Anatol Vieru (Romanian pronunciation: [anaˈtol viˈeru]; 8 June 1926 – 8 October 1998) was a Romanian[1] 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, Temă și Variațiuni (1983).
He married in 1954 Nina Shutikova, with who he had one son and one daughter;[3] his son is the pianist, writer, and mathematician Andrei Vieru [ro].
He was a conductor at the Bucharest National Theatre from 1947 to 1950, when he became editor of the Muzica [ro] magazine.