Mihail Andricu
Mihail Andricu (22 December 1894, Bucharest – 4 February 1974, Bucharest) was a Romanian composer, violinist, and pianist. He studied with Alfonso Castaldi, Robert Klenck and Dumitru Kiriac. Andricu graduated from the National University of Music Bucharest (1903 to 1912), after which he studied with Gabriel Fauré (1913–1914) and Vincent d'Indy in Paris (1919–1922).
Mihail Andricu
- Nationality
- Romania
- Occupation
- composer · pianist
- Fields
- classical
- Honours
- Enescu Prize · Honored Master of Arts · Order of Labor Second Class
- Languages
- Romanian
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Mihail Andricu (22 December 1894, Bucharest – 4 February 1974, Bucharest) was a Romanian composer, violinist, and pianist. He studied with Alfonso Castaldi, Robert Klenck and Dumitru Kiriac. Andricu graduated from the National University of Music Bucharest (1903 to 1912), after which he studied with Gabriel Fauré (1913–1914) and Vincent d'Indy in Paris (1919–1922).
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Mihail Andricu. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q2066236 · wikipedia · Mihail Andricu
In this article
Identity
Identity
Mihail Andricu is recorded with the occupation composer. Classed in the genre classical music. Recorded as a citizen of Romania.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1894
Mihail Andricu was born on 22 December 1894.
1974
Mihail Andricu died on 4 February 1974.
Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2066236: Mihail Andricu
General reference · Wikidata
reference work
- “Mihail Andricu”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Honors
From 1926 to 1948 he was a professor of chamber music and from 1948 to 1959 he was a professor of composition. Some of his students were Sergiu Natra, Ștefan Niculescu, Doru Popovici, and Aurel Stroe. A co-founder of the Society of Romanian Composers, he was elected as a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1948, member of the Société française de musicologie, and twice winner of the Enescu Prize, though his work was later suppressed by the government. Censor Leonte Răutu castigated Andricu for admitting or showing an appreciation for contemporary Western classical music. Andricu was expelled from the composers' union in 1959 and his mention was prohibited. Highly prolific, Andricu composed eleven symphonies, thirteen sinfoniettas, and three chamber symphonies. Specific pieces include a symphonic suite: Cinderella.
• Enescu Prize for composition (Op. 1) in 1923 • Enescu Prize for composition (Op. 2) in 1924 • Robert Cremer Prize in 1931 • Anhauch Prize in 1932 • Romanian Academy Award in 1949
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Dictionnaire biographique des musiciens. Robert Laffont. 1995. 2-221-06787-8.
- Viorel Cosma. Andricu, Mihail G(heorghe). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Stanley Sadie (éd.). Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Publishers. Macmillan. Londres. 2001. 29 volumes. 9780195170672.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
scholarly publication
Institutional witnessauthority record
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
Recognition and collections. Andricu received Enescu Prize, Honored Master of Arts and Order of Labor Second Class.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Music memorabilia
42,934 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Miguel ZenónPerson
- Mihaela UrsuleasaPerson
- Mihai BrediceanuPerson
- Mihai DolganPerson
- Mihail JoraPerson
- Mihály MosonyiPerson
- Mihály VígPerson
- Mihkel KütsonPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Mihail Andricu?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.