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Artist
Valeriu Sterian
12+ albums
folkRomanianrockromanian folkProgressive rock
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Valeriu (Vali) Sterian (1952 – 16 September 2000, Bucharest) was a Romanian folk and rock musician. He was born at September 21, 1952 at Știubei, near the town of Râmnicu Sărat, in the Romanian county of Buzău. He studied at the University of Bucharest and obtained a BA in psychology. Valeriu Sterian started as a drummer during secondary school in the music band Copiii Florilor (Flower Children). His official musical debut was in 1973 at the Ballads Spring Festival (Festivalul Primavara Baladelor) where he received the Best Song Award for the single Nopti (Nights). The song was soon under the communist censorship. At that time he was performing with Carmen Marin as Vali şi Carmen. In November 1973 Carmen Marin departs from this duo, and is replaced by Carmen Cula (and thus they continued to play as Vali and Carmen). At the same time, Valeriu Sterian started collaborating for several years with the poet Adrian Păunescu at his "Cenaclul Flacăra", up until in the early 1980s. In 1975 the record company Electrecord recorded his first album "Muzică folk" (Folk music) - more like a single, with only 2 songs: "Cu iubirea de moșie" and "Cântec de oameni" made in collaboration with Dan Andrei Aldea. The songs was aired a lot at the Romanian national radio station at that time. Later he composes the song Amintire cu haiduci, probably his best know and most popular song, along with "Nopti". In 1979 he started a band called Compania de Sunet (Sound Company), with which he toured al
