Dana Dragomir
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dana Dragomir |
| Also known as | Pandana |
| Born |
July 22, 1964 Bucharest, Romania |
| Genres |
Popular music Instrumental Pop Easy listening |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Composer |
| Instruments | Pan flute |
| Years active | 1980 - present |
| Labels | Pandana Records |
| Associated acts | Peter Grönvall, Kristian Lundin, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Jonas Berggren, Max Martin, Merit Hemmingson |
| Website | www.pandana.com |
Dana Dragomir (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdaŋa dragomir]; born July 22 1964 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Swedish pan flute musician and composer.
Dana Dragomir is best known for the song Mio My Mio (song) written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA. She is the first professional female Pan flute player in the world. Her music is a mixture of Pop, World and New Age music. She achieved chart success in Sweden with several of her albums, being quoted the best selling instrumental artist in Scandinavia and she is the first instrumental artist ever to top the Swedish radio record chart, Svensktoppen.
Early life and career
Dragomir has a twelve year education at the prestigious Dinu Lipatti and George Enescu High School of Music in Bucharest, her place of birth. She was discovered and became an established star at the age of sixteen in her native country. She left Romania towards the end of the Ceaușescu era. At the age of twenty-one she traveled to USA, starting a new career on a three-year contract in Las Vegas. At the end of 1986 she visited Sweden for the first time, where she later established herself.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [1] |
NOR [2] |
DEN [3] | ||
| 1987 | Från Orup till Bellman with Merit Hemmingson[4] | — | — | — |
| 1989 | Merry Christmas | — | — | — |
| 1991 | Fluty Romances | 26 | — | — |
| 1992 | Demiro | 28 | — | — |
| 1995 | Panflöjts favoriter (with Gheorghe Zamfir)[5] | 21 | — | — |
| 1996 | Pandana | 41 | — | — |
| 1997 | Traditional | — | — | — |
| 1999 | Favoriter | — | — | — |
| 2000 | Pan Is Alive And Well | 40 | — | — |
| 2007 | Älskade svenska visor | 22 | — | — |
| 2011 | The best of me | 20 | — | — |
| 2014 | Frost | — | — | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or unknown.
Own compositions
Dana Dragomir is not only playing cover songs, but she also composed own songs (often together with musicians like Per Andreasson, Amadin, Peter Grönvall and Renate Cumerfield.)
Own compositions
1992 Into The Light (From the album Demiro)
Music composed toghether with other musicians
1991 The Song of Iancu Jianu with Per Andreasson (From the album Fluty Romances)
1991 Cries of Beirut with Per Andreasson (From the album Fluty Romances)
1991 Firutza with Per Andreasson (From the album Fluty Romances)
1991 Ah, IA zein with Per Andreasson (From the album Fluty Romances)
1995 Marmarooni with Renate Cumerfield (From single Pandana is Dana Dragomir)
1995 December 7 with Amadin at Cheiron Studios (From the album Pandana)
1995 Ote'ae with R. Cumerfield (From the album Pandana)
1995 Whispering Waves with Per Magnusson at Cheiron Studios (From the album Pandana)
1995 Seven Valleys at Cheiron Studios (From the album Pandana)
1995 One man woman with Amadin at Cheiron Studios (From the album Pandana)
1999 Pan is alive with Peter Grönvall (From the album Pan is alive and well)
1999 Salomeia with Peter Grönvall (From the album Pan is alive and well)
1999 Complaint with Peter Grönvall (From the album Pan is alive and well)
References
- ↑ "Swedish Charts - Discography Dana Dragomir". Retrieved 2011-03-25.
- ↑ "Norwegian Charts - Discography Dana Dragomir". Retrieved 2011-03-25.
- ↑ "Danish Charts - Discography Dana Dragomir". Retrieved 2011-03-25.
- ↑ "Discogs Dana Dragomir". Discogs. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ "Swedish Charts - Dana Dragomir". Swedish Charts. Retrieved 28 April 2016.