244:
152:
315:
On March 4, 1975, near midnight, Chiriac was stabbed near his car, in a Munich parking lot. An hour later, a female student returning home found him. The first suspect to be arrested was 17-year-old Mario Gropp, the last person seen with
Chiriac that evening. In Romania, there was talk of a political
302:
later recalled: "Often, after doing something without thinking, Cornel had such problems with the German authorities and with the
American heads of RFE that he was almost kicked out of Germany and off radio". Later, according to Noƫl Bernard, "he realised that not politics but music was his calling".
182:
A great jazz aficionado, Chiriac would copy entire discs onto tapes and arrange them in the station archive. Aurel
Gherghel later said, "The station's whole archive was written and arranged by Cornel Chiriac." In 1969, Chiriac organised and advertised the first national jazz festival in Romania, held
128:
From adolescence he developed a passion for jazz, gathering all the information he could about jazz musicians and listening to jazz songs wherever he could. In his notebooks he copied books, chronicles, interviews and news from specialty magazines. His aunt later recalled, "In high school music was
235:. Unable to convince the organisers, in protest, he locked himself in his hotel room and set fire to the curtains. The hotel employees and firemen broke down the door to stop the blaze, while Chiriac disappeared during the commotion, taking with him just the tapes with Phoenix.
121:" According to his nephew, "everything came to an end one evening" when he played the song, "which had escaped the censor, who didn't know English. But the song was heard on the show by the wrong people and was banned in 1969", also leading to
227:, a film that inspired many Romanian rock bands, was scheduled to sing there. Meanwhile, the Phoenix members were staying at Bucharest's Hotel Nord so the censors could watch them. During the festival, Chiriac returned from
175:. He was a founding member of the European Jazz Federation in 1967. According to the minutes, he described the difficult conditions of Romanian jazz musicians at the time and accepted the idea of a federation under
129:
his only preoccupation. He wasted nights writing. In the morning he would wake up with great difficulty to go to school." Some of the notebooks ended up in the possessions of important
Romanian musicians, such as
344:. Octavian Ursulescu said in an interview, "The news that a good friend to all of us, Cornel Chiriac, had been assassinated, came to us in the Tomis studio; we all cried like children..."
179:
protection. He said the federation should focus on creating a jazz academy, a bureau for international concerts and a centre where audio and TV recordings could be exchanged.
213:. He completed important recordings with the former in Radio RomĆ¢nia's studio (1968ā69) and promoted them on different occasions. In 1969, he took steps to bring them to the
494:
534:
469:
454:
418:
105:. Together with Geo LimbÄČanu, he presented listeners with the latest information from the pop, rock and jazz scenes. Shortly after the August 21, 1968,
539:
529:
499:
549:
320:. Chiriac's body was cremated in Munich and his ashes brought back to Romania by his mother. He is buried in Bucharest's ReƮnvierea Cemetery.
459:
544:
98:
519:
504:
509:
17:
291:. At first, Chiriac used his microphone to express the anger he felt against those who had hindered his work at Radio RomĆ¢nia.
264:
328:
Journalists later recalled that his murder was greeted with sadness in
Bucharest. Alexandru Sipa organised a soirƩe at the
514:
449:
268:
524:
363:
According to his declarations. Other sources indicate May 6, 1942, in which case he would have been born in
Romania.
255:
with the help of a falsified invitation (received during the BraČov festival and having as its initial destination
223:
110:
82:
347:
On
February 24, 1995, the Cornel Chiriac Jazz Club opened in PloieČti. A street in PiteČti bears his name.
297:
308:
292:
59:
195:
231:
with the bad news that
Phoenix' concert had been cancelled, but returned hoping to resolve the problem
489:
484:
423:
214:
118:
203:
155:
Founding members of the
European Jazz Federation (October 15ā16, 1967). Chiriac is second from left.
141:
130:
63:
145:
276:
385:
40:
113:
which relates how five small wolves and a bigger one attacked a sheepfold, and later put on
86:
303:
Until his death, his musical activity was rich, and included a
Romanian translation of the
168:
478:
218:
106:
260:
135:
67:
55:
191:
337:
184:
114:
243:
148:, being the only possible source for ready information about jazz at the time.
317:
304:
271:. After getting his official documents in order, he continued his activity in
78:
51:
199:
187:. He also arranged for the songs played during the festival to be recorded.
329:
228:
151:
16:
419:"Cine l-a Ʈnjunghiat pe Emil Georgescu?" ("Who Stabbed Emil Georgescu?")
252:
208:
71:
45:
28:
272:
256:
176:
242:
163:
collection. In 1965, he published a study of jazz in the magazine
150:
15:
444:
167:; a year later, he wrote the preface for the Romanian edition of
464:
31:
journalist, radio producer, record producer and jazz drummer.
465:
Pentru cei ce s-au grÄbit sÄ plece dintre noi prea devreme...
251:
A few days later, he managed to leave Romania and arrived in
109:(in which Romania did not participate) he played a ballad by
159:
Chiriac wrote press articles as well as liner notes for the
217:, managing to include them in the lineup. Coincidentally,
89:. Chiriac made his radio debut in 1963, with the show
27:(May 8, 1941 – March 4, 1975) was a
97:. Beginning on July 10, 1967, he produced for
8:
371:
369:
221:, who eight years earlier had played in
190:As a producer, he especially backed the
101:the most popular music show of its day,
495:People from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion
356:
535:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty people
470:Lost in MusicāThe Cornel Chiriac Story
7:
39:Chiriac was born on May 8, 1941, in
336:. In Bucharest, Phoenix was in the
434:, Editura Nemira, Bucharest, 1994.
