Eugen Coca
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Eugen Coca was a Moldova
n composer and violinist. He wrote two symphonies and two symphonic poems. One of his masterpieces is the opera Pasǎrea Maiastrǎ, based on the folk legend of Maiastra, the central character of which is a magic bird. The Maiastra motif has become known worldwide thanks to Romania
n sculptor Constantin Brâncuşi
, who gave it expression in bronze and marble. He died in Chişinău
in 1954.
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
n composer and violinist. He wrote two symphonies and two symphonic poems. One of his masterpieces is the opera Pasǎrea Maiastrǎ, based on the folk legend of Maiastra, the central character of which is a magic bird. The Maiastra motif has become known worldwide thanks to Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n sculptor Constantin Brâncuşi
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brâncuşi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris...
, who gave it expression in bronze and marble. He died in Chişinău
Chisinau
Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...
in 1954.