Gabriel Cotabiță (1 November 1955 – 23 November 2024) was a Romanian pop and rock singer.

Life and career

Cotabiță was born on 1 November 1955. He graduated from the Craiova's Institute of Electrotechnics, becoming an engineer. Cotabiță debuted in rock music in 1975 with the group Redivivus. In the 1980s, he was a member of the well-known rock group Holograf. In 2002 he joined a group of rock then musicians and together they formed the band VH2, of which Gabriel was a vocalist. He was also a host of a Callatis Festival and also a prominent part of a Romanian mainstream rock scene. He had a few notable collaborations with artists such as Ștefan Bănică, Jr. and Loredana Groza. Cotabiță died from a stroke on 23 November 2024, at the age of 69.

Selected discography