Mircea Florian (musician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mircea Florian (musician)

Romanian musician

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1949

Place of Birth: Satu Mare, Satu Mare County

Profession: composer, engineer, computer scientist, songwriter, jazz musician, mandolinist

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Mircea Florian (Romanian: ['mirt??e?a flori'an], also known as Florian din Transilvania, M.
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Florian, FloriMAN; born December 5, 1949), is a Romanian multi-instrumentalist musician, multimedia artist and computer scientist, based in Germany.
Having started his musical career as a folk rock singer, in the late 1960s, he developed a fusion between Romanian folklore and Eastern music, especially Indian sound, moving into psychedelic music.
He founded Ceata Melopoica ensemble, with whom he recorded a concept album.
These and his solo acts earned him a cult following among rebellious youth, establishing his reputation as one of the most original contributors to Romanian pop music.
Florian was also an early member of Cenaclul Flacara, a traveling music and literature circle, but parted with it when it became increasingly nationalistic. Before 1980, Florian was turning his attention to electronic music and new wave.
In parallel, like other artists on the Romanian folk scene, he was pursuing his interest in non-pop ventures, from experimental rock and minimal music to biomusic, and exhibiting his installation art.
In 1986, Florian escaped Communist Romania, having by then been exposed to much communist censorship, and took up cultural and scientific projects in West Germany.
Since the Romanian Revolution, he has made frequent returns, playing at numerous festivals and composing film scores.