Romanian Culture Min Offers Scholarship To Pavarotti Wannabe

Costel Busuioc, a Romanian citizen working as a mason in Spain for two years now, but who discovered his talent as a tenor, is ranked first in the music talent television show "Los Hijos de Babel," broadcast on Spanish public television station RTVE.

Seeing that Busuioc is talented, Iorgulescu wants to help him polish his skills.

"I want to offer him a scholarship. He has talent but, if he wants to make a career, he has to have studies in the area. Thus, with the help of the scholarship, he will be able to frequent two classes, canto and music theory, at the Bucharest Music University, with reputed professors. He needs schooling, but he cannot attend the university because he does not have a high school diploma. The only formula suitable are these specialized classes," Iorgulescu told MEDIAFAX.

Costel Busuioc, nicknamed "Pavarotti from Banat," from Romanian locality Ghilad, Timis county, guarded sheep when he was young, then he washed train cars then he worked as a masseur in a home for the elderly.

Costel Busuioc is preparing for the next round of the contest in which he is participating in Spain, "Hijos de Babel," after winning the third stage by a landslide, due to fan votes.

Back home, in Ghilad, his wife and children are very nervous and they are praying for their lives to change. The woman says she never would have thought that her husband would go so far. "Pavarotti from Banat" went to the casting session as the simple man, who is trying to build a future for his loved ones.

"There was a casting session in Spain. There were some four thousand people, and only 10 were kept. He was one of the 10. There are many Romanians, we have received many calls from them and they said that everything is ok. He has chances to move forward," said Busuioc’s wife, Daniela.

All neighbors from Ghilad knew Busuioc’s voice. "Nobody knows him by name … Pavarotti. Pavarotii’s kids, Pavarotti’s girls, Pavarotti’s wife, we call her Pavarotta," said Lenuta Urzica, one of the neighbors.

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