Cristian Pațurcă
Cristian Pațurcă (December 2010)
Background information
Birth nameCristian Pațurcă
Born10 September 1964
Bucharest, Romania
Died18 January 2011(2011-01-18) (aged 46)
Bucharest, Romania
GenresFolk
Occupation(s)Singer, composer
Instrument(s)Guitar

Cristian Pațurcă (10 September 1964 – 18 January 2011)[1] was a Romanian composer.

Pațurcă was born and died in Bucharest. He was the composer of a song called (Imnul Golanilor – The Hooligans’ Hymn) that inspired Romanians in their struggle against vestiges of the Communist government.

Awards

The President of Romania at that time, Traian Băsescu, awarded Pațurcă the National Order of Faithful Service in April 2010, 20 years after he composed the song.

Death and legacy

Pațurcă died on 18 January 2011 at the age of 46, after a long battle with tuberculosis and long-term liver problems. He was buried in Bucharest's Bellu Cemetery.[2] A year after his death, a monument in his honor was placed near University Square, in front of the National Theatre Bucharest; by April 2018, the monument had disappeared.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Obituary". The New York Times. 19 January 2011.
  2. "Cristian Pațurcă a fost înmormântat la Cimitirul Bellu, în acordurile "Imnului Golanilor"". HotNews (in Romanian). January 21, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  3. "Alertă. Monumentul autorului "Imnului Golanilor" Cristian Pațurcă de la Universitate a dipărut". newsteam.ro (in Romanian). April 4, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
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