Natalia Barbu is a Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

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Music career

Throughout her career, Natalia has worked with a group of musicians called Trigon

Trigon (jazz)

Trigon is the name of a folk-jazz band from Moldova.The group was created in Chişinău in 1992 and debuted at the Chişinău Jazz Festival in 1993...

 on an alternative jazz-folk experiment. She writes her own lyrics, composes the music for most of her songs, and collaborates on the arrangements with her crew.

In 2006, Natalia Barbu signed a three year contract with Cat Music Records (Sony Music) office in Bucharest.

Her main success has been the release of her single "Îngerul meu" (My Angel) in Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

. The song remained in the Romanian Top 100 for 11 weeks at #1, and was much featured on MTV Romania.

In 2007, she was selected to represent Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...

 with the song Fight

Fight (song)

"Fight" was the Moldovan entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English by Natalia Barbu. The song was written by Elena Buga and composed by Alexandru Braşoveanu....

. She beat out Moldova's 2005 contestant Zdob Si Zdub

Zdob si Zdub

Zdob şi Zdub is a Moldovan band, based in Chişinău, whose work for the last several years has combined elements of hip-hop , hardcore punk and comical lyrics with traditional Romanian folk music. The name is onomatopoeic for the sound of a drum beat...

's performance in Eurovision, and advanced to contest finals. Her song was voted 10th out of 24 finalists.

Discography

• Între ieri şi azi (Between Yesterday And Today) (2001)
• Zbor De Dor (2003)
• Eurovision Song Contest - Helsinki 2007 (2007)
• Fight - 2007

Interview

Natalia gave an interview for Wikipedia:

External links

• Natalia Barbu's personal page on Youtube
• Official website (outdated, last update in Spring 2007, contact info no longer functional)
• Interview by Ludmila Mamaliga
• Natalia Barbu not participating again (in ESC 2008) because of cost