Margareta Pâslaru or Pîslaru (Romanian pronunciation: [marɡaˈreta pɨsˈlaru]; born July 9, 1943, in Bucharest) is a Romanian-American singer, actress, composer, lyricist, TV producer, and artistic director.Pâslaru was married to Gheorghe Sencovici, a former Olympic skeet shooter,[1] until his death, and the couple had a daughter, Ana Maria, and a grandson, Luca.[3] Two songs from her repertoire were used for the 2005 international prize-winning Romanian film, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu: "Cum e oare" (Telling It Like It Really Is) and "Chemarea mării" (The Waves of the Ocean).Music V. Vasilache Jr. text M. Paslaru, Youth Festival Bucuresti 1975 – First Prize – „Melodiile dragostei” – Music Ion Cristinoiu / lyrics Mihai Dumbravă – Festivalul Mamaia 1975 – Second Prize – „Aici la mine acasă” – Music George Grigoriu / lyrics Angel Grigoriu-Romeo Iorgulescu) – Festivalul Mamaia 1971 – The International Press Prize – Song Festival, Malta 1970 – The Sony Award – Tokyo International Song Festival, Japan 1970 – First Prize – „Această taină să rămână între noi” music Radu Şerban / lyrics Mihai Maximilian – Concursul National de Muzică Uşoară 1969 – The Golden Record of Romania given by Electrecord – Record Company 1969 – The Marble Record Trophy, M.I.D.E.M.Florin Bogardo / lyrics M. Fortunescu at The First National Festival Mamaia 1961 – First prize vocal soloist – Margareta Pâslaru at VI edition of Bucharest amateur competition
