Music isn't mine, isn't yours but we belong to the Music!

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Excited to have the time to work on this theme that I composed a while back. This recording is a one take not the final version.

I want to continue the tradition and to take you from the first moments of creating a song, then being improved and then to the final versions.

Enjoy! 😉😊🤗

I dedicate it to my Wifey Meem which has been always my inspiration and my shoulder.

The Journey - 24.04.2024, 11.14 raw.wav

The return. (To my amazing wifey Meem)

I composed it a little after New Year’s Eve 2024 it’s one of my newest tracks.

It is maybe the final version or one of. It is mostly one take Piece, with a few minor track re-recordings, and it was intended so. 😊


Copyright 2023 Alexandru Sorin Ciobanu Al Rufei

However of the copyright, I would be more than happy if this composition would be transformed by another musician with the little request I believe, that my name should be mentioned as the composer.
Thanks!!

I don’t believe in copyright though!! 🙂

As in the end it’s not that music belongs to us it’s that we belong to the Music.

Enjoy! 😉🤗

Update:- some instruments edits with Logic Pro. august 2025

thanks for listening

Leave in the comments how this song made you feel and please share for more people to hear it.

thank you.

Alexandru

The return

Composed by myself in 2005, I had the pleasure to record it once more in a new fresh vision today, 25 April 2024.

Enjoy!

Dedicated to all of you but especially to my wifey Meem and my mom who have been my strongest supporters.

Thank you!

Undulating in the Sunshine. April 25'th 2024 version

2 years after creating it and finally, Le Grand Pirouette, my composition, continues to evolve I believe!
As I have already mentioned, my purpose isn’t to record 0 mistakes, flawless, or even edited recordings BUT TO TAKE YOU ON THE JOURNEY from when it appears in my mind and my heart and then slowly emerges and shines in something new every time.
A new recording is pending 😄
Let me know in the comments your feedback!
Thanks!
Alex
P.S. Inspired by the beautiful Ballerinas during the actual Pirouette exercise and the hard work and dedication of the brilliant Ballet Teachers Colleagues  from Liceul de Coregrafie "Floria Capsali" #bucharest #romania

Le Grand Pirouette 14 May 1st Take  - 15.05.2024, 21.18

Hello my good people! 🤗

Here you have my latest recording done in one take 2 days ago which I named “Just a thought”

Hope you will enjoy it! 🙂

Just a thought - 28.05.2024, 22.46.wav

Hozier - In A Week (Feat. Karen Cowley)

Dozing off...

My newest track that I hope it will help at least some people sleep better. Meant to be a way to bring hope and maybe a bit of joy.

 A one take like I already got you all used to. And No! it's not a brag, it's sheer stupidity 😊 with a mix of randomness and a hint of the believe that my instinct would dominate somewhat my 30+ of being a classical concert pianist and yes a piano bar performer, even a singer/pianist for a while performing  a Haydn Piano Concerto from Ateneul Roman, the main concert hall in Bucharest at 9 years old, to the Marriot Hotel at 18; to upscale bars, Michelin Restaurants, Rock Clubs and so on.


Even with having a long journey in this beautiful world that music is, that art is, I feel there's no end in advancing and always there's something to learn. Every day.

Someone asked me recently ( a non-musician) if I still have anything to learn? And the first answer was a boring yes, and then I said that's the beauty of art, cause art, without possibly being quantified, analysed( I know I know, many will beg to differ), or dissected it has endless possibilities. It's like the universe. Like math in a way. Without borders.

I wrote a lot. I know. Possibly I have bored you...


Let the music speak!

Enjoy! :)

Dozing Off

Dozing Off- 17.12.2024, 22.54

Welcome to My SoundCloud!

My name is Alexandru Ciobanu Al Rufei, and I am a Concert Pianist, Composer, Songwriter, and Ballet Piano Accompanist. As a classically trained pianist with a Bachelor in Arts/Piano Performance and over 15+ years of teaching experience, I am thrilled to share my musical journey with you.

Here’s a glimpse into my musical achievements:

	•	2002 – Concert with the George Enescu Highschool Orchestra, Auditorium Hall, Bucharest. Conductor: Bogdan Voda
	•	2001 – Third Place, International Piano Competition “PRO-PIANO-ROMANIA”
	•	1999 – First and Special Place, PRO-PIANO-ROMANIA
	•	1998 – First Place, National Music Olympiad
	•	1997 – First Place, International Piano Competition, Brasov, Romania; Recital, Marcelino Botin Foundation, Santander, Spain
	•	1996 – First Place, International Piano Competition, Agropoli, Italy; Awarded the Eugen Barbu Prize
	•	…and many more!

Since 2002, I have performed at 4 and 5-star venues such as the J.W. Marriott, Grand Hotel Continental, Casino Palace, and many others, playing a range of genres including jazz, classical, and cafe-concerto music.

Feel free to connect with me on my Facebook Page!

Thank you for visiting, and enjoy my music, our music!