Background
Athanasiu-Gardeev was born in Galaţi, Moldavia, in 1834.
Athanasiu-Gardeev was born in Galaţi, Moldavia, in 1834.
She studied music in Bucharest and then piano and composition in Paris with Julius Schulhoff and composition in Saint St. Petersburg with Anton Rubenstein.
After the Romanian War of Independence, she lived in Bucharest, teaching voice, lute and piano. She died in Bucharest in 1917.