-georgeta-stoleriu-sustinut-1200-concerte-1_50bdf8d17c42d5a663d0f4a8/index.html|access-date=12 January 2016|publisher=Adevarul|date=8 March 2010|location=Bucharest, Romania|language=Romanian}} She primarily studied piano at the Dinu Lipatti Music High School,{{cite web|title=Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame honoring Eugène Van Itterbeek|url=http://composerssite.com/content/fifteen-minutes-fame-honoring-eug%C3%A8ne-van-itterbeek|publisher=Composers Site|access-date=12 January 2016|date=3 Nov 2012}} but decided to change to voice when she was nineteen. Stoleriu attended the Conservatory of Bucharest, studying under Yolanda Marculescu and graduating in 1970.{{cite web|title=Georgeta Stoleriu|url=http://festivalenescu.ro/en/artist/georgeta-stoleriu/|publisher=George Enescu Festival|access-date=12 January 2016|location=Bucharest, Romania|date=2011}} She then enrolled in 1974 at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar, studying with Lore Fischer. Completing her education in 1979,{{Cite news|url=http://liedcontest.com/georgeta-stoleriu/|title=Georgeta STOLERIU – "Ada Burlui"|newspaper=Ada Burlui|language=ro-RO|access-date=2017-01-17}} Stoleriu's career focused on interpreting symphonic and chamber music, with a preference for early music, though her repertoire includes a broad range encompassing contemporary composers.
Career
Stoleriu has performed numerous concerts both at home and abroad. She has performed as a soloist on Radio Romania and with the National Radio Orchestra, with 3500 minutes of airtime. She was the soloist of "Musica Rediviva" for 20 years. Internationally, she has toured and performed in festivals in Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, and Yugoslavia. Stoleriu has performed for four decades and served as a juror in international competitions including such venues as 1986 International Singing Competition "Springtime in Prague", the 2003 International George Enescu Competition in Bucharest, and the 2007 International Vocal Competition in Malmö, Sweden.
She began teaching in the early 1980s{{cite web|title=Ileana Ursu |url=http://www.ucmr.org.ro/listMembri.asp?CodP=3254&TipPag= |publisher=Muzicieni din România. Lexicon |access-date=12 January 2016 |location=Bucharest Romania |language=Romanian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112212517/http://www.ucmr.org.ro/listMembri.asp?CodP=3254&TipPag= |archive-date=12 January 2016 }} at Dinu Lipatti High School,{{cite web|title=Georgeta Stoleriu|url=http://voxamadeus.org/currentseason/featuredartists/stoleriu.shtml|publisher=Vox Ama Deus|access-date=12 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827220452/http://voxamadeus.org/currentseason/featuredartists/stoleriu.shtml|archive-date=27 August 2008|location=Gladwyne, Pennsylvania|date=2007|url-status=dead}} and later became a visiting associate teacher in voice at the National University of Music Bucharest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unmb.ro/despre-noi/facultati-ansambluri/fim/departamentul-de-canto-si-artele-spectacolului-muzical/|title=Canto și Artele spectacolului muzical {{!}} UNMB|website=www.unmb.ro|access-date=2017-01-17|archive-date=2022-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123231203/https://www.unmb.ro/despre-noi/facultati-ansambluri/fim/departamentul-de-canto-si-artele-spectacolului-muzical/|url-status=dead}} She has taught master courses in the Czech Republic, Romania, and the United States; taught at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius in 2004; and has run a studio for the study of early music for many years. Her students have accumulated over 50 international voice awards.
In 1995, as a tribute to her former teacher and mentor, Stoleriu established the Yolanda Marculescu Scholarship to recognize an outstanding student from the National University of Music Bucharest, but never her own students. The scholarship is worth approximately 500 euro. Over time, some of Stoleriu's own students have contributed to the scholarship tradition by awarding Stoleriu's students.{{cite journal|last1=Florea|first1=Anca|title=Bursa "Yolanda Mărculescu"|journal=Viața Medicală|date=23 January 2015|issue=4|publisher=Editura Viața Medicală Romanească|location=Bucharest, Romania|language=Romanian|issn=1583-8862}}
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Category:Musicians from Bucharest
Category:Romanian operatic sopranos
Category:20th-century Romanian women opera singers
Category:20th-century Romanian educators
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Category:20th-century Romanian women educators
Category:21st-century Romanian women educators