Octave (musician)

Octavian Teodorescu
Octavian Teodorescu
Background information
Also known asOctave
Born (1963-01-29) 29 January 1963 (age 61)
Bucharest, Romania
GenresRock, electronic, symphonic rock, instrumental, heavy metal, progressive rock, new wave, psychedelic rock, AOR, avant-garde
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Guitarist, Keyboarder
Orchestrator, arranger
songwriter, Record Producer
Instrument(s)Guitar, Keyboards,
Programmable Instruments
Years active1988–2001
LabelsElectrecord

Octavian Teodorescu (born 29 January 1963), known professionally as Octave, [1][2] is a Romanian musician, composer, songwriter and producer from Bucharest, Romania. He is a pioneer of electronic music and the use of computers and synthesizers in music in Romania, with a science fiction touch.[3] He also plays guitars, keyboards and programmable instruments.

His first mainstream success was the 1992 album The Secret of Pyramids, followed by At The Gates of Love in 1993 and Sweet Freedom in 1994. The whole work (102 minutes) appeared unified on a double CD (the first of this kind in Romania) in 1995.

  1. ^ The Calendar of the day: Archived 2 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine
    • "Octav Teodorescu (Octave) was born, rock musician and composer." (in Romanian)
  2. ^ Romanian Top
    • "Octav Teodorescu, also born today in 1963, is an instrumentalist and composer from Romania. Since 1988 he evolves under the name Octave." (in Romanian)
  3. ^ Galileo – Magazine – 2010-08-02 Article: Interview with Ștefan Ghidoveanu: The radio shows could be a solution to promote the Romanian SF (Author: Michael Haulică) search in page by quote: Archived 29 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
    • "Octavian Teodorescu – the famous "Octave" from the '90s, the artist who proved that electronic music in Romania can mean not only Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis and Kraftwerk" (in Romanian)