About Cornelia Catangă
Lived 1958 – 2021 (aged 63). Cornelia Catangă was a Romanian singer.
Cornelia Catangă (9 March 1958 – 26 March 2021) was a Romanian lăutar musician of Roma origin.
Biography In 1979, she sang for a short time with Romica Puceanu. In 1985 she had her first show at the Polyvalent Hall. Since 1986 she toured abroad and released her first LP in 1989, accompanied by the Ion Onoriu's orchestra. She sang together with her husband Aurel Pădureanu.
Catangă died on 26 March 2021, aged 63, from COVID-19 in Bucharest during the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania. She is buried in the city's Ghencea Cemetery.
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Who was Cornelia Catangă?
Romanian singer
When was Cornelia Catangă born?
Cornelia Catangă was born on 9 March 1958 in Zeletin.
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Cornelia Catangă died on 26 March 2021 in Bucharest.
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Cornelia Catangă was a singer.
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Cornelia Catangă was Romanian.
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