Teodora Sava (Romanian pronunciation:[te.oˈdoraˈsava]) is a Romanian singer who has appeared on several Antena 1 television shows, including the talent competitions Next Star and X Factor Romania, and has performed at numerous music festivals and televised events.
Biography
Teodora Sava was born in Piatra Neamț, Romania. She recorded four songs in collaboration with Sister Monica at the Vincenzina Cusmano Foundation kindergarten, which were released on four CDs for children.
Sava continued her training at the Allegria Club under Professor Alina Apetrei and, beginning in November 2009, with Professor Cristina Cozma at the Children's Palace in Iași and Professor Lucian Sitaru at the Arts High School in Piatra Neamț. In 2010, with Sitaru’s “Camena” group, she received the Special Prize of TVR for best performance at Mamaia Copiilor and placed second at the Junior Golden Stag Festival.
Her first award was third place at the Fiero National Children's Music Festival in Bucharest in January 2010. Later that year, she participated in the Junior Golden Stag Festival, where she received the “Revelation of the Festival” prize from the judging panel, which included Mihai Trăistariu. Composer Dan Dimitriu invited her to perform several songs at the same competition.
She studied at Victor Brauner High School of Fine Arts in Piatra Neamț and later at George Enescu National College of Music in Bucharest, focusing on singing, piano, flute, and guitar. Sava has also studied acting, and in May 2017 appeared on stage at a youth theater festival in Suceava. She subsequently performed in theatrical productions, including the teen musical If We Love Each Other.
In 2017 she was enrolled at BIMM Institute in London, UK. Sava was a contestant on the seventh season of The X Factor Romania, which aired from September to December 2017, and finished in sixth place.
Sava participated in the fourteenth series of the British talent show The Voice UK, where she performed "Oscar Winning Tears" by RAYE. She turned all four coaches' chairs and ultimately chose will.i.am as her coach. She was eliminated in the following round, the Battles, after performing "Bad Dreams" with Sonna Rele. Following her appearance on The Voice UK, Sava participated in the fourteenth series of Vocea României, where she again turned all four coaches' chairs and ultimately chose Horia Brenciu & Theo Rose as her coach.
Musical and vocal performances
At age 12, Teodora Sava performed cover songs such as Listen and One Moment in Time on the Romanian television show Next Star (2013). Shortly afterward, she recorded her first original song, Belief.
Sava has performed on television shows and live events, including appearances on Te cunosc de undeva! and X Factor Romania (Season 7, 2017).
Filmography (TV)
X Factor (Romania) 2017 (season 7)
TV show 'Neatza cu Răzvan și Dani (Antena 1 Romania)
Antena 1 – Next Star: Season 1 – 2013 (runner-up), plus in other Special Editions that followed