Valy Boghean

Valentin Boghean, or simply Valy, the frontman of the Band, is one of the most talented musicians and singers in Republic of Moldova. Besides his special Vocals, Valy is a also known as the Master of Aerophone Instruments, including Trumpet, Saxophone, Flute, Tilinca, Kaval, Taragot, Duduk, Bagpipes, Clarinet; Classical & Bass Guitar. A veritable Man Orchestra and unique musician. 

Valy Boghean was born on 21th of September 1977 in Ungheni, Republic of Moldova. Being the youngest in his 14-children family, Valy learned music from every of his seven brothers professional musicians. “Aghelia” is the name of first band that Valy and his seven brothers created and activated from 1993 to 1995. From 1995 to 1998 Valy joined the band “Panoramic” and then “X-Band”(Jazz-Rock) in 1998. From 2002, Valy became member of Ethno-Jazz band “Trigon”(Moldova), and participated at many international festivals. From 2009, Valy  joined “The Shin”(Georgia) in many festivals across Europe.

Performances(selection):

2004 Dom Omladina and Radio Serbia&Montenegro – International Project - Belgrad (Serbia)

2004 Festival of Moldavian culture - Milan (Italy)

2004 Sochi jazz – Sochi (Russia)

2004 Mikolajki folkowe Lublin (Poland)

2004 Varna Summer festival – Varna (Bulgaria)

2004 Concerts in Denmark, Italy, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia

2005 Martisor – Chisinau (Moldova)

2005 Cultural center DOM –Moscow (Russia)

2005 Jazz festival Yaroslavl (Russia)

2005 Celebration of United Europe in Bucharest (Romania)

2005 Festival BuBuCish – Moscow (Russia)

2005 Festival “Kraina mrii” - Kiev (Ukraine)

2005 Shesori Ivano-Frankovsk (Ukraine)

2005 Festival of chamber music – Kislovodsk (Russia)

2005 Festival of chamber music - Min-vody (Russia)

2005 Festival of chamber music - Essentuky (Russia)

2005 Folk Viljandi fest - (Estonia)

2005 Jazz carnival festival – Odessa (Ukraine)

2005 Ethno-jazz festival – Chisinau (Moldova)

2005 Est – Quest festival – Die (France)

2005 Bucuresti jazz festival (Romania)

2005 Festival Jazz&Vino – Cormonse (Italy)

2005 Heilbrone im Theaterforum K3 (Germany)

2005 Limmitationes - Saal Club (Austria)

2005 Jazz Festival Soso Iremashvili – Yujnii (Ukraine)

2006 A38 - Budapest (Hungary)

2006 Festival Balkan Fever Sagfabric - Vienna (Austria)

2006 Laboratorium - Stuttgart (Germany)

2006 Cerkno Jazz Festival (Slovenia)

2006 TV Romania 1, Garantat 100/ 100 (Romania)

2006 Festival TRANSFORM, Sfantu Gheorghe (Romania)

2006 Garana Jazz (Romania)

2007 North Sea Jazz Festival (Holland)

2007 Jazzycolors Festival – Paris (France)

2007 Hotromania Festival Porgy& Bess (Austria)

2008 Puls Festival – London, Brighton (UK)

2008 Festival de Montreal

2008 The Earth Festival – Valsti(Greece)

Personal Awards:

1997 – “Galbenă Gutuie” Festival, Chisinau(R.Moldova)

2001 - “Lăutarii Moldovei” Festival, Edinet(R.Moldova)

2001 - “Malurile Dunării” Folklor Festival, Giurgiu(Romania)

2001 - “Maria Tănase” Festival, Craiova(Romania)

2002 - “Maria Dragan” Festival, Nisporeni(R.Moldova)

2005 - “De Ispas la Năsăud” Folklor Festival, Bistriţa-Năsăud(Romania)

2005 - “Nicolae Sulac” Festival, Chişinău(R.Moldova)

2006 - “Mamaia” Festival, (România)

Collaborations and Projects:

„Lăutarii” Orchestra - dj. Nicolai Botgros, „Folclor”Orchestra, „Mugurel” Orchestra, „Fluieraş” Orchestra, “Transbalkanica”, “Sea Zone Trio”, Ana şi Natalia Barbu, Gheorghe Ţopa, Ana Puică, Silvia Grigore, Geta Voinovan, Victor Buruiană, Valentin Dînga, Valeriu Cordineanu, Mircea Guţu.

