Corneliu Stroe (22 October 1949 – 11 June 2017) was a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

n drummer and

percussionist A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

. Born in

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, he moved at the age of 2 to

Mediaș Mediaș (; german: Mediasch, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Medwesch''/''Medveš'', hu, Medgyes) is the second largest town in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. Geographic location Mediaș is located in the middle basin of Târnava Mare River, ...

, due to his father's job. He grew up there, and later became a member of several local bands, among them Orfeus.

Creative

Between 1981 and 2005 he was a member of Creative, together with

Harry Tavitian Harry Tavitian (born 11 August 1952) is a Romanian jazz pianist and singer, whose style covers free-jazz, blues, ethno-jazz and avant-garde. Tavitian was born in Constanța to Armenian parents. After attending the Mircea cel Bătrân High Sc ...

, with whom he participated in many Romanian jazz festivals, in

Sibiu Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...

, Galați,

Ploiești Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest. The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Blejoi commune ...

, etc.

Other collaborations

Gheorghe Zamfir Gheorghe Zamfir (; born April 6, 1941) is a Romanian nai (pan flute) musician. Zamfir is known for playing an expanded version of normally 20-pipe nai, with 22, 25, 28 or even 30 pipes, to increase its range, and obtaining as many as eight ov ...

* Ovidiu Lipan * Jazzographics * Blues Community * Aromanian Ethno Band; participated in the ''FMM Sines - Festival Músicas do Mundo'',

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* Mike Godoroja & Blue Spirit * Zig Rag Orchestra of Étienne Brunet * Corneliu Stroe Balkan Blues Band * Balkanamera * Vasile Șeicaru * Foxy Lady Band * Direcția 5 * Pasărea Colibri *

Nightlosers Nightlosers is a Romanian ethno-jazz-blues band. The band consists of Hanno Höfer (guitars, harmonica, washboard, vocals), Octavian Barila Andreescu (bass), El Lako Jimy (drums), and Géza Grunzó (keyboards). The band has seen a number of cha ...

* Mircea Baniciu *

Johnny Răducanu Johnny Răducanu (born Răducan Crețu; 1 December 1931 – 19 September 2011) was a Romanian jazz pianist of Romani ethnic background, whose family has a long musical tradition dating back to the 17th century. He was born in Brăila and started ...

* Alexandru Andrieș *

A. G. Weinberger AG Weinberger is a blues/jazz/rock guitar player, lapsteel guitarist, bandleader, vocalist and record producer born in Oradea/Nagyvárad, Romania. Weinberger wrote scores on 30 theatre plays for Romanian theatre companies (including L.S. Bul ...

His daughter, , is arguably the only female blues guitarist in România.

Awards

* ''First Prize at the Student Art Festival'' ("Marele Premiu al Artei Studențești", 1974)

Discography

* ''Horizons'', Leo Records, Londra, 1985 (with Harry Tavitian) * ''Transylvanian Suite'', Leo Records, Londra, 1986 (with Harry Tavitian) * ''Post Communism Atmosphere'', Deux ZZ Records, Paris,1984 (with Etienne Brunet) * ''Creațiunea'', București, 1991 (with Harry Tavitian) * ''Roots'' (with Blues Community) (cassette) * ''Visul toboșarului'' (with Ovidiu Lipan, etc.)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stroe, Corneliu 1949 births 2017 deaths Musicians from Bucharest People from Mediaș Romanian drummers Romanian percussionists Romanian jazz musicians