Emeric Imre


Emeric Imre is a Romanian guitarist, musician, vocalist and composer.

Biography

Emeric Imre was born in 1965 in Cluj in the housing district Dâmbul Rotund. His mother was half Romanian Romani half Polish and his father was half Hungarian, half Jew.

Family

During his childhood he was urged by his father to turn into a musician and he began to study violin. As a young boy he was a football lover and practiced football for nine years. Emeric went often to training with the violin under his arm. Then disaster came... after two years of music, he ended with giving up his musical studies. Leaving the sports career is one of his sorrows.

Musical career

In 1984 he became part of the folk stage of Cenaclul Flacăra as folk singer until 2000 when Cenaclul Flacăra was disbanded.

After this Emeric Imre fought to promote folk music. Besides participating in events such as the yearly tournament Folk You, he organized folk evenings in Pub Zone located in Cluj-Napoca with the some of the main Romanian folk singers such as Dinu Olărașu, Adrian Ivanițchi, Tatiana Stepa, Florin Chilian, Vali Moldovan, Octavian Bud, Emilian Onciu, and :ro:Magda Puskas|Magda Puskas.

Beginning with 2006 he pushed more for his solo career, his own shows and begun to release records.

In 2006 he prints the album :ro:Nebun de alb|Nebun de alb.

In 2012 he prints the album :ro:Târziu|Târziu.

In 2014 he launches his winter album named :ro:Iarna mea cu ochii mari|Iarna mea cu ochii mari. At this album contributed among others Jimi El Laco, Dorel Vișan, Dumitru Fărcaș, Cornel Udrea, Hollondus J.Zoltanau, :ro:Magda Puskas|Magda Puskas.

In 2018 he releases his forth album named :ro:Jocul vieții|Jocul vieții

Awards

During his career, Emeric Imre he received the following awards:
Was nominalised for the prize awarded by Radio România:
Emeric composed over 260 folk songs. Among those the most important are: