Sorin Chifiriuc (born 1950, Bucharest, Romania) is a rock, new wave, and blues guitarist and vocalist.

Affectionately called Skifi by his fans,[1] and a student of the Bucharest Music Conservatory (where he studied the violin, but which he did not graduate from[2]), he is also known for his unconventional behaviour on stage.[3]

He was a member of many well-known Romanian rock bands, such as Curtea Veche nr. 43, Sfinx, Iris, Domino, Roata, Electric Red Roosters, 2 Galbini.[4][2]

After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, he worked for a while as a DJ for Radio Nova 22.[2]

He spent his time between about 2004 and 2013 in a monastery in the Militari neighborhood of Bucharest, where he was known as Ierafim.[5][4][6]

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  1. ^ "Aniversatii zilei de 2 septembrie 2013:" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on September 8, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Interviu cu SORIN CHIFIRIUC: DE LA CURTEA VECHE LA METAFIZICĂ" (in Romanian). Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  3. ^ "Interviu cu Florin OCHESCU" (in Romanian). Retrieved December 25, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Sorin Chifiriuc (Iris, Roata, Domino) revine pe scena rock" (in Romanian). Rock FM. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
  5. ^ "Un fost component al trupei Iris a renunţat la muzică şi s-a călugărit" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  6. ^ "Sorin Chifiriuc, fostul component al trupei Iris, a venit acasa in haine calugaresti!" (in Romanian). Retrieved December 29, 2013.
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