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Romanian concert pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa dies, aged 33 Romanian concert pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa dies, aged 33
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The internationally renowned Romanian concert pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa has died suddenly at the age of 33.The internationally renowned Romanian concert pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa has died suddenly at the age of 33.
Ursuleasa was found dead in her Vienna apartment by police officers on Thursday at about 11am. The cause of death is thought to have been a cerebral haemorrhage, a Vienna police spokeswoman, Adina Mircioane, said. Ursuleasa was found dead in her Vienna apartment by police officers on Thursday at about 11am. The cause of death is thought to have been a cerebral haemorrhage, said Vienna police spokeswoman, Adina Mircioane.
Officers had broken into the apartment after her mother became worried about her and contacted the police. "Her mother regularly spoke with or saw her and she had not been in touch that day," Mircioane said. Officers broke into the apartment after her mother became worried and contacted the police. "Her mother regularly spoke with or saw her and she had not been in touch that day," Mircioane said.
"She became concerned so she went to her apartment and she called her phone and heard it in the apartment. It was then assumed that she was still in the apartment.""She became concerned so she went to her apartment and she called her phone and heard it in the apartment. It was then assumed that she was still in the apartment."
She had recently cancelled two concerts in Bucharest on health grounds. Ursuleasa, who recently cancelled two concerts in Bucharest on health grounds, had been something of a child prodigy. Born in 1978 in Brasov, her father was a jazz musician and her mother a singer. She began to play the piano at the age of five and was giving concerts by the time she was nine.
Ursuleasa had been something of a child prodigy. Born in 1978 in Brasov, her father was a jazz musician and her mother a singer. She began to play the piano at the age of five and by the time she was nine she was giving concerts. At 13, she received a scholarship from the Italian conductor Claudio Abbado and studied for eight years at the Vienna Conservatory.
When she was just 13 she received a scholarship from the Italian conductor Claudio Abbado and studied for eight years at the Vienna Conservatory. In 2010, she was awarded the Echo Klassik award for her debut album Piano & Forte. She released her second album, Romanian Rhapsody, last year.
In 2010, she was awarded the ECHO Klassik award for her debut album Piano & Forte. And last year she released her second album Romanian Rhapsody. On Friday, her official website said: "We have lost not only a wonderful person but one of the greatest artists our musical world has known."
On Friday her official website said: "We have lost not only a wonderful person but one of the greatest artists our musical world has known."