Cornelia Catangă

Cornelia Catangă (9 March 1958 – 26 March 2021) was a Romanian lăutar musician of Roma origin.

Cornelia Catangă
Born(1958-03-09)9 March 1958
Zeletin, Cătina, Buzău County, Romania
Died26 March 2021(2021-03-26) (aged 63)
Bucharest, Romania
NationalityRomanian
Occupationsinger

Biography

In 1979, she sang for a short time with Romica Puceanu. In 1985 she had her first show at the Polyvalent Hall. Since 1986 she toured abroad and released her first LP in 1989, accompanied by the Ion Onoriu's orchestra. She sang together with her husband Aurel Pădureanu.[1]

Catangă died on 26 March 2021, aged 63, from COVID-19 in Bucharest during the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.[1][2][3] She was buried on 27 March 2021, in the Ghencea Cemetery.[4]

References
  1. "Cornelia Catanga, cântăreaţa de muzică lăutărească, a murit din cauza COVID-19". Mediafax.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  2. "Cornelia Catanga A MURIT. Cântăreața, răpusă de COVID-19, în spital". www.realitatea.net. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  3. Buș, de Cristi (26 March 2021). "Veste șoc! Cornelia Catanga a murit!". www.capital.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  4. Cristescu, de George-Andrei (27 March 2021). "Cornelia Catanga a fost înmormântată discret, la cimitirul Ghencea. Soţul Aurel Pădureanu, stană de piatră la căpătâiul soţiei". www.adevarul.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2021-03-27.


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