China International Vocal Competition with 430 competitors from 41 countries. Honours Nicolesco was an honorary member of the Romanian Academy since 1993, Officer of the Order of the Arts and Letters in France from 2000, and honorary doctor of the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca from 1996. She was awarded the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity in 2004 and the Order of the Star of Romania, in the Rank of Grand Cross in 2008. She was named UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2005 and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. She was elected the Most Successful Woman in Romania (2004) and was conferred the Special Award Kulturpreis Europa Medal in Sibiu, European Capital of Culture in 2007. She became an honorary member of the Mihai Eminescu International Academy in 2017, and honorary doctor of the Chisinau Academy of Arts in 2018. She was elected, also in 2018, a member of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters in Paris. In 2018 she was awarded the Honorary Diploma and Medal The Centenary of the Great Union as well as the Honorary Diploma and Medal 650 years of documentary attestation of the city of Braila. She was made an honorary citizen of Bucharest in 1991, and of Cluj-Napoca in 1994. She received in 2020 The Constantin Brâncoveanu Award for her entire career. Personal life and death Nicolesco was married to art critic and art historian Radu Varia. She died at a hospital in Bucharest on 14 October 2022; after lying in repose at the Romanian Athenaeum, she will be buried on 19 October in the city's Ghencea Cemetery. Recordings Nicolesco made several live recordings, including the first recordings of cantatas by Giacomo Meyerbeer and Maurice Ravel: References External links Hariclea Darclee Festival and International Voice Competition "Soluţia Mariana Nicolesco" (Mariana Nicolesco: The Solution "Interviu cu celebra soprană Mariana Nicolesco: Într-o lume a violenței și a declinului valorilor îi admir pe tinerii care-și dedică viața cântului (Interview with the celebrated soprano Mariana Nicolesco: in a world of violence and decline of all values I admire the young artists who devote their lives to the art of singing) "Secundatv deschide rubrica Interviuri Stelare cu Diva Divină Mariana Nicolesco" (Secundatv opens Stellar Interviews with Diva Divine Mariana Nicolesco) "Mariana Nicolesco mărturii senzaționale despre arta cântului" (Mariana Nicolesco's sensational thoughts and testimonials about the art of singining) Il Pirata (image) La Scala 1948 births 2022