{{short description|Canadian record producer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP primary sources|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Roma Baran | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | origin = Canada | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = | occupation = Record producer | instrument = | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }} '''Roma Baran''' (born 1946 or 1947) is a Canadian record producer who is best known for her work with Laurie Anderson, Rosalie Sorrels, Annabelle Chvostek, and Kate & Anna McGarrigle.<ref>[http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho7/baran_r.htm Roma Baran biography] from Idaho Public Television.</ref> Much of her production work is done as a duo with business partner Vivian Stoll.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.baranstoll.com/profile.html|title=Bios|last=Baran|first=Roma|date=2009|website=Roma Baran and Vivian Stroll Producations|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref>
Originally from Montreal, Baran has lived in New York City since 1976.<ref name=jgs>[https://jewishgen.blogspot.com/2010/04/announcement-jgs-of-ny.html "Roma Baran: Suddenly Jewish"]. Jewish Genealogical Society of New York.</ref> She was raised in the Polish Catholic Church, learning only in her 60s that her parents were, in fact, Jews who had nominally converted to Catholicism and changed their names to protect themselves during the Holocaust.<ref name=jgs /> She learned at the same time (2009) the existence from her French cousin whose history was identical.
Baran was also an Academy Award nominee in 1992 for co-producing the documentary film ''Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1992/film/reviews/music-for-the-movies-bernard-herrmann-1200429950/|title=Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=1992-06-19|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/suddenly-jewish-a-family-s-surprising-past/article_4d0f3dac-d7ed-5a04-93a9-b3922a3d7eed.html
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0052953}} * [http://www.baranstoll.com/index.html Roma Baran & Vivian Stoll Productions]
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