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Phoenix was launched in the cosmopolitan city of Timișoara in 1962 by a pair of schoolboys: Nicu Covaci and Béla Kamocsa, under the name of Sfinții (The Saints).In their first years, together with Florin "Moni" Bordeianu (born 1948), they performed in school contests and at local clubs, covering Western music hits from The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, etc., and they quickly became ...
The following is a list of musicians who have been members of Romanian rock and roll band Transsylvania Phoenix since their formation in Timișoara in 1962. The current lineup consists of founder Nicu Covaci and five other members.
Since the 1970s, songs and albums released by Romanian [A] artists have charted and received certifications in the world's largest music markets. [B] The first Romanian artist to chart in such markets was the nai player Gheorghe Zamfir.
Nicolae "Nicu" Covaci (19 April 1947 – 2 August 2024) was a Romanian guitarist, painter, and music composer. He is best known as the leader and founding member of rock and cult band Phoenix, for which he was the lead vocalist and guitar player, with more than 60 years of activity.
Anton Pann (1790s–1854), wrote Romania's national anthem and music for the Orthodox Divine Liturgy; Ionel Perlea (1900–1970), composer and conductor; Ciprian Porumbescu (1853–1883), composer; Doina Rotaru (born 1951), composer of mainly orchestral and chamber works; Constantin Silvestri (1913–1969), composer, lived in England
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Barock Group. Romanian rock is a genre of popular music in Romania. It was influenced by changes in Romanian politics to such an extreme, that both the themes and styles of musicians, and the tastes and interests of listeners, changed dramatically with every major event in Romania's internal politics.
The band received major commercial success following the release of Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009), which was released through V2 Records, Glassnote, Loyauté, and Cooperative Music. It was certified gold in Australia, Canada, and the United States. " 1901 ", the album's lead single and " Lisztomania " the second single from the album were ...