The portrait of the main conductors from the Choir of Orăștie
The portrait of the main conductors from the Choir of Orăștie

Summary/Abstract: The Choir of Orăştie does not have the meaning of a single musical activity, it has the meaning of an entire choral tradition of Orăştie. The first conductor for the choir of Orăştie was Ioan Bena. His choral activity was continued by the teacher Ioan Branga. After World War I, the choral activities of Orăştie were supervised by the conductor Nicolae Praţia, a great music teacher and an important composer from this area. In the communist period, the main conductor of the choirs from here was Ioan Popa, the most important musician of Orăştie. This teacher won a lot of prizes at the main choral competitions of his time. Since 1996 the music teacher Petru Androne Eli has founded the choir ,,Vlăstarele Orăştiei”, that won a lot of prizes in Romanian or international choral competitions. The conductors mentioned here and those who are mentioned in our historical project are very important in studying the choral activities and choral competition form Orăştie.

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