Nelly Ciobanu

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Nelly Ciobanu
Ciobanu in Moscow in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Nelea Ciobanu-Mărgineanu
Born	(1974-10-28) 28 October 1974 (age 49) Cania, Moldavian SSR, USSR
Genres	World worldbeat pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1993–present
Website	www.nellyciobanu.com

Nelea Ciobanu-Mărgineanu (born 28 October 1974), known professionally as Nelly Ciobanu (Romanian pronunciation:

Life and career

Ciobanu is a winner of multiple international competitions: in 1998 won second prize at the festival "Yalta - 98" (Ukraine), 1999 "Grand Prix" at the "Discovery" in Bulgaria (for the performance of a song of composer Liviu Stirbu ), the second prize at the festival "Voice of Asia" (Almaty, Kazakhstan), in 2000 - the first prize at the festival "Slavic Bazaar" in Belarus, the bronze medal of "Delphian Games" in Russia, in 2002, the golden prize of the festival "Spring of April" (North Korea), in 2003 - second prize at the festival "New Wave" in Jūrmala, the Grand Prix of K. Shulzhenko contest (Kharkiv, Ukraine), second place in national pre-selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2005, was jury member at "Five Stars. Sings in 11 languages: Romanian, Russian, English, Italian, and even Korean. She has toured with many Russian artists and international stars such as Patricia Kaas and Mike Bolton. On 24 December 2005 her daughter, Mirela Christiana was born.

Eurovision Song Contest

Nelly Ciobanu represented

External links

• Official website (in Romanian)