Ioan Gyuri Pascu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈo̯an ˈɡjuri ˈpasku];
also credited as Ioan Ghiurico Pascu, Gyuri Pascu and Ghyuri Pascu;
August 31, 1961 â€" September 26, 2016) was a Romanian pop music
singer, producer, actor and comedian, also known for his participation
in the comedy troupe Divertis and for his activity in Romanian cinema
and television. Moving between rock music, rhythm and blues, reggae
and jazz, the multi-instrumentalist Pascu founded a number of bands
and registered success particularly during the early 1990s, when he
was the lead singer of a group known as The Blue Workers. Pascu was
the manager of several alternative music acts with his label Tempo
Music, and remains an outspoken critic of Romanian commercial
radio.Noted for his impressions and musical acts within Divertis'
political satire shows, Pascu was also a successful actor, appearing
in film productions such as Lucian Pintilie's An Unforgettable Summer
and Cristian Mungiu's Occident, and portraying known characters in
Romanian theater in various stage adaptations. He also wrote sports
columns, and was also a writer of Christian literature.Pascu was a
native of Agnita (at the time part of BraÅŸov Region, now in Sibiu
County), where he graduated from primary school. He was born to an
ethnic Romanian father and a half-Hungarian mother; on his mother's
side, he was also the descendant of Poles and Slovaks. His mother was
a Roman Catholic and his father, like Gyuri, was a Romanian Orthodox.
His name reflects his complex heritage: Ioan was chosen as his
Romanian name; his second name was the Hungarian Gyurika, but it was
recorded as Ghiurico in his birth certificate and personal documents
ever sinceâ€"as Pascu later indicated, this was because neither his
father nor the notary were familiar with Hungarian phonology. Pascu,
who was fluent in the Hungarian language, preferred the hypocoristic
Gyuri.
also credited as Ioan Ghiurico Pascu, Gyuri Pascu and Ghyuri Pascu;
August 31, 1961 â€" September 26, 2016) was a Romanian pop music
singer, producer, actor and comedian, also known for his participation
in the comedy troupe Divertis and for his activity in Romanian cinema
and television. Moving between rock music, rhythm and blues, reggae
and jazz, the multi-instrumentalist Pascu founded a number of bands
and registered success particularly during the early 1990s, when he
was the lead singer of a group known as The Blue Workers. Pascu was
the manager of several alternative music acts with his label Tempo
Music, and remains an outspoken critic of Romanian commercial
radio.Noted for his impressions and musical acts within Divertis'
political satire shows, Pascu was also a successful actor, appearing
in film productions such as Lucian Pintilie's An Unforgettable Summer
and Cristian Mungiu's Occident, and portraying known characters in
Romanian theater in various stage adaptations. He also wrote sports
columns, and was also a writer of Christian literature.Pascu was a
native of Agnita (at the time part of BraÅŸov Region, now in Sibiu
County), where he graduated from primary school. He was born to an
ethnic Romanian father and a half-Hungarian mother; on his mother's
side, he was also the descendant of Poles and Slovaks. His mother was
a Roman Catholic and his father, like Gyuri, was a Romanian Orthodox.
His name reflects his complex heritage: Ioan was chosen as his
Romanian name; his second name was the Hungarian Gyurika, but it was
recorded as Ghiurico in his birth certificate and personal documents
ever sinceâ€"as Pascu later indicated, this was because neither his
father nor the notary were familiar with Hungarian phonology. Pascu,
who was fluent in the Hungarian language, preferred the hypocoristic
Gyuri.
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