Dan Andrei Aldea is a Romanian rock

Romanian rock

Romanian rock is a genre of popular music in Romania. It was influenced by changes in Romanian politics to such an extreme, that both the themes and styles of musicians, and the tastes and interests of listeners, changed dramatically with every major event in Romania's internal politics.As a...

 multi-instrumentalist

Multi-instrumentalist

A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...

 (guitar

Guitar

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s, violin

Violin

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 and keyboards

Keyboard instrument

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, mainly) and vocalist, best known for his work with the band Sfinx

Sfinx (band)

Sfinx was one of the most appreciated Romanian rock acts in the 1970s, along with Phoenix.-The early years :The band was formed in 1963, in Bucharest. It was singer and guitarist Octav Zemlicka who had the idea to start the band...

, but also for his solo career.

He graduated from the Music Academy in Bucharest, and is known as one of the best rock guitar players from Romania. Aldea has lived in Germany

Germany

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 since 1981, after defecting. Just before defecting, he had played for several months in a night club in Belgium with his band Sfinx

Sfinx (band)

Sfinx was one of the most appreciated Romanian rock acts in the 1970s, along with Phoenix.-The early years :The band was formed in 1963, in Bucharest. It was singer and guitarist Octav Zemlicka who had the idea to start the band...

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Along with Dorin Liviu Zaharia

Dorin Liviu Zaharia

Dorin Liviu Zaharia was one of the most interesting figures of the 1960s and '70s Romanian pop music scene. He was probably the first Romanian musician interested in mixing Romanian folklore with Indian music. He sang with the band Olympic '64, developing a sound and attitude that were in contrast...

, he composed the music for the movie Nunta de piatră ("The Stone Wedding"). He also wrote the music for the audiobook "Faust", read by Rolf Günther

Rolf Günther

Rolf Günther was a German major who served as Sturmbannführer in the SS and who acted as deputy to Adolf Eichmann....

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