Certified studies:
Free Art School, Timisoara, Music Department, drums.
2002 graduates of the Forestry College in
Curtea de Arges
Career in music:
1971 Plays with various local rock bands.
1972-1980 Plays drums for Amici band of
Students’House in Timisoara; yearly concerts at Costinesti
and various other concerts all over the country.
1974 Nominated as best drummer, by Capital’s
Culture Weekly magazine.
1981 Plays with Pro Musica local band; an
extraordinary concert in Club A , Bucharest; then various
concerts all over the country.
1982 First concert, with Pro Musica, for
Jebel Psychiatric Hospital patients.
1984 Plays with Pro Musica in an extraordinary
concert in National Theatre Hall, Bucharest.
1982-85 Plays the soundtrack of varous theatrical
shows of Timisoara National Theatre.
1986 Ranked best drummer, by Cronica magazine,
in Iassy.
1987 Ranked second best drummer, by Orizont
magazine, in Timisoara.
1989 Records, with Pro Musica, the hymn
of National Chess Championship.
1990 Concerts with Pro Musica in Austria,
Poland and Yugoslavia.
1990 Plays with Pro Musica in an extraordinary
concert, Rock for the Revolution.
1991-1993 Concerts with Pro Musica, plus
famous rock bands like Uriah Heep, Smokie and Ian Gillan Band.
1993 With famous guitar palyer Dan Ionescu
and his band, Electric Version, playing in Bucharest International
Jazz Festival, co-starring John McLaughlin’s Free Spirits,
Bob Berg Quartet and Steve Coleman’s Five Elements,
1994 Plays with Dan Ionescu Electric Version
in Brasov Jazz Festival.
1994 Plays with Dan Ionescu Electric Version
in Hungarian Culture Centre in Bucharest.
1995 Plays with Dan Ionescu Electric Version,
co-starring Johnny Bota - violin, in Timisoara Jazz Festival.
2002 Plays with Dan Ionescu Electric Version
in Sibiu Jazz Festival; co-starring Trilok Gurtu and Jan Garbarek.
2003 Plays with Bega Blues Band in Timisoara
and Garana Jazz Festivals; than in Germany, Schwabisch Hall,
Crailsheim.
2003 Plays with Bega Blues Band in Sibiu
Jazz Festival, gala with Jean Toots Thielemans.
2003 BBB’s jubilee, an extraordinary
concert, From Gershwin to "Sting", at the Romanian
Opera House in Timisoara, with the Banatul Philarmonic Orchestra
directed by Cristian Orosanu; soloists: Alexandra Gutu - cello,
Mirela Zafiri - soprano, Hungarian Istvan Gyarfas - guitar;
Liviu Butoi - sax; Toni Kuhn - piano; Mircea Bunea - guitar,
Mackie - vocal group. First synthetic - opera, symphony, blues,
rock, jazz - concert in Romania, full house cleared long before
concert day.
2003, August BBB in the guitariade at Garana
Jazz Festival: Johnny Bota, Bela Kamocsa, Mircea Bunea, Bujor
Hariga, Horia Crisovan.
2003 BBB plays in the 2nd Jimboblues, an
international blues festival held in Jimbolia.
2003, November 16 2nd From Gershwin to Sing
, same success, for 13th Timisoara Blues and Jazz Festival
2004 BBB plus Istvan Gyarfas, Mircea Bunea
and Mirela Zafiri; and Bucharest Radio Big Band; an extra-ordinary
concert in Bucharest Radio Hall; Best blues-jazz band in Romania
Prize, local equivalent of Grammy; high rating radio and tv
broadcasts, like Taverna and Guaranteed 100% on RTV1 and Andrei
Partos Show. |
