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Dan Bălan is the leader of the former boyband O-Zone and the lead singer of his new band ''Balan'', a rock project. He was born on February 6 th, 1979 . He is the composer and writer of many songs, including O-Zone's big hit ' Dragostea Din Tei '. BIOGRAPHY Dan was born on February 6, 1979, in Chisinau in the Republic Of Moldova , where he lived until his father moved the family to Tel Aviv in 1995 for business reasons. He made his first stage appearance on the TV show "Semaforul" at the age of nine, around the same time that his parents bought him his first instrument, an accordion. He later enrolled at a performing arts high school to take private accordion lessons, graduating in 1994. In 1992, Dan turned his attention to Rock Music after receiving a guitar as a gift and began writing his own songs, which he first began performing at school talent shows in his senior year. It was during high school that his music first received national attention, when one of his songs was premiered on his mother's television program. Dan continued to write after moving to Israel and began making his first studio recordings, but eventually returned to Moldova to finish Moldovan lyceum "Gh. Asachi" and apply to law school. While at college, he received an invitation to perform with a local band called "Pantheon". Although Dan's entry into the group was well received by the band's audience, conflict eventually arose between him and the lead singer when Dan began inserting his own songs into the band's concert lineup. Dan eventually left Pantheon and formed his own group, a six-man heavy metal band called "Inferialis". In January 1997, Dan decided to become a professional musician and left law school for St. Neaga Music College, where he studied composition and contrabass and piano performance. His first professional solo single, "De La Mine", was released in October 1998, followed by "Dar, Unde Esti", which went on to become the No. 1 single in Moldova that year. In September 1999, Dan teamed up with former "Inferialis" lead singer Petru Jelihovschi to form the boy band O-Zone . The two men soon officially moved the band to Romania, where they recorded their first group single, "Timpul Trece Fara Noi". The song was a huge success and paved the way for O-Zone's ascent to the rank of most popular band in the nation. In June 2000, O-Zone released its first album, "Dar, Unde Esti", which included eleven songs, all composed and performed by Dan. The album had a huge success. seven singles from the album became mega-hits including "Fiesta de la noche", "Crede-ma", "Te voi jubii", "Ciao bambina", "In doi'", "Dar, unde esti", "Tripul trece fara noi". The same year in summer O-Zone started the first tour in Moldova. In December Dan wrote a Christmas song called "Sarbatorile de iarna" for the Christmas release of the "Tanti Ludmila Show" with Ludmila his mother and Mihai Ciumcium today known as Dj Mahay. Since then this song has becomed a national song for Christmas and New Year Festival and was played everywhere during this period in Moldova. In spring 2001 Dan decided to go to another level and chose the Romanian market. However his partner Petru was not so interested about Dan´s big plans, he thouht of his performance in the band more as a hobby. So Dan need to finde someone else who was as serious about this as he was, so Dan and Petru split up but remanied friends. After that Dan searched found two new members, Arsenie Toderas and Radu Sarbu. This combination of O-zone remained for a year, and they scored their famous hit ' Dragostea Din Tei '. O-zone split up in January 2005. After that Dan decided he wanted to do rock. His new Band is called Balan. Once in a while, Dan still performs as O-zone. DISCOGRAPHY Studio albums
Singles
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