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Moldovan Music
Music in Moldova is closely related to that of its neighbour and cultural kin, Romania. Moldovan folk is known for swift, complex rhythms (a characteristic shared with many Eastern European traditions), musical improvisation, syncopation and much melodic ornamentation. Pop, hip hop, rock and other modern genres have their own fans in Moldova as well. Modern pop stars include O-Zone, a Moldovan band whose "Dragostea din tei" was a major 2004 European hit, guitarist and songwriter Vladimir Pogrebniuc, Natalia Barbu, who is well known in Germany, Romania and Ukraine, and Nelly Ciobanu. The band Flacai became well known in the 1970s across Moldova, turning their hometown of Cahul into an important center of music. Folk music During the Soviet era, Moldovan folk culture flourished, and was strongly promoted by the government. However, many elements were altered to obscure the shared history of Romania and Moldova, because the Soviet Union wanted to discourage secession. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Rayel
Andrei Rață (born 21 July 1992), better known by his stage name Andrew Rayel, is a Moldovan Record producer, producer and Disc jockey, DJ. Initially releasing his music on Armada Music, Rayel founded the label "inHarmony Music" on 22 September 2017, where his role is label chief and head of Artists and repertoire, A&R. Musical career Rayel's electronic music career started in 2009 at age 17, but he had started to produce music and develop his style four years earlier. He is signed under the Armada Music label, co-founded by Armin van Buuren. His breakthrough followed his single "Aether" being voted as "Tune of the Week" on Van Buuren's radio program, ''A State of Trance''. He performed at various "A State of Trance" events. He has DJ’ed notable clubs and large festivals, from Ultra Music Festival, Tomorrowland (festival), Tomorrowland, Stereosonic, Electric Daisy Carnival, Ministry of Sound to multiple A State of Trance events, the A State of Trance Ibiza nights and the Monda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Motans
Denis Roabeș, better known as The Motans, is a Moldovans, Moldovan singer, songwriter, and lyricist. Life and career 1989–2014 Denis Roabeș was born on 2 August 1989, in the Moldova, Republic of Moldova. After graduating from high school, he moved to Moscow, where he lived and worked as a marketing and sales specialist for three years. In 2014, Roabeș returned to Moldova because he understood that marketing is not what he wanted to do in life. His stage name has its origins in the artist's dreams. Before starting his music career, Roabeș only dreamed of tomcats and cats every night for seven years. When he began singing, these dreams disappeared, which prompted him to choose the name "The Motans". 2015–2018 After releasing the song "Versus" in August 2016, The Motans came to the attention of Romanian vlogger Matei Dima. He contacted the artist and helped him launch and promote himself in Romania. The Motans returned with a new single in early 2017. The song "Week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gândul Mâței
Gândul Mâței (, "The cat's thought") is a Moldovan alternative rock band from Chișinău, formed in 1996. Members Current members: * Nicu Țărnă – vocal * Sergiu Iarovoi – guitar * Igor Cristov – keyboards * Ghenadie Cazac – trumpet * Sergiu Rusu – bass guitar Former members: * Bogdan Dascăl * Dan Popov * Valeriu Mazalu * "Mamba" * Iurie Berdea (died 2021) Discography Albums Cu Gândul La Ea – 2000 La Ciocana – 2004 Ла Чокана - 2004 GheM în GheM – 2005 Комета - 2007 Generația în Blugi – 2014 EPs În Profil (EP) – 2008 External links * Gândul Mâțeiat Myspace Gândul Mâțeiat last.fm Last.fm is a music website founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. Utilizing a music recommender system known as "Audioscrobbler", Last.fm creates a detailed profile of each user's musical preferences by recording the details of the tracks they ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Gandul Matei Moldovan rock music group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkady Luxemburg
Arkady Luxemburg (born 15 March 1939) is a Moldovan-United States, American composer.Steve Kokker, Kathryn Kemp, ''Romania and Moldova'' p. 34 He received a Master of Arts degree at the Academy of Music in Chișinău, Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldovan SSR in the former Soviet Union, where he received degrees in piano performance, composition, and music theory. He has worked as an instructor, a concert pianist, and an accompanist at various institutions around the world, including the Moldova Academy of Music, the Moldova College of Music, the Moldova School of Music, San Diego State University, San Diego Mesa College, Mesa College, California Ballet and David Yellin College. Several of his students have gone on to become world known performers, including Oleg Maisenberg and Mark Seltzer. He has authored several works on Music Theory and Harmony. Arkady was given the Moldovan Composer of the Year award in 1967. He is a member of the Union of Composers and ASCAP in the US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Lazariuc