Discography:

2003 – „Autumn visit” Polidisc Records (Moldova)

2004 – „Seven steps” MAVR Company (Moldova)

2005 – „Transbalkanica” Media PRO (România)

2006 – „Pe aripi de iubire” Music Master (Moldova)

2011 - "Valy Boghean"

Valeriu Cascaval

Valeriu Cascaval - The artist wich plays the “Moonlight Sonata” with two sticks

Valeriu Cascaval was born in 1971 in Chisinau, the capital of the Republic of Moldova. He attended the grammar school for music “Ciprian Porumbescu”and was cymbalist in the youth orchestras “Speranta” and “Martisor”. As a teenager, he won an international competition for youth folk music “Barbu Lautaru”. After leaving the grammar school for music, he joined the “Lautarii” folk music orchestra and attended the Chisinau Music Academy “G. Musicescu”.

In the period 1999-2003, Valeriu attended the post-university studies at the Faculty of Composition and Theory in Hamburg, Germany.

Numerous tours followed with Vasile Iovu, Anatolie Stefanet, most notably with the world-famous panpipe player, Gheorghe Zamfir. Valeriu Cascaval recognised very early on how wide the musical possibilities were for the cymbal. He discovered his own way of interpreting many pieces of music, including pieces from the classical and jazz genres.

Valeriu Cascaval established himself as the greatest cimbalist of his generation.

“Valeriu Cascaval is a Moldavian born cimbalom player with excellent technical facility, educated in the Soviet tradition; that is, a sort of generic Classical/Slavic folk hybrid. As such, he can hurl the hammers with the best of them, and negotiate swift passages with ease. The liner notes state that Cascaval was inspired to play cimbalom after hearing the late great Toni Iordache. With such an excellent standard to live up to, one hopes that Cascaval will continue to play and to deepen his approach so that he might one day be as good. He has the potential.” - Michal Shapiro about Valeriu Cascaval.

Gari Tverdohleb

Gari Tverdohleb - drums, percussion instruments, xylophone 

The best drummer in Moldova, Gari Tverdohleb - graduate Academy of Arts of Chisinau as percussionist and jazz drummer. He played in numerous jazz and rock projects, participated at many international jazz festivals. Gari is the master of all percussion instruments, a brilliant and original musician, possessing a flawless rhythm, the ability to outline the most refined nuances and to create a dense and intricate music. He is a sensitive accompanist with a delicate touch, but can build up a storm when it is necessary.

Performances(selection):

2004 - "Sochi jazz " (Russia)

2004 - "Mikolajki folkowe" (Poland)

2004 - "Varna Summer festival" (Bulgaria)

2004 - Festival of Moldavian culture in Milan (Italy)

2005 - "Est-Ouest Festival", Die-Drome (France)

2005 - "Festival Jazz and Wine", Cormons (Italy)

2005 - Festival «Джаз над Волгой». Yaroslavl (Russia)                                                             

2005 - "Bucharest Jazz Festival" (Rumania), Sala ArCuB

2005 - "Limmitationes-Saal club" (Austria)

2005 - "Festival BuBuCish", Moscow (Russia)

2005 - "Kraina mrii festival", Kiev (Ukraine)

2005 - "Shesori festival", Ivano-Frankovsk (Ukraine)

2005 - Festival of chamber music, Kislovodsk (Russia)

2005 - Festival of chamber music, Min-vody (Russia)

2005 - Festival of chamber music, Essentuky (Russia)

2005 - "Viljandi Folk festival" (Estonia)

2005 - "Odessa Jazz carnival" (Ukraine)

