Category Archives: Music
Romanian dance beats hit Europe
I burst out laughing when I heard the “maia hi maia hu” refrain in a posh club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 6 years ago. Everyone was singing along, without understanding a word (granted, there was not much to understand) – it was surreal. “Dragostea din tei” by O-zone was the first world dance music hit [...]
Euro-visions
Both Romanian-speaking countries managed to qualify their songs to the Eurovision song contest final, scheduled tonight. Like most participants in the last few years, Romanians and Moldovans chose to sing in English – commercially it may make sense, to me it is unfortunate as it takes away some of the authenticity and diversity this contest [...]
Romanians got talent… in Norway
The show “… got talent” (“…” standing for any nation) got to Romania as well, but on that some other time. Right now introducing Bogdan Ota, a Romanian copying machine carrier pianist showing up at the “Norwegians got talent” show. Enjoy.
Romanians SOUND good
This time it is not about the Romanian modern music with its dance stars and singers. Inna is another story, O-zone is in the past and the Eurovision competition is a lovely memory (to some). This time it is about sacred music, a heavenly beautiful music: SOUND is the name of a Romanian choir which [...]
They call her “The Nightingale”
Angela Gheorghiu “flew over from Romania to honor her friend Grace Bumbry”, says the presenter from the Kennedy Center (watch who all’s in the audience ). And then she sang. Yeh opera lovers (and not only), listen. And watch the audience’s reaction at the end. Thanks M. for the tip.
Paula & Ovi played with fire and… didn’t get burned
Going almost completely unnoticed by the foreign commentators i heard (which is weird – how can you NOT notice Paula Seling in that leather costume?!), Romania edged to a no. 3 spot at the Eurovision song contest in Oslo, Norway. Ok, it’s not the most credible contest out there, being tainted both by “geopolitical votes” [...]
When a Romanian and a French meet over a piano… and a drink,
…surprising things can happen. “They could have had a successful career as classical musicians”, say French reviews, but instead they chose to… have a good time. If you’re in Paris, go to Theatre Trevise to watch Paul Staicu and Laurent Cirade in the most hilarious music show there is. Outstanding virtuosity, tons of humor and [...]
Hot dance with Inna
“Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born October 16, 1986) best known only as Inna, is a Romanian dance singer from Mangalia, Romania. She debuted in 2008 with the album “Hot”, produced by Play & Win. The main single from the album, the eponymous “Hot”, reached number one in Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Lebanon, Malta, Poland, Spain, Syria, Turkey, [...]
Paula Seling to represent Romania at the Eurovision song contest 2010
Actually, it’s Paula Seling and Ovi (Ovidiu Cernăuţeanu), who is both composer and performer, but wanna bet that people will be talking mostly about Paula? She’s pretty. And has a good voice. The song? De gustibus non disputandum, up to you if you like it or not. Watch it here: It was selected following a [...]
The Christmas carol institution
For Romanians, Christmas carols are not only a custom, but a real institution, an entire process with very precise rules maintained for centuries. Of course, modern life did to these customs what it does best to all traditions – nearly wipe them out. Still, in some villages spread across the country, you can still find [...]
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