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The famous folkist Valeriu Sterian left a huge hole in Romanian music on September 16, 2000, the day, month and year in which he lost the fight against cancer.
One of the leaders who laid the foundations of the Romanian people was born on September 21, 1952 in Ştiubei, Râmnicelu commune, Buzău county.
He was drawn to music since high school and began studying piano and violin, but later became attracted to drums.
Thus, he played drums in the high school band, “Children of Flowers”, founded by himself and with which he debuted in 1971, when he decided to study guitar.
In 1972 he moved to Bucharest, where he attended the Faculty of Psychology.
Together with Carmen Marín he formed the duo “Vali y Carmen”, and the two won the Award for Best Song (Nights) the following year.
It was the second edition of the “Primavera de Ballads” Festival, according to foreverfolk.com, after the song “Nights” was subsequently censored.
Vali Sterian had nowhere to go and sang it with the refrain “Come mother, look what is left of the people!”
In the winter of 1973, Carmen Marín retires and leaves her place to the former bassist of the Catena group, Carmen Cula.
The formula “Vali and Carmen” continues and continues the period of inspiration. This is how songs like “Our Heroes”, concerts in student clubs and appearances on TVR appear.
However, since 1975, Vali Sterian has been singing alone, but this period coincides with that in which the poet Adrian Păunescu begins to organize the Cenacle of the Flame.
Vali Sterian and other great folk and rock artists (Mircea Florian, Doru Stănculescu, Marcela Saftiuc, Sfinx, Pro Musica) join the Cenacle.
Sterian’s collaboration with Păunescu lasted only 5 years, at the end of which the artist left the Cenacle.
In 1975, Electrecord released their first album, titled “Folk Music”.
The disc contained two songs: “With the love of the hacienda” and “Song of the people”, in which he collaborated with the musician Dan Andrei Aldea.
Also in this period appears the song “Memory with outlaws”, his most famous creation with the famous song “Noches”.
“Memory with Outlaws” was published on a 1978 folkloric collection, on Electrecord, in which Vali Sterian also appeared with the song “Our Heroes”.
20 years before the Revolution, the album “Antirăzboinica” was released, with the homonymous song with lyrics by Adrian Păunescu, dating from 1974, when it was illustrated by a TVR film.
In 1979, the artist founded the Sound Company, from that moment recording and singing under the title Valeriu Sterian and the Sound Company.
In 1982 the album “Twentieth Century” followed, and during the 80s, Sterian turned to rock (hard, ballad and progressive). The exit from the sphere of folk is done gradually.
In 1984, he composed “Children’s Axiom” (not – in the lyrics of the poet George Ţărnea).
That song differs from previous creations by the balance of reggae that came close.
In 1985, the concert formula of the Sound Company will be as follows: Vali Sterian (voice, guitar), Adrian Ilie (guitar), Mihai Teleagă (bass), Doru Istudor (drums), Liviu Mihalcea (keyboards).
In 1985 the songs “Zori de zi”, “Fericire” and “Speranţe vii” were composed, the last of Adrian Ilie, according to bestmusic.ro.
One of the most beautiful and fruitful periods of his career is marked by performances with Mircea Vintilă, Vasile Şeicaru, Ştefan Hruşcă or Doru Stănculescu.
At the same time, Vali Sterian participates in the great rock festivals and galas, alongside the biggest names in the genre: Red and Black, Iris, Holograph, Voltage, Compact.
In the summer season, the folk artist was not absent from the concerts that were held by the sea. In 1986, Adi Ilie and Istudor left the Sound Company and re-founded Voltage.
In 1988, the composition changed completely: Marius Keseri appears on drums (the current Direction 5 drummer), Cristian Luca enters on guitar, Laurenţiu Cristea becomes bassist and Radu Bacalu and Lucian Blaga will play on keyboards.
The new formula was auspicious since in 1989 the most successful album made by Vali Sterian before the Revolution and the last one released on Electrecord appears.
This is “Nothing Without People”, which contains new songs like “I’m Waiting for You”, “I Fly in Memories” or “I’m Guilty”, but also older songs.
Vali Sterian, impressed by the events of December 1989 and with the stigmata of the communist regime, actively participated in the 1990 University Square phenomenon.
He has been involved in social events ever since and has become a thought leader for many.
In 1991, he founded Compania de Sunet SRL and released the album “Vino, Doamne!”, Followed by “The Penal Code was voted” (1992), “Evenimentul zilei… y otros” (1994).
In 1994, he re-recorded “Memory with outlaws” in the rock version, and in 1995, at his insistence, Mircea Bodolan returned to folk music after an eight-year hiatus.
Since 1996, Sterian and Bodolan have laid the foundations for the Eliad House, which soon became the main meeting and concert hall for folk musicians.
Another milestone for Sterian came in 1997, when he sang at the Palace Hall with the famous Joan Baez.
Also in 1997, he began to perform on Romanian Television, together with Victor Socaciu, the folk show “Vânare de vânt”, which aimed to promote young people.
In 1998, Sterian released the album “Ruga”, in a new formula of the Sound Company: Vali Sterian (voice, guitar, percussion, music, piano);
Mihai Neniţă (violin, piano); Dan Pirici (bass); Oliver Sterian (percussion); Fredy Onofrei (guitar); Gaby Joitoiu (cello); Sorin Minghiat (flute);
Mircea Bodolan and Doru Stănculescu (additional voices) “, shows Agerpres.
It was the last album of Sterian’s career and also the one in which the artist returned to acoustic sounds and folk music from the first years of activity.
The album contains songs that became hits: “Seasons”, “Bet on a Tear”, “Prayer”, “Duplicate Life”.
The last composition of the Sound Company was as follows: Dan Pirici (bass), Oliver Sterian (percussion), Ilie Vorvoreanu (guitar), according to bestmusic.ro.
Just days before her 48th birthday, Valeri Sterian dies of cancer.
source: Agerpres
