Ion Suruceanu was born in the village of
Suruceni,
Ialoveni District, of
Moldova. He started his singing career in 1968 as a solo singer in the ensemble "Noroc" where he sang until 1970. In 1978–79 Suruceanu sang for the ensemble "Bucuria". In 1981, he finished the Chişinău Music school where he learned to play
bassoon and
piano. From the mid 80s Suruceanu became one of Moldova's most famous singers whose fame spread outside the republic. He also performed Russian language songs such as "Nezabudka" (
Forget-me-not) which Suruceanu sang at the final of
Song of the Year festival in 1989. During this period 1986–1993, he was also performing with the group "Real". Since 1982, his constant composer was
Ian Raiburg. From 1994 to 1998, Suruceanu was a parliamentarian in the
Moldovan parliament where he was a deputy chairman of the committee for culture, science, education, and media. Suruceanu was the only
PDAM MP who voted that the official language of Moldova to be "
Romanian" instead of "
Moldovan." He lives in
Chişinău. Suruceanu supports the
unification of Moldova and Romania. In November 2023, he has been diagnosed with pneumonia, his health condition got worse and he was transferred to a hospital in Germany. ==Works==