Nicu Alifantis

Nicu Alifantis (born May 31, 1954) is a Romanian Folk singer, songwriter, stage actor and poet. With an over fifty-year musical career, Alifantis is best known for his discography created with fellow band “Alifantis & Zan” and for his collaborations with other folk bands such as “Pasărea Colibri”. Biography Nicu Alifantis was born on May 31, 1954, in Brăila to Greek-Macedonian parents. His mother, Evdocsia, was Aromanian, and his father, Menelaus, was Greek. Alifantis studied music privately and made his stage debut in 1973. He was employed in 1975 at the “Maria Filotti” Theater in Brăila and became quite well-known and loved by the public, so that in 1976 the record label Electrecord published his first record material, Cântec de noapte, with four tracks. In the same year, he enrolled in ATM. After the army, he became a member of the Cenacle Flacăra, led by the poet Adrian Păunescu, and participated in most of the “artistic events”, his songs appearing on the compilations Folk 1 and Folk 2 published by Electrecord in 1977 and 1978, respectively. In 1983, at the appearance of the triple LP that marked 10 years of activity of the cenacle, Alifantis is the best represented singer-son