George Stephănescu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Stephănescu

Romanian composer

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1843

Place of Birth: Bucharest

Date of Death: 25-Apr-1925

Profession: composer, conductor, music pedagogue

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

George Stephanescu (13 December 1843 – 25 April 1925) was a Romanian composer, one of the main figures in Romanian national opera. Stephanescu was born and died in Bucharest.
He graduated from the Bucharest Academy of Music.
In 1877, Stephanescu was appointed conductor of the National Theater orchestra and Singing teacher at the Academy. While teaching the opera singers at the Academy, he aimed to gradually develop the National Theater's musical repertoire from vaudevilles to musical comedies and finally to opera.
In 1885, he founded the first opera company in the Kingdom of Romania.
It disbanded in 1902 when the government cut its financial support. Stephanescu is noted for having used works by many poets as librettos or texts for his compositions — among them, the locals Vasile Alecsandri, Mihai Eminescu, Traian Demetrescu, Alexandru Vlahuta and the foreigners Victor Hugo and Alfred de Musset. His son was the writer Eugeniu ?tefanescu-Est.