VALI  CRACIUNESCU
CONTACT:passionofart@adacartianu.com
Vali Craciunescu was born on February 13th 1973 in Giurgiu.
His love for music started as a child's play. When he was 13, he
played an accordion for the first time and fell involve with it. He
also tried a trumpet, however it just didn't feel the same.

When Vali turned 16, he also learned how to play the piano. His
musical experience during his youth years is strongly connected
with the School of Folk Art (Scoala de Arta Populara) from
Giurgiu, which he attended in addition to his regular studies. At
the same school, Vali Craciunescu also learned Folk dances,
however it wasn't something that appealed to him.

His first musical event occurred around the well known "Golden
Age", when he attended the competition Romania's Singing
(Cantarea Romaniei) at the national level which was held in
Giurgiu, his home town. Vali admits that his whole performance
was a big disaster. He was only 13 years old and quickly felt the
pressure from everyone's eyes watching him. Among the
spectators there were officials from all over the county and
because he got so nervous he had to repeat his performance as
the first one was a mess. He did manage to finish in 3rd place.
During the same time period, as a member of the House of
Pioneers "Casa Pionerilor", Vali Craciunescu toured all over the
country and internationally, particularly in Bulgaria. Through out
high school, which he also finished in Giurgiu, Vali was a
member of a folk band called Karma. In 10th grade, he joined a
pop-rock band called Aspect where he played until 1992 when
he had to join the army. His passion for music followed him
there too, starting at first with small performances at parties and
eventually at shows organized at the Army House (Casa
Armatei). Because of his talent he was rewarded by the
commander of his unit with the rank of his personal helper
(furrier).

After finishing his enrollment, he met Stirbu Petrisor, a founding
member of the progressive rock band Floare Albastra. Spil, the
name everyone called him, worked in Giurgiu as a professor at
the Music School (Scoala de Muzica) very often. Following the
famous Spil as an apprentice for over a year, was all
Craciunescu needed to perfect his musical skills and a year later
join the band Floarea Albastra where he played keyboard
instruments and the accordion. In 1994 the band launched a
new album called "Coming Out Of The Maze" together with
Que Vadis, the first album where Vali Craciunescu was
published. During the same time period, the band Floare
Albastra was also interviewed by the music TV channel MCM
where they also showed the videoclip for the song "Acasa La
Contele Dracula". Vali took advantage of this opportunity and
proved his virtues by playing on his accordion a few french
songs.

In 1998 he met Dan Helciug, the lead singer of his next band,
Spitalul de Urgenta. Helciug was a student at the Academy of
Theater and Film (Academia de Teatru si Film), and Vali was
picked to play a secondary role in a short film, Spil, dedicated
by one of Dan Helciug's colleagues, Sorin Bucataru, to Stirbu
Petrisor. They met on the hallways of ATF and since they
became friends. Spitalul de Urgenta quickly rose and in the year
2000 they launched their first album called Traiasca Berea! In
2002 they launched Spitalomania and 2 years later Stupefiant.
After the launch of Stupefiant, Vali Craciunescu leaves Spitalul
de Urgenta to follow a solo career and launches in 2005 his
album called Soc.
VALI  CRACIUNESCU

Vali Craciunescu is a very well known Romanian
musician and singer.
His works are well known for his accordion skills, but
he  is  also a very good piano  performer.

In his career he performed with many international
bands from Europe and U.S.A.
In his last tour he performed at the famous "Green
Mill" in Chicago together with the legendary CHRIS
FOREMAN and  Kimberly Gordon.