What is Cornel Țăranu?
{{no sources|date=January 2025}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Cornel Țăranu | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|06|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Cluj-Napoca|Cluj]], [[Kingdom of Romania]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|06|18|1934|06|20|df=y}} | death_place = [[Cluj-Napoca]], Romania | education = {{ubl|[[Gheorghe Dima National Music Academy|Cluj Conservatoire]]|[[Conservatoire de Paris]]}} | occupation = {{hlist|Composer|musicologist|conductor|cultural manager}} | organizations = {{ubl|[[Gheorghe Dima National Music Academy]]|Ars Nova|Union of Romanian composers}} | awards = {{ubl|Koussevitzky Prize|[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]}} }} '''Cornel Țăranu''' (20 June 1934 – 18 June 2023) was a Romanian composer, musicologist, conductor and cultural manager. After studies in [[Cluj-Napoca|Cluj]] and Paris, he began a long career as a teacher at the Cluj Conservatoire, founded a chamber orchestra dedicated to contemporary music, directed a festival, and was head of the Union of Romnian Composers for more than two decades. His compositions focus on orchestral compositions; he wrote two operas, film scores, chamber music, and vocal music for soloists and choirs. He also completed unfinished scores by [[George Enescu]]. He died on 18 June 2023, two days before his 89th birthday. {{DEFAULTSORT:Taranu, Cornel}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2023 deaths]] [[Category:Romanian composers]] [[Category:Conductors]]