duminică, 15 iulie 2012

Music of Moldova


Moldovan music is closely related to that of its neighbour and cultural kin, Romania. Moldovan folk is known for swift, complex rhythms (a characteristic shared with many Eastern European traditions), musical improvisation, syncopation and much melodic ornamentation. Pop, hip hop, rock and other modern genres have their own fans in Moldova as well. Modern pop stars include O-Zone, a Romanian and Moldovan band whose "Dragostea din tei" was a major 2004 European hit, guitarist and songwriter Vladimir Pogrebniuc, Natalia Barbu, who is well known in Germany, Romania and Ukraine, and Nelly Ciobanu. The band Flacai became well known in the 1970s across Moldova, turning their hometown of Cahul into an important center of music.
Folk music
During the Soviet era, Moldovan folk culture flourished, and was strongly promoted by the government. However, many elements were altered to obscure the shared history of Romania and Moldova, because the Soviet Union wanted to discourage secession.
The Mioriţa is ancient ballad that is a very important part of Moldovan folk culture.

Popular Moldovan musicians
Flacai
Romanian Verzalube
Cleopatra Stratan


Musical institutions 
Moldova's folk music and dance companies, troupes and orchestras are well-known, especially Jok, an academic dance company; a jok is a celebration that includes dances, as well as the part of a town where the dancing takes place.
The Orchestra of Moldovan Folk Music and Dance was founded in 1949; the orchestra plays Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, German music.
Music festivals in Moldova include The Faces of Friends, held in the town of Cahul; this festival was founded in 1996.

Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eight times, debuting in 2005. Following the poor result in the 2006 contest, the Moldovan broadcaster, Teleradio-Moldova (TRM) announced that it would withdraw from participation and did not allocate a budget for the 2007 Contest. However, in response to public pressure TRM filed the preliminary documents to compete and sent Natalia Barbu with song "Fight".
In 2008 Moldova, for the first time in 4 years of trying, failed to make the Final, their jazz number, "A Century of Love", finishing 12th place in a field of 19. In 2010 a saxophonist Sergey Stepanov from group SunStroke Project and Olia Tira has become internet phenomenon because of his 30 second saxophone solo.
In 2011 Zdob şi Zdub represented Moldova for a second time in the contest, with the song So Lucky placing 12th in the final. This was the third time that Moldova ended up 10th in the semifinal, the last qualifier for the final.
In 2012, Pasha Parfeny earned the right to represent Moldova, with the song "Lăutar", placing 5th in the Semi Final and 11th in the Grand Final.

2005
 "Bunica Bate Toba" (in English, "Grandmamma Beats the Drum") was Moldova's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in English and Romanian by Zdob şi Zdub.
The song was performed fourth in the semi-final of that year's Contest (following Portugal's 2B performing "Amar" and preceding Latvia's Walters & Kazha with "The War Is Not Over") and qualified in second place with 207 points. In the final, it was performed seventh, following Turkey's Gülseren singing "Rimi Rimi Ley" and preceding Albania's Ledina Çelo with "Tomorrow I Go". Here, the song scored 148 points to qualify 6th, thus ensuring debutants Moldova an automatic final berth for the 2006 Contest.

2006
"Loca" by Arsenium and Natalia Gordienko was the official entry for Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The song was performed inEnglish and contained parts in Spanish (basically the title, the rhyming words and several full verses). Due to Moldova's good placing in the 2005 contest with "Zdob Si Zdub", the song was pre-qualified for the final, where it was performed second (following Switzerland's Six4one with "If We All Give A Little" and preceding Israel's Eddie Butler singing "Together We Are One"). The song was not well received and finished the night in 20th place with 22 points, thus meaning that Moldova will have to qualify for the 2007 Contest from the semi-final.
The song is a hip-hop inspired number, with both singers declaring their love for each other and their request that they "give me, give me your boca [mouth]".
The performance on the night featured Natalia initially wearing a tight top and a short skirt. Mid-way through the song, she went behind a screen and removed the skirt to reveal hotpants. Later, the top was also removed to reveal a bikini top. A final costume change saw her emerge at the end of the song wearing a dress.

2007



 "Fight" was the Moldovan entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English by Natalia Barbu. The song was written by Elena Bugaand composed by Alexandru Braşoveanu.
The song is a metal-based number, comparable to Within Temptation or Evanescence in sound. Barbu sings about the need to "fight" in order "to face this cruel world", and sings that this is in fact the only way to get ahead. The melody line is provided by a violin, which Barbu herself plays in the video, as well as playing in the live performances. Barbu laughingly said that even though she couldn't play live at Eurovision (the rules forbid this), the background track violin is played by her and that it was actually a very easy part since she has been playing since she was seven years old.
The video features a number of schoolboys racing each other over what appears to be an unmarked cross-country course. Over the course of the song, all of the boys with one exception fall over, leaving one as the only victor.
During her performances, Barbu wore a bodysuit as well as pants which appeared to be very low-slung. BBC commentator Terry Wogan made reference to this and urged his viewers to call out "Pull your pants up!" at the start of the song.
As Moldova had not finished the previous Contest in the top ten, the song was performed in the semi-final. Here, it was performed ninth (followingSwitzerland's DJ BoBo with "Vampires Are Alive" and preceding the Netherlands' Edsilia Rombley with "On Top of the World"). At the close of voting, it had received 91 points, placing 10th in a field of 28 and qualifying Moldova for the final.
In the final, it was performed 24th (following Armenia's Hayko with "Anytime You Need"). At the close of voting, it had received 109 points, placing 10th in a field of 24.

2008
"A Century of Love" was the Moldovan entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, composed by Oleg Baraliuc and Viorica Demici and sung inEnglish by Geta Burlacu.
On the night of the semi-final of the contest the song was performed 4th, following Estonia's Kreisiraadio with "Leto svet" and preceding San Marino'sMiodio with "Complice". The song received 36 points, placing 12th of 19 songs competing and failing to make the final, the first time Moldova was absent from the final in its Eurovision history.

2009
"Hora din Moldova" (Dance From Moldova) is a song by Moldovan singer Nelly Ciobanu and was the Moldovan entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held in Moscow, Russia. The song was composed by Veaceslav Daniliu, with lyrics written by Andrei Hadjiu and Aris Kalimeris.
The song competed in the second semi-final on 14 May 2009 and qualified for the final, where it finished 14th with 69 points.

2010 
"Run Away" is a song performed by SunStroke Project and Olia Tira, and represented Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in May 2010 inOslo, Norway. The song won the final of the O melodie pentru Europa 2010, that took place on 6 March. It gained the maximum number of points from both the juries and the televotes.
In the contest, it was performed first on the night of the first semi-final, preceding Russia's Lost and Forgotten and passed to the final.
After the contest, "Run Away" would also become the subject of a major internet meme surrounding the saxophone solos performed by saxophonist Sergey Stepanov, who in a phenomenon similar to Rickroll and Trololo, was dubbed the "Epic Sax Guy" in videos on YouTube, despite a ruleprohibiting musical instruments being played on stage.

2011 
"So Lucky" is a song performed by the Moldovan ska-punk band Zdob şi Zdub who represented their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 inDüsseldorf, Germany. The song finished in 12th place.

2012
"Lăutar" is a song by singer Pasha Parfeny. It represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. It finished 5th in the first semi-final to qualify for the grand final where in finished 11th place.






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