Composer Horia Moculescu passed away on Wednesday morning, at the age of 88, after being hospitalized at the "Matei Balș" Hospital due to serious lung problems.

Horia Moculescu, a well-known Romanian composer, passed away on Wednesday morning at 4:40 AM at the 'Matei Balș' Hospital in Bucharest, where he had been hospitalized for two weeks in the Intensive Care Unit due to severe lung problems. This summer, worrying images of him emerged, showing him visibly weakened and using a wheelchair. Although he stated that the chair is not a wheelchair, but an office chair with wheels, he admitted that he has been under treatment for several years and that his health was precarious. Horia Moculescu was 88 years old and left behind an important musical legacy.