Cristian Nicolae Tarcea was born in Romania on April 17th, 1993. He started studying music at the age of 5 and has been composing and producing music since 2008. In 2012, Cristian established his own record label, called Thrace Music, which is also the name of his studio. Over the years he has studied piano, percussion instruments and music in general. Cristian graduated from the National College of Arts Regina Maria and completed his musical studies at the Faculty of Arts. Among the artists who have collaborated or worked with him are Alexandra Stan, Raluka, Oana Radu, YellLow, Mohombi, Alex Mica and Costi Ioniță. The track "The Violin Song" is composed by Cristian Tarcea, Iuga Diana Cosmina, Osaka and Brianna and uses a sample from a folk song by Bulgarian composer Nikolay Kaufman. The video is directed by Bogdan Păun and Alexandru Mureșan and was filmed in Bulgaria. In the 5 months since its release, "The Violin Song" has garnered over 20 million views on various video channels. The track has topped the Shazam charts in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine, as well as the radio and TV charts. In 2021, one of his next singles titled "3 to 1" reached No. 9 in Russia's top hits.