14:
247:Cornel Chiriac in the RFE studio
540:Romanian people murdered abroad
530:Romanian expatriates in Germany
460:On the European Jazz Federation
316:assassination committed by the
500:University of Bucharest alumni
1:
550:Deaths by stabbing in Germany
263:, where he was discovered by
259:). He spent some time at the
455:Cornel Chiriac at Interioare
340:studio, recording the album
287:, and started a third show,
20:Cornel Chiriac in the studio
450:Cornel Chiriac at Radio3net
125:'s cancellation that year.
91:Jazz of Yesterday and Today
566:
545:People murdered in Germany
107:Invasion of Czechoslovakia
77:He went to high school in
520:Romanian radio presenters
261:Traiskirchen refugee camp
505:20th-century journalists
279:section. He re-launched
510:Romanian jazz musicians
445:Cornel Chiriac Homepage
386:"Strada Cornel Chiriac"
83:University of Bucharest
81:and graduated from the
309:Jesus Christ Superstar
248:
173:My Life in New Orleans
156:
21:
246:
154:
19:
515:Romanian journalists
417:Cristina Hurdubaia,
293:Ioana MÄgurÄ Bernard
239:At Radio Free Europe
215:Golden Stag Festival
119:Back in the U.S.S.R.
60:Cetatea AlbÄ County
525:Romanian defectors
432:Phoenix Ć®nsÄ eu...
427:, February 2, 2004
249:
157:
64:Kingdom of Romania
22:
430:Nicolae Covaci ā
424:Jurnalul NaČional
277:Romanian-language
265:Radio Free Europe
557:
416:
402:
401:
399:
397:
382:
376:
373:
364:
361:
301:
212:
139:
87:English Language
49:
565:
564:
560:
559:
558:
556:
555:
554:
475:
474:
441:
414:
411:
406:
405:
395:
393:
384:
383:
379:
374:
367:
362:
358:
353:
326:
295:
289:Jazz Ć la carte
241:
206:
169:Louis Armstrong
146:Johnny RÄducanu
133:
58:(previously in
50:, a village in
43:
37:
12:
11:
5:
563:
561:
553:
552:
547:
542:
537:
532:
527:
522:
517:
512:
507:
502:
497:
492:
487:
477:
476:
473:
472:
467:
462:
457:
452:
447:
440:
439:External links
437:
436:
435:
428:
410:
407:
404:
403:
377:
365:
355:
354:
352:
349:
325:
322:
240:
237:
224:The Young Ones
142:Cristian Colan
111:Mircea Florian
85:'s Faculty of
36:
33:
25:Cornel Chiriac
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
562:
551:
548:
546:
543:
541:
538:
536:
533:
531:
528:
526:
523:
521:
518:
516:
513:
511:
508:
506:
503:
501:
498:
496:
493:
491:
488:
486:
483:
482:
480:
471:
468:
466:
463:
461:
458:
456:
453:
451:
448:
446:
443:
442:
438:
433:
429:
426:
425:
420:
415:(in Romanian)
413:
412:
408:
396:September 23,
392:(in Romanian)
391:
387:
381:
378:
372:
370:
366:
360:
357:
350:
348:
345:
343:
339:
335:
331:
323:
321:
319:
313:
311:
310:
306:
299:
294:
290:
286:
282:
278:
274:
270:
266:
262:
258:
254:
245:
238:
236:
234:
230:
226:
225:
220:
219:Cliff Richard
216:
210:
205:
201:
197:
193:
188:
186:
180:
178:
174:
170:
166:
162:
153:
149:
147:
143:
137:
132:
131:Radu Maltopol
126:
124:
120:
116:
112:
108:
104:
100:
99:Radio RomĆ¢nia
96:
92:
88:
84:
80:
75:
73:
69:
65:
61:
57:
53:
47:
42:
34:
32:
30:
26:
18:
431:
422:
394:. Retrieved
389:
380:
359:
346:
341:
333:
327:
314:
307:
288:
285:Jazz magazin
284:
280:
269:Noƫl Bernard
250:
232:
222:
189:
181:
172:
164:
160:
158:
127:
122:
102:
95:Jazz magazin
94:
90:
76:
68:Odesa Oblast
56:Soviet Union
38:
24:
23:
490:1975 deaths
485:1941 births
342:Cantofabule
338:Electrecord
334:in memoriam
332:jazz club,
296: [
275:, in RFE's
233:in extremis
207: [
134: [
115:The Beatles
44: [
479:Categories
409:References
390:orasul.biz
375:Hurdubaia.
318:Securitate
305:rock opera
165:Secolul XX
52:Bessarabia
35:Early life
267:director
200:Bucharest
192:TimiČoara
66:, now in
281:Metronom
198:and the
185:PloieČti
123:Metronom
103:Metronom
93:, later
29:Romanian
253:Austria
204:Sideral
196:Phoenix
79:PiteČti
72:Ukraine
41:Uspenca
330:BraČov
324:Legacy
273:Munich
257:Poland
229:BraČov
177:UNESCO
144:, and
421:, in
351:Notes
300:]
211:]
202:band
194:band
138:]
48:]
398:2022
283:and
161:Jazz
183:in
171:'s
117:' "
74:).
481::
388:.
368:^
312:.
298:ro
209:ro
140:,
136:ro
70:,
62:,
54:,
46:ro
400:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
