The most famous Romanian singers: songs, videos, short biography

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

O-Zone, Morandi, Carla's Dreams, Enigma - the names of these musical groups are probably familiar to everyone. But not everyone knows that all of them were created by the Romanians. This article tells about the most famous Romanian singers of our time, as well as their best compositions.

A brief about Romanian music. The most famous Romanian singers

The music of Romania includes folk songs, classical works of outstanding composers, and modern popular compositions. To create folklore melodies in this country, string and wind instruments are actively used. But this article is about the most famous Romanian singers.

Two decades ago no one would have thought that Romanian musicians could create something worthwhile. But everything changed in the early 2000s, when the unpretentious composition Dragostea din Tei of the O-Zone project broke into the European charts. It became no less popular in Russia. A little later, Europe met other performers from Romania: groups Akcent, Morandi, Carla'sDreams and more.

It is worth remembering such a high-profile musical project as Enigma. The group was created in 1990 by Romanian Mihai Cretu together with his wife. Throughout its history, Enigma has released eight studio albums and two dozen singles. The music of this group is most often attributed to the styles of "new-age" and "ambient".

By the way, it is worth distinguishing between Romanian and Moldovan musicians. Although they sing in the same language, they represent different countries. So, for example, many people think that Balan Dan is a Romanian singer, but this is not so. Dan Balan was born in 1979 in Chisinau. Also often mistakenly considered to be a Romanian rock band, Zdob și Zdub. In fact, the perky guys who play folk rock are also Moldovans.

Today, the Romanian stage is well known to foreign listeners. This applies to pop music, rock, rap and dance styles. Among the most famous Romanian singers are the following performers:

1. Marius Moga.
2. Edward Maya.
3. Marcel Pavel.
4. Carla's Dreams.
5. Mihai Traistariu.
6. Nicolae Guta.

Marius Moga

Marius Moga is a famous Romanian singer, composer and producer, one of the vocalists of the legendary band Morandi. The single Angels performed by the band received platinum status seven times in Russia. Marius was born in 1981 in Alba Iulia, where he graduated from the local art school. At the age of nineteen, he arrived in Bucharest and almost immediately took part in the recording of the already famous albumthe time of the Akcent group, which brought him the first popularity.

Edward Maya

Edward Maya is a professional Romanian musician and DJ. Born in 1986, educated at the Bucharest Conservatory. Performs electronic music in the genres of house and trance.

Already at the age of 19, he wrote the song Tornero for Eurovision, which took 4th place in the competition. The song Stereo Love brought great success to the musician. With it, he gained great popularity in Greece, Turkey, Spain, Italy, Albania and other countries.

Marcel Pavel

Marcel Pavel is a singer from the industrial city of Galați who represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2002. However, the song Frumoasa mea, performed at the festival in Mamaia, made him famous.

Marcel has a pleasant and beautiful voice that attracts a female audience. Lyrical blues compositions are especially good in his performance.

Nicolae Guta

A story about Romanian music would not be complete without mentioning such a specific style as "manele". This is a kind of analogue of Russian chanson, using mainly power tools. The songs of Romanian singers related to this style are a mixture of Turkish, Gypsy, Greek and Serbian folk music.

The brightest representative of the modern Romanian manele is Nicolae Guta (Nicolae Guță). Since 1992, he has released 28 albums. Video clips of "King Manele" are gaining millions of views onYouTube.

Carla's Dreams

The popular Romanian-Moldovan project Carla's Dreams was created in 2012 in Chisinau. Its main soloist carefully hides his appearance. At all concerts and in video clips, he paints his face and puts on a black hood. The music of Carla's Dreams is unusually diverse - from jazz to hip-hop. The most famous composition Sub Pielea Mea (“Under my skin”), released in 2016, became extremely popular in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

Mihai Treistariu

Mihai Trăistariu was born in 1976 in northern Romania, in the town of Piatra Neamt. Even as a child, Mihai became interested in music and playing the piano, and in his youth he practiced singing for 7–8 hours a day. The first success came to the performer in 1998, when he took second place at the prestigious music festival in Mamai. There he was noticed by the producers. In 2006, Mihai Treistariu represented his country at Eurovision.

Here it is - the modern music of Romania. Singers from this exotic Balkan country play and sing in different styles. But each of the artists listed in this article knows and does a great job.