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Holograf (Romanian Band)
Holograf is a pop rock band from Bucharest, Romania. Since the band's formation in 1978, Holograf released 18 albums. The band won the Excellence Prize at Romanian Media Music Awards in 2013, the awards for best pop-rock artist and best pop-rock song at Radio Romania Music Awards Gala in 2014 and was nominated multiple times at Romanian Music Awards for Best Group and for Best Song. History It was founded in 1978 by Mihai Pocorschi (guitar, voice), Eugen Sonia (bass guitar), Cristian Lesciuc (solo guitar) and Boris Petroff (drums). In 1979 Edi Petroșel (drums) și Tino Furtună (keyboards) joined and are still part of the band. The band received awards at Club A Festival and at other festivals, which helped the band getting signed with Electrecord, the biggest Romanian label at that time, and launched Holograf 1 in 1983. In 1988 Holograf releases :ro:Holograf III, Holograf III, which was sold in over 200.000 copies. Holograf continued making music through the 1980s and 1990s, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Bittman
Dan Bittman (; born 29 March 1962, Bucharest) is a Romanian singer who represented the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 and came 21st with 14 points. Dan Bittman has been the lead singer of the music group, Holograf, since 1985. From November 2004 to 2012, he was the host of '' Dănutz SRL'', a TV show on TVR 1. Between 1984 and 1985, he was the lead singer for hard rock band IRIS. In 2008, the artist was chosen by Disney to provide the voice of the old man from the palace in the Romanian dubbed version of the animated movie ''The Emperor's New Groove ''The Emperor's New Groove'' is a 2000 American animated slapstick comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 40th animated film produced by the studio, it was directed by Mark Dindal and p ...''. Of Jewish descent, Bittman practices Judaism. Discography ;With Blitz * 1980 - Concerteaza pentru prima data la ''Clubul de la ora sapte'' ;With Incognito * 1982 -' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scotsman
''The Scotsman'' is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its parent company, JPIMedia, also publishes the ''Edinburgh Evening News''. It had an audited print circulation of 16,349 for July to December 2018. Its website, Scotsman.com, had an average of 138,000 unique visitors a day as of 2017. The title celebrated its bicentenary on 25 January 2017. History ''The Scotsman'' was launched in 1817 as a liberal weekly newspaper by lawyer William Ritchie and customs official Charles Maclaren in response to the "unblushing subservience" of competing newspapers to the Edinburgh establishment. The paper was pledged to "impartiality, firmness and independence". After the abolition of newspaper stamp tax in Scotland in 1855, ''The Scotsman'' was relaunched as a daily newspaper priced at 1d and a circulat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Romania Music Awards 2007
The sixth annual MTV Romania Music Awards ( ro, Premiile muzicale MTV România) were held on May 10, 2007 in Sibiu at the Piata Mare and included guest Sean Paul. Nominees and winners Best Group * 3Sud Est - Iubire * Akcent - French Kiss * DJ Project - Inca o noapte * Hi-Q - Razna * Simplu - Oficial imi merge bine WINNER Best Song * 3Sud Est - Iubire * Cleopatra Stratan - Ghita WINNER * DJ Project - Esti tot ce am * Stefan Banica JR ft Stefan Banica SR - Cum am ajuns sa te iubesc Best Female * Anda Adam - Nai Nai * Anna Lesko - 24 * Corina ft Toni Cottura - Quieres una aventura * Loredana - Departare- WINNER Best Male * Alex - Yamasha * Cheloo - Operatiunea c*r pansat * Florin Chilian - Zece * Pavel Stratan - Nunta * Stefan Banica JR - Toata lumea danseaza - WINNER Best Hip-Hop * Bitza - Armele pregatite * BUG Mafia ft Alexandra Vlad - Viata Noastra * Cheloo - Operatiunea c*r pansat - WINNER * Sisu si Puya ft Alex - Mai vrei * Spike ft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Romania Music Awards
The MTV Romania Music Awards ( ro, Premiile Muzicale MTV România) have been held since 2002 celebrating Romanian music. Recipients of the awards have been Eurovision contestants and some have gone on to represent Romania in the competition. The awards were usually held in June. Since 2008 the show was cancelled. Starting then, it was replaced by the Romanian Music Awards, organized by Music Channel Romania. Locations * July, 2002 - Palatul Copiilor, Bucharest * June 5, 2003 – Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest * June 3, 2004 – Sala Palatului, Bucharest * April 23, 2005 – Sala Palatului, Bucharest * June 3, 2006 – Sala Sporturilor Horia Demian, Cluj-Napoca * May 10, 2007 – Piaţa Mare, Sibiu Winners 2002 * Best Photography, video of the year: Zdob si Zdub * Best Pop Video: Directia 5 - Tot ce vrei. Director: Lucian Blaga * Best Rock Video: Iris, Da, da, eu stiu. Director: Tudor Gramescu * Best Dance Video: Class, Intr-o zi. Director: Class * Best R&B: Cristina Spatar, Mes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Romania Music Awards 2004
