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| Also known as | Contemporanul |
| Origin | Chişinău |
Noroc is a music group from Moldova, created in 1967 by Mihai Dolgan.
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| Also known as | Contemporanul |
| Origin | Chişinău |
Noroc is a music group from Moldova, created in 1967 by Mihai Dolgan.
"Noroc" became very popular in the USSR [1] [2] after the release of their first album in 1968 which included the following songs:
In 1970, "Noroc" won the "public sympathy" prize at the "Bratislava Lyra" festival . [3] Later the same year, after a tour of Ukraine, "Noroc" was banned as a result of a direct order by Ivan Bodiul, [4] Chief Secretary of the Communist Party of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, due to "lack of discipline", "promotion of artistic values of poor quality", and "lack of healthy ideological orientation". [3] Between the years 1974-1985 the band was reorganized by Mihai Dolgan under the name "Contemporanul". After 1985, "Contemporanul" reverted to the original name "Noroc". Since 1989 and up to Mihai Dolgan's death in 2008, "Noroc"'s permanent vocalists were: Lidia Botezatu, Radu Dolgan, Mihai Dolgan.
The word "noroc" means "good luck" in the Moldovan language. This word is also used as a greeting. "Noroc" is also said while toasting (the Moldovan equivalent of "cheers").
Music in Moldova is closely related to that of its neighbour and cultural kin, Romania. Moldovan folk is known for swift, complex rhythms, musical improvisation, syncopation and much melodic ornamentation. Pop, hip hop, rock and other modern genres have their own fans in Moldova as well. Modern pop stars include O-Zone, a Romanian and Moldovan band whose "Dragostea din tei" was a major 2004 European hit, guitarist and songwriter Vladimir Pogrebniuc, Natalia Barbu, who is well known in Germany, Romania and Ukraine, and Nelly Ciobanu. The band Flacai became well known in the 1970s across Moldova, turning their hometown of Cahul into an important center of music.
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Mihai Dolgan was a singer and composer from Moldova. In 1967 he set up the Noroc which became one of the most famous bands in the Soviet Union.
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Ștefan Petrache was a Moldovan singer who was a member of bands Noroc, Contemporanul, Plai and others.
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