Ion Petre Stoican

Ion Petre Stoican (b. 1930, Oltenița – d. 1994, Constanța) was a Romani-Romanian violinist, a lăutar (performer of traditional music, especially for weddings).Sole
He was born in Oltenița, Călărași County, Romania, and was related to celebrated violinist Ion Nomol.Friedrich Sometime before 1965, during the Communist regime of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, after observing strange behavior by a man in an audience for whom he was performing somewhere on the Black Sea coast, Stoican helped in arresting an American spy.... more