Alex Davia
{{Short description|Moldovan music producer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Alex Davia
| birth_name = Alexandru Brașoveanu
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|09|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Moldova)
| genre = Pop
| occupation = Composer, musical producer
| years_active = 2005–present
| label = Davia Music
}}
Alexandru Brașoveanu{{cite news|url=https://moldova.europalibera.org/a/1442638.html|title=Interviu cu Alexandru Brașoveanu, compozitorul cîntecului Fight, prezentat de Natalia Barbu la Eurovision - a consemnat Elena Cioina|publisher=Radio Europa Liberă Moldova|date=14 May 2007|language=ro}}{{cite news|url=https://www.aquarelle.md/producatorul-muzical-alex-davia-este-omagiat-75365|title=Alex Brașoveanu: Alt nume - Noi colaborări internaționale!|magazine=AQUARELLE|date=13 September 2017|language=ro}} (born 12 September 1987; {{langx|ru|Александр Брашовян}} or {{lang|ru|Брашовяну}}), better known as Alex Davia, is a Moldovan composer and music producer.
Biography
Alexandru Brașoveanu was born on 12 September 1987 in Chișinău, in the Moldavian SSR, in the Soviet Union (now in Moldova). He graduated from the Ciprian Porumbescu Republican Music Lyceum, majoring in piano musicology and composition, and later, the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts (AMTAP).{{Cite web |date=2006-12-19 |title=Moldova: highschool student composed the Eurovision entry for Natalia |url=https://www.moldova.org/en/moldova-highschool-student-composed-the-eurovision-entry-for-natalia-21853-eng/ |website=Moldova.org}}
In 2008, Davia was a music producer for the Moldovan version of the show "Фабрика звёзд".{{Cite web |date=2008-12-15 |title=Музыкальный продюсер "Фабрики звезд": "На проекте у меня только один знакомый!" |url=https://www.kp.md/daily/24214.5/417421/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209053250/http://kp.md/daily/24214.5/417421/ |archive-date=2009-02-09 |access-date=2021-03-10 |website=Комсомольская правда}}
In 2009 and 2010, he produced tracks for Moldova on the show "Eurovision".{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
In 2012, Davia's song "Lăutar" was sung during Moldova's participation at "Eurovision".{{Cite web |date=2012-02-05 |title=Preselecţiile Eurovision 2012: Pasha Parfeny merge cu lăutarul la Eurovision! |url=https://impact.md/monden/preselectiile-eurovision-2012-pasha-parfeni-merge-cu-lautarul-la-eurovision-video/1638 |website=Impact}}{{dead link|date=May 2024}}
In 2014, Davia moved to Russia, currently living and working in Moscow.{{Cite web |date=2014-02-07 |title=Брашовян покоряет Москву: пишет песни для Нюши и Тимура Родригеса, собирается петь |url=https://ru.publika.md/brashovyan-pokoryaet-moskvu-pishet-pesni-dlya-nyushi-i-timura-rodrigesa-sobiraetsya-pet_1206741.html |website=Publika TV}}
Since 2014, he started working not only as a composer, but also as a sound producer. He wrote music for songs by artists like Sati Kazanova ("До рассвета", "Счастье есть!"),{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Сати Казанова уверена: «Счастье есть!» |url=https://rusradio.ru/news/radio/sati-kazanova-uverena-schaste-est |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418073941/https://rusradio.ru/news/radio/sati-kazanova-uverena-schaste-est |archive-date=2021-04-18 |access-date=2021-03-10 |website=Русское радио}} Egor Kreed ("Весёлая песня", "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", "Coco L’Eau", "Голос", "Слеза", "Сердцеедка", "Мне все Монро", "Дело нескольких минут", "Девочка с картинки", "Часики", "Грехи", "Время не пришло", "Голубые глаза", "Крутой", "#Этомоё", "Цвет настроения чёрный", "We Gotta Get Love", "3-е сентября"),{{Cite web |date=2018-09-18 |title=Хит «Цвет настроения черный» для Крида и Киркорова написал молдаванин |url=https://point.md/ru/novosti/obschestvo/khit-tsvet-nastroeniia-chernyi-dlia-krida-i-kirkorova-napisal-moldavanin |website=Point}} Назима ("Я твоя", "Тысячи историй"){{Cite web |date=2019 |title=Наzима & Валерия – Тысячи историй |url=https://tophit.ru/ru/tracks/103092/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112091651/https://tophit.ru/ru/tracks/103092/ |archive-date=2021-01-12 |access-date=2021-03-10 |website=Tophit}} and many others.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-19 |title=«If You Love Me»: Мари Краймбрери спела в дуэте с продюсером Alex Davia |url=https://tntmusic.ru/14883-if-you-love-me-mari-kraimbreri-spela-v-duete-s-prodyuserom-alex-davia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514213524/https://tntmusic.ru/14883-if-you-love-me-mari-kraimbreri-spela-v-duete-s-prodyuserom-alex-davia/ |archive-date=2021-05-14 |access-date=2021-03-10 |website=ТНТ MUSIC}}
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