Pe-o margine de lume

Romania was the 8th country to cast its votes last night at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.
This is how the Romanians voted :

Croatia - Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents - Romanca - 1 point
Azerbaidjan - Elnur & Samir - Day After Day - 2 points
Ukraine - Ani Lorak - Shady Lady - 3 points
Armenia - Sirusho - Qele Qele - 4 points
Norway - Maria - Hold On Be Strong - 5 points
Israel - Boaz - The Fire In Your Eyes - 6 points
Serbia - Jelena Tomaševic - Oro - 7 points
Turkey - Mor ve Ötesi - Deli - 08 points
Russia - Dima Bilan - Believe - 10 points

Bilingual romance for Romania - The Romanian representatives Nico & Vlad rehearsed their romantic duet for the first time today. They started their performance at distant positions on stage and moved towards each other during the song, hugging tenderly in the end. The two singers left a vocally brilliant impression of their bilingual song in Italian and Romanian language. [Eurovision.tv - Belgrade 2008]

First semi final rehearsals day two in Serbia

Andrei Tudor, the composer of the 2008 Romanian Eurovision entry, has launched his website in English so you can now get to know more about the composer & artist Andrei Tudor as well as his band.

Andrei Tudor, compozitorul piesei "Pe-o margine de lume" care va reprezenta Romania la Concursul Eurovision 2008, a avut amabilitatea de a raspunde intrebarilor fanilor ESC pe escvibes.com.

Cand ai inceput sa compui si cand ti-ai dat seama ca acesta este drumul pe care vrei sa-l urmezi in cariera ?

Eu stiu ca ma ocup cu muzica ... Ori compun, ori cant, ori orchestrez ori lucrez in studio. Niciodata nu am stiut sa delimitez bine lucrurile astea. Am perioade cand compun mai mult, alte perioade cand am mai multe concerte ca pianist sau sef de orchestra.

Care a fost prima piesa care ti-a adus satisfactii ca si compozitor ?

Toate piesele pe care le-am compus sunt o parte din mine si cred ca fiecare inseamna ceva pentru mine.
Am cateva preferinte: Mihai Traistariu - "Cat de frumoasa esti", Marcel Pavel - "De Dragul Tau", Nico & Vlad - "Pe-o Margine De Lume".

Ce influente muzicale si-au pus amprenta, de-a lungul timpului, pe stilul tau de a compune (stiluri muzicale, compozitori, artisti) ?

Muzica clasica si de jazz si-au pus mult amprenta in muzica mea, eu fiind absolvent de Conservator la pian clasic.
Printre compozitorii preferati sunt: Bach , Rachmaninov, John Willimas, David Foster, Sting, Phill Collins, Dave Grusin.

Ai mai colaborat cu Nico sau cu Vlad Mirita (sau cu amandoi) inaintea Selectiei Nationale Eurovision 2008 ?

Andrei Tudor, the composer of the 2008 Romanian Eurovision entry "Pe-o margine de lume" has answered escfans' questions on escvibes.com.

When did you start composing and when did you realise that is the path for your career to follow?

I know I deal with music. I compose or I sing or I arrange or I work in the studio ... but there are no limits between them. There are times when I compose more, other times when I have more concerts as a pianist or orchestra conductor.

What was the first song that brought satisfaction to you as a composer ?

Before heading to the UK preview party, Romanian representative at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, Nico was kind enough to answer some questions exclusively for escvibes.com.

When did you decide to pursue a career in music and what does your career mean to you at this moment?

Ever since I was a child I played with the vocals of many melodies that were in fashion at that period of time (the 80's).... of course it was all just for fun at the beginning
On the advice of my father, a passionate music fan, I began to take this art seriously and I studied Canto classes for 3 years at the Popular Art Music School in my hometown, Ploiesti. Over time I have evolved, I have been able to gain valuable experience and, with a lot of work and God's help, I have managed to reach a high level of performance skills, enough to convince me that it was about time to try a professional music career.
It wasn't easy to get noticed on the Romanian music scene which is why my acknowledgement didn't come until the age of 30.
At this moment my music career has a high meaning for me and despite the fact that I have accomplished a lot in my career, I will never stop perfecting myself in order to reach an even higher level.

Does music have age ?