Maria Chefaliady-Taban

Maria Chefaliady-Taban (4 November 1863  11 June 1932) was a Romanian pianist, music educator and composer. She composed romantic-style works with folk elements, typified by her choral composition Hora carturarului Urechia (Scholar Urechia’s Ring Dance). She performed Bach, Schumann, Beethoven and Greig as a concert pianist, and taught singing. Students of Chefaliady-Taban include Mircea Stefanescu.