In 1986, Laura graduates from the "Popular Arts School" in
Târgoviște with a degree in classic canto. Laura debuts as a singer in 1987 at the Youth Trophy Festival in
Amara, where she wins the second place for solo singing. Afterwards, she participates at most of the major new-talent contests held in Romania and has her first tour (with Semnal M and Riff). In 1989, she gets a one-year singing contract at "Toma Caragiu" Theatre in
Ploiești. Laura Stoica becomes famous in Romania after winning the great trophy and the first place for solo singing in 1990 at the Mamaia Festival, with
Dă, Doamne, cântec ("Give Us Music, Lord"), a song written by Viorel Gavrilă.
Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company awards her the debut prize in 1990. The next year, Laura records
Un actor grăbit ("An Actor in a Hurry"), written by Bogdan Cristinoiu, which becomes the Romanian song of the year and Laura wins the award for the best female pop voice of 1991. In 1993, Laura Stoica Band is established, to support Laura in live concerts, tours, and television shows. The first line-up includes some of the most experienced Romanian pop and rock musicians: Iulian Vrabete (bass, from
Holograf), Eugen Mihăescu (guitar, from
Krypton), Vlady Cnejevici (keyboards, from Compact and
Pasărea Colibri), Florin Ionescu (drums, from Direcția 5), and Cristian Soleanu (saxophone). Laura's first album,
Focul ("The Fire"), is released in 1994. Most of the songs from this album become major hits in
Romania and have been included in many compilations since then. In the same year, she is considered the sexiest female pop singer in Romania, according to "Pop, Rock & Show" magazine. In 1994, 1995, and 1996, she enters the competition for song-writing at the Mamaia Festival. Her second album,
...Nici o stea ("...No Star") is released in February 1997. Some of the songs from the new album have become well known in Romania. Afterwards, Laura wins the best female voice prize at
Malta Song Festival in Malta, and the third place with her own song,
În singurătate ("In Loneliness"), at the Mamaia Festival. In 2000, Laura graduates the "Ecological University of Bucharest" with a degree in drama.
Constantin Codrescu,
Vlad Rădescu and
Doru Ana are her teachers during the last two years of studying. As an actress, she performs at Nottara and
Odeon Theatre in
Bucharest, at the National Opera Theater in
Constanța, and at "Toma Caragiu" Theatre in
Ploiești. but the disc has only very little media coverage and gains almost no commercial success. On 9 March 2006, Stoica and her fiancé died in a car accident near
Urziceni. She was pregnant at the time. She is buried at
Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest. In the following years, the albums
...Nici o stea and
Focul were reissued by the record label
Roton. In 2009,
Vino was published posthumously by the same label. Also, some compilation albums with her songs were released. A national music festival dedicated to Laura Stoica takes place every year in
Târgoviște. ==Laura Stoica Band==