Ion Suruceanu (born September 9, 1949) is a Moldovan singer and former parliamentarian. In 1990 he was awarded the

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award of

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Brief background

Ion Suruceanu was born in the village of

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, of

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. He started his singing career in 1968 as a solo singer in the ensemble "Noroc" where he sang until 1970. In 1978-79 Suruceanu sang for the ensemble "Bucuria". In 1981, he finished the Chişinău Music school where he learned to play

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and

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. From the mid 80s Suruceanu became one of Moldova's most famous singers whose fame spread outside the republic. He also performed Russian language songs such as "Nezabudka" (''Forget-me-not'') which Suruceanu sang at the final of Song of the Year festival in 1989. During this period 1986-1993, he was also performing with the group "Real". Since 1982, his constant composer was Ian Raiburg. From 1994 to 1998, Suruceanu was a parliamentarian in the

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where he was a deputy chairman of the committee for culture, science, education, and media. He lives in Chişinău.

Works

Song performance

; Vinyl *În Moldova mea frumoasă ( composer A. Luxemburg — Text G. Miron) *Băieţii veseli ( composer A. Luxemburg — Text S.Ghimpu) * Un singur cantec stiu (I have but one song, 1986) * Soarele cel mare (Big sun, 1987) ; Compact discs * Ninge floarea de tei (2002) * Twenty years later: songs of Ian Rainburg (2003) * Roze, roze (2004) ; Others * "Nezabudka" * O melodie de amor * Septembrie * Guleai, guleai * Nostalgia * Adriatica * Un, doi, trei * Odinocestvo * Fetele-cochetele * Luna, luna * Drumurile noastre * Ce seară minunată ; Films * Dnestrovskiye melodiy

Brief background

Works

Song performance

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