Ion Suruceanu | |
Honorific Suffix: | OR |
Birth Date: | 9 September 1949 |
Birth Place: | Suruceni, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality: | Moldovan |
Citizenship: | Moldova Romania |
Occupation: | singer, parliamentarian |
Years Active: | 1968 - present |
Notable Works: | I have but one song |
People's Deputy | |
Term: | 1994 - 1998 |
Party: | CPSU PCRM |
Awards: | People's Artist of Moldavian SSR (1990) |
Ion Suruceanu (born 9 September 1949) is a Moldovan singer and former parliamentarian. In 1990 he was awarded the People's Artist award of Moldavian SSR.
Ion Suruceanu was born in the village of Suruceni, Ialoveni District, of Moldova.
He started his singing career in 1968 as a solo singer in the ensemble "Noroc" where he sang until 1970. In 1978–79 Suruceanu sang for the ensemble "Bucuria". In 1981, he finished the Chişinău Music school where he learned to play bassoon and piano.
From the mid 80s Suruceanu became one of Moldova's most famous singers whose fame spread outside the republic. He also performed Russian language songs such as "Nezabudka" (Forget-me-not) which Suruceanu sang at the final of Song of the Year festival in 1989. During this period 1986–1993, he was also performing with the group "Real". Since 1982, his constant composer was Ian Raiburg.
From 1994 to 1998, Suruceanu was a parliamentarian in the Moldovan parliament where he was a deputy chairman of the committee for culture, science, education, and media. He lives in Chişinău.
In November 2023, he has been diagnosed with pneumonia, his health condition got worse and he was transferred to a hospital in Germany.