Sorin Chifiriuc (born 1950, Bucharest, Romania) is a rock, new wave, and blues guitarist and vocalist.
Affectionately called Skifi by his fans, [1] and a student of the Bucharest Music Conservatory (where he studied the violin, but which he did not graduate from [2] ), he is also known for his unconventional behaviour on stage. [3]
He was a member of many well-known Romanian rock bands, such as Curtea Veche nr. 43, Sfinx, Iris, Domino, Roata, Electric Red Roosters, 2 Galbini. [4] [2]
After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, he worked for a while as a DJ for Radio Nova 22. [2]
He spent his time between about 2004 and 2013 in a monastery in the Militari neighborhood of Bucharest, where he was known as Ierafim. [5] [4] [6]