- Radu Marian
Radu Marian was born in 1977 in what was then the
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic to a family of Moldovan artists.His exceptional musical talent started at the age of seven and executed in French the aria:
Queen of the Night ofMozart ’sMagic Flute . He is gifted with a pure soprano voice in the range of C4 to C6 considered at present a great talent ofBaroque music . Marian completed his singing and piano studies inMoscow and inBucharest , obtaining the title of Concert Master, with great merits.He was granted a scholarship by the Moldovan government and under Flavio Colusso received vocal training in
Italy . His repertoire incorporatescantatas written forsoprano by composers likeHandel ,Bononcini ,Carissimi andFrescobaldi and the repertoire of the old castrati. The renowned conductor Flavio Colusso affirms that Radu Marian is asopranista whose voice is different from the othercountertenors and sopranistas, of theBaroque music world. His voice does not sound like a falsetto's, but like that of a soprano. Marian is an "Endocrinologicalcastrato " or "natural castrato".External links
* [http://uk.geocities.com/world_of_the_castrati/ The World of the Castrati and Male Soprano]
* [http://www.tp4.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/~ak/disc/rm/ Radu Marian]
* [http://www.enkidu.netfirms.com/art/2005/290405/E_010_290405.htm Los Castrati]
* [http://www.abeillemusique.com/son/sonamcd/a335_04.rm Extract] (RealMedia) from anAria from "Sul margine adorato" byAntonio Maria Bononcini Moldova-singer-stub
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