Date of Birth: 
About George Nicolescu
- George Nicolescu (Romanian pronunciation: ['d??e?ord?e niko'lesku]; born 12 March 1950) is a blind Romanian musician.Born in Ploiesti, Nicolescu has four sisters.
- He attended the Bucharest School for Amblyopia Patients (1957-1959), middle school and high school (1960-1968) and the School for the Blind in Cluj (1968–1972).
- Self-taught, he made his singing debut in Cluj and in 1970 won first prize at the Tinerete pe portativ ("Youth on the Scale") festival.
- A few years later, the composer George Grigoriu began to influence him, and the two began collaborating.
- In 1973, his first hit, "Eternitate" ("Eternity"), was released, and the following year came four hits released on a 45, under Grigoriu's name. In 1972 he gained admission to the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Romance Languages, French-Romanian section.
- He graduated in 1976 and the following April began teaching French at the School for the Blind in Buzau, where he remained until 1985.
- That year, he was hired as a vocal soloist at the Buzau Youth House.
- After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, he was engaged for several months (March–November 1990) as a soloist with the ensemble "Optimistii", a troupe of blind performers. He retired in 1992, taking part in various shows and singing in restaurants in order to earn a living.
- In autumn 2002, ten years after retiring, Nicolescu returned to the top of the Romanian charts through a duet with the band UNU'.
- The hit single was called "Cântec pentru sanatatea ierbii" ("Song for the Grass's Health").
- He also performed "ĂŽndragostit" ("In Love") with the young singer Jorge.
- In December 2007, he released the album Muzica usoara...lautareasca ("Light Music, Lautar-style"), featuring songs by other musicians of his age such as Dan Spataru, Mirabela Dauer, Gabriel Dorobantu and Corina Chiriac.
Read more at Wikipedia