Anton Ragoza (; ; born 6 January 1986), is a

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n musician and composer and a former member of the

SunStroke Project The SunStroke Project is a Moldovan musical group composed of Sergei Yalovitsky (vocals, composer), Sergey Stepanov (musician), Sergey Stepanov (saxophonist), and previously Anton Ragoza (violinist, composer) until his departure in 2019. They ach ...

. He founded the Carnival Brain project in 2019.

Biography

Ragoza graduated in 2005 from Transnistrian State Arts Institute of

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. After graduation he was drafted into the Transnistrian army, where he met Sergey Stepanov. Later they formed Sunstroke band, now known as

. He wrote his first song at the age of 14, and later wrote a lot of music for the group "SpeX", which performs trance-instrumental music. Since 2021 lives in

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. On April 9, 2021, the anthem of the Estonian football club "

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" was officially published, the author was Anton Ragoza and his musicians. And the composition was performed by the Moldovan

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and

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Ray Bark (Iuri Rîbac). In May 2023, Anton appeared on the hour-long program "Base" on Estonian Radio 4.

SunStroke Project

As a member of SunStroke Project, Anton participated at the

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, where

finished 22nd, with their song " Run Away". Anton is the composer of this song. In August 2015, he opened his own music label "Ragoza Music", becoming a producer. In 2017, SunStroke Project returned to Eurovision with the song "

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", and this time finished 3rd. On returning to Moldova, SunStroke Project were awarded the Order of Honour by then-President of Moldova

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In February 2019, he left the group and began pursuing his own musical projects.

Carnival Brain

In March 2019, he presented his new joint project Carnival Brain with Dumitru Golban. In the same year they released a remix of

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's song "

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". At the end of 2023, they released the Estonian-language track “Tere Eesti” and official video in september 2024. In the Moldovan film "The Power of Probability," the track "Party Don’t Stop" was played. In 2024, they wrote music for the film's teaser " Juvenile Inspektor: The Shadow Over Jõhvi". Together with the singer Bacho, they released the song "Semafoare" and were selected as participants in the selection round of Eurovision 2025 in Moldova. The video was released on January 17.

In the cinema

In 2021, he starred in the Moldovan TV series "Sprinter".

Personal life

Ragoza is married to Victoria Ragoza and has two daughters, which he has from other wives.

Honors

* Order of Honour (2017)

References

External links

Biography of Carnival Brain

Ragoza Music
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Interview
on the show

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