Nicu Covaci s-a n\u0103scut \u00een 1947 la Timi\u0219oara \u0219i a studiat \u00eenc\u0103 din copil\u0103rie pianul. A fost compozitor, chitarist, pictor \u0219i grafician. Ini\u021bial a \u00eenv\u0103\u021bat s\u0103 c\u00e2nte la muzicu\u021b\u0103, dar apoi a luat lec\u021bii de chitar\u0103. A urmat sec\u021bia german\u0103 a \u0219colii primare, sec\u021bia rom\u00e2n\u0103 a \u0219colii generale, apoi liceul de arte plastice \u0219i Institutul de Arte Plastice din Timi\u0219oara.<\/p>\n

Cariera sa muzical\u0103 \u00eencepea \u00een 1961, c\u00e2nd Nicu Covaci \u0219i Kamocsa Camo Bela, ambii elevi de \u0219coal\u0103 general\u0103, fondau o “trup\u0103 de chitare electrice”. Se numea Sfin\u021bii \u0219i ulterior Phoenix. \u00cen 1965 intrau \u00een Phoenix \u0219i Florin Bordeianu (“Moni”), Claudiu Rotaru, Ioan \u0218tefanovici (“Pilu”) \u0219i Gunter Reininger (“Spitzi”). Tinerii c\u00e2ntau ini\u021bial coveruri dup\u0103 Beatles, Rolling Stones \u0219i alte nume vestice.<\/p>\n

La \u00eendrumarea criticului muzical Cornel Chiriac au \u00eenregistrat un album \u0219i lansau single-urile apreciate “Vremuri” \u0219i “Canarul”. \u00cencepeau s\u0103 vin\u0103 \u0219i roadele talentului forma\u021biei, Phoenix c\u00e2\u0219tig\u00e2nd un premiu la un concurs pentru forma\u021bii studen\u021be\u0219ti \u00een 1968, la Festivalul Na\u021bional de Art\u0103 Studen\u021beasc\u0103 din Ia\u0219i. Moni Bordeianu emigra \u00een 1970, iar “Pilu” era \u00eenlocuit de Dorel Vintil\u0103 Zaharia.<\/p>\n

Este apoi cooptat \u00een trup\u0103 Mircea Baniciu, student la arhitectur\u0103, la acea vreme un c\u00e2nt\u0103re\u021b folk care \u00eenso\u021bea forma\u021bia \u00een turnee. \u00cen 1971 p\u0103r\u0103seau trupa Zoli, Lauren\u021biu \u0219i Cornel, dar sosea Joszef Kappl, al\u0103turi de Costin Petrescu. \u00cen aceast\u0103 formul\u0103, trupa avea s\u0103 capete un sunet rock-folk.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

A urmat apoi poemul rock “Cei ce ne-au dat nume”, prezentat la Opera din Timi\u0219oara pe 13 ianuarie 1972 \u0219i apoi ap\u0103rea albumul “Negru Vod\u0103”, primul LP scos de o forma\u021bie rock din Rom\u00e2nia. \u00cen 1974 li se al\u0103tur\u0103 la tobe Ovidiu Lipan \u021a\u0103nd\u0103ric\u0103.<\/p>\n

Un moment cheie al vie\u021bii \u0219i carierei sale a fost fuga din \u021bar\u0103, \u00een 1977, al\u0103turi de colegii de trup\u0103, ascun\u0219i \u00een boxe audio, \u00eentr-un camion. Ulterior artistul se stabilea \u00een Olanda, apoi Germania \u0219i \u00een cele din urm\u0103 Spania.<\/p>\n

Nicu Covaci<\/a> a avut multiple divergen\u021be cu fo\u0219tii colegi de trup\u0103, c\u00e2\u0219tig\u00e2nd \u00een instan\u021b\u0103 un proces cu privire la drepturile de autor. Piese precum “Mugur de fluier”, “Fat\u0103 verde” sau “Hei, tramvai” nu puteau fi c\u00e2ntate dec\u00e2t cu acordul s\u0103u.<\/p>\n

Dup\u0103 emigrare, Covaci a continuat s\u0103 activeze \u00een domeniul muzical, at\u00e2t \u00een Germania, c\u00e2t \u0219i \u00een alte \u021b\u0103ri. A \u00eencercat s\u0103 aduc\u0103 trupa Phoenix pe scena interna\u021bional\u0103, de\u0219i succesul a fost limitat \u00een compara\u021bie cu popularitatea lor din Rom\u00e2nia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 cariera sa muzical\u0103, Nicu Covaci<\/a> a fost \u0219i un talentat pictor. A avut expozi\u021bii de art\u0103 \u00een diverse locuri \u0219i \u0219i-a exprimat creativitatea \u0219i prin acest mediu. \u00cen anii ’90, dup\u0103 c\u0103derea regimului comunist, Covaci a reunit trupa Phoenix pentru a sus\u021bine concerte \u00een Rom\u00e2nia \u0219i \u00een str\u0103in\u0103tate. Trupa a lansat \u0219i albume noi, continu\u00e2nd s\u0103 fie activ\u0103 pe scena muzical\u0103. Nicu Covaci a scris \u0219i o autobiografie \u00een care \u00ee\u0219i poveste\u0219te via\u021ba, experien\u021bele \u0219i aventurile at\u00e2t ca muzician, c\u00e2t \u0219i ca om care a tr\u0103it \u00een perioade de mari schimb\u0103ri politice \u0219i sociale.<\/p>\n

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