The Advahov Brothers (, ) are a Moldovan

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duo, consisting of the brothers Vasile and Vitalie Advahov. The duo was founded in 2005 and is based in

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. Along with

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, they represented Moldova in the

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, with the song "

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Early life

Vitalie and Vasile Advahov were born in

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, on 18 January 1978 and 26 April 1979 respectively. Their parents, Vasile and Agafia Advahov, originated from

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and

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and were teachers at Cahul's pedagogical school. During their high school years at Ciprian Porumbescu High School, they were part of an orchestral group called ''Mugurașii''.

Career

The Advahov Brothers Orchestra was founded in 2005. It was originally meant to be a small group, but eventually grew in popularity and various musicians from the Republic of Moldova and Romania joined it, forming an orchestra. As of 2020, the orchestra contains forty-five instrumentalists. On 29 January 2022, the song "

", a collaboration with folk-rock band

, was chosen by

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to represent the country at the

. They finished in 7th place with 253 points, and came 2nd place in the televote.

References

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Early life

Career

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