Ion Suruceanu

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Suruceanu in 2013
Born (1949-09-09) September 9, 1949
Suruceni, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityMoldovan
CitizenshipMoldova
Romania
Occupation(s)singer, parliamentarian
Years active1968 - present
Notable workI have but one song
TitlePeople's Deputy
Term1994–1998
Political partyCPSU
PCRM
AwardsPeople's Artist of Moldavian SSR (1990)

Ion Suruceanu (born 9 September 1949) is a Moldovan singer and former parliamentarian. In 1990 he was awarded the People's Artist award of Moldavian SSR.

Brief background

Ion Suruceanu was born in the village of Suruceni, Ialoveni District, of Moldova.

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 bassoon and piano.

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

In November 2023, he has been diagnosed with pneumonia, his health condition got worse and he was transferred to a hospital in Germany.

Works

Song performance

Vinyl
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

References

    Media related to Ion Suruceanu at Wikimedia Commons

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