Sorin Chifiriuc Explained

Sorin Chifiriuc (born 1950, Bucharest, Romania) is a rock, new wave, and blues guitarist and vocalist.

Affectionately called Skifi by his fans,^[1] and a student of the Bucharest Music Conservatory (where he studied the violin, but which he did not graduate from^[2]), he is also known for his unconventional behaviour on stage.^[3]

He was a member of many well-known Romanian rock bands, such as Curtea Veche nr. 43, Sfinx, Iris, Domino, Roata, Electric Red Roosters, 2 Galbini.^[4]

After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, he worked for a while as a DJ for Radio Nova 22.

He spent his time between about 2004 and 2013 in a monastery in the Militari neighborhood of Bucharest, where he was known as Ierafim.^{[5] [6]}

External links

• Sorin Chifiriuc at Discogs
• Interview with Sorin Chifiriuc

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aniversatii zilei de 2 septembrie 2013:. Romanian. December 29, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130908003539/http://www.radioiasi.ro/aniversatii-zilei-de-2-septembrie-2013-e6721.html. September 8, 2013.
2. Web site: Interviu cu SORIN CHIFIRIUC: DE LA CURTEA VECHE LA METAFIZICĂ. Romanian. December 29, 2013.
3. Web site: Interviu cu Florin OCHESCU. Romanian. December 25, 2013.
4. Web site: Sorin Chifiriuc (Iris, Roata, Domino) revine pe scena rock. Rock FM. Romanian. December 25, 2013.
5. Web site: Un fost component al trupei Iris a renunţat la muzică şi s-a călugărit. Romanian. December 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233956/http://jurnalul.ro/stiri/observator/un-fost-component-al-trupei-iris-a-renuntat-la-muzica-si-s-a-calugarit-629908.html. December 30, 2013. dead.
6. Web site: Sorin Chifiriuc, fostul component al trupei Iris, a venit acasa in haine calugaresti!. Romanian. December 29, 2013.