Vlad Miriță or Vlad Grozavescu Putoare (born 2 August 1981; ) is a Romanian singer. He represented Romania in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2008.
At the age of 16, he began formal training in music. Throughout his education, he worked with the Armonia Valahă Choir and performed at various national and international events. After receiving private lessons from the famed Maestro Corneliu Fănățeanu in 2001, he joined an Eastern European chamber choir called Madrigal.
Vlad went on to win several contests, including Mamaia, the National Pop Festival, in 2002 and was a runner-up in the 2005 International Tenor Voices festival "Traian Grozăvescu", which was held in
Lugoj
Lugoj (; ; ; ; ; ) is a list of cities and towns in Romania, city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș, Timiș River divides the city into two halves: the "Romanian Lugoj" that spreads on the right bank, and the "German Lugoj" on the left bank. Th ...
. In 2007 and 2008, Vlad was honored as a scholarship holder of the Opera House Bucharest.
On 20 May 2008 Vlad performed the duet "
Pe-o margine de lume" with
Nico
Christa Päffgen (; 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, actress, and model.
Nico had roles in several films, including Federico Fellini's '' La Dolce Vita'' (1960) and Andy Warhol's ...
, another Romanian singer, as that country's entry in the final for the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...
.
In 2015 the singer was chosen by
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures is an American film Film production company, production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios (division), the Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company. The st ...
to provide the Romanian voice of Hugo in an animated film version of ''
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame''.
References
External links
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Vlad and Nico's Eurovision Profile
1981 births
Living people
Opera crossover singers
Romanian male pop singers
21st-century Romanian male singers
21st-century Romanian singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants
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