The third MTV Romania Music Awards ( ro, Premiile muzicale MTV România) was held on June 3, 2004 at Sala Palatului, Bucharest. Nominees/Winners Best Female Artist * Andra - Vreau sărutarea ta * Delia - Ce vor de la mine *Loredana - Femeia ta WINNER * Nicola - Dincolo de noapte *Paula Seling - Timpul Best Male Artist * Cheloo - Vicii * Emanuel - Pentru amîndoi *Marcel Pavel Doar pentru tine *Pepe - Amor gitano * Ştefan Bănica, Jr. - Am s-o aştept WINNER Best Pop * Andra - Vreau sărutarea ta * Andreea vs Fabrizio - Cînd dansam *Class - Luna mi-a zîmbit WINNER * Hara - Cine *Voltaj - Noapte bună Best Album *Băieţi buni (album), Băieţi buni - BUG Mafia WINNER *Sindromul Tourette - Cheloo *Fata cu şosete de diamant - Loredana *Disco-Zone - O-Zone *450 de oi - Zdob si Zdub Best Etno *Benone Sinulescu - Lelita cîrciumăreasa *Datina - Trec ţiganii *Etnic - Blestem *Loredana - Zig-zagga *Zdob si Zdub - Everybody in the casa mare WINNER Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costinești
Costinești is a commune and resort in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania, located on the shore of the Black Sea, about south of the county seat, Constanța. It consists of two villages: Costinești and Schitu. Etymology Costinești was previously called ''Mangeapunar'' until 1840 and subsequently ''Büffelbrunnen'' until 1940. In 1940 it was renamed to Costinești after Emil Costinescu, a former land owner and Minister of Finance. Between 1950 and 1960 it briefly held the name ''Dezrobirea''. Background and tourism In the 1960s, it evolved from a small fishing village to a summer destination, most popular with young people and students. A hotel and several villa complexes were built in the Communist era, and featured varying degrees of style and comfort. Since the Romanian Revolution of 1989, some of them have been modernized, and private construction, especially to the north of the resort, has taken off. The resort also has a small inland lake, around which there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's AdSense program, which seeks to generate more revenue for both parties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Cotabiță
Gabriel Cotabiță (born 1 November 1955, Craiova) is a Romanian rock vocalist. In 2002 he joined a group of rock musicians and together they formed the band VH2, of which Gabriel is a vocalist. He was also a host of a Callatis Festival and also a prominent part of a Romanian mainstream rock scene. He has had a few notable collaborations with artists such as Ștefan Bănică, Jr. and Loredana Groza Loredana Groza (born 10 June 1970) or mononymously Loredana is a Romanian singer. She is known for continuously reinventing herself and for approaching numerous music styles throughout her discography, ranging from pop to traditional music and m .... References 1955 births Living people People from Craiova Romanian musicians {{Romania-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callatis Festival
Callatis Festival is the largest music and culture festival held in Romania. Location The festival is held on a barge that is docked at Mangalia Marina. The barge consists of a huge stage and a very large backstage area, enough to hold over 200 people. The spectators sit on stairs across the harbor, about away from the stage. History The Callatis Festival began in 1999 and has expanded ever since. Dates The Callatis Festival is held every summer between 8 and 15 August. The main part of the festival (the concerts on the stage) takes begins at 21:00 and ends after midnight. This part of the festival is aired live on TVR 2 and TVR International. Hosts From 1999 to 2003, the hosts of the Callatis Festival changed every year. Since 2004, the organizers have opted for continuity, so the permanent festival hosts are Gabriel Cotabiță and Sorana Belciu. Callatis Club, the after-show of the festival, was hosted in 2006 by Cătălin Măruță. In 2006, Sorana Belciu was replaced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Stag Festival
The Golden Stag Festival ( ro, Cerbul de Aur) is the most popular Romanian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Braşov, Romania. History The Golden Stag was first held in 1968, but after 1971 it was banned by the Communist leadership. After the fall of Communism, new editions were organised starting from 1992. Between 2010 and 2017 the festival wasn't held due to lack of funds. It returned in 2018. The Golden Stag Festival takes place during the summer and is broadcast live by Romanian TV station TVR1 TVR 1 (; spelled out as ''Televiziunea Română 1'', "Romanian Television 1") is the main channel of the Romanian public broadcaster TVR. The most important show of the channel is Jurnalul TVR, whose motto is ("The news journal as it should .... Competition References External links Official website{{in lang, ro, en Music festivals in Romania Tourist attractions in Brașov Piața Sfatului ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
