Maria Butaciu
{{Short description|Romanian singer (1940–2018)}}
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| name = Maria Butaciu
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|02|19}}
| birth_place = Salva, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Kingdom of Romania
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|06|11|1940|02|19}}
| death_place = Bucharest, Romania
| nationality = Romanian
| other_names =
| occupation = Singing
| years_active = 1961–2018
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Maria Butaciu (February 19, 1940 – June 11, 2018) was a performer of Romanian folklore music of Transylvania.
Early days
Butaciu was born in Salva, Bistrița-Năsăud County. She attended the Music High School in Cluj, where she started her musical career with the Cluj-Napoca Philharmonic Orchestra.
Artistic career
On April 1, 1961, she came to the Ciocârlia Ensemble of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Bucharest.[http://www.formula-as.ro/1999/347/lumea-romaneasca-24/lumea-romaneasca-351 "Valea Someșului iradiază în toată ființa mea"], Claudiu Ionescu, Formula AS – anul 1999, numărul 347 Butaciu was a singer especially in the Bistrița-Năsăud area.
During her career she worked with conductors such as Constantin Arvinte, Ion Mărgean, Paraschiv Oprea, Victor Predescu, George Vancu, and Alexandru Viman.[http://adevarul.ro/news/societate/consilierii-bucuresteni-psd-acordat-titlul-cetatean-onoare-bucurestiului-artisti-1_50abde647c42d5a663819a34/index.html Consilierii bucureșteni ai PSD au acordat titlul de cetățean de onoare al Bucureștiului unor artiști], 30 noiembrie 2001, Adevărul, accessed 17 January 2014
In 2001 she was named "Honorary Citizen of Bucharest". Butaciu died in Bucharest on 11 June 2018 at the age of 78.[http://www.mediafax.ro/social/cantareata-de-muzica-populara-maria-butaciu-a-murit-17251071 Cântăreața de muzică populară Maria Butaciu a murit] {{in lang|ro}} She is buried at the Ghencea Military Cemetery.{{cite web|first=Iulian|last=Tudor|title=CUTREMURĂTOR. Gestul făcut de Maria Butaciu înainte de a-și da sufletul|url=https://www.romaniatv.net/cutremurator--gestul-facut-de-maria-butaciu-inainte-de-a-si-da-sufletul_424805.html|website=Romaniatv.net|language=Romanian|date=June 13, 2018|access-date=December 24, 2019}}
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Category:People from Bistrița-Năsăud County
Category:Romanian folk singers
Category:Romanian women folk singers
Category:20th-century Romanian women singers
Category:20th-century Romanian singers
Category:21st-century Romanian women singers