From Folklore Festivals to Medical School: Daria Refuses to Choose Between Her Two Passions

Daria Moanță is known to Romanian folklore music fans from festivals and specialist television programs. This summer, the singer from Caracal, who proudly represents the Romanați region, also secured a place at medical school.

She says she has wanted to study medicine since middle school. Her biology teacher played an important role in that decision. Music entered her life even earlier, through the church where her father serves as a priest in Redea, Olt County.

“She's spent her childhood in the church porch,” her father, Florin Moanță, says. There, Daria learned carols, formed friendships with children from the village and discovered religious songs that she later performed both in church and at folklore festivals. Her performances brought numerous diplomas and awards, as well as recognition from established artists.

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She's spent her childhood in the church porch.

Daria attended Mihai Viteazul Theoretical High School in Caracal, studying mathematics and computer science in a bilingual program. She chose the field despite already planning to study medicine because she wanted to learn across different disciplines. In 10th grade, she reached the national stage of the Statistics Olympiad. She also achieved very high marks in the university entrance examination and the baccalaureate.

Her father says she has never wanted to abandon either passion. He recalls that the Bishop of Slatina and Romanați encouraged her to become a doctor and help people and children. For Daria, music and medicine remain inseparable parts of the future she wants to build.

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It was as if you asked a mother which of her children she loves more.