Anatol Chiriac is a

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n composer.

Biography

Born in 1953. In 1979 he completed Stefan Neaga music college in Chişinău. In 1983 he recorded his first instrumental works LP, which has strong influence of James Last (e. g. use of panflute and others). His next LP, issued in 1984, represented songs to verses by

Grigore Vieru Grigore Vieru (; 14 February 1935, Pererîta, Hotin County, Kingdom of Romania – 18 January 2009, Chișinău, Moldova, Republic of Moldova) was a Moldovans, Moldavian poet, writer and unification of Moldova and Romania, unionist advocate. Known ...

. The song "Romantică" (Романтикэ), performed by

Sofia Rotaru Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru (born 7 August 1947), known as Sofia Rotaru ( uk, Софія Михайлівна Ротару ; russian: link=no, Софи́я Миха́йловна Рота́ру; ro, Sofia Rotaru), is a former Ukrainia ...

, quickly became a hit in the entire

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. During few years his composition "Mihaela" (Михаэла) accomplished weather forecasts in the Soviet TV news program "

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" (Время). Near 1985 Chiriac formed his own instrumental ensemble, recorded with it new LP and had tours to Japan and Mocambique. In 1990-1994 Chiriac was elected to the

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Cine au fost şi ce fac deputaţii primului Parlament din R. Moldova (1990-1994)?

Declaraţia deputaţilor din primul Parlament

Site-ul Parlamentului Republicii Moldova

References

Living people Soviet composers Soviet male composers Moldovan composers Male composers Moldovan MPs 1990–1994 Popular Front of Moldova MPs 1947 births 20th-century male musicians 21st-century male musicians {{Moldova-politician-stub