Radu Marian (sopranist)

Radu Marian (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈradu mariˈan]; born 1977) is a Moldovan male soprano (sopranist).

He possesses a pure soprano voice in the range of C4 to C6, and he is considered an important singer in Baroque music.

[1] A natural castrato is a male singer who never went through puberty and is able to keep his "unbroken" voice intact without castration.

In Rome, he studied with conductor and composer Flavio Colusso [it], with whom he has performed the unabridged operas of Giacomo Carissimi across Europe.

Contemporary composers who have dedicated works to him include Flavio Colusso, Sergio Rendine, Carlo Crivelli, and René Clemencic.