Natalia Barbu

Natalia Barbu
Natalia Barbu performing at the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki 2007.
Background information
Birth name	Natalia Barbu
Born	August 22, 1979 (1979-08-22) Bălţi, Moldova (then USSR)
Genres	Pop rock, gothic rock
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Singing, violin
Years active	2001-present
Labels	Sony BMG
Website	http://www.nataliabarbu.com/

Natalia Barbu (born August 22, 1979, in Bălţi, USSR, then Republic of Moldova) is a Moldovan singer.

Music career

Throughout her career, Natalia has worked with a group of musicians called Trigon on an alternative jazz-folk experiment. She writes her own lyrics, composes the music for most of her songs, and collaborates on the arrangements with her crew.

In 2006, Natalia Barbu signed a three year contract with Cat Music Records (Sony Music) office in Bucharest.

Her main success has been the release of her single "Îngerul meu" (My Angel) in Romania. The song remained in the Romanian Top 100 for 11 weeks at #1, and was much featured on MTV Romania.

In 2007, she was selected to represent Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song Fight. She beat out Moldova's 2005 contestant Zdob Si Zdub's performance in Eurovision, and advanced to contest finals. Her song was voted 10th out of 24 finalists.

Discography

• Între ieri şi azi (Between Yesterday And Today) (2001)
• Zbor De Dor (2003)
• Eurovision Song Contest - Helsinki 2007 (2007)
• Fight - 2007

Interview

Natalia gave an interview for Wikipedia:  listen

External links

• Natalia Barbu's personal page on Youtube
• Official website (outdated, last update in Spring 2007, contact info no longer functional)
• Interview by Ludmila Mamaliga
• Natalia Barbu not participating again (in ESC 2008) because of cost

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Arsenium & Natalia Gordienko with "Loca"	Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007	Succeeded by Geta Burlacu with "A Century of Love"