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Musician / Composer / Conductor of Classical
Romanian conductor, composer and pianist ✰ 1874, București, România ✞ September 7, 1918, Manhattan, New York, USA, committing suicide Emigrated to US arround 1913-1914 In România, was musical director and manager of Romanian Opera, conductor of “Orchestra Operei Române”, “Orchestra Teatrului Comoedia” In US was musical director and manager at Strand Theatre and conductor of “Strand Symphony Orchestra” Was married in România and had four children. In US married for a second time He took his own life on September 7, 1918, with chloroform in his apartament in Manhattan Was burried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY March 24, 1901, Băneasa, Bucharest - Oscar Spirescu (conductor of “Orchestra Operei Române” at that time) fought in a Sword Duel with Onofrei (Opera Română manager/impresar) due to an argue and a violent polemics in press. Onofrei is injured in the right forearm in the fourth half, when the fight was stopped