2006 - Balkan fever, Vienna (Austria)

2006 - "Cerkno jazz festival" (Slovenia)

2006 - "Vilnus jazz Festival" (Lithuania)

2006 - "International Jazz" (Zagreb, Croatia)

2006 - Festival "TRANS@FORM", Sfantu Gheorghe (Romania)

2006 - "Garana jazz Festival (Romania)

2006 - "Astana Blues" Festival (Kazakhstan)

2007 - "Portalegre jazz festival" (Portugal)

2007 - "North Sea jazz festival" (Holland)

2007 - "Jazz in Hermitage garden", Moscow (Russia)

2007 - "Hotromania festival", Porgy & Bess, Vienna, (Austria)

2007 - "Jazzycolors" festival, Paris (France)

2007 - "Chimkent jazz festival" (Kazakhstan)

2007 - "Astana jazz festival" (Kazakhstan)

2008 - "SKIF International Festival", St. Petersburg (Russia)

2008 - International festival "April Jazz thesis" Archangelsk, (Russia)

2008 - "Bucharest Jazz Festival" (Romania)

2008 - "Pulse" Festival, London, Brighton (UK)

2008 - "29 th Montreal International Jazz Festival", (Canada)

2008 - "Earth Festival", Vlasti (Greece)

2008 - "Son del Aire Festival", Burgos, Leon, Zamora (Spain)

2008 - "Zece pentru mare" (Romania)

2009 - Andrei Tarkovskii International Film festival ”Zerkalo” (Russia)

2009 - The Music Village,  Brussels (Belgium)

2009 - The 12th floor,  Antwerp (Belgium)

2009 - "JazzaNova" festival, Kitzbühel (Austria)

2009 - "Garana jazz festival” (Romania)

2009 - CAUX FORUM for Human Security (Switzerland)

2009 - 30th EBU Modern Folk festival, Cologne (Germany)                                                        

2010 - Onda Jazz Club, Lisbon (Portugal)                                                                                   

2010 - Museu do Oriente, Lisbon (Portugal)

2010 – “Stufstock”, Vama veche (Romania)

2010 – The Port of cultures, Riga, Latvia

2010 – The Port of cultures, Teatru Eminescu, Chisinau

2010 – “Yaroslavl jazz festival “ (Russia)

2010 – Odessa, (Ukraine)

2010 – “The Port of cultures”, Chisinau, Moldova

2010 - “Iasi Jazz Nights”, Club RS, Iasi (Romania)

2010 – “Moldova Calls” Tropentheater, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

2010 –“Moldova Calls” De-X Leiden (Netherlands)

2010 –“Moldova Calls” Theater Bouwkunde, Deventer (Netherlands)

2010 –  “Moldova Calls” Jazz In Rotterdam at WMDC , Rotterdam, (Netherlands)

2010 - “Moldova Calls” SJU Jazz Podium,  Utrecht, (Netherlands)

2010 - “Moldova Calls” Paranoia Festival Tilburg, (Netherlands)

2011 – “Make Music Stockholm”

2011 - Zhniva festival, Kiev (Ukraine)

2011 – Ziua Independentei, Chisinau (Moldova)

2011 – Porgy & Bess, Vienna (Austria)

Valentin Schirca

Valentin Schirca – Keyboards Piano

Born in Briceni, R.Moldova, Valentin Schirca attendegraduated in 2003 “Stefan Neaga” College of  Music, Piano department, then in 2009 the Academy of Music, Theatre and Arts, “Jazz Music” department.

Projects and Collaborations:

"Holland America Line", "Arlette Gruss"(France), "Moldstar", Etho Jazz Festival with "Life Model", Valy Boghean, Geta Burlacu, Dan Balan, Alex Calancea band, Olia Tira, Natalia Gordienco, Tania Cerga, Cristy Rouge, Pasha Parfeni, Catalin Crisan

Sandu Daraban

Sandu Daraban - Guitar

Oleg Lascu

Oleg Lascu - Contrabass(acoustic)