Anastasia Lazariuc (born 6 July 1953) is a Moldovan singer. External linksBiography * http://ava.md/07-evrosoqz/0922-anastasiya-lazarqk-vozmushena-povedeniem-ruminskih-paparacci-.html 1953 births Living people 20th-century Moldovan women singers Soviet women singers Musicians from Chișinău 21st-century Moldovan women singers {{Moldova-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (born March 1977) is a Moldovan-Austrian-Swiss violinist. Biography Early life Kopatchinskaja was born in Chișinău, in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Moldova). She comes from a family of musicians. Her parents were both with the state folk ensemble of Moldova: her mother, Emilia Kopatchinskaja, was a violinist, and her father, Viktor Kopatchinsky, was a cimbalom player. While her parents were on concert tour through the former Eastern bloc, she grew up with her grandparents. She started playing the violin at age 6. In 1989, the family fled to Vienna. Kopatchinskaja entered the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna at age 17, where she studied musical composition and violin. From age 21 to 23, she finished her studies in Bern, at the Musikhochschule, where her teachers included Igor Ozim. Kopatchinskaja lives in Bern, and has a daughter. Career In 2016, Kopatchinskaja wrote an editorial for ''The Guardian'' outlining h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolae Glib
Nicolae Glib (born 10 May 1949) is a Moldovan folk music singer. He lives in the commune of Pepeni, Sîngerei district, Republic of Moldova. Childhood and adolescence Nicolae Glib started his artistic career at the age of 4 when he started dancing in a folk dance assembly. As an adolescent, he fell irrevocably in love with Moldovan folk music by listening to Nicolae Sulac daily. Sulac is one of the most notorious Moldovan folk singers and also the first one to school young Glib in the ways of folk music. Education Glib attended courses at the Musical Middle School St. Neaga from 1967 to 1971. Afterwards, he became a student at the Arts Institute G. Musicescu (1975–1980) from Chisinau, Moldova. His choir master during the years at the institute was Alexandru Movila. Career Nicolae Glib started off his professional career as a soloist for the Orchestra of the Folk Dancing Ensemble, " Joc", affiliated with the Philharmonic in Chisinau. The Joc Orchestra was at the tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatol Dumitraș
Anatol Dumitraș (14 November 1955 – 14 June 2016) was a Moldovan singer. Discography * ''Sus paharul'' (2000) * ''Ultima seară'' (2003) * ''Azi la masa mare'' (2005) * ''Anii mei, destinul meu'' (2007) * ''Roata vieții'' (2008) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dumitrass, Anatol 1955 births 2016 deaths People from Briceni District 20th-century Moldovan male singers 21st-century Moldovan male singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Bieșu
Maria Bieșu (3 August 1935 – 16 May 2012) was a Moldovan opera singer. Debuting in 1961, she eventually went on to become the lead vocalist of the Moldova National Opera Ballet. Her artistic excellence brought her international recognition and invitations to sing in other countries, like Japan and Italy, where she performed at the Milan Opera from 1965 to 1967. Biography Maria Bieșu was born in Volintiri, into a peasant family where everyone loved to sing. Her parents were Luca and Tatiana Bieșu. While studying in school, and then at the agricultural technical college, Maria began to perform at amateur concerts. The teachers at the Chișinău Conservatory and the Minister of Culture himself, after hearing Maria sing, sent her to study at the conservatory in 1955. She debuted as a soloist in the country's popular orchestra of Moldavian folk music – "Fluieraş" with the song "Struguraş de pe colină" at a national competition alongside the famous Tamara Ciobanu and Sergei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Rimes
Irina Rimes (born Irina Rîmeș on ) is a Moldovan singer-songwriter who established herself as one of the leading music artists in Romania and Moldova since the late 2010s. She is one of the four coaches of the Romanian talent show '' Vocea României''. Rimes works and lives in Bucharest, Chișinău, and Paris. In 2019, Rimes was chosen by Warner Bros Animation to provide the Romanian voice of Whatevra Wanabi in the animated movie The Lego Movie 2. Besides her native Romanian, she speaks Russian, English and French. Life and career 1991–2015: Childhood and beginnings in music Irina was born on 22 August 1991 in the Florești District and is the first child of Valentina and Fiodor Rîmeș; she has a younger brother, Vitali. Irina has stated in interviews that her family nourished her interest for music, especially her father and paternal grandmother, the latter of which had a very good voice, according to Irina — "grandma used to be a part of a church choir and I re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
