- Roman Vlad was born on December 29, 1919 in Cernauti, Bukovina, Romania [now Chernivtsi, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for The Walls of Malapaga (1949), Sunday in August (1950) and Beauty and the Devil (1950). He died on September 21, 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Roumanian composer, writer, essayist and lecturer in music.
- After gaining the diploma in Cernauti Academy of Music, he moved to Rome in 1938, where he was student of the great Italian composer Alfredo Casella. He was naturalized Italian in 1951.
- In 1942 won the Premio Enescu (an eminent composing award) with his "Sinfonietta".
- In 1954 and 1955 he was a lecturer at Dartington International Summer School in music.
- In 1974 he received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music from National University of Ireland, Dublin.
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