Arta Florescu

My favorite singer is Arta Florescu.

She made her debut on the stage of the Bucharest Opera House in 1942, in the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" by Donizetti. At the age of 20, she asserted herself, all of a sudden, in a very difficult part, as one of the most outstanding representatives of Romanian musical life. A student of professor Claudia Saghin at the Bucharest Conservatoire, being also taught by her mother, a talented musician, brought up in a family with a remarkable musical vocation, the young artist had the opportunity to mould her personality under the guidance of such famous professors as Mihail Jora and Constantin Brailoiu. Later on, she acquired fame alongside an entire generation of great Romanian musicians, composers and conductors such as Ionel Perlea, Alfred Alessandrescu, Theodor Rogalski, Constantin Silvestri under whose baton she had appeared quite often in symphony concerts.

For about 3 decades, she had been one of most outstanding soloists of the Bucharest Opera, touring several foreign countries either by herself or together with the ensemble of the opera, performing almost all the leading parts of the classical and modern opera repertoire, singing or appearing in symphony concerts.

A repertoire in permanent elaboration, a genuine offensive as far as the study of new parts was concerned, an inspiring performance of Romanian and world contemporary music with that particular gift and touch of elegance which lend a distinct impressive character to the musical act, are making her unique career.