Tania Turtureanu – From Moldova with love!

Tania Turtureanu is a singer from Moldova, known for her warm voice, expressiveness, and the ease with which she moves between jazz, soul, pop, and contemporary alternative music. Her musical identity combines lyricism with modern arrangements, creating a personal and instantly recognizable sound.

She studied music and vocal performance, and from her very first steps she stood out for her technical excellence and stage presence. Tania has performed at important music venues and festivals, and has collaborated with established musicians and creators, both in Moldova and internationally.

Her repertoire includes original compositions as well as inventive covers, which she performs with strong emotional depth. Her lyrics often focus on personal experiences, human relationships, and inner explorations, creating an immediate connection with the audience.
With a steady presence in recordings and live performances, Tania Turtureanu is considered one of the most interesting contemporary voices of her scene, constantly evolving her sound and artistic identity.

One day with … Tania Turtureanu

Athenscalling.gr: Tania, we meet you at a period of creative maturity, with your music functioning more and more as a kind of personal confession, one might say. How do you experience this phase of your life and your artistic journey?
Tania Turtureanu: I feel I’m in a phase where I no longer run away from myself. In the past, I was searching, proving, shaping. Now I’m allowing myself to be honest. Music has become a space of confession, but also of reconciliation—with who I was, who I am, and who I’m becoming. It’s a quieter kind of courage, but a deeper one.

Athenscalling.gr: Your music moves between jazz, soul, and contemporary pop. How did this blend come about, and which elements do you consider most decisive for your artistic identity?
Tania Turtureanu: It happened naturally, without a strategy. Jazz taught me freedom, soul taught me truth, and pop taught me how to communicate directly. A very important moment for me was discovering Romanian interwar music, which I once performed in a theatre. Singing that repertoire made me feel deeply aligned with myself, as if I was finally on the right path. My artistic identity lives at the intersection of emotion and structure—improvisation guided by feeling, but always in service of the story.

Athenscalling.gr: There is strong emotion and a personal element in your songs. How autobiographical is your writing, and what usually inspires you to write a song?
Tania Turtureanu: My songs are deeply personal, but not literal diaries. They are emotional truths rather than chronological facts. I write when something inside me asks to be understood—love, loss, longing, silence. Often a single sentence, a feeling, or even a pause can become the beginning of a song.

Athenscalling.gr: In your live performances, you create a special atmosphere of connection with the audience. Is there a moment of contact with the audience that has always remained unforgettable for you?
Tania Turtureanu: There are many unforgettable moments, but the most powerful ones are the quiet ones—when the audience seems to stop breathing for a few seconds. In those moments, we are no longer performer and listeners, but one shared emotional space. That’s when I’m reminded why I chose this path.

Athenscalling.gr: Traveling back to the past, do you remember the moment when you realized that singing was not simply a love, but a necessity of life?
Tania Turtureanu: Yes. I was very young, standing on a stage, and I felt an unfamiliar calm—as if everything suddenly made sense. That’s when I understood that singing wasn’t something I do, but something I am. From that moment on, there was no real alternative.

Athenscalling.gr: Staying in the past, which album did you buy first and at what age? And today, which albums are playing on your turntable?
Tania Turtureanu: The first album I bought with my own money was by Mădălina Manole, when I was a child. It left a deep mark on me. Today, my musical world is wide—from classical music and jazz standards to artists like U2 and Beth Hart, as well as symphonic works that speak directly to the soul. I still listen with the same curiosity as back then.

Athenscalling.gr: Traveling south, we arrive in Greece. What do you truly know about our country?
Tania Turtureanu: I associate Greece with light, mythology, and a deep respect for beauty and tragedy. It feels like a place where art, philosophy, and emotion have always coexisted naturally. I sense a cultural closeness—a shared understanding that life is intense, fragile, and worth singing about.

Athenscalling.gr: As we say goodbye and thank you for everything you shared with us… If your music were a message in a bottle, what would you want it to say to whoever finds it?
Tania Turtureanu: It won’t always be this way. Live. Dream. Be you!