Anatol Vieru

Anatol Vieru (; 8 June 1926 – 8 October 1998) was a Romanian-Jewish music theoretician, pedagogue, and composer. A pupil of Aram Khachaturian, he composed seven symphonies, eight string quartets, concertos, and chamber music. He also wrote three operas: ''Iona'' (1976), ''Praznicul Calicilor'' (1981), and ''Telegrame, Tema si Variatiuni'' (1983). He was awarded the Herder Prize in 1986.

He was the father of pianist, writer, and mathematician Andrei Vieru. Provided by Wikipedia