Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev


Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev was a Romanian pianist and composer.

Life

Athanasiu-Gardeev was born in Galaţi, Moldavia, in 1834. She studied music in Bucharest and then piano and composition in Paris with Julius Schulhoff and composition in St. Petersburg with Anton Rubenstein. She married Vasile Hermaziu and then General Gardeev who introduced her to Russian aristocracy. After the Romanian War of Independence, she lived in Bucharest, teaching voice, lute and piano. She died in Bucharest in 1917.

Works

Many of Athanasiu-Gardeev's compositions were based on Romanian folklore. Selected works include: