Alex Tintaru (born 25 April 1977 in
Moldova
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) is the
bass player
for
Turkish rock
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bands
Direc-t
Direc-t is an alternative rock band from Turkey, originally founded in Adana. Their members include Alex Tintaru, Bilge Kösebalaban and Özgür Peştimalci.
Band history
A car accident resulted in the naming of the band Direc-t in 1997. T ...
and
Dorian.
In 1983 Tintaru entered the Music High School of
Sergey Rahmanninov and graduated from the
piano
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course in 1991. In 1993 he graduated from the piano and
contrabass courses at Stefan Nyaga Music College. In 1998 he received honours as a music teacher from the M. Solokov Open Pedagogy University. Starting from 1990, he played with various bands such as
Crystal Shit,
Cripples,
Fuctory and
Vid Sboku in Moldova.
Between the years of 1996 and 1997 Tintaru became part of the academic staff as a piano teacher at the Music School of the
Mussorgsky Conservatory in
Yekaterinburg
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,
Russia
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.
References
1977 births
Living people
Turkish musicians
Turkish rock musicians
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