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They transposed this experience into music and seven days later they shared their local inspired music with the North-Romanian people in a concert held at the Merry Cemetery in Săpânța. [9] Later on, they brought the project to Bucharest, performing the Maramures experience in Radio Hall [10] gaining popularity in the Romanian cultural scene ...
The zongora is an instrument typical of Maramureș, a region of Romania. [1] [2] It is similar to a guitar, but has fewer strings. [3]In the past it had two strings, but nowadays it has four or even five. [4]
The term could be translated literally as "Romanian Easy Music" and, in the most common sense, this music is synonym with "Muzică de stradă" (from French "estrade", which means "podium"), defining a branch of Pop music developed in Romania after World War II, which appears generally in the form of easy danceable songs, made on arrangements ...
The Romanian Top 100 was also featured in Billboard 's Music & Media magazine until 2003, [6] [7] and was—apart from a weekly Kiss FM podcast in the 2010s—announced on its own website. [3] [8] As of 2025, the Romanian Top 100 lacks usable archives, especially for the late 1990s and 2000s.
[8] [9] Apart from reaching high peak positions and attaining certifications in almost every major music market, "Stereo Love" is the only documented Romanian song to chart in Brazil (number eight), as well as the highest Romanian peak in Canada (number ten in an alternative version released with Canadian singer Mia Martina) and the United ...
"Dragostea din tei" is the first song in Romanian to have achieved international success. [130] [D] While Libertatea wrote that it had "done more for Romania's image than all politicians put together", [103] Balan stated in an interview that, for him, "the greatest pride is the fact that [he] promoted the Romanian language". [203]
Traditionally there are two types of Romani music: one rendered for non-Romani audiences, the other is made within the Romani community. The music performed for outsiders is called "gypsy music", which is a colloquial name that comes from Ferenc Liszt. They call the music they play among themselves "folk music". [19]
The musical genre manele, a part of Romanian pop culture, is often sung by Romani singers in Romania and has been influenced in part by Romani music, but mostly by Oriental music brought in Romania from Turkey during the 19th century. Romanian public opinion on the subject varies from support to outright condemnation.