Maria Răducanu (born 3 November 1967, Huși, jud.
Vaslui[1]) is a self-taught[2] Romanian ethno jazz[3] singer-songwriter, noted for her vocal range[4][5] and considered as representative of the new Romanian jazz.
[6] She mixes[7] jazz with Romanian folk music,[8] songs by Maria Tănase,[9] to whom she has been compared,[5] fado[10] and European music from the 16th century.
[11] Maria Răducanu received an offer from The Walt Disney Company, and she provides the Romanian voice of Ariel, in The Little Mermaid (TV series) (1992– Ager Film), and in 2005 in the classic eternal Disney dubbing, The Little Mermaid.
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