Stela Botan

Hello everyone! Before giving details, dates and achievements, I’d like to take a few lines and explain why I think my act on stage is one many remember. As I normally prefer acoustic settings, I have a great skill at creating an atmosphere of total relaxation and peace. I create a background sound that is sophisticated and enjoyable. The most often feedback I get is “Your voice makes me feel good inside”, “Your voice is healing”, “Your sound brings me peace”. This, and not only, is the engine that keeps me going as I believe each of us makes a difference by being their authentic self. And now let me tell you a little bit of history: I was born in Moldova, in a small town called Orhei. I started singing as a child telling everyone I’m going to be a singer. I have an older brother and sister. My sister was the one who inspired me as she was always fond of music and singing. At the age of 7 I was selected in the local talent group “Art Show” in my hometown. At 14 years old I was already in a local band with whom we had a song playing on the national radio and many local concerts. At the age of 16 I won a scholarship to go to the US as a foreign exchange student where I lived with a wonderful American family near Chicago. After coming back and finishing high school, I was selected in the first reality show in my country “Star Factory” and was a finalist in it. Since then, I’ve started my music journey by collaborating with incredible artists in Moldova and Romania. I studied Science of Communications at the Free International University of Moldova and worked as a radio and TV presenter along with my music endeavors. I started a private vocal training in 2012 and still train with the same incredible coach, Evgheny Iurkevich. I participated in the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009, 2013 and 2015. In 2014 I was selected in the X Factor Romania show and got to bootcamp. After the show, I was invited by the most popular record label in Romania, CAT Music, to sign a contract with them. After releasing my first song track in Romania “Cerul e Limita” the song was nominated for the best pop-rock song of the year and best female voice of 2016 at the Radio Romania Awards. I continued playing with my acoustic band at various private and public events until the pandemic hit and re-designed my life in terms of location. I moved to London and continued my career here. The first event to perform here in the UK was at a lovely wedding at Hilton London Wembley. I also joined the London Jazz Choir and performed with them both in London and Oxford. Truly looking forward to singing and sharing the joy for life with you and your guests!