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Achim (talk) 19:33, 11 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

Paul Ilea

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Long Story Short

Romanian musician and multi-award winning artist (composer, producer, DJ, performer, film score composer – Kult Studio Records owner and TV music producer for The Voice - Romania a.o.), Paul Ilea combines eclectic musical landscapes – both electronic and acoustic – with a theatrical, dramatic bent and an uncompromising attitude regarding his art. Paul’s musical vibe includes a natural inclination towards engulfing various genres (from breaks & dnb to jazzy to ethnic to rock) infusing them with electronica to concoct a rich and textured blend of sounds that can only be described as out-of-the-box, highly original and definitely elevating audiophile experience.

Musical Formation

Paul Ilea began his musical career at the age of only 11, when his voice got him a first taste of the stage, as Peter Pan in Cluj Napoca Opera’s homonym musical (2 seasons). He attended his first 12 years at Sigismund Toduta Music School (Cluj Napoca), and continued with “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy, studying composition (violin, piano) and later music pedagogy. Paul became a member of the famous contemporary music choir Antifonia ever since his first year at the Academy. His fondest memory from that period is playing on the same stage with Sir Yehudi Menuhin. During the last academic years, he met Cosmin Gherghinoiu (Ipse, Sensor, Moonlight Breakfast) who invited Paul to be a keyboard player in his progressive rock band called IPSE, which literally took over the Romanian rock festivals scene in the following years.

Sensor

In his last year at the Academy Paul became the official composer for Hans’n’Feet, initially a `body music` group, which subsequently changed its name to Sensor. The new name came with an original show concept - as it relied on a whole new idea: a mix of electronic sounds and percussion on unconventional instruments. Their shows were immediately a hit, hard to categorize, at the crossroads between a stage performance, theater play and music show. The Romanian cultural scene was eager to embrace the new concept and awarded the group even from the very beginning. But Sensor’s story was just starting.

Sensor became a dance-electronica innovative phenomenon, exploring many genres and arts and performed throughout Europe in many different venues. As the band leader, Paul composed the music for all Sensor albums, starting with the debut LP – ‘Lands’ - the first Romanian world-fusion album, later presented in a show co-directed with Tudor Giurgiu at the National Opera in Bucharest. Since then, Sensor became an open project, inviting different artists to join the band’s core trio (Paul Ilea, Sasha Negara & Cristian Melak) and engaging them in creating unique tracks. Each Sensor LP goes into uncharted territory, as Paul never ceases to associate seemingly opposite musical ideas into organic audio experiences that feed the mind and move the body. In spring 2019 Sensor is celebrating its 20th anniversary by launching an album that will be a collection of brand new music that re-tells the two-decade Sensor journey. Theater & Film

The world of theater also embraced Paul’s fresh perspective on entertainment with Sakadat Extrasensorial in 2001, an unconventional percussion show which had 2 seasons at the Bulandra Theater and one at the National Theater and for which Paul scored the music, performed, was the stage-director and co-directed together with director Dan Chisu. His adventure with the big screen continued with the role of music supervisor for Universal Pictures production – “Scorpion King 4”. In 2013 Paul began a lasting and rich collaboration with world-renowned choreographer Gigi Caciuleanu. He composed the soundtrack for Folia, Shakespeare &Co., a dance-theatre show that later was transformed into a TV film which won him - together with the score for the feature film `It Takes Two to Fence` - his first award in cinema –UCIN’s `Best Score for a Motion Picture`. `Un minut de Dans sau Uf!` is the second performance by Caciuleanu that involved Paul Ilea, this time not only as the soundtrack composer, but also as a live performer on stage (dance and live music). With this play Paul traveled across Europe and performed on some of the best-known stages in the theater/dance world.

On the Screen

In 2014 Paul Ilea is starting his collaboration with Protv as a Music Producer and Head Of The Band for `The Voice` Romania (`Vocea Romaniei`) seasons 4-8. His TV collaborations include also The Voice Kids Romania (`Vocea Junior`) first 2 seasons, Dancing With The Stars Romania (`Uite Cine Danseaza`) 1st season and, Romania’s Got Talent - finals in season 6 & entire season 7 and `I see your voice’, 1st season. Paul’s most recent onscreen appearance is co-hosting alongside actor Marius Manole in `George Enescu` Music Festival’s 14 episodes project `What do we hear when we listen to music?` - a live and recorded series of sessions with high-school students and professional musicians concerning the classical music and how we approach it.

Kult Studio Records

Paul Ilea founded Kult Studio in 2008, a private held music label designed to engage and produce an array of talented artists such as Mara, Sensor, Mongol (Paul’s alter-ego/ electronic solo project), Mono, Lennox Buppy Brown, Ioana Marchidan, Ioana Macarie, Judith State. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeorgeOvidiu (talk • contribs) 08:32, 12 November 2018 (UTC)Reply