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Mihai Timofti (19 September 1948 – 10 November 2023) was a Moldovan theatre and film director, actor, multi-instrumentalist musician, professor, screenwriter, writer and composer. Held an honorary title of "Master of Arts".
In 1965 he started his activity in the popular theatre "Contemporanul" (Art Director was the playwright Mr G.Timofte), where he appeared for the first time on the stage performing the leading part in the comedy of Mr G. Timofte "The Dreams and Troubles".
In 1967, he graduated from the E. Coca Musical School (now it is the Ch. Porumbescu Lyceum), the clarinet class and piano. At the Moscow Festival of the Popular Theatres in 1967 Mihai Timofti was awarded two gold medals for the leading part in the comedy "The Dreams and Troubles" and for the music written to this play.
In 1971, he graduated from the G. Musicescu State Conservatoire (the faculty of Director of Drama).
From 1971 to 1981, he worked at the Moldova Film Studio. He turned out about 40 documentary and short musical films.
In 1985, he took an external degree of the N. Rimsky – Korsakov Leningrad (St. Petersburg) State Conservatoire, the faculty of Director of Opera.
From 1993, Timofti was a citizen of Romania.
On October 26, 2023, Maestro M. Timofti was admitted to the State Chancellery Hospital in Chișinău, on Drumul Viilor Street 34, to the Urology Department for kidney failure.
On November 1, 2023 (18:35), in a deplorable condition — pre-coma — he was transferred to the Timofei Moșneaga Republican Clinical Hospital, where on November 3, 2023, he underwent surgery to unblock the kidneys. The operation was stopped due to diffuse hemorrhage. Maestro Timofti remained in a deep coma (coma stage 3).
On November 10, 2023, at 12:20, Mihai Timofti passed away at the Timofei Moșneaga Republican Clinical Hospital in Chișinău, at the age of 75.[1]
Cause of death (official information based on the medical death certificate — M. Timofti):
I. a) Toxic-septic shock; b) Mixed sepsis: uronephrogenic, pulmonary; c) Left-sided pyonephrosis.
II. Bilateral kidney stones.
On November 13, 2023, the Maestro was buried at the “Sfântul Lazăr” Cemetery in Chișinău — Section: 282 | Row: 39 | Plot: 1a st.[2]
In 2007, M. Timofti was awarded the honorary title of "Master of Arts".[3] On 25 March 2019, he was awarded the "Eugene Ureche" Award at the UNITEM 2019 Prize Gala, 18th Edition.[4]
(From 1971 to 1981: Mihai Timofti turned out about 40 documentary and short musical films.)
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