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Radu Marian is a Romanian
Romanians

], 26 Nov 2004. Reprinted at , retrieved 18 Dec 2005.External links *...
/Moldovan
Moldovans

Moldovans or Moldavians are the native population of the medieval Principality of Moldavia, which nowadays corresponds to 8 north-eastern counties of Romania , the Republic of Moldova, and small parts of Ukraine ....
 male soprano
Sopranist

A sopranist is a male classical singer who is able to sing in the vocal tessitura of a soprano usually through the use of falsetto vocal production....
. He is gifted with a pure soprano voice in the range of C4 to C6 considered at present a great talent of Baroque music
Baroque music

Baroque music describes a period or style of European classical music approximately extending from Dates of classical music eras. This era is said to begin in music after the Renaissance music and was followed by the Classical music era....
.

He was born in 1977 in what was then the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic to a family of artists. His exceptional musical talent started at the age of seven when he executed in French the aria Queen of the Night
Queen of the Night

Queen of the Night may refer to:...
 from Mozart’s Magic Flute.






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Radu Marian
Radu Marian is a Romanian
Romanians

], 26 Nov 2004. Reprinted at , retrieved 18 Dec 2005.External links *...
/Moldovan
Moldovans

Moldovans or Moldavians are the native population of the medieval Principality of Moldavia, which nowadays corresponds to 8 north-eastern counties of Romania , the Republic of Moldova, and small parts of Ukraine ....
 male soprano
Sopranist

A sopranist is a male classical singer who is able to sing in the vocal tessitura of a soprano usually through the use of falsetto vocal production....
. He is gifted with a pure soprano voice in the range of C4 to C6 considered at present a great talent of Baroque music
Baroque music

Baroque music describes a period or style of European classical music approximately extending from Dates of classical music eras. This era is said to begin in music after the Renaissance music and was followed by the Classical music era....
.

He was born in 1977 in what was then the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic to a family of artists. His exceptional musical talent started at the age of seven when he executed in French the aria Queen of the Night
Queen of the Night

Queen of the Night may refer to:...
 from Mozart’s Magic Flute. Marian completed his singing and piano studies in Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 and in Bucharest
Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....
, 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
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. His repertoire incorporates cantatas written for soprano
Soprano

A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four part chorale style harmony the soprano takes the highest part which usually encompasses the melody....
 by composers like Handel
HANDEL

HANDEL was the code-name for the United Kingdom's National Attack Warning System in the Cold War. It consisted of a small console consisting of two microphones, lights and gauges....
, Bononcini, Carissimi and Frescobaldi
Frescobaldi

The Frescobaldi Family is a prominent Florentine family that has been involved in the political, sociological and economic history of the Tuscany region since the Middle Ages....
 and the repertoire of the old castrati. The renowned conductor Flavio Colusso affirms that Radu Marian is a sopranista whose voice is different from the other countertenors and sopranistas, of the Baroque music
Baroque music

Baroque music describes a period or style of European classical music approximately extending from Dates of classical music eras. This era is said to begin in music after the Renaissance music and was followed by the Classical music era....
 world. His voice does not sound like a falsetto
Falsetto

The term falsetto refers to the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice and overlapping with it by approximately one octave....
's, but like that of a soprano. Marian is an "Endocrinological castrato
Castrato

A castrato is a man with a singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto human voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinology condition, never reaches sexual maturity....
" or "natural castrato".

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  • (RealMedia) from an Aria
    Aria

    An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment....
     from Sul margine adorato by Antonio Maria Bononcini
    Antonio Maria Bononcini

    Antonio Maria Bononcini , was an Italian cellist and composer, the younger brother of the better-known Giovanni Battista Bononcini.Bononcini was born and died at Modena in Italy....
  • ( An aria of Henry Purcell. Live performance, 2004. )