Nicu Alifantis


Nicu Alifantis is a Romanian Folk singer, songwriter, stage actor and poet. With an over fifty-year musical career, Alifantis is best known for his discography created with fellow band "Alifantis & Zan" and for his collaborations with other folk bands such as "Pasărea Colibri".
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Biography

Nicu Alifantis, born on May 31, 1954, in Brăila to Greek-Macedonian parents. His mother, Evdocsia, was Aromanian, and his father, Menelaus, was Greek. Alifantis studied music privately and made his stage debut in 1973. He is employed in 1975 at the "Maria Filotti" Theater in Brăila and becomes quite well-known and loved by the public, so that in 1976 the record label Electrecord publishes his first record material, Cântec de noapte, with four tracks. In the same year, he enrolled in ATM.
After the army, he became a member of the Cenacle Flacăra, led by the poet Adrian Păunescu, and participated in most of the "artistic events", his songs appearing on the compilations Folk 1 and Folk 2 published by Electrecord in 1977 and 1978, respectively. In 1983, at the appearance of the triple LP that marked 10 years of activity of the cenacle, Alifantis is the best represented singer-songwriter on this album, appearing with three tracks.
Between 1973 and 2002 he performed in a total of 4,036 concerts.
In 1995 he founded the group Alifantis & Zan, as a studio band for his album Voiaj. In 1996, after the recording of the Nichita album, Zan becomes a project band with the following members: Virgil Popescu, Sorin Voinea, Răzvan Mirică, Relu Bițulescu.
In April 1999, he established the Nicu Alifantis Foundation with the aim of promoting "artistic projects in which value, strength and authenticity will be paramount".

Discography

Debuts

  • debut as a composer in 1972 - "The Storm" by Ostrovsky, "Maria Filotti" Theater, Brăila.
  • stage debut in 1973 – Tele Top show, TVR.
  • discography debut in 1976 – EP Night song, Electrecord.

Songs

  • Night Song
  • After Snails
  • Nicu Alifantis & Florian Pittiș
  • Nicu Alifantis
  • Mitică Popescu
  • Romanian Square no. 9
  • The Waster of Love
  • December
  • Ia toji balladist
  • Voiaj
  • Nichita
  • 25
  • The Living Corpse
  • Neuitatele femei
  • Checkmate
  • Tenderness for women with the 4 lovers
  • Simphonicu
  • December
  • Vinyl Collection
  • Collected Music, Vol. 71
  • Tonight I'm staying at home
  • Fireside Songs
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • Mosaic
  • Winter Songs
  • Sotron - Vol. I
  • Madame Mon Amour
  • Unopened letters
  • The country where I come from...
  • Memorabilia • Theater Music Collection • 45 Anniversary Box Set
  • Live at UM 01671
  • December 50 Collection • Fifty winters over December
  • Leoneed Is Love

Other media

Books

  • Unopened letters joined by 2 epistles by Emil Brumaru and Laurentiu Ulici
  • Alifantis' Dictionary
  • Mozaic
  • FaceCarte
  • 45 random poems
  • Between yesterday and tomorrow
  • ''Leoneed Is Love''

Awards and honors

Interviews

  • , Corina Pavel, Formula AS - 1999, no. 348
  • , Formula AS - 2002, no. 531
  • , Svetlana Cârstean, Observator cultural - no. 126, July 2002
  • , Dia Radu, Formula AS - 2005, no. 657
  • , 16 January 2005, Cristina Ologeanu, Jurnalul Național
  • , 22 November 2007, Alice Nastase Buciuta, Revista Tango
  • , Bogdana Tihon Buliga, Formula AS - 2010, no. 920
  • , 9 June 2011, Sînziana Boaru, Adevărul
  • , 1 December 2012, Laurențiu Ungureanu, Adevărul
  • , 23 August 2013, Corina Vladov, Ziarul Metropolis
  • , 3 June 2021