Adrian Ivaniţchi (born September 15, 1947) is a Romanian
folk musician
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has be ...
and
guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...
. He was one of the founding members of
Coral, one of the first Romanian
beat music groups. He played with several popular Romanian pop/rock groups in the 1960s, including
Sideral and
Sfinx.
In his hometown, Sighişoara, he started 2 bands, called Melody and Tarabostes in the late 1960- early 1970s. In 1982 he started a band called Bastion.
He was a founding member of the Agora
poetry and
music circle in Sighişoara in the 1970s. Chief organizer of the
Sighişoara Folk Festival held in 1974.
Director of the Inter-ethnic Youth Center in Sighişoara, and one of the organizers of the ProEtnica
festivals held annually in Sighişoara.
In 2002 he issued a
CD called Amintirea paradisului.
References
External links
1947 births
Living people
Romanian guitarists
Folk guitarists
Romanian singer-songwriters
People from Sighișoara
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