Conferences
Alexandru Andries: Self-Portrait
16 lei
Sunday, on November 9th, 11.00, at The Small Hall of NTB, Alexandru Andries will hold the conference - Self - Portrait. Ticket price: 16 lei.
About Alexandru Andries
His friends call him “Alexe”.
Born in Brașov on October 13th 1954 (therefore, a Libra) he loves his native town with all his heart.
In 1980, he graduated the “Ion Mincu” Institute of Architecture in the city where he was to settle.
He has been a member of the Union of Architects of Romania (since 1980), of the Writers’ Union of Romania (since 1994), of the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Romania (since 1994), of the Journalists’ Association of Romania and of many other commissions and committees.
He is a Lecturer Doctor at the “Ion Mincu” Institute of Architecture.
Debut: as a soloist, in 1974 – Club A, on stage in 1979, The Jazz & Rock Festival in Brașov, with the Bas-relief Band and only in 1984 in discography at Electrecord (“Interiors”).
He has performed in over 3100 concerts.
Throughout his long list of albums he “played” with: his voice, the guitar, the piano, the harmonica, electronic percussion etc.
As you can see on his site (alexandies.free.fr) he draws a lot.
He hisses in a charming way.
He is very grateful to Florian Lungu, due to whom everything started.
“Last but not least”, he is a special musician and lyricist with complex harmonies and intelligent lyrics.
Andrieș has recorded extremely many songs, but there are even more which haven’t been recorded yet. On his site, you can find in alphabetical order, all those from his records, all those for which he has written only the lyrics, and all those that do not belong to him but that he has sung (such as, the two songs on the “From the Gift of Kings” album in the memory of Vali Sterian). Moreover, you can find the lyrics of some songs which have never been recorded (from “Waiting for Maria”, from concerts, shows…) A huge number.
“I was born in Brașov when the town was called Stalin, and the exact date, in case you want to know, is October 13th, 1954. If 30 years ago you had spoken to anyone who knew me, including my mom and dad, my sister, my grandma and grandpa, my aunt, auntie Lice, uncle Mitică, my great-grandma and her next-door friends, you couldn’t have guessed that I was to become a public figure, somebody good at having interviews, at being on TV (rarely, it’s true, but still), at expressing his opinion on this and that. On the contrary, you would have learned that I was squeamish, that I was eating the heart out of them with my utterly unexplainable stubbornness, that you could hardly take a word out of my mouth and that it was only at night time that I was giving up that bloody pencil which I had used to doodle everything all over our house and even the neighbours’… Luckily, 30 years ago, nobody wanted to know anything about me, did they? Well, now you would probably like to know what happened next, who helped me, how much it cost, why this and not that, if I really don’t have a phone or… If you like it, then it’s fine… If you don’t… well, what can I say? Try again tomorrow, and who knows…” Alexandru Andrieș
(information taken from http://alexandries.free.fr)
Translated by Aureliana Toma (Grama )
MTTLC, University of Bucharest
