| Sandi Ladosi has been singing for as long as she can remember.
“I have been singing since I was a child… I was in first grade when they first discovered me,” this year’s Romanian Eurovision entrant recalls.
As a child, Sanda sang in various choirs and groups, but began studying music when she was around 10-years-old learning Piano, classical Guitar and singing.
But having been born into a family of teachers, it seemed natural Sandi would also go into education.
It was not to be. Sanda gave up her teaching career almost as soon as she graduated from the Targu Mures Teaching High School after winning Romania’s Mamaia Pop Festival.
Moving to Bucharest to follow her dream of becoming a professional singer, she also studied Law at the city’s Titu Maiorescu University.
Sanda has worked with several well-known composers in Romania such as Eugen Mihãescu, Marcel Dragomir, Ionel Tudor, Cornel Meraru, Mihai Constantinescu, Alexandru Simu, Raimond Vancu, George Popa and Dan Iagnov. Iagnov has composed more than 50 songs for Sanda during her 11-year career.
Sanda has never let her fans down. Whether singing alone or duetting with Romanian stars like Marcel Pavel, Stefan Iordache, Ioan Gyuri – Pascu or Aurelian Temisan, Sanda always enchants her audience with her voice. She has performed at numerous concerts across Romania and at numerous summer festivals abroad.
Sanda has released four albums and has toured worldwide. Directly after the Eurovision Song Contest, Sanda will release her fifth album.
When she has time, Sanda loves catching up with friends over a coffee, watching the latest movie or listening to music. She also loves dogs and has four herself: ‘Cindy’ and ‘Zanga’ –- both Bichons –- a German Shepherd called Frantz and a stray dog called Dixie.
She also loves horses and has been a keen rider since her teens. However, a serious knee accident in 1994 forced her leg into plaster for a month. She should have rested it, but ever stubborn, Sanda kept on performing.
Born on 2 January 1970, Sanda is a genuine Capricorn, whose dominating traits are stubbornness and consistency: she never gives up.
Romanians are not renowned for their patience, and Sanda is no exception. However, she says: “I’m sure that in time they will learn to be patient. I strongly believe in God and I know that every human being is in his care.”
When she has the time, Sanda enjoys escaping from Bucharest to the mountains.
From the second grade till the end of the high school, Sanda played basketball and during high school she represented her school in the swimming national competitions. Now she practices tae-bo to keep herself in shape.
Sanda collects ‘snow-scenes’ from all the places in the world she visits. Now, besides wishing to do well in the Eurovision final in Isatanbul, Sanda says she will also add a snow-scene from Turkey to her collection and can’t wait to get back to Istanbul.
“Mostly I enjoyed shopping when I went to Istanbul. The sellers pick you up in the street; offer you juice and tea in order to make you buy from them. They really know how to do their job,” she remembers.
“I’m aware I have a great responsibility in Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest final. But this responsibility makes me feel good. For the moment, I feel very good preparing for the final. I wish for a good place in the final and hope that the Romanians will be proud of me,” Sanda says. |
