Holograf is a pop rock band from Bucharest, Romania. Since the band's formation in 1978, Holograf released 18 albums. [1] The band won the Excellence Prize at Romanian Media Music Awards in 2013, [2] [3] the awards for best pop-rock artist and best pop-rock song at Radio Romania Music Awards Gala in 2014 [4] and was nominated multiple times at Romanian Music Awards for Best Group and for Best Song.
It was founded in 1978 [5] by Mihai Pocorschi (guitar, voice), [1] Eugen Sonia (bass guitar), Cristian Lesciuc (solo guitar) and Boris Petroff (drums). [6] In 1979 Edi Petroșel (drums) și Tino Furtună (keyboards) joined and are still part of the band. [6] The band received awards at Club A Festival and at other festivals, which helped the band getting signed with Electrecord, the biggest Romanian label at that time, and launched Holograf 1 in 1983. [7] In 1988 Holograf releases Holograf III, which was sold in over 200.000 copies. [6] Holograf continued making music through the 1980s and 1990s, when it toured abroad in countries like Bulgaria, USSR, East Germany, Poland, North Korea and the Netherlands. [6] [8] In April 1990 Holograf performed at the Printemps de Bourges Festival. [6] [7] It released few new works into the new millennium, including the album "Pur si simplu" (2003). Since 1985, the lead singer of the band is Dan Bittman. [9]
The band is known for hits like Banii vorbesc, Dincolo de nori (which Dan Bittman also sang at Eurovision Song Contest 1994), [10] Ți-am dat un inel, Undeva departe, Să nu-mi iei niciodată dragostea, Viața are gust or Cât de departe. [11] In November 2000, Holograf launched Holografica, which was sold in over 100,000 copies in the first two weeks. [6] [12] [13] In 2003 the band launched Pur și simplu, album which was sold in over 250.000 copies, [6] [12] [13] and received gold and platinum certification. [14] In order to promote Pur și simplu, Holograf started touring in Romania for fifty days. [6] On October 10, 2006, Holograf released a new album called "Taina". The disc contains 10 new songs, [15] and the first single to be promoted from the album is called "Ești atât de frumoasă" (You are so beautiful). On July 10, 2009, Holograf received a Gold certification from UPFR for record sales of the "Primăvara începe cu tine" album. [6] [16] Holograf performed at five editions of the Golden Stag Festival, in 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2009, [17] and multiple times at the Mamaia Festival since 1987 [18] and Callatis Festival. [19]
The Holograf song "Cât de departe" (English: How far), was broadcast most often on Romanian radio stations, between 2010 and 2015. [20]
| Year | Award | Category | For | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | MTV Romania Music Awards | Best Song | "Dragostea mea" | Nominated | |
| Best Group | Holograf | Nominated | |||
| 2007 | MTV Romania Music Awards | Best Pop | "Ești așa frumoasă" | Nominated | |
| Best Album | Taina | Nominated |
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